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Kentucky Kernel

University President Eli Capilouto on campus safety, construction and tuition

Lilly Keith, Abbey Cutrer, and Casey Sebastiano November 19, 2024

University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto sits down with a portion of the Kentucky Kernel editorial board every fall semester for an interview about concerns from students, the editors and the campus...

UKPD presence to increase on North Campus

UKPD presence to increase on North Campus

Lilly Keith, Assistant News Editor September 5, 2024

The University of Kentucky Police Department sent an email to the student body on Thursday, Sept. 5 addressing the “concerns surrounding the safety of our campus” after events from this week.  According...

The Kentucky State Capitol on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff file photo

Capilouto responds to proposed Kentucky bill that would allow guns on campus

Laurel Swanz, Staff Reporter March 7, 2023

UK president Eli Capilouto announced that he is opposed to House Bill 542, which would prevent Kentucky higher education institutions from banning guns on campus. Sent via campus-wide email on March...

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‘Know you are not alone.’ Capilouto addresses recent student deaths

Rick Childress January 25, 2019

In the wake of two student deaths, UK President Eli Capilouto encouraged the campus to mourn together, seek resources and move forward in a campus-wide email sent on Friday. "They sat beside us in our...

Haily Duvall, a 19-year-old sophomore at UK, was arrested early in the morning on Nov. 8 and charged with terroristic threatening and filing a false police report. 

The bomb threat to UK’s White Hall: 22 hours of uncertainty

Bailey Vandiver November 8, 2018

Below is a timeline of events relating to the bomb threat against White Hall. The timeline starts on the afternoon of Nov. 7 and continues to the present. To view a shortened timeline in interactive...

A student passes Whitehall Classroom Building in the evening. Photo taken by Matt Hasty. 

Spring Cleaning: Let’s get rid of night classes

October 12, 2018

We need to make sure that required classes are offered during the day too, not just at night.  You hear it all the time out of college students: “I hate night classes,” “I wish I can go home and...

UK Feminist Alliance marches campus to protest sexual assault at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., on Nov. 11, 2016. The group demanded for the university administration to release the redacted sexual assault records involving former professor James Harwood. Photo by Joshua Qualls | Staff

Another sexual assault on campus requires thinking about self-defense

Hannah Woosley May 15, 2018

On May 7, the UK Police Department sent out a campus-wide email that notified students and staff of a sexual assault that occurred in the Gatton College of Business and Economics the previous week.The...

UK Police notifies campus of sexual abuse incident, asks for information about suspect

News Staff March 7, 2018

UK Police issued a crime bulletin Wednesday afternoon to inform the campus community about an incident that occurred on Tuesday afternoon on UK's campus.A student reported that at approximately 10:30 p.m.,...

UK’s home page will be briefly unavailable on Jan. 4

News Staff January 3, 2018

UK's home page, which is www.uky.edu, will not be accessible around 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 4.UK will be testing its crisis communication capabilities on the site, said a campus-wide email from UK Administration...

UK Alert test scheduled for today

News Staff September 13, 2017

A test of the UK Alert system will take place at 11:50 a.m. on Sept. 14.UK Police sent out a campus-wide email notifying students, faculty and staff of the test, which will be conducted by UKPD's Division...

UK Feminist Alliance chants in protest against on-campus sexual assault in front of President Eli Capilouto's house at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., on Nov. 11, 2016. The group demanded for the university administration to release the redacted sexual assault records involving former professor James Harwood. Photo by Joshua Qualls | Staff File Photo

Department of Education will replace Obama-era sexual assault directive

Bailey Vandiver September 7, 2017

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Thursday that her department will enact a new directive regarding sexual assault on campuses.She said the new directive aims to balance the rights of victims as...

A student walks across the previous spot of a Cats Path marker near White Hall on her way to class on the morning of Friday, August 25, 2017 on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Paw prints may be temporarily gone from campus, but safety isn’t

Kaitlyn Skovran August 24, 2017

Once familiar landmarks on UK's campus, the Wildcat paw prints, which marked safe paths, have disappeared from the pavement.There is no cause for alarm though, according to UK Chief of Police Joe Monroe,...

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