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Dean’s Message
Dear Colleagues,
A gorgeous Spring weekend and a lot of rain has everything on campus in bloom. I hope you’re able to enjoy the weather, perhaps even bringing students outside for a class or two.
There is a lot going on as we get close to the end of the semester and the 2014-2015 school year:
- The Celebration of Faculty Excellence will be held Friday, April 24 at 3pm in the Red Barn. We are recognizing current faculty members and celebrating the research, teaching and service of our retiring faculty members. I would love to see you there as we celebrate the end of another great year in the College!
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Artist Judy Chicago will speak at the Kentucky Center’s Bomhard Theater Tuesday, April 14. Last March, Chicago gifted the International Honor Quilt to UofL and the Hite Art Institute. The quilt is a collaborative work of art that combines stories from its 540 individual makers into a collective commentary on feminism and politics. I encourage you to take advantage of this cultural artifact in our collections and incorporate it into your future curricula.
- As election season begins ramping up, many of our political science professors are being tapped to speak with media outlets around the country. We’re always looking for professors in all academic disciplines willing to share their expertise with the media, so if you would like to be a resource, please email Lindsey Brown Ronay.
- Spring at UofL means it’s Grawemeyer Awards season! Each year, UofL grants awards in world order, psychology, education, and music composition. Additionall, the University and the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary jointly give an award in religion. All of these awards highlight the importance of critical and creative thinking – two ideals which A&S espouses. This year’s winners will give public talks on April 15 and 16. More information about this year’s winners and their public talks
All of these events and more allow the College to celebrate the end of a very productive academic year. I hope we will all take the opportunity to get to know one another better, appreciate our achievements, and share ideas for 2015-16.
Have a great week!
Kimberly Kempf-Leonard
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
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Announcements
Faculty Excellence Celebration April 24
Mark your calendars for the 2015 Celebration of Faculty Excellence honoring the winners of the 2014-15 Distinguished Faculty Awards – Jasmine Farrier (Political Science), James Grubola (Fine Arts), Delin Lai (Fine Arts), and Charles Ziegler (Political Science) – and the Olorunsola Award for Outstanding Young Scholar – Gung-Min Gie (Mathematics) – and others (TBA) as well as our retiring faculty. The event will be held Friday, April 24 at the Red Barn. Doors open at 3 p.m. Program begins at 3:30 p.m. Celebrate your colleagues and the end of the academic year with food, drink and festivity. Please go to attend.com/faculty.excellence.2015 and let us know if you plan to attend.
Alzheimer’s Awareness talk & luncheon
Prof. Benjamin Mast (Psychological and Brain Sciences) will speak at an Alzheimer’s Awareness luncheon on Tuesday, April 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Louisville Waterfront Development Corporation. The goal of this community educational offering is to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s and offer solutions to family members and those impacted by this disease and to openly share this information in the community. For more information or to make a donation, visit Alzheimer’s Awareness luncheon (PDF).
Teaching, Creative Activities & Service, and Research
Anthropology students present at conference
Undergraduate Anthropology students Cori Dennison, Megan Duncanson, and Jacob White participated in a poster session while MA candidate, Chris Klaes, gave well-received paper at the Meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists Conference in St. Louis.
Kudos and Congratulations
SIGS Student, Faculty Honors for 2015
Student and Faculty Honors were announced by the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies for May 2015. The Provost’s Award for Exemplary Director of Graduate Studies was awarded to Prof. Charles Hubscher (Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology), the Outstanding Faculty Mentor of Masters Students was awarded to Prof. Carson Byrd (Department of Pan-African Studies), and the Outstanding Faculty Mentor of Doctoral Students was awarded to Prof. Barry Wainscott (Department of Health Management and Systems Sciences). For a complete list, see Student and Faculty Honors (.docx) for all SIGS students and faculty to be honored during commencement activities.
Gora awarded NSF Fellowship
Evan Gora, a PhD Student (Biology), was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for his work on the role of lightning in creating dead wood in tropical forests. The award comes with a stipend and will cover the cost of tuition.
In the News
Sen. Rand Paul announced his presidential bid April 7, and several UofL Political Science professors were asked by news outlets to weigh in on various issues surrounding his run, from race and criminal justice to his chances at taking Iowa.
Website Promoting Nonprofit Colleges and Universities Releases “Students Before Profits Award” for Best Online Master's in Criminal Justice Programs (Yahoo! Finance, 4/6/2015) – College of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Criminal Justice recognized for online program.
TV ads spark first major controversy of GOP race for KY governor (WDRB-41, 4/8/2015) – Prof. Dewey Clayton on Super PACs and the Kentucky gubernatorial race.
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In this Issue
Announcements
Teaching, Creative Activities
& Service, and Research
Kudos & Congratulations
In the News
Events
Fun Fact
Louis Gottschalk, the man for whom the History building is named was _______________ in the 1920s.
A. A donor who created a large endowment supporting
scholarships for History majors
B. A UofL history professor
C. A prominent Louisvillian and local historian
D. A member of the Kentucky state legislature
The answer is B. Louis Gottschalk was a history professor at UofL from 1923-1927.
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