This week, Lexington’s fourth annual Tree Week aims to protect, cultivate, celebrate and enjoy the ecological and health benefits of trees. On Saturday, Oct. 9, a tree planting at Bryan Station kicked...
This year marks two firsts in the Appalachian Studies Association conference’s 43-year history — the first time it’s being held at UK and the first time it’s had a main focus on the forests of...
The Mad Scientist is a new bi-weekly column by biology senior Thomas Hart. Fruit flies can be very annoying. But did you know they’re a very commonly studied organism in biology? Despite how many of...
Dr. Jim Krupa smiled at the crowd gathered at the UK Arboretum. He was ready to set the tone for the evening—a light-hearted introduction to his favorite hobby.“Tonight is Warbler night,” he said,...
Just a half hour’s drive from the bustling, cell-phone ringing, e-scootering UK campus, the steady plod of dozens of former race horses could be heard marching over a babbling creek deep in the rolling...
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a friend that is hundreds of years old? One that has seen things change yet has stood firm against the hardships of time. You can meet many of these friends as you walk to...
As of Feb. 1, 2019, U.S. girls can now join the Boy Scouts of America. In the wave of feminism and female empowerment, this is another step in the direction of gender equality.However, the name will remain...
The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C was released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Oct. 8. The prognosis for our planet: not good, but not hopeless. As students pretty...
One the largest differences between human beings and our closely related primate ancestors is our capacity for language.The ability to communicate our thoughts through spoken and written word has undoubtedly...
The body of a UK student who went missing in the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday has been found, according to The Times of Israel. TeNiya Elnora Jones, a 19-year-old sophomore from Ft. Myers, was swimming...
Cecelia Hutchinson, a Biology student at UK, had her college career interrupted in the summer of 2015 when she was diagnosed with recurrent pericarditis, or inflammation of the pericardium, a thin sac-like...
