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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

Shared governance stones outside of J. David Rosenberg College of Law Building on Monday, May 13, 2024 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Matthew Mueller | Staff

UK Board of Trustees vote to adopt President’s Recommendation 6

Isabella Sepahban, Staff Reporter June 24, 2024

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees (BOT) voted to adopt President’s Resolution 6 (PR6), a bill that would affect the future of shared governance at UK. Passing in a 19-1 vote Friday, June...

A Lextran bus drives down South Limestone on Monday, March 26, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

The team behind transportation: LexTran’s partnership with UK is seen all around campus

Reaghan Chen, Reporter June 4, 2024

“Now approaching the steps,” booms over the speakers.  The bus seats are filled with students and backpacks, professors and briefcases, healthcare workers with name tags clipped on their shirts...

UK to host full-scale active aggressor exercise on Thursday, May 30

UK to host full-scale active aggressor exercise on Thursday, May 30

Isabella Sepahban, Staff Reporter May 29, 2024

The University of Kentucky will be undergoing a full-scale active aggressor crisis exercise on Thursday, May 30. The exercise will begin around 8 a.m. and will finish in the afternoon, according to...

The Alpha Delta Pi building on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Rose Street in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

Sorority senior ‘strip show’ leads to conduct probation

Hannah Stanley, Reporter May 17, 2024

After three anonymous incident reports regarding a senior “strip show,” the University of Kentucky Alpha Delta Pi (ADPi) sorority was placed under a year-long Conduct Probation until Oct. 17, 2024. A...

Martin-Gatton Agricultural Sciences Building renderings provided by UK.

New $60 million Martin-Gatton Agricultural Sciences Building breaks ground

Lilly Keith, Assistant News Editor May 16, 2024

On the corner of Cooper Drive and Nicholasville Road, several influential University of Kentucky figures broke ground on the construction of the Martin-Gatton College’s newest addition to the College...

Ala Hassan and Kareem Hassan hold Palestinian flags during a solidarity rally for Gaza on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, outside of the William T. Young Library at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

Lexington community members stand in solidarity with Gaza at rally on UK’s campus

Abbey Cutrer, Managing Editor May 1, 2024

Pro-Palestine protestors gathered on Wednesday evening at a solidarity rally for Gaza outside the William T. Young Library at the University of Kentucky. The crowd of over 300 people included students,...

Senior Transylvania University student Jenna Shalash chants during a solidarity rally for Gaza on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, outside of the William T. Young Library at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

PHOTOS: Lexington community gathers at solidarity rally for Gaza

Abbey Cutrer, Managing Editor May 1, 2024

The Lexington community gathered at a solidarity rally for Gaza on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, outside of the William T. Young Library at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.

Awards sit on a table during the 2023 Student Film Festival on Friday, April 28, 2023, in the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

UKY Film Festival awards 6 films at annual contest

Alexis Baker, Reporter May 1, 2024

Filmmakers, friends and family gathered for the annual UKY Film Festival screening and awards ceremony.  The “blue carpet” was rolled out for filmmakers at the University of Kentucky’s Worsham...

Ann Rice OHanlons mural inside Memorial Hall on Tuesday, November 24, 2015, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Joel Repoley | Staff 

Judge dismisses Memorial Hall lawsuit but says mural must stay

Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter April 30, 2024

Poet Wendell Berry and his wife’s lawsuit against the University of Kentucky’s plans for the removal of a controversial mural in Memorial Hall was dismissed, but the judge said the mural cannot be...

Board of trustees members pose to break ground at the site of the new Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Complex located on State St. on Thursday, April 24, 2024, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Staff

UK holds groundbreaking ceremony for new Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Building

Alexis Baker, Reporter April 27, 2024

University of Kentucky officials and the Markey Cancer Center community gathered for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the new Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Center. The ceremony was hosted on the site...

Faculty members, professors and students gather for a Board of Trustees meeting at the University of Kentucky on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

UK Board of Trustees passes President’s Recommendation 4 affecting university shared governance

Lilly Keith and Hannah Stanley April 26, 2024

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees (BOT) voted to pass PR6, the proposed President’s Recommendation, that discusses the future of shared governance at UK. Passing in a 19-1 vote today, nearly...

Students try to catch as many ping pong balls as possible as they fall from Patterson Office Tower at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY on April 22, 2024. Photo by Isabella Sepahban | Staff

Over 350 UK students participate in annual ‘Ping Pong Ball Drop’ for the chance to win prizes

Isabella Sepahban, Reporter April 24, 2024

Over 350 University of Kentucky students gathered outside of Patterson Office Tower to catch over 1,000 ping pong balls during the university’s annual “Ping Pong Ball Drop” for the chance to catch...

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