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A UKPD police officer surveys a crowd on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, outside of the William T. Young Library in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

EDITORIAL: Assaults, shootings and silence: UK’s safety crisis requires transparency

Kentucky Kernel Editorial Board February 26, 2025

President Eli Capilouto and his administration have failed to adequately address concerns about student safety and well-being at the University of Kentucky. Thus, the Kentucky Kernel editorial board has...

VIDEO: New UK SGA caucus addresses safety concerns

Chloe Bradley, Broadcaster January 17, 2025

The University of Kentucky Student Government Association (SGA) formed the new Wildcat Safety Alliance Caucus as a way to involve every student in campus safety discussions. The caucus is aimed at bringing...

Freshman Senator Conner Brumley speaks to fellow University of Kentucky SGA members during the SGA Safety Alliance Caucus on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, at the University of Kentucky Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Novack | Staff

UK SGA holds first ‘Wildcats Safety Alliance Caucus’

Cassady Brockman, Reporter January 17, 2025

The University of Kentucky Student Government Association (SGA) held the first-ever “Wildcats Safety Alliance Caucus.”  Thursday, Jan. 16, members discussed issues such as sexual and physical assault,...

PODCAST: Catching Up with the Kernel: Safety concerns at UK and what’s being done

Giana Gallo, Owen Chesemore, and Jackson LaCroix December 1, 2024

In this special episode, hosts Giana Gallo and Owen Chesemore bring on UK Police Chief Joe Monroe to give insight on how safety measures are being increased around campus and how UKPD is handling the recent...

VIDEO: Sexual assault reported incidents trending higher than last year

Edward Smith, Broadcaster November 19, 2024

For the fifth time this semester, UKPD sent an email to students saying they are investigating a sexual assault. Kentucky Kernel reporter Edward Smith gathers students reaction and compares the data to...

University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto speaks to the Kentucky Kernel editors in an interview on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at the Main Building in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

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...

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