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A screenshot of the University of Kentuckys Twitter post from Tuesday, March 1, 2022, expressing its stance of solidarity with Ukraine.

UK releases statement in support of Ukraine

Kendall Staton March 1, 2022

UK’s Public Relations and Marketing department shared university president Eli Capilouto’s statement on the school’s stance of solidarity with those impacted by violence in Ukraine.In the statement,...

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Yak is back!

Lindsey Jones November 12, 2021

University of Kentucky students were quick to take advantage of the re-release of the beloved iOS social media platform Yik Yak. The app, originally released in 2013 by CEO Tyler Droll, allows people...

Charred debris lies on the floor of a construction trailer that caught fire around 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, behind the UK College of Pharmacy Building in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

‘Significant structural collapse.’ Trailer on UK campus sustains damage after fire

Rayleigh Deaton October 10, 2021

A trailer located on the University of Kentucky's campus sustained significant structural damage from a fire on Sunday morning.According to Lexington Fire Department Battalion Chief Jordan Saas, the fire...

UK student assaulted near William T. Young Library

UK student assaulted near William T. Young Library

Hannah Stanley September 8, 2021

A reported assault took place involving four male UK students who assaulted another male UK student around 2 p.m. on Sept. 4, 2021, according to UK Police Chief Joe Monroe.The attack took place near University...

UK students on TikTok strive for creativity, connection, community

Shelby Fox March 22, 2021

Months of quarantine lead to hours of scrolling, and TikTok creators were the driving force behind it.TikTok, an app for creating and editing videos, was already soaring to popularity in the U.S. when...

Data from UKs COVID-19 dashboard shows trends in active and new daily cases through Feb. 22, 2021. Graph by Natalie Parks.

UK’s COVID-19 dashboard more than two weeks behind

Natalie Parks March 8, 2021

Despite a statement that COVID-19 data would lag by only two days this semester, the data on UK's dashboard is 16 days behind.UK's dashboard currently shows metrics as of Feb. 22, 2021, more than two weeks...

Students gather in front of Willy T Library for snowball fight on the evening of Feb.15. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Students organize mass snowball fight over messaging app

Kernel news staff February 15, 2021

Update (9:30 p.m.): The crowd has dwindled to around 50 dedicated participants.Update (8:30 p.m.): The crowd has downsized by half pretty quickly to about 400 to 500 participants left, and snowball fighting...

Team Kentucky briefing 2/4/21: Four new vaccine sites announced

Rachel Crick February 4, 2021

During the Team Kentucky briefing on Thursday, Feb. 4, Gov. Andy Beshear announced four new regional COVID-19 vaccination sites will open next week across Kentucky.Two of the four additional sites were...

A possible passageway to Narnia, on the hard-to-get-to second floor of the Little Lucille Fine Arts Library

The Chronicles of the Fine Arts Library

Luke Schlake January 26, 2021

If one happens to venture to the far side of the Fine Arts Library second floor, they will discover a nondescript door labeled “Narnia."The extreme plainness of the door juxtaposed with its magical...

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon house on Rose Ln on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon under cease-and-desist from national chapter, review from UK over COVID-19 violations

Natalie Parks November 18, 2020

According to a spokesperson from the national body of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the SAE chapter at the University of Kentucky has been placed under a cease-and-desist letter from the national body "to provide...

Blackbaud breach leaves 163,000 UK HealthCare donors and patients vulnerable

Blackbaud breach leaves 163,000 UK HealthCare donors and patients vulnerable

Lauren Campbell September 8, 2020

Blackbaud, a third-party data solution services company, that provided services to UK HealthCare between 2015 and 2019, was hacked by an unauthorized individual  between February 7, 2020 and May 20,...

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UK counseling center offering online services

Haley Blackburn April 20, 2020

Since students left campus at the end of March, the UK Counseling Center and University Health Services have started offering virtual teletherapy appointments for students.They offer appointments over...

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