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Double-Major Commencement Speaker Strikes a Balance

Double-Major Commencement Speaker Strikes a Balance

Physics or Engineering? That is the question for many students with a gift for math and abstract thinking who enjoy complex problem solving.

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Graduating at the speed of life

Graduating at the speed of life

For many, earning a college degree soon after graduating high school is the norm. For others, it happens at the pace of life.

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Grad Autumn Magnuson is a force

Grad Autumn Magnuson is a force

Like many students, University of Louisville graduating senior Autumn Magnuson changed her major early in her college career. Originally interested in engineering, she was planning to study robotics and minor in biology. She hoped to build robots that would help scientists research undersea life.

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UofL announces College of Arts & Sciences dean

UofL announces College of Arts & Sciences dean

The University of Louisville announced today it has chosen an administrator dedicated to student success through a solid grounding in a liberal arts education as the new dean of the College of Arts & Sciences (A&S).

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Website tackling environmental health disparities debuts March 28

Website tackling environmental health disparities debuts March 28

Members of the public soon will be able to access a new website aimed at improving environmental health equity in Louisville.

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UofL helping to develop future leaders in food, climate and sustainable agriculture

UofL helping to develop future leaders in food, climate and sustainable agriculture

The University of Louisville Honors Program is part of a new nationwide collaborative aimed at training future leaders in the fields of food, climate and sustainable agriculture.

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SPOTLIGHT– A&S Faculty in Community Engaged Scholarship and Activities

SPOTLIGHT– A&S Faculty in Community Engaged Scholarship and Activities

In 2022, The College of Arts and Sciences had several stellar faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students involved in a range of uniquely defined community engaged scholarship (CES) projects and activities, awarded grants from the Office of Community Engagement (OCE) to support their initiatives.

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Introducing Dr. Felicia Jamison, Assistant Professor of History & Comparative Humanities

Introducing Dr. Felicia Jamison, Assistant Professor of History & Comparative Humanities

Professor Jamison works on 19th and 20th-century African American History, Public History, and the Public Humanities. Interview conducted by Dr. Glenn Crothers, Associate Professor of History

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Unskilled people often overrate themselves, say psychology prize winners

Unskilled people often overrate themselves, say psychology prize winners

LOUISVILLE, Ky —Are you as good at doing things as you think you are? Maybe not, according to David Dunning and Justin Kruger, two social psychologists who today were named cowinners of the 2023 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Psychology for identifying a cognitive bias that causes people to overrate their own competence.

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Dr. Hilaria Cruz’s Featured for Work on Chatino  Orthography in Duolingo

Dr. Hilaria Cruz’s Featured for Work on Chatino Orthography in Duolingo

Maria Cruz, assistant professor of comparative humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences featured for her work in Duolingo

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Digital technology is aiding political repression, warns world order prize winner

Digital technology is aiding political repression, warns world order prize winner

Digital technology is playing a growing role in advancing political repression across the globe, a trend that poses a threat to the world’s democracies, says a scholar who on Dec. 6 was named winner of the 2023 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.

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The Yearlings Club Forum Series, November 2022

The Yearlings Club Forum Series, November 2022

A fireside chat & reception with Congressman John Yarmuth and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer

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The Yearlings Club Forum, November 13, 2022

The Yearlings Club Forum, November 13, 2022

A FIRESIDE CHAT & RECEPTION WITH CONGRESSMAN JOHN YARMUTH AND LOUISVILLE MAYOR GREG FISCHER

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First AAPI Fall Expo Celebrates Asian Heritage

First AAPI Fall Expo Celebrates Asian Heritage

The AAPI Faculty and Staff Association and the Asian Pacific Student Union collaborated to bring the first ever UofL event featuring local AAPI-owned businesses. The event featured vendors and performances from Louisville’s AAPI community and helped to raise funds for AAPI FSA and APSU programming.

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The Kela network

The Kela network

Entrepreneur sparks change for himself, others through connectivity

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UofL students gain experience, drive change in Louisville’s affordable housing arena

UofL students gain experience, drive change in Louisville’s affordable housing arena

University of Louisville social scientist Lauren Heberle, Metropolitan Housing Coalition, and UofL students prepare to advocate for housing changes in Louisville.

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UofL students spread their wings during a summer of science

UofL students spread their wings during a summer of science

The Summer Research Opportunity Program is one of several directed through UofL’s Center for Engaged Learning.

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UofL researcher wins prestigious award for energy innovation

UofL researcher wins prestigious award for energy innovation

A University of Louisville researcher has won a prestigious award for his work to better understand chemical reactions — work that could help produce more efficient, cleaner and safer energy.

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