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Students walk out of the Gatton Student Center on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Brady Saylor | Staff

Editorial: Attendance should only be 10% of overall grades at UK

Editorial Board February 28, 2023

Absences add up quickly, and with the usual two or three absences allotted for individual classes, they can be gone quicker than one might think. Because of this, the overall impact attendance should have...

University of Kentucky students gather in the Gatton College of Business and Economics building during the first day of classes on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Why are students at college?

Savannah Garnett, Reporter October 10, 2022

UK students and faculty agree that the culture of college is changing. An undergraduate degree used to be perceived as the end of education. For most careers, it was the maximum level needed in a profession....

Students walk out of the White Hall Classroom Building during the first day of classes for the fall 2020 semester on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

‘Life is hard’: Students, professors adjust learning to pandemic stressors

Ryan Whitt November 30, 2020

Higher education was tested in ways it has never been tested before during the COVID-19 pandemic.As administrations and universities tried to adapt large-scale operations and campuses to accommodate safety...

Prats, a lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences, is concerned about enforcement and compliance of social distancing guidelines like masks.

“I can’t imagine going into the classroom”: UK faculty on campus reopening

Emily Girard May 18, 2020

At the beginning of May, UK announced that it planned to reopen for the Fall 2020 semester.The reopening plans, released in mid-May for feedback, include adjustments to classroom spaces and course delivery.But...

Ramla Miller, a counselor in the Lewis Honors College, and her son Nas.

How five UK faculty members are balancing work and childcare

Emily Girard April 17, 2020

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, multiple UK faculty and staff have had to juggle working from home with taking care of their children. Whether their children are infants, school-aged, or a few...

From left: Staff research scientist Donghern Kim and professors Xianglin Shi and Zhuo Zhang. The trio worked in the Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, part of the College of Medicine. 

Investigation finds UK professors responsible for research misconduct

Natalie Parks August 23, 2019

Following a yearlong university investigation, UK professors Xianglin Shi and Zhuo Zhang and staff research scientist Donghern Kim have been found responsible for serious research misconduct, a university...

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Use syllabus week to establish good grades for semester

Sarah Ladd January 9, 2019

There’s a stereotype about straight-A students: they’re the weird ones who never sleep because they live in the library, the ones who have no friends because grades are happiness. Truthfully, though,...

UK School of Architecture professors Mike McKay and Liz Swanson designed the sculpture that will hang in the Louisville International Airport.  

Professors’ sculpture to be installed in Louisville airport

Michael Ayers January 18, 2018

The sculpture that will soon be installed at the Louisville International Airport will be designed, engineered and fabricated in Kentucky.UK School of Architecture professors Mike McKay and Liz Swanson...

Networking

Networking with your peers and professors

August 21, 2017

When you come to college, you are going to meet a lot of new people. You will be in large classes with many new classmates, you will have new professors and you will even have new roommates. How will you...

Adjunct professors often struggling financially

Madison Rexroat May 29, 2017

It’s easy to assume that all college professors have solid annual incomes and job security with tenure. But in actuality, less than a quarter of college faculty is made up of tenured professors.In the...

UK political science Professor Richard Waterman attends the State Capitol in Frankfort with students in the Kentucky Legislative Internship Program. The students used their time in Frankfort to create the Frankfort Focus Wikia. 

Fantastic internships and where to find them

May 16, 2017

For most degree-seeking college students, finding a great internship is crucial to starting a career. Internships allow students to make connections in their chosen field, get professional experience and...

New bill proposed to balance college ideologies

Madison Rexroat March 15, 2017

A new bill proposed in Iowa would require state-funded colleges to hire an equal or almost equal number of Democrats and Republicans as professors. The bill comes after much debate over whether liberal...

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