The University of Kentucky offers seven main dining facilities, 23 residence halls, and numerous recreation facilities spread between three distinct campuses: north, south, and central. It is also home to more than 250 student-run organizations. The annual cost per student to reside in the dormitories at the University of Kentucky in 2012 was $4,135.[64] The university campus is home to numerous notable structures, such as Main Building, a four-story administration building dating to 1882,[11] which was gutted by fire on May 15, 2001. The cause of the blaze was attributed to a welders torch during repairs to the building's roof. Total costs for reconstruction after the fire exceeded $17 million. The Patterson Office Tower is the tallest building on campus. The university is also home to several major construction projects, including the Albert B. Chandler Hospital expansion. The University of Kentucky once operated 14 community colleges with more than 100 extended sites, centers and campuses under the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, but relinquished control under the Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997.[65] The network of community colleges is now known as the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). Adjoining Lexington Community College, despite the reorganization of the community colleges, remained integrated with the university, but separated from the University of Kentucky in 2004 and became a part of KCTCS. The College of Engineering currently operates a satellite campus in Paducah, located on the campus of West Kentucky Community and Technical College.[66] Funkhouser Building Campus libraries[edit] The University of Kentucky is home to 15 campus libraries.[67] Among them is the William T. Young Library, which houses the university's social sciences, humanities and life sciences collections; the library also acts as a federal depository and a public library for the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Agricultural Information Center Chemistry-Physics Library Design Library Distance Learning Library Services Education Library Law Library Library Link at the Patterson Office Tower Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library and Learning Center Medical Center Library Science Library (Merger of the Chemistry/Physics Library, the Mathematical Sciences Library, and the Geological Sciences Library and Map Collection) Shaver Engineering Library UK Arboretum Special Collections and Digital Programs William T. Young Library Campus landmarks[edit] The University of Kentucky has several noteworthy landmarks: Commonwealth Stadium Memorial Coliseum Memorial Hall University of Kentucky/Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Arboretum University of Kentucky Research and Education Center Botanical Garden William T. Young Library University of Kentucky Art Museum Singletary Center for the Arts

Athletics[edit] The Kentucky cheerleaders at Rupp Arena performing the traditional "Big K" cheer during a basketball game. Seating Capacity of Rupp Arena is 23,500. Main article: Kentucky Wildcats See also: Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball, Kentucky Wildcats football, University of Kentucky cheerleading squad, Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball and Kentucky Wildcats men's soccer University of Kentucky student-athletes compete as the Wildcats under colors Kentucky blue and white. Beginning in the 1890s, students at the A&M scheduled football games with neighboring colleges.[61] In 1902, the women's basketball program began on campus,[61] and the men's team was added one year later. The "Wildcats" became associated with the university shortly after a football victory over Illinois on October 9, 1909.[5] The then-chief of the military department, Commandant Carbuiser, stated that the team had "fought like wildcats." The slogan was later adopted by the university, and a costumed mascot debuted in 1976.[5] In 1930, then-high school coach Adolph Rupp was hired as a basketball coach for the university. He had a career that would span 42 years until 1972.[11] During his tenure, he led the men's basketball team to four NCAA championships in 1948, 1949, 1951 and 1958.[61] The Wildcats later won a fifth championship under Joe B. Hall in 1978, another in 1996 under Rick Pitino and the next under Orlando "Tubby" Smith in 1998.[61] In 2007, the University of Kentucky named Billy Gillispie as the head coach of the men's basketball team and on March 30, 2009, the University named John Calipari as the head coach of the Wildcats. Calipari coached the team to its eighth national title in 2012. On December 21, 2009, the men's basketball team reached another milestone, becoming the first college basketball team to reach 2000 all time wins. The 2000th win was an 88–44 victory over the Drexel University Dragons. Kentucky was also the first school to reach the 1000 all time wins, which they accomplished in 1969. The university boasts of numerous national championships, with its latest coming in 2012 when the men's basketball team won its eighth national title. UK also lost to UConn in the 2014 championship game. UK also boasts of a cross country national team championship (women's, 1988), eight individual championships in gymnastics, an Olympic medalist in track and field, and 19 national championships in cheerleading.[19] After defeating number-one ranked Oklahoma 13-7 in the Sugar Bowl under legendary coach Bear Bryant, Kentucky is also an NCAA-recognized co-national champion for the 1950 season. Pregame of 2005 Kentucky vs. Auburn game. Other athletic programs sponsored at the varsity level include baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country running, football, men's and women's golf, women's gymnastics, the coeducational sport of rifle, men's and women's soccer, women's softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and field and women's volleyball.[62] The school also has a popular club-level men's ice hockey team and a rugby program that competes at the Division 1 level. The University of Kentucky football coach is Mark Stoops, named the successor to Joker Phillips, who was the first African American football coach in Kentucky's history. Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement, convocation and athletic games is the University of Kentucky fight song: On, On, U of K.[63] Additionally, the song Kentucky Fight[63] is played before games.