Announcements and Reminders
Faculty Awards and Proposals Deadline Extended
The deadlines for nominations and faculty proposals have been extended to March 6. For more awards information, see the guidelines for categories in Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity, Service and Teaching. Visit Faculty - Internal Funding Opportunities for more funding information.
Student Award Nominations Open
Each year at the Student Awards Ceremony, the university recognizes achievements made by our students and student organizations. Please share this opportunity with any students in your unit that deserve recognition. The submission deadline is March 1 at 5pm. Visit Student Awards for more information and applications.
Fair Use in Copyright Discussion
As part of Fair Use Week, Prof. Dwayne K. Buttler, Endowed Chair, University Libraries, will discuss copyright in teaching, research, and beyond on Wednesday, February 25 at 10:30am in Ekstrom Library W104. University Libraries will also host a copyright Q&A session at noon with pizza in Ekstrom Library 254. For additional information, email Prof. Butler or call 502-852-3128.
UofL Community Partners Seek Volunteers
The following UofL Community Partners are Requesting Volunteer Assistance:
If you are interested in volunteering, please email Ralph Fitzpatrick, Ed.D or call 502-852-6026.
Teaching, Service & Research and Creative Activities
Composition program publishes journal of student work
UofL’s Composition program published the first issue of a new print and digital journal, Cardinal Compositions, featuring undergraduate student writing. The inaugural issue features work from the students in former Prof. Debra Journet's class, focused on The Wire. In addition, approximately 40 print pages of UofL student writing from Composition courses will go in next year's UofL edition of “The Everyday Writer.” This is the required textbook used for most English 101 and 102 courses at UofL. The editorial team of PhD students (Stephan Cohen, Elizabeth Chamberlain, Keri Mathis, and Travis Rountree) from the English Department’s Composition & Rhetoric Program worked hard to make this happen.
Commonwealth Center receives State Department grant
The Commonwealth Center for Humanities and Society received the State Department Summer Grant, about $290,000, to run the Institute on Contemporary American Literature for 2015.
Prof. Koven's "Public Sector Ethics: Theory and Application" Published
Prof. Steven Koven’s (Urban and Public Affairs) latest book “Public Sector Ethics: Theory and Application,” was published in February 2015 by CRC Press.
Prof. Ziegler’s “Civil Society and Politics in Central Asia” published
Prof. Charles Ziegler's (Political Science) latest book, “Civil Society and Politics in Central Asia,” was published by the University Press of Kentucky. Prof. Ziegler edited and contributed to the book.
Kudos and Congratulations
Prof. Buchanan and Advisor Buckman honored for advising
Luke Buckman (professional advisor and assistant director in the A&S Honors program) and Prof. Rhonda Buchanan (undergraduate faculty advisor and director of the Latin American and Latino Studies program) were selected as recipients of the 2014-15 Provost’s Award for Exemplary Advising. Buckman and Buchanan will be honored at a reception April 21 at 3pm in Bigelow Hall, located in the Miller Information Technology Building. For more information visit UofL Today.
Items of Note
New A&S Website Coordinator
Former A&S Web Coordinator Derek Davenport moved to a position at HSC in February. Ivan Smaargaad is filling the role while a search for a full-time replacement gets underway. Ivan is a recent graduate from the Speed School and has been working in web and IT for the President’s Office for the last few years. Please be sure to introduce yourself and let him know if you need any assistance.
In the News
The state of downtown Louisville – in six slides(WDRB, 2/10/2015) – Prof. Janet Kelly (Urban and Public Affairs), director of the Urban Studies Institute at the University of Louisville, and Prof. Matthew Ruther (Urban and Public Affairs), director of the Kentucky State Data Center, present information at the annual State of Downtown breakfast.
Young professionals boost downtown growth(The Courier-Journal, 2/11/2015) – Prof. Matthew Ruther (Urban and Public Affairs) on the growing number of young professionals in downtown Louisville.
Housing forum tackles segregated city(The Courier-Journal, 2/11/2015) – Mariam Williams, program coordinator for the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, on segregation in Louisville.
UofL mathematician says odds of hitting $500 million Powerball are not good(WDRB, 2/11/2015) – Prof. Jake Wildstrom (Mathematics) on the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot.
UofL artist paints vivid history of slavery(The Courier-Journal, 2/13/2015) – Prof. Mark Priest (Fine Arts) on his exhibit "Underground Railroad 2015: Works by Mark Priest” at the Cressman Center.
Prof. Cate Fosl (Women’s and Gender Studies), director of the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, was featured on Louisville Life, a KET program, on 2/15/2015.
What Children Think of the Internet (and Why It Matters)(The New York Times, 2/16/2015) – Prof. Judith Danovitch, Prof. Nick Noles and Prof. Patrick Shafto on what young children make of the internet and their research through UofL’s KID (Knowledge in Development) and CoCoSci Labs.
Study of Popular Music conference comes to town(The Courier-Journal, 2/18/2015) – The Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society hosted the 2015 International Association of the Study of Popular Music-US conference
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