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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

President Joe Biden speaks about infrastructure and a $1.6 billion bridge project on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, at a vacant property in Covington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race

Casey Sebastiano and Abbey Cutrer July 21, 2024

President Joe Biden stepped down as the incumbent Democratic candidate in the 2024 presidential election after calls to do so from Democrats and Republicans alike. In a statement posted on Instagram...

Mike Acord, 71, poses for a portrait outside of John’s Walk Run Shop on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Matthew Mueller | Staff

Mike Acord walks toward the finish line

Kristen Roberts, Features Editor July 12, 2024

A small, inconspicuous, central Kentucky business has several locations in Lexington that have been around for several decades, and one employee has worked in the little building off Ashland Avenue for...

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...

Jen Ramlet, a missions pastor, raises her arms in worship on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Hughes Auditorium at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. Ramlet flew from Orange County, California with her children to experience the revival. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

One year later, Asbury University reflects on the 2023 revival that took the internet by storm

Taylor Moon, Reporter June 11, 2024

A line of hundreds of people trailed down the steps of a packed chapel, snaked its way through the grassy lawn, and wound down the sidewalk of a small Christian college in Wilmore, Ky. The singing could...

Kentucky players dog pile after winning their game against Oregon State letting them advance to the College World Series. Kentucky beat Oregon State 3-2 to win the Lexington Super Regional and advance to the 2024 College World Series on Monday, June 10, 2024, at Kentucky Proud Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Cole Parke | Staff

PHOTOS: Kentucky defeats Oregon State 3-2 to advance to the College World Series

Cole Parke, Photographer June 11, 2024

  NO. 2 Kentucky beat Oregon State 3-2 to win the Lexington Super Regional and advance to the 2024 College World Series on Sunday, June 6, 2024.

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...

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...

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.

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...

UK head coach Lars Jorgensen hugs signee Madison Winstead after she swam the 100m breaststroke during the UKs Sun Shall Shine Blue and White meet at Lancaster Aquatic Center in , Ky. on Friday, April 22, 2016. Photo by Michael Reaves | Staff.

EDITORIAL: UK must protect those who cannot protect themselves

Kentucky Kernel Editorial Board April 23, 2024

Seven years ago, the University of Kentucky allowed a professor to resign after being investigated for sexual harassment and assault allegations before a Title IX investigation was completed. On June...

Terry Anderson poses for a portrait. Photo by UK Communication and Information College.

Journalist and former UK faculty member Terry Anderson has died at 76

Casey Sebastiano, News Editor April 23, 2024

Terry Anderson, a long-time journalist and former University of Kentucky faculty member, has died at 76 years old. Anderson was an Associated Press correspondent who traveled the world in the name of...

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