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Participants listen to a speaker during the 2023 Patterson Spring Crisis Simulation on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, at Patterson Hall in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce hosts annual crisis simulation

Owen Chesemore, Reporter March 2, 2023

Students from different majors across UK gathered in Patterson Hall from Feb. 24-25 to participate in the annual Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce crisis simulation.  The Patterson...

Guests make plates of food at the UK Alumni Thanksgiving dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, at the Gatton Student Center Ballroom in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Bryce Towle | Kentucky Kernel

UK Alumni Association hosts 16th annual Multicultural Student Thanksgiving Dinner

Nate Lucas, Reporter December 1, 2022

The UK Alumni Association hosted its 16th annual Multicultural Student Thanksgiving Dinner on Nov. 22, in the Gatton Student Center Grand Ballroom. The Alumni Association emphasized spreading the Thanksgiving...

A slice of sweet potato pie is served on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff file photo

Sharing an international perspective on Thanksgiving

Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter November 23, 2022

People talking loudly, children running around the table, music louder than aunts in the beauty salon. This is the most realistic and familiar scene, when I remember my country – Brazil. I believe...

Fans cheer as three planes perform a flyover before the Kentucky vs. Missouri football game on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Kentucky Kernel

The culture and ceremony of football: An international perspective

Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter September 1, 2022

When I think about the American football experience, it’s this exact picture I have: a giant place full of my romanticized American stereotypes. As an international student coming from Rio de Janeiro,...

Alyson Galvan-Lara shares one of the meals she typically eats at home in Mexico with her Japanese host family over the summer. 

Stress, boredom and postponed family reunions: Covid’s international student impact

Sarah Michels January 20, 2021

When Alyson Galvan-Lara hugged her family at the airport after a year apart, she felt like crying. It has been a long year for international students. Travel bans, overpriced tickets and the stress of...

Immigrant faculty members get ready to pose for photos in a quad by Bradley Hall at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., on Friday, March 24, 2017. The meeting was put together to show how immigrants are essential to higher education, especially at UK. Photo by Joshua Qualls | Staff

Departments show international faculty appreciation

Sydney Momeyer March 27, 2017

The political climate of the U.S. has shifted significantly since the election of President Donald Trump and personally changed the lives of many immigrants across the country, including in the world of...

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