Bowman’s Friends is a podcast created to connect and inform UK students of issues, events and cool stuff in Lexington and the campus community. On this episode, Rana Mitchell, Neha Yousuf, Gillian Stawiszynski, and Samantha Valentino sat down with University of Kentucky President, Dr. Eli Capilouto. In part two of their conversation, they spoke with President Capilouto about the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health and suicide, the University of Kentucky’s process for responding to hate crimes, race, the mural in Memorial Hall and the dramatic spike in Asian hate crimes in the United States. Be sure to follow us on Instagram, @bowmansfriends to stay up to date on our upcoming episodes!