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NBA’s Shawn Hils discusses importance of crisis communication

Kristen Roberts, Reporter January 28, 2025

Shawn Hils, senior director in the communications department of the National Basketball Association, came to UK Nov. 10 to give the annual James C. Bowling Executive-in-Residence Lecture. Speaking in...

Illustration by Tessa Kasman.

Alone Together: The connection between being lonely and the internet

Aidan Dillard-Hijikata, Reporter January 19, 2025

Almost six years ago, one seemingly inconsequential decision to purchase an animal in a Wuhan wet market changed the course of human history. That animal was infected with SARS-CoV-2, colloquially known...

DanceBlue participants dance at the end of the 2023 DanceBlue Marathon on Sunday, March 26, 2023, at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

Dancing for a difference: UK students give back at DanceBlue

Laurel Swanz and Nina Kovach March 30, 2023

No amount of sleep deprivation could hinder the excitement of everyone involved with DanceBlue when it was announced that they raised over $1.6 million on Sunday night. Despite having spent the last...

R.O.D. performs at WRFL’s 35th Birthday Bash on Saturday, March 11, 2023, at the Burl in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Stephanie Foster | Staff

UK’s student radio station celebrates 35 years on air

Stephanie Foster, Reporter March 20, 2023

The University of Kentucky’s student-run radio station, WRFL 88.1, held a “birthday bash” on March 11, at the Burl, to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Saturday night featured musical performances...

Joe Bologna stands in front of his portrait on the 50th Anniversary of his pizzeria on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at Joe Bologna's Restaurant and Pizzeria in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

‘It’s like a big ol’ family.’ Joe Bologna’s Restaurant and Pizzeria celebrates 50th anniversary

Alexis Baker, Staff Reporter March 10, 2023

Joe Bologna’s Restaurant and Pizzeria is widely recognized as a staple for the Lexington community, but its famous pizza and breadsticks aren’t the only thing that keep customers coming back time and...

Crowds gather to worship on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Hughes Auditorium at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

‘It just felt like holy ground.’ Asbury University revival draws hundreds

Bryce Towle and Nate Lucas February 24, 2023

A crescendo caused crowd members in the chapel to hold their arms and heads to the sky. A baby held by their mother reached their arm out, too, as if they were mimicking others.  As the song that...

Students sit at the Cats Den on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, at the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Colmar

UK Department of English to host spoken word ‘Incubator’ series

Courtney Suber, Reporter February 21, 2023

UK’s Department of English will host an Incubator Reading Series featuring spoken fiction, nonfiction and poetry from UK students on Feb. 23. This semester’s event will be held in the Cats Den in...

Researchers at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging have been studying a newly FDA approved Alzheimer’s drug. Photo by Carter Skaggs | Staff

UK hosts clinical trial for newly FDA approved Alzheimer’s drug

Natalia Garcia, Reporter February 10, 2023

The University of Kentucky is at the forefront of a groundbreaking study that could change the way Alzheimer’s disease is treated.  The AHEAD Study is a clinical trial that studies the effects of...

A student wearing a mask exits Gatton Student Center on the first day of in-person classes on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

To mask or not to mask: Continuing COVID concerns at UK

Courtney Suber, Reporter November 23, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic caught not only the University of Kentucky off guard but the whole world. The pandemic forced people into isolation and created restrictions on the basis of health that were unheard...

What students should know about monkeypox

What students should know about monkeypox

Paul Schlowak, Reporter November 14, 2022

After life began to feel like the pre-Covid era, cases of “monkeypox disease” were detected in the United Kingdom in May 2022. Within two months, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the...

Dibakar Bhattacharyya, left, and Rollie Mills pose for a photo on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

UK research team develops enzyme-embedded antiviral mask

Gracie Moore, Reporter October 5, 2022

University of Kentucky professors, undergraduate students and graduate students from a variety of vocations developed an antiviral mask to combat COVID-19 and other viruses. This 12-person team is led...

A dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is injected into a patient’s arm on Saturday, April 10, 2021, at UK’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Kentucky Kernel

UK discontinues COVID dashboard as Kentucky positivity rates increase

Rayleigh Deaton, Editor-in-Chief September 1, 2022

The University of Kentucky is no longer maintaining a COVID-19 dashboard displaying vaccination percentages and positivity rates among students, faculty and staff. The dashboard, which was updated regularly...

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