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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

Ashley Judd speaks to reporters before the 2020 Hall of Distinguished Alumni ceremony on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, at the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Ashley Judd inducted into UK Hall of Distinguished Alumni

Sophia Shoemaker October 6, 2021

University of Kentucky alumna, award-winning actress, humanitarian and advocate Ashley Judd was inducted into the university’s 2020 Hall of Distinguished Alumni on Oct. 1, 2021. Judd is known not only...

A UK Hockey player escorts Kindly Myers onto the ice to drop the first puck before the teams game against the Akron Zips on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, at the Lexington Ice Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff

Remaking a famous poster: How UK hockey kept a 20-year tradition alive

Rick Childress September 14, 2018

Famous super models likely charge thousands to pose for a company’s promotional material. The UK club hockey team pays nothing.Over the years, the hockey team has managed to get a number of models to...

UK alumna Ashley Judd spoke to students, faculty and staff for the 14th annual Irma Sarett Rosenstein lecture at the Singletary Center on Friday, December 1, 2017 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Ashley Judd among Time Person of the Year group, “The Silence Breakers”

Bailey Vandiver December 6, 2017

Time announced its Person of the Year Wednesday morning, but it is not just one person. It is a group, which Time called "The Silence Breakers," whose speaking up helped launch the #MeToo movement that...

UK alumna Ashley Judd spoke to students, faculty and staff for the 14th annual Irma Sarett Rosenstein lecture at the Singletary Center on Friday, December 1, 2017 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Ashley Judd gives on-campus speech “from the heart”

Jacob Eads December 1, 2017

Ashley Judd has won countless awards for her acting abilities, but it was her humanitarian efforts that brought her back to the stage Friday on her old UK stomping grounds.Judd returned to deliver the...

Ashley Judd attended the game between UK and the University of North Carolina at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Photo by Latara Appleby

Alumna Ashley Judd will speak at UK in December

News Staff November 9, 2017

UK alumna Ashley Judd will return to UK in December to deliver the Irma Sarett Rosenstein Lecture Series.The lecture is hosted by the UK College of Social Work. Judd's lecture is titled "From Kentucky...

Women, men and children in major cities around the U.S. marched in support of women’s rights on Saturday, January 21, 2017. Hundreds of thousands participated in the March on Washington alone, which was proceeded by star-studded speeches and musical performances. 

Almost a million march on Washington D.C.

Marjorie Kirk January 22, 2017

As night fell on the day of rage that began inauguration weekend, the morning brought a new hope that expanded from the National Mall and the White House, to Central Park in New York City and the Embarcadero...

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