Two-year-old Stetson, sitting with his mother in an infusion room in the DanceBlue Kentucky Children’s Hospital Hematology/Oncology Clinic, seems a little intimidated. Not by the doctors, nurses or the prospect of being poked by needles, but by the presence of four giants. These strangers, dressed in UK blue, sit in front of Stetson, gently bid him hello and ask about the bottle of bubbles he’s holding.
Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes is scheduled to deliver the Joe Creason Lecture from 10-11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15, in the Singletary Center for the Arts Recital Hall. Attendance is free and open to the public.
The University of Kentucky Scripps Howard First Amendment Center is accepting nominations for its James Madison Award, which honors a Kentuckian who is a champion of the First Amendment.
912 College of Communication and Information students were named to the Dean’s List for their outstanding academic achievement during the Spring 2025 semester. The 912 students on the list account for more than one third of all current CI students.
After top 10 finishes in the Photojournalism News and Features Competition of the 2024-25 Hearst Journalism Awards Program earlier this year, University of Kentucky journalism students and recent graduates Abbey Cutrer and Matthew Mueller have been named top 10 winners in the Hearst’s Picture Story/Series Competition category.
At the UK HealthCare Boys’ Sweet 16 Basketball Tournament at Rupp Arena, students from two University of Kentucky journalism courses collaborated to provide real-time, professional-level coverage of one of the state’s most iconic sporting events through an innovative new program called GameOn UK.
Four graduating students have been selected by University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto to represent the Class of 2025 as speakers at UK’s May Commencement Ceremonies, taking place Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10.The students are Julianna Boulden, Ethan Morgan, Nigel Taylor and Tyler Chapman.
From crying laughing to salsa dancing, emojis have become a mainstream media method to include context and emotion in direct communication.
Department of Integrated Strategic Communication Assistant Professor Sarah Geegan and a group of ISC undergraduates and College of Communication and Information graduate students are championing suicide prevention through the QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) training method, a free, evidence-based program designed to help individuals recognize the signs of suicide risk and intervene.
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