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Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

UK names new interim dean for the J. David Rosenberg College of Law
Aimee Pierce, Reporter • June 28, 2025
Former UK student sentenced for on-campus assault released 5 months early
Sammy Wynn, Assistant News Editor • June 28, 2025
UK athletics suspends assistant coach Hakon DeVries pending investigation
Jenna Lifshen, Assistant Sports Editor • June 22, 2025
UK Healthcare physician missing in Alaska
UK Healthcare physician missing in Alaska
Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter • July 3, 2025

A University of Kentucky Health Service physician went missing while hiking in Alaska on Tuesday, July 1. Marites Buenafe, 62, “a five-foot woman weighing about 118 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes,” was on her weeklong trip on the...

Kentucky freshman guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander throws the ball inbounds during the game against Missouri at Rupp Arena on Saturday, February 24, 2018 in Lexington, Ky. Kentucky won 88-66. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff
CATS IN THE PROS: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Cason Wallace help Oklahoma City Thunder capture its first NBA Championship
Tyler Russell, Men's Basketball Beat Writer • July 2, 2025

The Oklahoma City Thunder authored the final chapter of its storybook season by defeating the Indiana Pacers 103-91 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals to win the first NBA Championship in franchise history.  With Oklahoma City’s name now engraved...

Drag Queen Ophelia Foxx performs with her tips from the crowd during the Lexington Pride Festival on Saturday, June 28, 2025, on Oliver Lewis Way in Lexington, Ky. Photo by Cara Raiford | Staff
‘We’re here together:’ Lexington Pride celebrates LGBTQ+ community
Hannah Piedad, Assistant Features Editor • July 1, 2025
Attendees pet and feed the sanctuary horses during the walkthrough at the BraveHearts Equine Center on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Paris, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Novack | Staff
Providing a second chance, horses find their light at BraveHearts
Sylvia Freire, Reporter • April 22, 2025
Shawn Pryor, an author talks during an interview on Thursday, Mar. 13, 2025 at University of Kentucky Bookstore in Lexington, Kentucky. Sydney Yonker | Staff
How Shawn Pryor is inspiring the next generation of authors
Melanie Schouppe, Reporter • April 21, 2025
Film review of ‘A Minecraft Movie’
Sammy Wynn, Reporter • April 21, 2025

A man is straddling the sidewall of a boxing ring. The camera cuts to a box, a box that drops a zombie. It cuts again, this time to another man. He looks left, he looks right and with a worried smile,...