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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

UK President Capilouto shares possible impacts of Trump administration bill
Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter • May 24, 2025
PHOTOS: UK fraternity hosts ‘Senior Salute’
Sydney Novack, Assistant Photo Editor • May 8, 2025
UK canceled DEI-based ceremonies, so students made their own
Sammy Wynn, Assistant News Editor • May 8, 2025
People, surrounded by homes which were destroyed, talk with each other on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, after an EF4 tornado hit London, Ky. Photo by Hannah Piedad | Staff
‘It looked like a war zone.’ Laurel County rebuilds after deadly tornado
Sammy Wynn, Assistant News Editor • May 21, 2025

LONDON, Kentucky — Following the EF4 tornado that struck Laurel County in Kentucky, the city and neighboring counties united to restore and rebuild the community. The tornado hit Laurel County around midnight on Friday, May 16, leaving 17...

New University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach Mark Pope holds his first press conference on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff
Denzel Aberdeen brings key experience to Lexington as Kentucky men’s basketball seeks its ninth national championship
Tyler Russell, Men's Basketball Beat Reporter • May 24, 2025

In the modern day of collegiate athletics, one of the most important assets a college athlete can possess is experience.  Unlike NBA players who have already gone through it during their collegiate days, competing in hostile environments...

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
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
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
Film review of ‘A Minecraft Movie’
Sammy Wynn, Reporter • April 21, 2025

A man is straddling the sidewall of a boxing ring. The camera cuts to a box, a box that drops a zombie. It cuts again, this time to another man. He looks left, he looks right and with a worried smile,...