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Sophomore Sydney Joiner pets a horse they are taking care of on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, at the Secretariat Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Isabella Sepahban | Staff

UK Alternative Service Breaks hosts ‘Labor Stay’ event at Secretariat Center

Isabella Sepahban, Staff Reporter September 3, 2024

University of Kentucky students spent an afternoon cleaning horse feeder supplies to help raise money for retired racehorses at the Secretariat Center in Lexington, Kentucky. The Secretariat Center...

Rebecca Edwins, a third-year medical student, confirms a patients medical information at UK’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Back on track: UK student volunteers form vital part of return to normalcy

Sarah Michels March 18, 2021

When the Lexington community returns to a semblance of pre-pandemic normalcy, consider thanking the hundreds of UK students who volunteered at the university’s vaccine clinic operations.  As of May...

Rebecca Edwins, a third-year medical student, confirms a patients medical information at UK’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Extra hours worked by student volunteers expand vaccination capacity at UK

Natalie Parks January 31, 2021

Almost two weeks after first opening, UK's mass vaccination clinic in Kroger Field has inoculated more than 20,000 UK and Lexington community members against COVID-19.Already operating at a rate of 85...

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon house on Rose Ln on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon under cease-and-desist from national chapter, review from UK over COVID-19 violations

Natalie Parks November 18, 2020

According to a spokesperson from the national body of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the SAE chapter at the University of Kentucky has been placed under a cease-and-desist letter from the national body "to provide...

Rainbow trout jostle for space in a bucket as they wait to be loaded into bags, which will then be carried by volunteers down to a stream as part of a trout stocking hike on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, at the Red River Gorge in Pine Ridge, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff 

Bag to backpack to stream: Trout stocking in Red River Gorge

Natalie Parks November 11, 2020

My fish are not happy.I don’t know that for certain, but I imagine that being dumped into a plastic bag with 17 of their brothers and sisters, thrown into darkness and then being carried on the fish...

Elections officer Emily Libecap, who is earning a concurrent Master’s in history and library science at UK, assists a voter with the ballot scanner while working the Dunbar Community Center polling location in Lexington, Kentucky on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Poll volunteers fulfill ‘civic duty’, witness history this election season

Natalie Parks November 8, 2020

As the presidential election begins an inexorable slide to its conclusion, patterns are emerging about Election Day and voter turnout. The story so far is one of increased civic engagement. President-elect...

UK staff and volunteers to personally call all students

UK staff and volunteers to personally call all students

Emily Girard April 6, 2020

Beginning the week of April 6, UK officials will be calling all graduate and undergraduate UK students in order to provide support during the coronavirus pandemic. The calls, which were previously announced...

Cake baked and decorated by Sweet Blessings. Sweet Blessings is a charity that bakes birthday cakes for children who are living in poverty, have a life-threatening illness or have special needs. Photo by Jelyn Washington-Mays | Staff

Sweet Blessings serves up cakes and kindness

Jelyn Washington-Mays April 1, 2019

Nestled between the main entrance of Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church and the church playground rests the headquarters for one of Lexington’s sweetest treats, Sweet Blessings Cakes.The name sounds...

UT's team walks down the court while Immanuel Quickly walks by. UK men's basketball team lost to Tennessee 71-52 at Thompson Bowling Arena on Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Cats embarrassed in Tennessee revenge game

March 2, 2019

Two weeks ago, the Tennessee Volunteer basketball team came into Rupp Arena as the No. 1 team in the country. They were dominated by Kentucky, and decided they’d return the favor against Kentucky at...

UK students created almost 100 valentines for veterans at the Veterans Affairs hospital on Cooper Drive on February 8, 2019, in the White Hall classroom building. Photo provided by Sheri Pass.

Valentines for Veterans: UK students find a ‘little way’ to give back

Emily Laytham February 8, 2019

It’s official: the UK campus community has coupled with veterans this Valentine’s Day.The Center for Community Outreach and Young at Heart organized the pairing through the Valentines for Veterans...

The Red Shoe Crew helps support the Ronald McDonald House.

Red Shoe Crew helps keep smiles on faces at Ronald McDonald House

Emily Baehner December 7, 2018

For many, Ronald McDonald is mainly associated with Happy Meals and Big Macs. But for the Red Shoe Crew of Lexington and the patients at the Ronald McDonald House of the Bluegrass, he means so much more....

A resident of Arbor Youth Services, a local non-profit that provides shelter to unaccompanied minors, plays Candy Land during a game night on Nov. 26, 2018. The minor played with UK students that were a part of Project 3rd, which provides volunteers and resources to Arbor Youth. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Project 3rd: Finding role models in UK students

December 6, 2018

An organization founded by a UK student has transformed the way displaced youth are being assisted in Lexington.Created by UK Senior Matt Custodero in the summer of 2017, Project 3rd at UK aims to assist...

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