CI alum Camron Brown didn’t just set out to build a fintech company. He set out to solve a problem he couldn’t escape. His company, co-founded with Kaelaan Maynor, helps people, employers and benefit partners navigate disability and leave with clarity, speed and financial stability. Brown and Maynor's partnership eventually landed them on the 2026 Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Impact list.
Rosie Paulik and her father, Buz Ecker, turned their family’s letter-writing tradition into the Dad Letter Project after a TikTok brought attention to it. The project now connects volunteer dads with people seeking encouragement through handwritten letters around the world.
868 College of Communication and Information students were named to the Dean’s List for their outstanding academic achievement during the Fall 2025 semester. The 868 students on the list account for more than one third of all current CI students.
When RaShaun West steps onto the commencement stage this Friday, he will do so carrying more than a diploma. He will carry a story that weaves city streets and church pulpits, late nights in hospital beds and early mornings writing papers, the quiet work of recovery and the visible honor of serving as a voice of inspiration for his classmates.
During National Lung Cancer Screening Awareness Month, University of Kentucky researchers were traveling across the Commonwealth to talk to Kentuckians about lung health. It’s a project built for and with Kentuckians.
Abbey Cutrer, a 2025 University of Kentucky journalism graduate, won two major awards at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar contest.
Lexington’s Holiday Parade presented by Commonwealth Credit Union is coming up Dec. 6. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. on Midland Avenue, running west on Main Street, ending at Mill Street.
Researchers from the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information and the College of Social Work received a three-year grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to expand access to social services through public libraries.
Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death among young people in Kentucky, but University of Kentucky faculty and students are working to change that through a simple, yet powerful idea: communication saves lives.
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