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Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

Display showcases 3-D art from UK alum

March 22, 2011

By Amelia OrwickStudents will have the opportunity to see three-dimensional art from one of UK’s own on Tuesday.Artwork by UK alum Waseem Touma will be on display for students in the Rasdall Gallery...

Professor discusses earthquake, tsunami damage to Japan

March 20, 2011

By Jarrod ThackerDisasters unfolded in Japan as UK students departed for spring break last Friday.A cataclysmic 9.0 earthquake rocked northeastern Japan at 2:46 p.m. (Japan Standard Time) on March 11 near...

Debate team argues its way to nationals

March 20, 2011

By Hayes GardnerA UK team has debated its way to a national tournament and will compete next week against some of the toughest teams in the nation.The UK debate team, composed of half freshmen and half...

Biology curriculum to evolve next year

March 20, 2011

By Jarrod ThackerThe curriculum of UK’s most populated major will evolve next fall.The Biology Department of the College of Arts & Sciences is introducing new changes to its educational program in...

Running for remembrance

March 20, 2011

By Lindsey SharpThe third annual Tom May Memorial 5K race will take place this Saturday.The race was started when the members of the Baptist Campus Ministry at UK lost a friend in fall 2008. Tom May was...

Couture in the Muslim world: religious headware breaks fashion barriers

March 11, 2011

By Emily CornettThe motto “from prayer to the catwalk” is creating a whole new line of “haute” burkhas and a whole new line of study.Geography Professor Anna Secor has been studying the trend towards...

UK uses Facebook to help recruit students

March 11, 2011

By Fink DensfordUK wants to be your friend on Facebook.Prospective UK students may be seeing this more often as social networking sites become an important tool in college recruitment.A 2010 Kaplan survey...

Patterson School students visit Atlanta for break, spring trip planned to show students the international side of companies

March 11, 2011

Students from the Patterson School of Diplomacy are taking a different kind of spring break.Next week, the students will tour several agencies and corporations in Atlanta that work internationally, said...

Children star in UK Opera production , play originally performed during the Holocaust

March 11, 2011

By Brian HancockThe UK Opera Theatre will present “Brundibar,” an opera originally performed by children during the Holocaust, Friday at 10 a.m. in the Singletary Center for the Arts.The opera was...

No break for Habitat for Humanity

March 10, 2011

By Kelsey CaudillWhile most students at UK are gearing up for a week of partying or relaxation, one group is sacrificing its spring break to do manual labor.UK’s Habitat for Humanity chapter is traveling...

Student gets ‘Real’

March 10, 2011

By Cody PorterThe search for the next big stars of MTV’s “The Real World” has begun, and UK students could have the chance to audition.Casting directors from Bunim/Murray Productions, the creators...

Life-saving training available from Red Cross

March 10, 2011

By Kendall SmithThis past January, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, was shot in a tragedy in Tucson, Ariz., that claimed several lives and threatened many others.Thanks to first aid training,...

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