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The interiors of 22 University of Louisville buildings were touched by the heavy rains in the Louisville area Tuesday, May 29, according to UofL Vice President for Business Affairs Larry Owsley.

It’s almost like groundhog day. A torrential downpour May 29 required the University of Louisville to cancel morning and afternoon classes on its Belknap Campus.

A portable planetarium that can be set up in 45 minutes and accommodate 20 adults or 30 children will soon begin road shows to area schools and community events.

The University of Louisville has received $6.3 million from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support research in the Department of Neurological Surgery and the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center at UofL developing the next generation of technology to help paralyzed people regain movement in their limbs and enhance their quality of life.

The Saturday Academy, a University of Louisville-sponsored community outreach program, will offer a special program May 26 that includes an open forum on “Poverty, Violence and Justice in West Louisville.”

Two University of Louisville programs and the CEO of a UofL-related organization won three of the eight MediStar Awards, recognizing excellence in health care.

Construction will begin June 15 on expansion of the Jim Patterson Stadium at Third Street and Central Avenue, and community and university fans have a chance to be part of it.

Good control of blood pressure is a topic of interest for preventing kidney disease and heart disease. But did you know that controlling your blood pressure can help decrease your risk of a stroke in later years, as well as late-life dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease?

UofL students, faculty and staff have spoken, and the Transit Authority of River City (TARC) listened.

The University of Louisville Cardinal Singers, recently ranked number one in the world, will pack their bags again this month to perform at the first U.S./Cuba Summit on Choral Music in Havana, Cuba.