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Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

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Swiping left and right: Dating at UK in the digital age

Savannah Garnett, Reporter March 8, 2023

Dating apps are completely changing the way college students date.  More college students are turning to these apps for a myriad of reasons, and dating is just the beginning. The University of Kentucky...

Princess Magor Agbozo, a UK freshman and biology major, takes classes from Doha, Qatar, which is seven hours ahead of Lexington. Photo provided by Agbozo.

UK student from Qatar gives new meaning to the term “remote learning”

Lauren Campbell October 22, 2020

UK freshman Princess Magor Agbozo is experiencing a semester like no other. The biology major attends all of her classes halfway across the world in Doha, Qatar.Agbozo planned to be on campus this semester,...

A student wears a mask while listening to a lecture in Scott Berry’s Fluid Mechanics class in the Grand Ballroom on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, at the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

In-person, hybrid or online: How do this semester’s courses break down?

Haley Simpkins September 10, 2020

One month into the fall semester, the university administration, students and professors are working to navigate the unique course delivery methods that have arisen out of the COVID-19 pandemic.UK announced...

Holmes Hall is one of many dorm-living options for students on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Kaitlyn Gumm | Staff

In-person, hybrid or online? UK students can now check their fall course formats

Sarah Michels July 19, 2020

UK students can now check which of their fall courses are traditional in-person instruction, hybrid or online-only. Student can log into their myUK portals, go to schedule and click on each class to see...

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UK’s response to COVID-19. Here’s what we know.

Kernel News Staff March 12, 2020

This is a developing story that will be updated periodically as the Kernel learns more about UK's continued responses to COVID-19. Academic InstructionUK announced Wednesday that it will suspend in-person...

UK spokesperson Jay Blanton speaks to local media on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, outside the Main Building in Lexington, Kentucky, after the university announced that classes would be held online until April 6 in response to the local spread of the novel coronavirus. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Univ. of Kentucky announces move to online classes after spring break

Kernel News Desk March 11, 2020

The University of Kentucky will be moving to online classes for at least the two weeks after the upcoming spring break, a campus-wide email from UK President Eli Capilouto stated.Online classes will begin...

Students use University of Kentucky computers to complete classwork on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in the School of Arts and Visual Studies building in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Eddie Justice | Staff

UK opens applications for first-ever online arts administration Ph.D. program

Emily Laytham February 12, 2020

UK has yet another “first” under its belt – this time, the country’s premiere online arts administration Ph.D. program.The program, which was announced by a press release in late January, is intended...

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The rise of online misinformation and how we can fight it

Haley Blackburn September 30, 2019

Everyone has come across a Facebook post or Twitter thread which seems so outlandish that no one in the world could possibly believe it.  Despite this, someone on the worldwide web believed the article,...

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UK’s online class fee increase limits students

Miranda Phipps September 9, 2019

I recently checked my UK financial statement, and I couldn’t understand what I was seeing. When I registered for an online course last semester, it cost an extra $10 per credit hour, yet there was a...

The Kentucky Kernel named Paidin Dermody as the 2017-2018 Editor-in-Chief on March 22nd, 2017.

Letter from the Editor

Paidin Dermody August 21, 2017

The start of the new school year here at UK is signifying the start of the new Kentucky Kernel, a more innovative and productive publication geared toward getting the best quality news out to our readers.We’ve...

College email addresses targets of cyber criminals

Madison Rexroat April 27, 2017

The Digital Citizens Alliance reported that hackers and cyber criminals use .edu email addresses to buy and sell personal information associated with the account.Some hackers use university email addresses...

Universities using alternative reporting options for sexual assault

Madison Rexroat December 12, 2016

Colleges have started to consider anonymous online reporting options for victims of sexual assault.Sexual assaults are often underreported on college campuses because victims are embarrassed, traumatized,...

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