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University stance, student opinions on UK’s DEI disbandment

University stance, student opinions on UK’s DEI disbandment

Lilly Keith, News Editor February 12, 2025

Over the summer, the Kentucky legislature's decisions regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion raised questions and concerns from students on the University of Kentucky’s campus.  The university...

Jake Lemon, president of the UConn Foundation and candidate for Vice President for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement, speaks during an open forum on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, at the Gatton College of Business and Economics in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Brady Saylor | Staff

UK announces new Vice President for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

Courtney Suber, Reporter March 9, 2023

UK president Eli Capilouto announced Jake Lemon accepted the position of Vice President for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement on March 9. Lemon, a past philanthropic overseer at the University of Connecticut,...

Capilouto announces search committee for next Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

Capilouto announces search committee for next Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

Casey Sebastiano, Reporter January 30, 2023

President Eli Capilouto announced the search committee for the next Executive Vice President for Health Affairs (EVPHA) at UK in a campus wide email on Jan. 30. The committee will be replacing previous...

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The Kernel stands with The Battalion

Editorial Board February 17, 2022

Student journalism matters. Print journalism matters.Journalism without outside control and influence helps preserve democracy and stops corruption. This is impossible without the existence of a free and...

UK will restore retirement contributions beginning with next fiscal year

Natalie Parks February 8, 2021

In an open meeting of the university's faculty Senate, executive vice president for finance and administration Eric Monday announced that UK will restore its retirement contributions for employees beginning...

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon house on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

Fraternity suspension linked to burglary investigation, parties

Natalie Parks February 1, 2021

Documents from Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s student conduct hearing reveal new details in the fraternity’s suspension, including members’ involvement in a burglary case and violations of COVID-19 protocol...

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Biden “won” the debate, not by default, but by defense

Connor Thomas October 2, 2020

The first presidential debate was unquestionably a mess. However, since the beginning of the Trump administration, most everything that the president has waded into has been such. Though many potential...

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Letter to the Editor: Kernel decides UK future?

Luke Schlake September 1, 2020

As I read the opening page of the Kentucky Kernel this week, I was immediately struck by the title: “Kernel staffers predict when UK will move to remote learning." When, not if. This was a surprising...

A banner posted by Movement for Black Lives on the side of the Gatton Student Center, on Saturday, August 15 on the University of Kentucky campus. Photo from @blackatuk instagram. 

Banners displaying student testimonials about race posted on campus by student org

Haley Simpkins August 15, 2020

Movement for Black Lives at UK placed four banners on campus this morning highlighting UK students’ personal experiences with racism and calling for the UK administration to take action. MBL, a student-led...

A skateboarder rides across the Blue Courts on the University of Kentucky campus on Saturday, March 28, 2020, after the hoops on the basketball goals were taken down after Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton closed other outdoor athletic facilities to better enforce social distancing. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

UK takes down basketball hoops, closes Arboretum entrance

Sydney Momeyer March 30, 2020

The University of Kentucky has started taking more measures to reduce gatherings.Last Thursday, UK removed all basketball hoops from their courts on campus. The following evening, they made the decision...

Candidate for Governor Andy Beshear talks to the crowd during the democratic campaign watch party on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, at the C2 Event Venue in Louisville, Kentucky. Photo by Breven Walker | Staff

Beshear touts victory as Bevin refuses to concede the Ky. gubernatorial race

Sydney Momeyer and Hailey Peters November 5, 2019

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – “Matt Bevin has won!” an ecstatic Matt Bevin supporter shouted to a crowd of Republicans at Gov. Matt Bevin's watch party. But her announcement was followed by an ominous silence...

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UK finalizes task force charged with evaluating campus mental health

Kernel News Desk April 12, 2019

In a campus-wide email sent on Thursday, UK administrators announced that they had finalized the members of a Mental Health Task Force that will evaluate and recommend changes for the UK's litany of mental...

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