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Sociology alumnus supporting health care in East Africa

Sociology alumnus supporting health care in East Africa

Sociology graduate Ben Belknap (’06, ’16) joined the Peace Corps following completion of his undergraduate degree. He was stationed in the village of Kingiti in Tanzania, where he lived with a local family and immersed himself in the culture.

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Biology researchers study invasive species of grass

Biology researchers study invasive species of grass

UofL researchers are venturing out to find stiltgrass samples and study its potential relationship to a certain soil-based fungi. Their end goal, however, is discovering a way to get rid of stiltgrass.

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History Prof. Katherine Massoth on the history of the U.S./Mexico border

History Prof. Katherine Massoth on the history of the U.S./Mexico border

History Prof. Katherine Massoth discusses the long, tortured history of the U.S. border with Mexico and how we got to the position we're in today on the southern border.

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Journalist-professor to discuss race, justice in America

Journalist-professor to discuss race, justice in America

Columnist Jelani Cobb will discuss “The Half-life of Freedom: Race and Justice in America Today” Nov. 20, 2019 during the University of Louisville’s 13th annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture.

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Historian to lecture about protests, politics in Ecuador

Historian to lecture about protests, politics in Ecuador

A history professor and Ecuadoran university president will speak Nov. 20, 2019 at the University of Louisville about social movements, power and politics in Ecuador.

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Inspired by experience as a student, Chemistry Alum renovates lab

Inspired by experience as a student, Chemistry Alum renovates lab

Self-described die-hard organic chemist, Tilford Riehl, recently cut the ribbon on a newly renovated Chemistry teaching lab bearing his name. Riehl created an endowment last year for the renovation and subsequent maintenance of the teaching lab.

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UofL Theatre Arts’ play, panel discussions explore perspective

UofL Theatre Arts’ play, panel discussions explore perspective

UofL Theatre Arts presents “Fires in the Mirror” by Anna Deavere Smith Nov. 7-17, 2019 in Thrust Theatre.

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Communication Profs. surveyed teen vaping

Communication Profs. surveyed teen vaping

Communication Profs. Kandi Walker and Joy Hart joined Mark Hebert on UofL Today to talk about their surveys and studies of vaping and teens with e-cigarettes.

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Environmental Studies student is a 2019 Fulbright Scholar

Environmental Studies student is a 2019 Fulbright Scholar

Sanders graduated from UofL in May of 2019 as a double major in Anthropology and Environmental Studies with a minor in Russian Studies. Prior to receiving the Fulbright award, she was named a Vogt and honors scholar and received both the Anthropology and Liberal Arts departments’ Awards of Merit.

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Congratulations to A&S's Clest Lanier for winning the 2019 Excellence in Preservation Award !

Congratulations to A&S's Clest Lanier for winning the 2019 Excellence in Preservation Award !

Each year thousands of Kentuckians work tirelessly to preserve Kentucky’s legacy reflected in our historic buildings, structures, landscapes and prehistoric sites. Preservation Kentucky established the Excellence in Preservation Leadership Awards in 2012 to recognize exceptional accomplishments in the preservation, rehabilitation and interpretation of our architectural and cultural heritage, and to distinguish best practices in the field.

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Lessons learned, applied: Students celebrate Day of the Dead, educate others

Lessons learned, applied: Students celebrate Day of the Dead, educate others

Giant kites and cypress wreaths, sugar skulls and votive offerings, altars and paper flowers. University of Louisville students are learning about and educating others on and off campus about these seasonal elements of the annual Day of the Dead celebration that span Latin American cultures.

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Open Studio Weekend showcases UofL artists

Open Studio Weekend showcases UofL artists

Artists from all over Louisville will open their doors Nov. 2 and 3 for Open Studio Weekend 2019. The event, co-hosted by UofL’s Hite Art Institute and Louisville Visual Art, gives anyone who appreciates art the opportunity to step inside studios all over Louisville where they can meet artists and experience how and where local art is made.

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Mural project provides platform for A&S student artists

Mural project provides platform for A&S student artists

Mattie Perez (Program Assistant, Sr. – Advising) exhibited a love of art from an early age, but her interest waned as a college freshman. “I didn’t see a future for myself as an artist,” she says. Fortunately, her supportive coworkers in Advising reignited this passion, encouraging her to create the large chalkboard wall now visible in the 1st floor advising lobby of Gardiner Hall. Working alone, Perez chalked a different mural every week for nearly two years before deciding this could be an excellent opportunity to support and encourage undergrad student artists. Thus, the A&S Featured Artist project was born.

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Deep space: Scientist will discuss Hubble telescope’s probe of distant universe

Deep space: Scientist will discuss Hubble telescope’s probe of distant universe

A former director and astronomer emeritus of the Space Telescope Science Institute, Robert Williams, will talk about “Probing the Distant Universe with the Hubble Space Telescope” Oct. 31, 2019 at the University of Louisville.

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MFA, Archaeology and Urban Design Studio programs moving to West Louisville

MFA, Archaeology and Urban Design Studio programs moving to West Louisville

A building renovation in the Portland neighborhood is expanding Fine Arts, Archaeology, and Urban Design studio space while helping to revitalize a community.

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Listen to Astronomy Prof. John Kielkopf talk about his work with NASA's TESS exploration team

Listen to Astronomy Prof. John Kielkopf talk about his work with NASA's TESS exploration team

Astronomy Prof. John Kielkopf is a member of NASA's TESS exploration team which is discovering dozens of new planets. He joined Mark Hebert on UofL Today to discuss.

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ABI receives award for research on history of the LGBTQ movement in Kentucky

ABI receives award for research on history of the LGBTQ movement in Kentucky

The Anne Braden Institute has received the 2019 southern regional W. K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award. The award was given for their work with the Fairness Campaign to research and write the 1st LGBTQ State Historic Context in the nation, housed at the National Park Service.

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Activist who witnessed ‘Greensboro massacre’ shares lessons

Activist who witnessed ‘Greensboro massacre’ shares lessons

Forty years after five people were killed at an anti-Ku Klux Klan rally in North Carolina, one of the event’s survivors will speak Oct. 16, 2019 at the University of Louisville.

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Six-week festival celebrates ‘Reel Latin America’

Six-week festival celebrates ‘Reel Latin America’

Several dramas, a crime story, a comedy and a documentary span the lineup of the University of Louisville’s free, public “Reel Latin America” Film Festival Oct. 3-Nov. 14.

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