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Kentucky Kernel

The Inductees poser for a photo during the 43rd Annual Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame and Creason Lecture 2023 Friday, March 31, 2023, at the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

Annual Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame and Creason Lecture celebrate accomplished journalists

Laurel Swanz, Staff Reporter April 7, 2023

The Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame welcomed five new inductees on Friday, March 31 in the Gatton Student Center.  The Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame recognizes exemplary journalists who were born...

A student plays the piano in the Gatton Student Center on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Brady Saylor | Staff

Humans(?) of UK: Student center piano strikes a chord with UK students

Grace Medley, Reporter March 15, 2023

The Gatton Student Center is constantly teeming with people. Among the hustle and bustle of the daily commute, one thing remains constant — the building’s piano. Across from Starbucks sits a lone...

Students visit the Hairapy Studio Lex booth at the Natural Hair Care Expo on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, at the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

Collegiate Curls hosts Natural Hair Care Expo

Autumn King, Reporter February 13, 2023

UK’s Student Activities Board (SAB) and Collegiate Curls came together to host UK’s first Natural Hair Care Expo, on Thursday afternoon in the Gatton Student Center.  The expo gave students with...

UK student government Elections Commissioner Jacob Keeton speaks to perspective candidates in the Senate Chamber at the Gatton Student Center Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

UK Student Government Association opens applications for senator, student body president

Owen Chesemore, Reporter January 27, 2023

On Jan. 16, the Student Government Association (SGA) opened applications for the upcoming spring elections. Three days later, SGA conducted its first information session, hosted by Elections Commissioner...

Norman Chan, a second-year psychology major, plays the piano in the Gatton Student Center on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

A day in the life of the UK student center piano

Katie Hall November 12, 2021

Another cloudy day on UK’s campus brings a slow trickle of students passing through the student center, where they’re greeted by classical music being played on the grand piano.Samuel Johnson, a senior...

A banner posted by Movement for Black Lives on the side of the Gatton Student Center, on Saturday, August 15 on the University of Kentucky campus. Photo from @blackatuk instagram. 

Banners displaying student testimonials about race posted on campus by student org

Haley Simpkins August 15, 2020

Movement for Black Lives at UK placed four banners on campus this morning highlighting UK students’ personal experiences with racism and calling for the UK administration to take action. MBL, a student-led...

Champions Kitchen will open to students on Sunday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m. Pushed-in high-top chairs sit at Champions Kitchen on Friday, January 5, 2018 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Rick Childress | Staff

UK Board accepts $13.5 million gift from Gatton for student center expansion

Jacob Eads February 21, 2020

The UK Board of Trustees, Friday, accepted a gift of $13.5 million pledged by the Bill Gatton Foundation to fun an expansion to the campus’s student center. The expansion to the Gatton Student Center...

Champions Kitchen will open to students on Sunday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m. Pushed-in high-top chairs sit at Champions Kitchen on Friday, January 5, 2018 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Rick Childress | Staff

UK approved to expand Gatton Student Center dining areas

Sydney Momeyer October 18, 2019

Construction on the University of Kentucky's new Gatton Student Center isn't done quite just yet.In a unanimous decision during Friday's Board of Trustees meeting inside Kroger Field's Woodford Reserve...

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UPDATE:Gas leak situation cleared at UK’s Gatton Student Center

Kernel News Desk May 3, 2019

A campus-wide alert warned the UK community of a gas leak at the Gatton Student Center on Friday night. The alert came just after 7:30 p.m. Those nearby are advised to avoid the area.As of 7:50 p.m.,...

Artist Tony Tassets Mood Sculpture was installed outside the Gatton Student Center on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Big, ‘understandable’ emoji-like sculpture installed on UK campus

Rick Childress April 23, 2019

They sat there, stacked, sad, happy and indifferent—all at the same time. The 20-foot-tall tower of emoji-like faces greeted pedestrians outside of the Gatton Student Center on Tuesday morning. The...

Rabbi Shlomo Litvin of the Chabad of the Bluegrass addresses members of the UK and Lexington communities gathered in solidarity with UKs Jewish community on Thursday, January 25, 2018 at the Jacobs Science Building on UKs campus in Lexington, Ky. The Jewish Student center’s sign was forcibly removed in an act of vandalism early in the morning on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

UK Jewish Student Center to host campus Seders this weekend

Sarah Simon Patches April 19, 2019

This Friday begins the celebration of Passover for the Jewish community.Also known as Pesach, the holiday has celebrated the Jewish people being redeemed from slavery in Egypt for over 3,300 years. This...

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