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Each week during the academic year, UofL Today staff will highlight a few events that might be of interest to faculty and staff. The events may range from lectures to theater productions and movies.

Poets, short-story writers and literary translators will read from their works and teach master classes during visits to the University of Louisville this spring for its Axton Reading Series.

The various styles and sounds of jazz will come to life in a two-part program produced through a partnership between the UofL School of Music and ear X-tacy Feb. 13 and 20.

The 2011 Yearling Club community discussion series will focus on lessons people can learn from elders who have been pioneers and from business experts who have competed globally.

The University of Louisville will train bicycle safety instructors and develop new bike maps with a $10,000 grant from the Kentucky Bicycling and Bikeway Commission.

There’s a connection between someone being shot on the street in Louisville and war on the other side of the world. The same connection exists between spousal abuse in Montreal and disregard for the environment in the rain forest.

(Editor's Note: Health Today is a regular column from health care professionals at UofL that features information ranging from health issues to UofL faculty/staff benefits.)

The Speed Art Museum’s new exhibit, “Impressionist Landscapes: Monet to Sargent,” opens Feb. 4. University of Louisville students, faculty and staff can attend at the membership rate of $5.

The University of Louisville will head a new research consortium that will revolutionize how scientists explore ways to protect the heart from damage during a heart attack.

The University of Louisville production of "The Vagina Monologues," an award-winning play by Eve Ensler about women's experiences, will benefit Haitian women and UofL's Prevention, ������Ƶ and Advocacy on Campus and in the Community (PEACC) program.