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Attendees pet and feed the sanctuary horses during the walkthrough at the BraveHearts Equine Center on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Paris, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Novack | Staff

Providing a second chance, horses find their light at BraveHearts

Sylvia Freire, Reporter April 22, 2025

Brightly colored rows of green fences line up acres of land at the equine center. The sun's beam guides tractors and visitors towards its home, winding down grassfields. Horses tread slowly as...

Shawn Pryor, an author talks during an interview on Thursday, Mar. 13, 2025 at University of Kentucky Bookstore in Lexington, Kentucky. Sydney Yonker | Staff

How Shawn Pryor is inspiring the next generation of authors

Melanie Schouppe, Reporter April 21, 2025

Literature is something that shapes youth and adult minds alike. It can be an escape from the stress of the outside world, a chance to see things from a different perspective or a simple form of entertainment.  Shawn...

Bryan Station High School teacher and Unsung Hero award winner Justin Royal discusses his classroom posters during an interview on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in his classroom in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Cara Raiford | Staff

No cape needed: Lexington teacher honored as an Unsung Hero

Abigail Wright, Reporter April 15, 2025

Superheroes have long been depicted as cape-wearing figures, soaring through the skies and saving the day with superhuman strength.  CivicLex is working to shift the spotlight to a different kind...

Opera professor Everett McCorvey poses for a portrait in his office in the William E. and Casiana Schmidt Vocal Arts Center in Lexington, Kentucky, on March 4, 2025. Photo by Chloe Bradley | Staff

From civil rights to concert halls: The African American spiritual legacy

Chloe Bradley, Reporter April 2, 2025

Music is something to be lived, each measure and line tells a story. Songs tell the stories of those in society and carry their stories for hundreds of years to come.  Songs that feature a call and...

Admiration: How UK students honor Women's History Month

Admiration: How UK students honor Women’s History Month

March is Women's History Month, a time when women across the world are celebrated and honored for their achievements.  Some of the Kentucky Kernels staff took to the University of Kentucky’s streets...

John Winn Miller poses for a headshot.

John Winn Miller: Award-winning journalist to award-winning author

Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter March 27, 2025

In 1975, the Kentucky Kernel printed 20-40 page newspapers five days a week with a large staff of advertisers, reporters and editors. John Winn Miller, then student and Kernel reporter, worked there...

Members form a circle for a group warmup during the Skitty Cats Improv Club meeting on Wednesday, March 6, 2025, at the Fine Arts Building. Photo by Dayssia Jones | Staff

Skitty Cats Improv Club uplifts through inclusivity and creativity

Olivia White, Reporter March 9, 2025

As the members of the Skitty Cats Improv Club filed into the Lucille C. Little Black Box Theatre at the University of Kentucky, the room looked lackluster at best. The space was dull with black walls...

Randall Vaughn, the vice president of architecture at Gray Construction, talks to students during an event hosted by the University of Kentucky's chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at the Gray Design Building in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Hannah Piedad | Staff

A foundation of inclusivity, architect draws a foundation for life

Sylvia Freire, Reporter February 24, 2025

A foundation of a building, brick by brick, holds together the framework creating structural integrity. Every design has its reasoning behind why it is created in the way it is: security, stability...

Steve Baron, owner and manager of CD Central poses for a portrait on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, at CD Central in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

Local superstar: How CD Central connects to Lexington’s music scene

Sammy Wynn, Reporter February 21, 2025

In 1995, Steve Baron sat at his desk job in the University of Kentucky’s media relations department, but his mind was elsewhere. He was dreaming of something more, something hands on, something entrepreneurial.  He...

ROCK huddles to finish the roller derby practice on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, at The Yard in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Yonker | Staff

The community behind the Roller Derby of Central Kentucky program

Melanie Schouppe, Reporter February 13, 2025

As the chilly air swirls outside on a Sunday afternoon, warm greetings fill the air inside the practice building while the members of the Roller Derby of Central Kentucky (ROCK) catch up before they...

Mark Cornelison steps out from the tent with a tin sheet used for a photo on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, at Greyline Station in Lexington, Kentucky. His daughter, Elsie, sits and waits for Cornelison to finish working. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

Going back in time through photos: How a former photojournalist appreciates the past

Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter February 11, 2025

The act of taking a photo today is simple. Whether it be through a camera or a phone, one press of a button and a picture is taken. It’s a process that has been refined over the years since the...

Maddie Wiser and Ava Akers pose with their letters during the Letters of Love event on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at the Don and Cathy Jacobs Building in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by CallieThompson | Staff

Spreading love through the art of handwritten letters

Laura Silva, Reporter February 10, 2025

Love comes in different shapes, colors and formats – and letters.  With colorful crayons and papers spread on the tables, students drew an orange heart, a heart bouquet, pink coquette bows, colorful...

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