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Kentucky Kernel

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Kentucky Kernel

Abbey Cutrer and Laurel Swanz pose for a photo at the KRNL launch party on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at Manchester Coffee in Lexington, Kentucky. They were named the Kentucky Kernel and KRNL editors-in-chief for the 2024-25 school year. Photo by David Stephenson

Kentucky Kernel and KRNL editors-in-chief named for the 2024-25 school year

Zaida Bell-Frantz, Reporter April 10, 2024

The Kernel Media Board of Directors has appointed Abbey Cutrer and Laurel Swanz as the next editors-in-chief of the Kentucky Kernel and KRNL Lifestyle + Fashion for the 2024-2025 school year. Cutrer,...

Illustration by Akhila Nadimpalli

It’s never been easier ‘read all about it’ at UK

Gray Greenwell, Features Editor August 30, 2023

Let’s be honest — as necessary as they are, paywalls can be a nuisance. And on a college student’s budget, shelling out the money for multiple newspaper and magazine subscriptions isn’t always...

Editor-in-Chief Hannah Stanley poses for a portrait in front of the Kentucky Kernel office on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

From the editor: The beauty in front of us

Hannah Stanley, Editor-in-Chief August 21, 2023

For the last 20-some odd years, we've grown up with the evolution of technology in our back pockets. It’s something we’ve carried with us from the launch of the very first iPhone all the way to the...

Incoming 2023-2024 Editor-in-Chief Hannah Stanley poses for a photo. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

Letter from the editor

Hannah Stanley, Managing Editor April 28, 2023

If you asked me freshman year if I would ever be editor-in-chief of the Kentucky Kernel, I would’ve laughed in your face with it quickly followed by “I could never do that.” Well, three years...

2021-2023 Kentucky Kernel Editor-in-Chief Rayleigh Deaton poses with her graduation stole and the Kernel historical marker at the University of Kentucky on March 29, 2023. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff file photo

Final thoughts and boundless thanks

Rayleigh Deaton, Editor-in-Chief April 28, 2023

I wish I could go back in time and get a coffee with my younger self. Specifically, a coffee at the William T. Young Library Starbucks on Feb. 4, 2021, with sophomore year Rayleigh. That was the...

Year in Photos 2022-2023

April 26, 2023

This is the Kentucky Kernel's annual photo magazine, highlighting the Kernel's best photos from the 2022-2023 school year.

Kentucky Kernel News Editor and senior Kendall Staton poses for a portrait on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Carter Skaggs | Staff

Screaming goodbye to the Kentucky Kernel

Kendall Staton, News Editor April 14, 2023

I first realized my words were not always welcomed in August of my eighth grade year.  The boy who sat next to me in my first class of the day asked me to speak only so he could use my words against...

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...

The Kentucky Kernel staff poses with its awards from the Kentucky Press Association News Excellence awards on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by David Stephenson

‘I am elated.’ Kernel staff wins General Excellence award from KPA for the fifth consecutive year

Kernel Staff January 30, 2023

The Kernel won the General Excellence Award for the fifth straight year and placed in numerous news contest award categories at this year’s Kentucky Press Association (KPA) Winter Convention on Friday,...

Former UK Student Media Adviser Michael Mike Agin passed away on Nov. 17, 2022, at the age of 70. Photo provided by Clark Legacy Center.

‘A wonderful teacher.’ Former Kentucky Kernel staffers reflect on the life of Mike Agin

Kendall Staton, Asst. News Editor December 5, 2022

Former UK Student Media Adviser Michael “Mike” Agin passed away on Nov. 17, 2022, at age 70, leaving the legacy of the Kernel in his wake. Agin worked at the university from 1987 - 2000 as a student...

Kentucky Kernel sports editor Hunter Shelton peers over an edition of the Kentucky Kernel inside McVey Hall in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb

Forever a Kernelite: saying goodbye

Hunter Shelton May 5, 2022

With all of my heart, I am going to miss being a part of the Kentucky Kernel. I wish that I had some profound analogy to accompany this lede, but frankly I'm just sad. There's zero time to process...

A person walks up the ice covered step of the Kentucky State Capitol on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

UK College of Communication and Information hosts 2021 State of the First Amendment Address

Audrey Fones and Rayleigh Deaton November 18, 2021

The University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information hosted the annual State of the First Amendment Address on Wednesday, Nov. 17, featuring an address reinforcing journalists’ rights...

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