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Statement on Attorney General's Announcement

Statement on Attorney General's Announcement

UofL's College of Arts & Sciences is committed to justice and equity, and thus stands in solidarity with those demanding justice in the wrongful death of Breonna Taylor.

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We Can't Wait: Student Empowerment Through Activism

We Can't Wait: Student Empowerment Through Activism

Through a moderated discussion, four student scholars and activists discussed their experiences, their educations, what's getting them up in the morning, what keeping them up at night, and what they expect to change as a result of their work.

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Political Science / Pan-African Studies alum wins Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting

Political Science / Pan-African Studies alum wins Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting

In May, the Courier Journal received the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news for its investigative reporting of more than 600 pardons and commutations that former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin issued during his final weeks in office. Bailey worked on two of the stories that led to the Pulitzer, often cited as the highest achievement in journalism.

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Graphic Design student's logo chosen for hometown’s bicentennial celebration

Graphic Design student's logo chosen for hometown’s bicentennial celebration

Next year, graphic design student Ava Becker is going to see her work all over her hometown of Columbus, Indiana. Becker, a junior, designed the winning logo for the 2021 Columbus Bicentennial celebration.

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Congratulations to 2020 Distinguished Faculty Award Recipient Prof. Angela Orend

Congratulations to 2020 Distinguished Faculty Award Recipient Prof. Angela Orend

Every year, the University honors faculty who bring distinction to the university through their accomplishments. In 2020, Prof. Angela Orend (Sociology) won the Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching

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Suffrage at 100: Celebrating a century of the 19th Amendment

Suffrage at 100: Celebrating a century of the 19th Amendment

August 18, 1920, marked the first major breakthrough in a serious of events that would unleash the voices of women across the nation. The 19th Amendment passed 100 years ago, allowing women to cast their ballots and have influence in their government for the first time.

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Congratulations to 2020 Distinguished Faculty Award Recipient Prof. Karen Christopher

Congratulations to 2020 Distinguished Faculty Award Recipient Prof. Karen Christopher

Every year, the University honors faculty who bring distinction to the university through their accomplishments. In 2020, Prof. Karen Christopher (Sociology) won the Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching.

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Criminal Justice alumna bakes up sweet solution to empower businesswomen

Criminal Justice alumna bakes up sweet solution to empower businesswomen

Abigail Mattingly has concocted a way to spread her hard-earned business knowledge and provide a workspace for other female bakers, sparing them some of the challenges she encountered in building up her own Bourbon Baekery LLC.

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Congratulations to 2020 Distinguished Faculty Award Recipient Prof. Muriel Maurer

Congratulations to 2020 Distinguished Faculty Award Recipient Prof. Muriel Maurer

Every year, the University honors faculty who bring distinction to the university through their accomplishments. In 2020, Prof. Muriel Maurer (Chemistry) won the Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity award for her work.

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Congratulations to 2020 Distinguished Faculty Award Recipient Prof. Ranen Omer-Sherman

Congratulations to 2020 Distinguished Faculty Award Recipient Prof. Ranen Omer-Sherman

Every year, the University honors faculty who bring distinction to the university through their accomplishments. In 2020, Prof. Ranen Omer-Sherman (Comparative Humanities) won the Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity award for his work.

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13 A&S graduates named Business First Forty Under 40

13 A&S graduates named Business First Forty Under 40

In 2020, 13 A&S graduates were chosen out of more than 500 nominations to join the Louisville Business First Forty Under 40 list. This annual program honors the region’s exceptional up-and-coming young leaders, under the age of 40, for their career achievements and community accomplishments.

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Philosophy student opening career paths for black students

Philosophy student opening career paths for black students

A UofL student has created a non-profit organization to help black students advance their career aspirations. Ethan Volk is a sophomore from Bowling Green, double majoring in Business Economics and Philosophy. He co-founded the Eckford Virtual Mentorship Program to keep the door open for black students to the job market.

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Backpacks with a bonus: Students launch healthy school-year start

Backpacks with a bonus: Students launch healthy school-year start

With a medical career in mind, the biology major from Bangalore, India, already had started Mission CuraKid to help ensure children in impoverished countries have access to proper health care services. But when COVID-19 hit, he turned the nonprofit’s global focus closer to Louisville to help local children in need start their school year more prepared after the pandemic affected their access to supplies and isolated them from their classmates.

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Fulbright enables political science alumna’s next stop in exploring international relations

Fulbright enables political science alumna’s next stop in exploring international relations

The 2018 political science graduate plans to go to Hungary in January to begin a prestigious Fulbright research award though the U.S. Department of State to explore international relations.

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Department of Chemistry researchers developing method to convert carbon dioxide to usable products

Department of Chemistry researchers developing method to convert carbon dioxide to usable products

– Scientists at the University of Louisville received new support for developing a method to sustainably sequester and convert carbon dioxide to valuable products. The three-year project on catalysts for CO2 is funded by the Catalysis Program of the Chemistry Division of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Academics for Black Survival and Wellness Week (June 19 - June 25)

Academics for Black Survival and Wellness Week (June 19 - June 25)

Join Academics for Black Survival and Wellness Week Beginning on Juneteenth, Friday, June 19 - Thursday, June 25, 2020 A week-long personal and professional development initiative for academics to honor the toll of racial trauma on Black people, resist anti-Blackness and white supremacy, and facilitate accountability and collective action.

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Prof. Judith Danovitch (Psychological and Brain Sciences) named a Learning Sciences Exchange Fellow

Prof. Judith Danovitch (Psychological and Brain Sciences) named a Learning Sciences Exchange Fellow

The Jacobs Foundation, New America, and the International Congress on Infant Studies announce the second cohort of Learning Sciences Exchange (LSX) Fellows—a group of talented mid-career professionals hailing from one of five sectors: journalism, entertainment, research, policy, and social entrepreneurship.

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Artist talk with Peter Williams and UofL Gallery Director Chris Reitz

Artist talk with Peter Williams and UofL Gallery Director Chris Reitz

Painter Peter Williams was scheduled to deliver a much-anticipated artist talk at the Cressman Center for Visual Arts on March 20th. Unfortunately the pandemic, and calls for social distancing, struck Kentucky before he arrived. Nevertheless, the show must go on, and so Williams and curator Chris Reitz staged a remote conversation, recorded here and presented in dialogue with video of the work.

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Demonizing diseases: of Thomas Jefferson and Hessian Flies

Demonizing diseases: of Thomas Jefferson and Hessian Flies

University of Louisville Professor Dr. Dugatkin presented "Demonizing diseases: of Thomas Jefferson and Hessian Flies" Pernicious as they are, personifying and demonizing are not new responses to disease.

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