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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

UKPD investigating vehicle fire on UK’s campus
Sammy Wynn, Assistant News Editor • July 7, 2025
UPDATE: Missing UK Healthcare physician’s body found in Alaska
Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter • July 3, 2025
UK names new interim dean for the J. David Rosenberg College of Law
Aimee Pierce, Reporter • June 28, 2025
University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto gives a speech during the Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, June 13, 2025, at University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky. Photo by Cara Raiford | Staff
President Capilouto anticipates effects of “Big, Beautiful Bill” on UK
Sammy Wynn, Assistant News Editor • July 7, 2025

On Friday, July 4, President Donald Trump signed a tax and spending bill into law, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto issued a campus-wide message on Monday, July 7, to inform students...

Kentucky freshman guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander throws the ball inbounds during the game against Missouri at Rupp Arena on Saturday, February 24, 2018 in Lexington, Ky. Kentucky won 88-66. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff
CATS IN THE PROS: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Cason Wallace help Oklahoma City Thunder capture its first NBA Championship
Tyler Russell, Men's Basketball Beat Writer • July 2, 2025

The Oklahoma City Thunder authored the final chapter of its storybook season by defeating the Indiana Pacers 103-91 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals to win the first NBA Championship in franchise history.  With Oklahoma City’s name now engraved...

Drag Queen Ophelia Foxx performs with her tips from the crowd during the Lexington Pride Festival on Saturday, June 28, 2025, on Oliver Lewis Way in Lexington, Ky. Photo by Cara Raiford | Staff
‘We’re here together:’ Lexington Pride celebrates LGBTQ+ community
Hannah Piedad, Assistant Features Editor • July 1, 2025
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
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,...