Kentucky also is a world leader in the thoroughbred horse industry. In tact, vaccines developed at UK for horses are being used all over the world.
UK has an outstanding faculty with some of the top teachers and researchers in the nation.
In the arts, close to 100,000 people attend the many art, music and theater productions at UK. UK's new Center for the Arts contains a 400-seat recital hall, a 1,500-seat concert hall and the 20,000 square-foot UK Art Museum.
UK's Albert B. Chandler Medical Center has a wide range of programs in education and research. The five colleges of the Medical CenterMedicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Allied Health have more than 2,000 students pursuing bachelor, masters and doctoral degrees in health-related
fields.
Of major significance in the area of medical research is the Sanders-Brown Research Center on Aging, one of the first facilities of its kind in the nation.
UK graduates almost 6,000 students each year from the main campus and the community colleges. The UK Alumni Association, therefore, continues to grow in number of the clubs (64) and paid members (22,000). Besides the 34 clubs in Kentucky, there are 30 organized alumni groups outside the state from Los Angeles to New York.
The University has had only eight presidents since its founding in 1865. Dr. Otis Singletary, now in his 13th year as UK president, is a history scholar and nationally-recognized university administrator.
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