Hite opens Cressman Center, Belknap exhibits
The UofL Hite Art Institute will open new exhibits this month at both the Cressman Center for Visual Arts and its Belknap Campus galleries.
Inscope finishes second in Rice contest
Inscope, a University of Louisville College of Business graduate student team marketing a wireless laryngoscope, won second place in the Rice Business Plan Competition April 16-18 in Houston.
Kentucky to the World presents UofL medical school alumnus March 12
Kentucky to the World, a Louisville-based series of lectures showcasing individuals with strong Kentucky connections who are well-known in their fields, will present a 1994 graduate of the UofL School of Medicine who today is director of the Recanti/Miller Transplantation Institute at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
Kornhauser Library to host ‘Life and Limb’ Civil War exhibit
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were disabled on the battlefields of the Civil War. When the conflict ended, the stories of wounded veterans faded into the background of a recovering country.
LGBT Center presents 2014 Ally Award
Laine Lopez, a program coordinator for the University of Louisville’s Cultural Center, was named this year’s LGBT Center Ally Award winner at the Pride Keynote address September 22.
Medical students pound the pavement for pediatric patients
For the past seven years, UofL medical students have run in the Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon or Marathon in honor of patients with cancer and blood disorders in the university’s pediatric hematology/oncology division. This year’s runners presented their race medals to their young buddies in a special ceremony following the races on April 25 in the lobby of the Kosair Charities Clinical & Translational Research Building.
More than half of winter grads plan to walk Dec. 13
More than 1,500 students are expected to graduate from the University of Louisville this semester, and 875 of those graduates plan to participate in the Dec. 13 winter commencement ceremony at 7 p.m. in Freedom Hall, Kentucky Exposition Center.
Partnership for a Green City marks 10th anniversary
Partnership for a Green City, a collaboration among four public organizations working to boost sustainable practices in the Louisville area, marked its 10th anniversary Dec. 10, 2014 in a celebration at The Nucleus, 300 E. Market St.
Photographic Archives exhibit highlights 1964 Civil Rights March on Frankfort
Close to 10,000 people participated in the 1964 March on Frankfort with Martin Luther King, Jr. Former state senator Georgia Davis Powers was there. So was baseball great Jackie Robinson. And among them were two photographers, University of Louisville professor Robert Doherty and photojournalist James N. Keen.
President James Ramsey’s commencement remarks
The following is a transcript of President James Ramsey's remarks for both commencement ceremonies.