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Simidele Adeagbo uses her athletic success to help others and pave the way for future generations. The recent Olympian and University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media in the College of Communication and Information alumna has recently been selected for the inaugural Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa Program. She beat out 10,000 applications for one of the 200 spots available.
University of Kentucky health communication researcher Don Helme is partnering with the Kentucky Attorney General’s office to gauge public opinion on a new drug deactivation pouch, part of a larger effort to develop solutions to the state’s opioid epidemic.
Kentucky's literary heritage is being featured around Lexington as part of the new Book Benches public art exhibit to encourage reading. The 36 fiberglass benches, which depict colorful artistic renderings of books by Kentucky authors, were unveiled in Gratz Park before being stationed in spaces around the city last month. The project, a collaboration between Arts Connect, LexArts and the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, features 24 page-turning sculptures with connections to the University of Kentucky including three benches showcasing books by three professors in the Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences — Gurney Norman, Frank X Walker and Crystal Wilkinson.
Student-athletes at the University of Kentucky combined to earn a total of 78 spots on the Southeastern Conference First-Year Academic Honor Roll, the league announced recently. 
The Association for Communication Excellence (ACE) in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences has selected Laura Fischer, assistant professor for the Department of Integrated Strategic Communication (ISC), in the College of Communication and Information at the University of Kentucky, as the recipient of the 2018 ACE Outstanding Dissertation Award. ACE, established in 1913, is an international association of communicators, educators and information technologists that offers professional development and networking opportunities to its members.
Playing as a professional athlete in a much-touted PGA golf tournament only weeks after graduating from collegiate competition is exceedingly rare. Yet, two young-alumni athletes, former members of the University of Kentucky men’s golf team, Tyler “Chip” McDaniel and Cooper Musselman, have achieved that dream. Both will compete in the Barbasol PGA Championship being held July 16-22, at Champions at Keene Trace in Nicholasville, Kentucky.
As former University of Kentucky and National Football League (NFL) tight end Jacob Tamme and his wife, Allison, talk about the annual golf tournament they host, Swings for Soldiers, they are quick to recall the moment when they thought they were "one and done."
Amanda Lopez, a library and information science graduate student in the University of Kentucky’s School of Information Science, a part of the College of Communication and Information, was awarded the 2018-2019 Spectrum Scholarship by the American Library Association.
University of Kentucky Provost David Blackwell has named Derek Lane to the position of interim dean of the College of Communication and Information.

 


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