By Audrey Smith UK academics continue to push for excellence with a new record. The Dean’s List hit a new record last semester with 5,030 students making the cut, according to a news release. This was the first time the Dean’s List, which recognizes students for outstanding academic performance, has exceeded 5,000 people. The academic [...]

By Joy Priest Kentucky has ideal laws concerning human trafficking, according to a top expert. Economic status and geographic location play a major role in the victimization of young girls and women, said Sarah Buel, director of the Center for Family Justice at Arizona State University. Buel, a Harvard law graduate who presented her lecture [...]

By Emily Cornett Roughly 50 people gathered at the Johnson Center Tuesday to compete on fake rocks. The fifth annual rock climbing challenge tested climbers on 30 color coated paths, up 28 feet of jutting edges and sharp corners and over four hours. “We accept the five highest scores,” said Dan Marshall, a graduate assistant [...]

The problem won’t lie in finding a person to do the job, but rather in choosing just one. The UK Presidential Search Committee met Wednesday to sift through some 459 contacts and 110 nominees for the position of president, a UK news release said. The committee met for more than three hours in closed session [...]

By Andrew Jarrells Most UK students have seen the mammoth structure that dominates the skyline of UK’s campus. The new Albert B. Chandler Hospital is 1.2 million square feet, and consists of a four-story podium and two eight-story towers. Inside the pavilion area of the new hospital there is a state-of-the-art 305-seat auditorium with studio-quality [...]

UK Student Government senators did not override SG President Ryan Smith’s veto of a proposal to fund an off-campus traffic light on Wednesday. In a 16-15 vote, the proposal did not meet the two-thirds of senators required to override a veto. The proposal asked for $1,500 to help fund a flashing yellow light at the [...]

The opportunity to work for the federal government may be closer than students think. In an information briefing at the James W. Stuckert Career Center on Wednesday night, CIA representatives shared the ins and outs of core values, benefits, employment opportunities and much more within their agency. With about 45 people in attendance, leaving standing [...]