The COVID-19 pandemic caught not only the University of Kentucky off guard but the whole world. The pandemic forced people into isolation and created restrictions on the basis of health that were unheard...
The University of Kentucky is no longer maintaining a COVID-19 dashboard displaying vaccination percentages and positivity rates among students, faculty and staff.
The dashboard, which was updated regularly...
Spring break is the perfect time for UK students to rest, relax and recharge during the spring semester. And with this spring break being the first that UK has had in two years, many students are looking...
Over the past two years, the world has grappled to find its balance under the unpredictable conditions brought by COVID-19. This uninvited guest has left the world with devastating gifts that have altered...
Ariane Almeida had to wear a mask for 28 hours straight while traveling back to Lexington from her hometown of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, after winter break.Almeida, a freshman international student majoring...
We are approaching two years of this pandemic, and it’s been hard on everyone. Thankfully, though, between the vaccine and empathy from UK, it feels like things are improving.Spring 2020 is a blur, one...
UK’s College of Medicine saw a dramatic increase in applications in 2020. In the past year, the number of applicants has increased from 2,777 to 3,792 — one of the highest recorded applicant numbers...
Remember last year? Everyone stayed healthy, school was a hell of a good time and “Gangnam Style” broke the internet.Oh. Wait. That was 2012. Remember last year? Last year sucked.I assume (with little...
I’ve been thinking about what to say in this parting column for a long time. I thought this would be my chance to finally explain just how damaging being the editor-in-chief of the Kentucky Kernel was...
2020 was the year the world stayed home: the COVID-19 pandemic confined most people to their homes for more time than they’d ever imagine, and what were once living room and kitchens became offices and...
The Covid-19 pandemic came as a shock to many last March. As everyone adapted to the new normal, small businesses and their owners were some of the hardest hit by the economic fall-out of the pandemic....
The long, dark, COVID winter may be behind us: according to Gov. Andy Beshear, Kentucky is in its tenth straight week of declining COVID-19 cases. The positivity rate in Kentucky is now at 2.97%, the lowest...
