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Kentucky Kernel

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Kentucky Kernel

The University of Kentucky announced a $500,000 investment into the campuss mental health resources on Feb. 21, 2020. Photo by Rick Childress

UK to create ‘field hospital’ inside Nutter Field House

Kernel News Desk April 3, 2020

UK will open a 400-bed field hospital in Nutter Field House, announced President Capilouto in an email to the UK community on Friday morning.More details about the field hospital were announced at a press...

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UK faculty source over 6,000 protective masks for UK HealthCare workers

Emily Girard April 3, 2020

After hearing of a shortage of personal protective equipment at UK Healthcare due to the coronavirus pandemic, a group of Chinese and Chinese-American UK faculty banded together to acquire over 6,000 face...

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A UK student’s experience of the COVID-19 outbreak in NYC

Jade Grisham March 31, 2020

 Ah, 2020 – little did we know what the year would hold for us.On January 6, 2020, I moved to the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City for a semester internship with MSNBC/NBC News. I was ecstatic...

Kentucky junior Mason Hazelwood pitches during the game against Norfolk State University on Saturday, March 7, 2020, at Kentucky Proud Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 11-1. Photo by | Staff

NCAA approves extra year of eligibility for spring sport athletes

Braden Ramsey March 30, 2020

The NCAA Division One Council voted to allow schools to give athletes in spring sports an extra year of eligibility. The eligibility extension was announced from the official Twitter account of the NCAA...

A skateboarder rides across the Blue Courts on the University of Kentucky campus on Saturday, March 28, 2020, after the hoops on the basketball goals were taken down after Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton closed other outdoor athletic facilities to better enforce social distancing. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

UK takes down basketball hoops, closes Arboretum entrance

Sydney Momeyer March 30, 2020

The University of Kentucky has started taking more measures to reduce gatherings.Last Thursday, UK removed all basketball hoops from their courts on campus. The following evening, they made the decision...

Cars drive through the intersection of Avenue of Champions and S Limestone on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, in Lexington, Kentucky. Sewer crews will have to dig a tunnel under South Limestone to replace a major sewer line. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Near-UK streets are made one-way, closed because of sewer construction projects

Kernel News Desk March 30, 2020

Starting on Monday, Bolivar Street will be made one way from South Upper to allow construction crews to complete a major sewer line replacement beneath the street.Additionally, the entirety of Avenue of...

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UK professor appointed to fill vacant Lexington council seat

Jacob Eads March 30, 2020

Mayor Linda Gorton has tapped UK Professor Mark Swanson to fill the city’s third district seat on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council.The seat, which encompasses the UK campus and parts of downtown,...

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Recent EPA regulatory rollbacks are not the correct response to COVID-19

Cameron Luker March 30, 2020

A brief review of court cases involving the legal distinctions of corporations will show a several-decades-long trend of corporations claiming that they are entitled to the same rights as people. This...

Emily Girard and her father at Charlie Browns, a local Lexington restaurant and bar, before the coronavirus pandemic.

How my immunocompromised family changed my perspective on isolation

Emily Girard March 30, 2020

Students’ lives have become very different very quickly. We’ve all been yanked out of our normal lives and shoved back into our houses lest we contract COVID-19. A lot of people, including me, have...

Kentucky head coach John Calipari yells at a referee during the University of Kentucky vs. Auburn mens basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. UK won 73-66 to win the SEC regular season championship. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Clarion Connection: Calipari’s Coach’s Grandson joins Kentucky roster

Braden Ramsey March 29, 2020

Each fall, there's an influx of basketball players into Lexington. This year's class recently added a wrinkle. Isaac DeGregorio, the grandson of Joe Degregorio - who served as John Calipari's coach at...

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High hopes and realities of a college freshman: my first year is over

Ryder Noah From March 29, 2020

Some say that anxiety is like the whole world is ending and the person experiencing the anxiety attack is the only one who notices because everyone else isn’t in that world of fear.As someone who has...

Kentucky freshman guard Johnny Juzang passes the ball during the University of Kentucky vs. Tennessee mens basketball game on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. UK lost 81-73. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

UK guard Johnny Juzang enters transfer portal

Kernel Sports Staff March 27, 2020

Kentucky freshman guard Johnny Juzang has announced on Twitter that he's entering the transfer portal. "...From the bottom of my heart I'm going to miss this place. With lots of thought and consideration,...

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