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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

A hallway in the Blazer Dining building on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff

Waiting for a new building, one UK college has taken a morale hit in an outdated space

Natalie Parks February 5, 2020

When UK students returned to campus after winter break, something had changed.Where fences and construction had once been, the latest infrastructure project on campus was now unveiled: the renovation of...

A construction worker takes a break in what used to be the Kernel newsroom in the basement of the Grehan Journalism Building on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The building is under construction and is expected to be completed in December 2019. Photo by Bailey Vandiver | Staff 

A look inside the under-construction Grehan Journalism Building

Bailey Vandiver June 25, 2019

On the second floor of the Grehan Journalism Building, Gurney Norman stood in what used to be the yearbook office— including in 1959, when he was editor of The Kentuckian. In the basement, I stood in...

Promotional banners line the fences surrounding the Grehan Journalism Building. Students walk by a Kentucky Can graphic on their way to and from classes on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Lexington Kentucky. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff

Editorial: UK should remove propaganda from around Grehan

The Kernel Editorial Board November 30, 2018

If you’ve had to walk past the area of campus surrounding the Grehan Journalism Building, you’ve likely seen the UK promotional materials surrounding the Kernel’s former longtime home. This building...

Unidentified students walk past the journalism building in 1951. The Journalism Building was dedicated on November 2, 1951, and named after Enoch Grehan. 

Missing Grehan? Journalism classes, faculty spread around campus

Sierra McLean August 31, 2018

Over the past summer, the Enoch Grehan Journalism Building closed its doors. Now, as the fall semester starts, Grehan is surrounded by fencing, forcing professors and advisers to relocate to North campus.The...

Textbooks stolen on UK’s campus, police say

News Staff July 12, 2016

The UK Police Department said in crime bulletin that three campus offices were burglarized. At about 1:30 p.m., UKPD sent out an email to all of campus that said the following places had been burglarized: An...

Enoch Grehan Journalism Building

Journalism school’s accreditation shows lack of proper equipment

Brady Trapnell February 22, 2016

Accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, UK’s School of Journalism and Media is an award-winning program that has alumni covering news across the world.But...

Director of the School of Journalism and Media Lars Wilnat poses for a portait.

Big plans for Willnat

Editorial Board February 14, 2016

This semester, UK’s School of Journalism and Media welcomed its new director, Lars Willnat, who plans to grow the school through fundraising and unique classes. The Kentucky Kernel editorial board recently...

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