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Shaping Passions Into Professions

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We Build Community within the College and beyond; Converge and Collaborate across disciplines to leverage our breadth; Empower and Transform members of our community to foster their success; Excel through our intellectual leadership; and Engage and Partner with our constituents and peers.

 

20+ Degree Programs

Our degree programs and cutting-edge curriculum will challenge you to find your passion. Our staff of professional advisors and dedicated faculty will give you the hands-on, industry experience you need to turn your passion into your profession and graduate world-ready.


96% of Students Receive Financial Aid

96% of first-time, full-time undergraduates at the University of Kentucky received some type of financial aid. We have need- and merit-based scholarships for all majors and all grade classifications within the College.


15+ Student Involvement Opportunities

Students can choose to get involved in an organization that aligns with their major or something else entirely. Whatever you are passionate about, we have an involvement opportunity for that.

Our Intercollegiate Debate Team is nationally-ranked.

The Kentucky Kernel is an Associated Collegiate Press Top 100 Pacemaker Award winner.

Visit our Getting Involved page for a full list of involvement opportunities in the College of Communication and Information.

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The 2025 James Madison Award recipient for service to the First Amendment is James F. (Jay) Nolan III, chairman and CEO of Nolan Group Media and J. Frank Publishing Inc. The University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media and its Scripps Howard First Amendment Center present the award annually.

‘The Sentidentalist’: CI alum combines artistry and craftsmanship

Perched on a nightstand in the Craftsman bungalow Katie Morrison shares with her husband, Brian, is an encased wallpaper swatch, a relic of her childhood home that ties her present to her past. Sage-colored vines coil over a muted white background within a small golden frame, an ivy-like pattern that once sprawled across her Eastern Kentucky kitchen where she spent hours with loved ones. Salvaged by her sister-in-law, Kati, before the property’s sale, it occupies a prominent place next to a seaside vacation photo of Morrison and her late mother, Melanie.

UK football’s Josh Kattus trades game days for playtime at Kentucky Children’s Hospital

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.

Ann Telnaes to deliver 2025 Joe Creason Lecture

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.

 

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Elle Smith '20
Journalism

Model, formerly an on-air reporter with WHAS-TV
Library Science (MS)

Sherali Zeadally
School of Information Science

Professor

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