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Rebecca Stacy a bio-systems engineering senior and Adison Forman a mechanical engineering senior build a snowman on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, outside the William T. Young Library in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

PHOTOS: UK cancels classes and in-person activities

Students spent time outdoors as classes were canceled and the University of Kentucky campus closed on Feb. 11, 2025, due to snowy and icy conditions.

UK cancels classes and in-person activities amid winter storm

UK cancels classes and in-person activities amid winter storm

Hannah Piedad, Staff Reporter February 11, 2025

The University of Kentucky canceled classes and in-person activities on Tuesday, Feb. 11, due to inclement weather, according to UK Alerts. The alert also provided revised operating hours for campus...

UK President Capilouto responds to NIH indirect cost policy change

UK President Capilouto responds to NIH indirect cost policy change

Isabella Sepahban, Assistant News Editor February 10, 2025

University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto responded to the recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) indirect cost reimbursement change in a university-wide email. On Friday, Feb. 7, the federal...

A group of performers from the Kentucky Chinese American Association pose after finishing a traditional Chinese dance during the Chinese New Year event held on Thursday, February 6, 2025, at Patterson Hall, Lexington Kentucky. Photo by Nathan Jones | Staff

2025 Lunar New Year event gives space for diversity and resistance

Laura Silva, Reporter February 10, 2025

University of Kentucky students and families celebrated the 2025 Lunar New Year by showcasing Chinese culture with traditional dances, a solo, games, art pieces and food.  The traditions are kept vivid...

Kentucky sees impacts from bird flu

Kentucky sees impacts from bird flu

Sylvia Freire, Reporter February 9, 2025

Bird flu, known as ‘avian influenza’, a virus that began by primarily infecting birds, has started infecting humans throughout the United States, according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention...

Cars search for parking at Kroger on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, off Euclid Avenue in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

Limited parking at UK impacts students

Aimee Pierce, Reporter February 7, 2025

Students at the University of Kentucky are finding parking challenging as the 2024-25 academic year brought a record-breaking freshmen class, with no significant additions to parking facilities.  Recent...

Ian VanSteenbergh poses for a portrait on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, at the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Matthew Mueller | Photo Editor

Midway, Ky. council member and UK student speaks on making change from a young age

Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter February 6, 2025

The youngest city council member in Midway, Kentucky’s history talked about his experience campaigning at 20 years old at the University of Kentucky. Ian VanSteenbergh, a senior majoring in public...

Exterior of Christian Student Fellowship building on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Brayden Finn | Staff

New CSF building aims to open this fall

Hannah Piedad, Staff Reporter February 5, 2025

The University of Kentucky’s Christian Student Fellowship (CSF) plans to open its new building once it receives a final $2.5 million in donations to finish the project. While the building does not...

The Kentucky Kernel staff poses with its awards from the Southeast Journalism Conference Best of the South awards on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at the Colvard Student Union in Starkville, Mississippi. Photo provided by Bryce McNeil

Kentucky Kernel brings home 23 awards after attending Southeast Journalism Conference

Isabella Sepahban, Assistant News Editor February 4, 2025

The Kentucky Kernel won 19 Best of the South Awards as well as four on-site competition awards during the Southeast Journalism Conference (SEJC). SEJC, an academic organization created to encourage...

Attendees hold sighs and fly flags during the rally for the people on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at Robert F. Stephens Courthouse Plaza in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Yonker | Staff

‘Rally for the People’ brings the Lexington community together

Hannah Piedad, Staff Reporter February 4, 2025

Residents of Lexington protested for multiple causes, including immigrant rights, LGBTQ+ rights and reproductive rights outside of the Robert F. Stephens Courthouse Plaza during “Rally for the People”...

University of Kentucky Student Government Association (UKSGA) senate executive council members address the student fee allocation committee roster during a full senate meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in the E. Britt Brockman Senate Chamber in the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Hannah Piedad | Staff

UK SGA expands Senate seats, amendments made to Constitution

Hannah Piedad, Staff Reporter February 3, 2025

The University of Kentucky’s Student Government Association (SGA) Full Senate voted to amend their constitution to expand Senate seats. A total of six amendments were passed on Wednesday, Jan. 29,...

Students sit outside and camp at Rupp Arena during a student campout before the Arkansas vs. Kentucky game on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Matthew Mueller | Photo Editor

UK students camp out before Arkansas game amid Calipari’s return to Rupp

Hannah Piedad, Staff Reporter February 2, 2025

University of Kentucky students camped overnight outside Rupp Arena before the men’s basketball game against unranked Arkansas. Many students, like Matthew Maloney, a freshman psychology major, said...

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