By Brandon Farmer More than 2,000 people were in attendance as UK Hospital reached a milestone Wednesday at its “topping out” ceremony, highlighting the installation of the hospital addition’s highest beam. The beam was signed by more than 500 hospital workers. The event recognized progress made on the hospital construction, emphasizing the benefits it would [...]

By Katie Perkowski UK received a $2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and will work through the Violence, Intervention and Prevention Center’s ‘Green Dot’ program to combat dating violence in Kentucky high schools. The grant and its programs will last for five years. The ‘Green Dot’ program holds the belief [...]

By Tommy Stuart Text messaging while driving is a danger many people are drawn in to. This problem has become so rampant that Heath Ahrens, founder of iSpeech.org, decided to help alleviate the situation by creating DriveSafe.ly. DriveSafe.ly is a mobile application program that runs on smartphones, which reads texts and e-mails aloud in real [...]

By Nate Fain Members of campus have the opportunity to hear an author and musician’s process of writing one of his most famous novels and how his mother’s past led him to find his identity. James McBride will focus on his personal experiences of getting to know his mother better and his book, “The Color [...]

By Andrew Pillow Student Government passed a policy that would require a stricter attendance and revisited a proposed idea from the previous meeting Wednesday night. The Senate passed the Senate Accountability Act.  According to the act, senators will be allowed three unexcused absences. Each senator must also meet with the organizations and students under his [...]