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Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

Ouita Michel prepares country ham plates for a Kentucky-themed dinner at James Beard House in New York City, New York, in February. 

Ouita Michel: A UK alumna who knows the taste of success

April 18, 2018

UK alumna Ouita Michel has perfected her recipe for prosperity. To her, it’s delicious, and the customers at her chain of restaurants across Kentucky would probably agree.Michel happily boasts seven...

Rendering of the small-format Target store that will be opened at 500 S. Upper St. in the summer of 2019, on the ground floor of Hub at Campus Lexington. Rendering provided by Target press relations. 

Small-format Target store will open near UK in summer of 2019

News Staff April 18, 2018

The first small-format Target store in the state of Kentucky will open next summer, located at 500 S. Upper St. near UK's campus.Target has signed a lease with Core Spaces for the Target to be on the ground...

Trey Dawson hits a home run in UKs game at Jim Patterson Stadium against the Louisville Cardinals on April 17, 2018, in Louisville, Kentucky. UK lost the game 8-2. Photo by Barry Westerman

Cats fail to complete regular-season sweep of Cardinals

Charlee Schaefer April 17, 2018

The No. 6 UK baseball team fell to the Louisville Cardinals 8-2 on Tuesday evening, failing to complete the regular-season sweep.The second “Battle of the Bluegrass” matchup of the year went in the...

Kentucky Kernel Photo Editor Jonathan Krueger at Rupp Arena as Kentucky hosted Vanderbilt University, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 in Lexington. Photo by Jonathan Palmer

The JKru legacy lives on at the Kernel, three years after Jonathan Krueger’s death

Arden Barnes April 17, 2018

For those of us who didn’t personally know Jonathan Krueger, we learned about his legacy through JKru stickers, a memorialized Red Bull on the photo desk and a cracked ceiling tile.We were told about...

Ellen Calipari sits in her sunroom and talks about the coffee table she built herself. She said that the table opens, resembling a coffin-- large enough to fit her husband John Calipari, she joked. 

Ellen Calipari: A resourceful matriarch to her family— and to the UK basketball team

April 17, 2018

Ellen Calipari stood at her worktable, looking through her tools to find the Dremel tool her husband bought her.For the last 30 years or so, she’s had a passion for woodworking, making products from...

Students Michael Ayers, Curtis Franklin and Hunter Mitchell celebrate their awards at the Kentucky Associated Press Broadcast Journalism Awards alongside professor Mel Coffee. Brady Trapnell, who is studying abroad in London, also placed. Photo provided by Michael Ayers. 

UK student journalists win big at Kentucky AP Broadcast awards

Rick Childress April 17, 2018

A day before the whole journalism world looked to the Pulitzer Prize winners on Monday, a different group of journalists were celebrating their own victories.UK student-journalists did well this past weekend...

William T Young Library

Willy T, the bowl and Caturday: Slang pulls students together

Kennedy Miller April 17, 2018

No matter what state students are from, they all share a home at UK.However, one thing students might not share is the slang that belongs to their respective home states or regions.“I would say that...

The Dough Bugs second most popular flavor is cake batter.

Local business The Dough Bug makes guilty pleasure guilt-free

Emily Baehner April 17, 2018

Two young entrepreneurs are turning a household guilty pleasure into a local business and dessert trend. Johannah Leake and Logan Cambron are the owners and creators of The Dough Bug, a pop-up shop featuring...

Investigative reporter James Pilcher (left) is a journalist in residence at the University of Kentucky and was part of the team that was responsible for Seven Days of Heroin, a project by the Cincinnati Enquirer (right). The project won 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.

UK alumna, professor part of Pulitzer Prize-winning team at Cincinnati Enquirer

Bailey Vandiver April 16, 2018

A UK alumna and a UK adjunct professor are part of a Cincinnati Enquirer reporting team that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for its “Seven Days of Heroin” project.Breaking news reporter...

Kentucky freshman guard Hamidou Diallo celebrates after a three-pointer during the game against Kansas State in the NCAA Sweet 16 on Friday, March 23, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia. Kentucky was defeated 61-58. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Diallo declares for the NBA Draft

Kernel Sports Staff April 16, 2018

After skipping out on the NBA Draft last season, Hamidou Diallo has decided to submit his name into this year’s NBA Draft and hire an agent.By hiring an agent, Diallo’s career at UK will come to an...

University of Kentucky junior Trey Dawson slides into third during the game against Louisville on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 in Lexington, Ky. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff

UK baseball heads to UofL looking to complete regular season sweep

Charlee Schaefer April 16, 2018

After a road SEC series win at Georgia over the weekend, the UK baseball team will head to Louisville on Tuesday to take on the Cardinals in their second meeting of the season.In the first matchup of the...

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