Today, thousands of University of Kentucky alumni and friends will walk away carrying a piece of Aimee Griffith.“When you paint something, it becomes a part of you,” the watercolorist said.
The University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information will host the 2026 James C. Bowling Executive-in-Residence Lecture 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, in Wrigley Auditorium, 250 Pence Hall.
A student from the Department of Integrated Strategic Communication in the University of College of Communication and Information took the top prize at this year’s Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference logo competition.
Ciah Marks and Serena Florell, two integrated strategic communication students here in the College of Communication and Information, won the Radio Mercury Award for Student-Produced Script for their "Love Radio" commercial script this summer. They wrote the script after Elizabeth Spencer, an assistant professor in ISC, offered her students extra credit to create an original radio ad and submit it to Radio Mercury judges.
Faith Pruitt, an integrated strategic communication student in the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information, earned Silver ADDY Awards at both the national and district levels for her creative work in design and packaging.
863 College of Communication and Information students were named to the Dean’s List for their outstanding academic achievement during the Spring 2026 semester. The 863 students on the list account for more than one third of all current CI students.
Four graduating students have been selected by University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto to represent the Class of 2026 as speakers at UK’s May Commencement Ceremonies Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9.
Tom Murray, chief marketing officer of Somnigroup International Inc., will deliver the 2026 Irwin Warren Lecture in Advertising and Digital Media 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, in Pence Hall’s Wrigley Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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.