News and Media

In keeping with University of Kentucky tradition, a student will be selected to speak at each of the four UK Commencement ceremonies this May.

Interiors graduate student Marissa Wilson and finance and accounting December graduate Omer Tariq won the University of Kentucky Venture Challenge with their idea for i-Remember, a website and app to help connect, communicate and form personal relationships with people who have memory problems. They will share $1,500 in scholarship prize money and will represent UK at the state competition in April.

The University of Kentucky is rooted in history from its esteemed alumni to its storied basketball program. Just take a quick walk through campus and it won’t take long to spot a vintage, copper signpost sharing a story of the university’s past. One such piece of history, lesser known to the average student or alumnus, but deeply rooted and just as prestigious, is the Tournament of Champions put on by the Kentucky Debate program.

Nathan Stevens, media officer in the  University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information, is often sought out for his expertise in media and electronics. Not only by the college, but also by companies across the U.S.

The University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media will host a discussion, "The Cure for Fake News Disease: Truth and Fairness," with journalists on Wednesday, Feb. 15. The program is set for 3-4:30 p.m. in the Maggie Room of the Enoch Grehan Journalism Building.

The University of Kentucky Committee on Social Theory hosts public lectures and faculty presentations throughout the academic year, including lecture series each fall and each spring, that give the public access to lectures by international scholars visiting the university campus.

Have you written or produced a story that just cries out for recognition? Then we have a contest for you. The University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media in the College of Communication and Information is seeking entries for its seventh annual David Dick "What a Great Story!" Storytelling Awards.

The University of Kentucky Speech and Debate Team, formerly the UK Forensics Team, partnered with Marshall University to host the inaugural Hatfield and McCoy speech and debate swing tournament Jan. 21-22. While the tournament was named for the infamous feud between two families on the Kentucky-West Virginia border, the competition was friendly but fierce. Schools from seven states as far away as Michigan and Georgia traveled to UK for the tournament.

Dr. Doug Lowy, interim director of the National Cancer Institute, recently visited the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, continuing a dialogue on Kentucky cancer disparities following Lowy's visit to Hazard, Ky. last fall.