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University of Kentucky and Microsoft to Showcase Campus-Wide AI Innovation
A major event will highlight how the new CATS AI partnership integrates artificial intelligence into education, research, health care and operations
The University of Kentucky will host a comprehensive artificial intelligence showcase in collaboration with Microsoft that will put its campus-wide AI strategy on full display for students, faculty, staff and community members.
The event, titled UK x Microsoft: CATS AI in Action, will take place on Thursday, February twenty-six at the Gatton Student Center, marking the first major public activation of the university’s Commonwealth AI Transdisciplinary Strategy, or CATS AI.
The day will begin at ten a.m. with a formal programme in Ballroom A where senior leaders from both the University of Kentucky and Microsoft will outline the goals and scope of the partnership.
Attendees will then move into hands-on “engagement zones” around the Gatton Student Center’s social staircase, where innovators from across the campus will demonstrate how AI is being used in areas such as teaching, research, health care, administrative operations and creative arts.
Microsoft representatives will also be present to illustrate how the expanding collaboration can enhance the institution’s academic, research and clinical work.
The initiative reflects a broader strategic alliance formed in late 2025 in which Microsoft became the first corporate partner in the Advancing Kentucky Together Network, an effort designed to bring public and private stakeholders together to expand opportunity and improve well-being across the Commonwealth.
The partnership operates through CATS AI, the university’s comprehensive framework for advancing the responsible use of artificial intelligence across its seventeen colleges, libraries, research centres, health care systems and administrative units.
Through the CATS AI strategy, students, faculty and staff will gain access to AI tools including Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 integrations and the newly announced Agent Store.
Staff from UK Information Technology Services will provide on-site guidance to help attendees register for and begin using these tools, reinforcing the institution’s commitment to practical, inclusive engagement with AI.
University leaders describe CATS AI as a transformative step in integrating AI into the university’s mission of education, research and service.
By coordinating AI initiatives across the campus and linking them with statewide partners, the strategy seeks to prepare graduates for an AI-shaped future and to harness advanced technologies to address real-world challenges in health care, teaching and community development.
The event, titled UK x Microsoft: CATS AI in Action, will take place on Thursday, February twenty-six at the Gatton Student Center, marking the first major public activation of the university’s Commonwealth AI Transdisciplinary Strategy, or CATS AI.
The day will begin at ten a.m. with a formal programme in Ballroom A where senior leaders from both the University of Kentucky and Microsoft will outline the goals and scope of the partnership.
Attendees will then move into hands-on “engagement zones” around the Gatton Student Center’s social staircase, where innovators from across the campus will demonstrate how AI is being used in areas such as teaching, research, health care, administrative operations and creative arts.
Microsoft representatives will also be present to illustrate how the expanding collaboration can enhance the institution’s academic, research and clinical work.
The initiative reflects a broader strategic alliance formed in late 2025 in which Microsoft became the first corporate partner in the Advancing Kentucky Together Network, an effort designed to bring public and private stakeholders together to expand opportunity and improve well-being across the Commonwealth.
The partnership operates through CATS AI, the university’s comprehensive framework for advancing the responsible use of artificial intelligence across its seventeen colleges, libraries, research centres, health care systems and administrative units.
Through the CATS AI strategy, students, faculty and staff will gain access to AI tools including Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 integrations and the newly announced Agent Store.
Staff from UK Information Technology Services will provide on-site guidance to help attendees register for and begin using these tools, reinforcing the institution’s commitment to practical, inclusive engagement with AI.
University leaders describe CATS AI as a transformative step in integrating AI into the university’s mission of education, research and service.
By coordinating AI initiatives across the campus and linking them with statewide partners, the strategy seeks to prepare graduates for an AI-shaped future and to harness advanced technologies to address real-world challenges in health care, teaching and community development.
