Conference will educate, train college women to run for office
College women from across the city will gather at the University of Louisville Nov. 9 to participate in a daylong workshop aimed at training and encouraging them to run for office — both on campus and beyond.
First Open Studio Weekend to benefit students
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Scholar to discuss why ‘past won’t go away’ Nov. 20
Author, historian and educator Khalil Gibran Muhammad will talk about how knowing the past directly relates to how people understand current race-related crises Nov. 20 during the seventh annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture at the University of Louisville.
Grawemeyer winner Brett Dean to be guest composer at New Music Festival
Grawemeyer Award-winning composer Brett Dean will be guest composer at this year’s University of Louisville New Music Festival, Nov. 13 ‒ 17.
Texas Roadhouse founder shares tale of persistence
Three of the first five Texas Roadhouse restaurants that Kent Taylor opened failed.
UofL researchers sign global licensing agreement
The University of Louisville today announced that researcher Suzanne Ildstad, representing Regenerex LLC, has entered into a license and research collaboration agreement with Novartis to provide access to stem cell technology that has the potential to help transplant patients avoid taking anti-rejection medicine for life and could serve as a platform for treatment of other diseases.
College of Business sidewalk to be closed Monday
Speed Art Museum contractor Wilhelm Construction and LG&E have scheduled work on the electrical transformers next to the College of Business for Monday, Nov. 4, and will close the sidewalk on the west side of the college from the Brandeis Avenue pedestrian walkway to the museum parking garage drive.
CUMU conference focuses on partnerships among universities, communities
More than 300 university officials from throughout North America discussed how universities can partner with business, government and other agencies to improve their communities at the 19th annual Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities conference Oct. 27 ‒ 29 at the Galt House hotel.
‘Lack of insurance can be lethal,’ UofL faculty write in New England Journal of Medicine
Physicians have a fundamental responsibility to treat people in need, to educate their patients about health care reforms and to work with their professional organizations to demand health care for everyone, regardless of their ability to pay.
Speaker to discuss fair trade food movement
University of Kentucky anthropologist Sarah Lyon will talk about the fair trade food movement Nov. 5 at the University of Louisville.