The current UK Police chief search will close Thursday, said Assistant Vice President for Public Safety Anthany Beatty. In a March 10 Kernel article, UK had 60 to 70 applications  awaiting review.  Beatty said those are still on file and have been reviewed. “Preliminary reviews were done on all of those (applications),” Beatty said. “We [...]

UK is getting a tobacco-free makeover more than a week before a ban is implemented on campus. To prepare for the tobacco ban taking place on Nov. 19, approximately four-foot tall signs are already being placed throughout campus.  Bob Wiseman, vice president for facilities management, said only five or six signs were put up to [...]

The delays and slow arrivals have come to an end: the H1N1 vaccine is finally available to the university community. Two thousand doses of the vaccine arrived Monday morning at University Health Services for the entire campus community, said Kristen Goble, clinical administrator for UHS. “We just recently received enough vaccination to offer the entire campus [...]

­ By Garrett Wymer and Laura Clark A wall made of cardboard boxes was torn down Monday to celebrate the destruction of a much larger concrete barrier that once separated a country. More than 60 students and faculty in the Division of German Studies celebrated with the recreation of the wall on the 20th anniversary [...]

By Laura Clark A coal-less Kentucky is an image Joseph W. Craft III cannot picture, especially since he believes coal is the largest-growing fuel in the world. “I’m basically just a business man, but I see the tremendous value of coal not only for the state of Kentucky, but for the world,” Craft said. “I [...]

Although the number of University Health Service patients with influenza-like illnesses decreased, the peak of the 2009   H1N1 Influenza has yet to come. Dr. Chris Nelson, associate professor of pediatrics specializing in infectious diseases, said in a Sept. 29 Kernel article the peak of the Novel H1N1 in the U.S. is unknown for sure, but [...]

UK scored higher than Princeton and even got a higher grade than Harvard — in sexual health, that is. Trojan Brand Condoms conducted the “Sexual Health Report Card” survey, ranking 141 universities across the nation. Bert Sperling, president of the research company Sperling’s BestPlaces which conducted the study, said the information collected was not based [...]

Former Kentucky Kernel editor-in-chief and May 2009 graduate Brad Luttrell won the Feature Story of the Year from the Associated Collegiate Press. The results of the ACP awards were announced at the National College Media Convention, which was held Oct. 28 through Nov. 1 in Austin, Texas. Luttrell, currently a contracted freelancer with The (Memphis) [...]

The proposal for a new Wildcat Lodge is more than just a move and a name change. Joe Craft and his group, the Difference Makers, pledged $7 million to finance the new residence entitled the “Wildcat Coal Lodge.” According to the Board of Trustees meeting agenda for Tuesday, they will discuss undertaking the new name [...]