Jenna Lifshen, a junior sports journalism major, has recently accepted an internship position with NBC Sports for this upcoming summer.The internship is based in Stamford, Connecticut, where Lifshen will spend five weeks working with NBC’s Sports Editorial desk and five weeks with the network’s research desk for online stories.
On Friday, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved 17 University Research Professors for the 2026-27 academic year. Established by the Board of Trustees in 1976, the professorships program recognizes excellence across the full spectrum of research at UK.
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.
As the Olympic Games evolve in the digital age, so too does the way audiences experience them. With athletes now sharing behind-the-scenes moments, personal stories and real-time updates across platforms like TikTok and Instagram, the traditional boundaries between competitors and fans are rapidly disappearing.
David Stephenson, associate professor in the School of Journalism and Media, won the Silver Award for Faculty Photography for a Single Photo in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's (AEJMC) Festival of Visual & Interactive Media.
Six journalists whose work has driven reform, preserved history, shaped public opinion and chronicled the defining moments of life in Kentucky and across the globe have been selected for induction into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.
The 19th biennial Kentucky Conference on Health Communication (KCHC) is coming soon, and this year’s conference will examine one of the most pressing global questions of our time: how communication shapes health as a human right.
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.
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