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Nature lovers can enjoy a Saturday in the country and contribute to a national scientific cause by joining in a June 21 butterfly-counting expedition in Oldham County.

Joanna Thompson, a senior from Erlanger, has earned a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant award to Turkey. She becomes the fourth UofL scholar to earn the award this year.

The University of Louisville’s rocket team, River City Rocketry, soared to a third-place finish at the recent NASA Student Launch challenge at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass is teaming with the University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center for an Opening Night VIP Preview from 6-9 p.m., Wednesday, July 30, the evening before the facility opens to the general public.

A year ago, a group of University of Louisville students and two leaders went to Greece for the university’s first LGBT-themed study abroad trip. While there, they met with a small, grassroots group that teaches about LGBT families and advocates on their behalf.

In the latest national recognition for the University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum, the Forum's taped "Great Conversations" programs begin airing on a new PBS channel next month that will give them a wider profile.

The Journal of Pan-African Studies has given UofL’s Pan-African studies department an anniversary present – a special issue commemorating its 40 years.

The fifth annual Joan Riehm Environmental Leadership Award was presented May 29, 2014, to Darleen Horton, a teacher at Cane Run Elementary School, for her tireless efforts to educate students and the Louisville community about the importance of protecting resources and creating a culture of sustainability in her school.

The University of Louisville Foundation has purchased the former Dulworth Office Furniture building at 204 E. Market St. in Louisville.

UofL Geriatrics is calling for nominations for the fourth annual Gold Standard Award for Optimal Aging.