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Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

UK canceled DEI-based ceremonies, so students made their own
Sammy Wynn, Assistant News Editor • May 8, 2025
UK provides Kernel with requested documents per court order
Casey Sebastiano, Special Projects Editor • May 7, 2025
Riley Gaines comes to UK for ‘The Fight is Far from Over’ tour
Sylvia Freire, Staff Reporter • May 3, 2025
UK students, faculty, and speakers stand off stage listening to “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the Senior Salute hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center  in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Novack | Staff
PHOTOS: UK fraternity hosts ‘Senior Salute’
Sydney Novack, Assistant Photo Editor • May 8, 2025

University of Kentucky students attended the "Senior Salute," hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha, on May 7, at the Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Alpha Phi Alpha created this commencement to honor students who couldn't...

Kentucky Wildcat infielder Tyler Bell (6) swings and hits an single during the Kentucky vs. Hofstra baseball game on Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025, at Kentucky Proud Park. Kentucky won 6-1. Photo by Jack Stamats | Staff
Kentucky baseball completes series sweep over No. 17 Oklahoma in 7-2 game three win
Jonathon Bruner, Sports Editor • May 11, 2025

Kentucky baseball (28-20, 13-14 SEC) completed a series sweep over No. 17 Oklahoma (32-17, 13-14 SEC) with a 7-2 game three win. The sweep was massive for Kentucky as it continues to try and earn its way into the NCAA Tournament, especially...

Attendees pet and feed the sanctuary horses during the walkthrough at the BraveHearts Equine Center on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Paris, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Novack | Staff
Providing a second chance, horses find their light at BraveHearts
Sylvia Freire, Reporter • April 22, 2025
Shawn Pryor, an author talks during an interview on Thursday, Mar. 13, 2025 at University of Kentucky Bookstore in Lexington, Kentucky. Sydney Yonker | Staff
How Shawn Pryor is inspiring the next generation of authors
Melanie Schouppe, Reporter • April 21, 2025
Bryan Station High School teacher and Unsung Hero award winner Justin Royal discusses his classroom posters during an interview on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in his classroom in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Cara Raiford | Staff
No cape needed: Lexington teacher honored as an Unsung Hero
Abigail Wright, Reporter • April 15, 2025
Film review of ‘A Minecraft Movie’
Sammy Wynn, Reporter • April 21, 2025

A man is straddling the sidewall of a boxing ring. The camera cuts to a box, a box that drops a zombie. It cuts again, this time to another man. He looks left, he looks right and with a worried smile,...