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Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

A video posted by Kentucky Kernel Photo Editor Jack Weaver appears to show Weavers phone being grabbed by a member of the Arkansas mens basketball coaching staff.

Kentucky Kernel photographer says member of Arkansas coaching staff grabbed his phone in viral video

Gray Greenwell, Features Editor March 12, 2023

A video from a Kentucky Kernel photographer has gone viral after a member of the University of Arkansas mens basketball coaching staff appeared to grab his phone to stop the photographer from recording...

Steve Shaffer poses for a portrait on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at the Main Building in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Humans of UK: Steve Shaffer shoots for the stars

Laurie Jonhatan April 7, 2022

Steve Shaffer, UK’s video production specialist, happens to have two Emmy awards under his belt.Before that, though, Shaffer got his start as a still-life photographer working in various newsrooms, shooting...

Jack Weaver, a freshman and business major, was awarded the Jonathan Krueger Memorial Scholarship, given to student photographers at the Kernel. Photo provided by Weaver.

Jonathan Krueger memorial scholarship awarded to Kernel freshman

Lauren Campbell October 29, 2020

Jack Weaver spends the time he is not in class telling stories around campus as a Kernel photographer. If an event is happening on campus, Weaver is likely there, camera in hand.Weaver is the recipient...

Kernel photographers Michael Clubb, left, Arden Barnes and Jordan Prather covered the 2019 Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 4, 2019. 

Kernel photo staff takes home multiple honors at KNPA awards

Kernel News Staff March 1, 2020

Kentucky Kernel photographers took home a litany of awards and accolades at the annual Kentucky News Photographer Association meeting this past weekend.Arden Barnes, a staff photographer and former photo...

Meatyard currently has 99 photographs, including this, on display at the UK Art Museum.

UK Art Museum exhibit displays photos of ‘extraordinary’ photographer Ralph Eugene Meatyard

October 10, 2018

Ninety-nine photographs featuring men in masks, amputated dolls and abandoned houses are currently hanging on walls on UK’s campus.The UK Art Museum’s exhibition "RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD: Stages for...

Corey Keller is a curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Curator Corey Keller kicks off photography lecture series

Isabella Chirico October 8, 2018

"We put a lot of faith in the photograph,” said guest speaker Corey Keller, curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.On Oct. 5, the UK Art Museum hosted Keller at the Worsham...

A Lexington police officer addresses students in the tailgating area on Keenelands grounds on Saturday, April 21, 2018.

Arrests made at Keeneland in student-filled tailgating area

Kernel News Staff April 21, 2018

Five people were arrested at Keeneland Saturday in a tailgating area on charges of alcohol intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to reporting from the Lexington Herald-Leader.The...

Image provided by Ryan Sharon

A look behind the lens of RMSVisuals

Emmanuel Flemister December 6, 2017

Working with prolific artists like Travis Scott, Future, Logic, Joey Bada$$ and many more may seem like a dream for some, but for one Lexington native it is a reality.Ryan Sharon, 21, also known as RMSVisuals,...

Kentucky Kernel photo editor Arden Barnes is joined on the sidelines by the Wildcat mascot during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Eastern Michigan Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, in Lexington, Ky. Kentucky won the game 24-20. (AP Photo/David Stephenson)

Current photo editor receives scholarship in memory of Jonathan Krueger

October 20, 2017

Arden Barnes had been assistant photo editor for the Kentucky Kernel for a few months when she noticed and read the many notes pinned on a bulletin board in the newsroom.She asked then editor-in-chief...

UK photographer speaks publicly for first time since injury at Cat Walk

October 11, 2017

The photographer who was injured at the Cat Walk Saturday said the incident could have been "a lot more tragic." UK Athletics Director of Photography Chet White was hit by a Polaris ATV driven by a Lexington...

Chet White

Witness: Officer driving ‘faster than he should have been going’ when ATV struck UK photographer

October 10, 2017

The Lexington police officer whose ATV struck and injured a photographer at the Cat Walk Saturday was driving too fast, and continued for 25 to 30 feet after the incident before he stopped, an eyewitness...

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