University Club - The private club on UofL's Belknap Campus is celebrating its 16th anniversary with a special membership promotion. Apply in February and pay a $16 initiation fee. Contact Linda Johnson, 502-852-6996.

Feb. 11 - "Monk," 7:30 p.m., Margaret Comstock Concern Hall, School of Music. Actor, director, producer and jazz vocalist Rome Neal will bring Thelonious Monk to UofL when he performs the one-man play Monk Sunday, Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m., Margaret Comstock Concert Hall, School of Music. $5 at the door.

Feb. 17 - UofL vs. Marquette in Milwaukee (men's basketball), 9 p.m. tipoff, pregame party 5-8:30 p.m. at Buck Bradley's, 1019 Old World 3rd Street, Milwaukee. Coach Emeritus Denny Crum and basketball great Darrell Griffith will be there to sign autographs and pose in photographs! Pre-game party tickets are $20 each. Alumni Association, 800-813-8635.

Feb. 23 - Sherman Alexie Lecture, 5 p.m., Speed Art Museum Auditorium. Alexie is author of 15 books of fiction and poetry and three screenplays, including Smoke Signals. This is an College of Arts and Sciences' "Life of the Mind" lecture.

Feb. 25 - Strike Against Cancer, 6 p.m., Lucky Strike Lanes, Fourth Street Live, downtown Louisville. Teams will compete for the highest scores while raising money for the multidisciplinary breast and prostate cancer programs. $150 for bowling and the party, or $125 for only the party. RSVP to Beth Hobson, 502-562-8021.

Feb. 28-March 4 - "My Secret Language of Wishes" by Cori Thomas, directed by Lundeana Thomas, UofL's Thrust Theatre, 2314 S. Floyd St. Tension grows between two women over adopting a disabled teenager. An African American Theatre Program production. 8 p.m. nightly; 3 p.m. Sunday matinee. $10 general public. 502-852-6814.

March 3 - Speed School E-Expo, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., J.B. Speed School of Engineering. Hosted by the Speed School Student Council in association with the Speed School and sponsoring corporations.

UofL's glass studio opens in downtown Louisville

The temperature on the street may be below freezing, but it’s heating up at the Cressman Center for the Visual Arts in downtown Louisville. This weekend marks the center’s grand opening, and the public is invited to a number of activities, including a glass working demonstration on Friday, Feb. 9, and "Contributions: An Arts and Sciences Retrospective," celebrating faculty and student works throughout A&S's 100-year history.

Basketball court named for Denny Crum

Tonight UofL names its basketball court in Freedom Hall in honor of former men's basketball coach Denny Crum, who guided the Cardinals to 675 victories and a pair of national titles in his 30 years with the university. The Cardinals' playing surface in Freedom Hall will be named "Denny Crum Court" in a pregame ceremony when UofL faces Georgetown on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m.

Paquito D'Rivera headlines UofL Jazz Week

The School of Music welcomes dynamic Latin jazz saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera and his quintet to Jazz Week 2007, Feb. 21-25. Other guest artists include saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman, trombonist Bob McChesney and the Chuck Marohnic Trio. Concerts in the Margaret Comstock Recital Hall, School of Music, 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, with a closing performance Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. $5-$25. Call for tickets, 502-852-6907.

Be an Advocate for UofL

The 2007 Kentucky General Assembly is in full swing -- and UofL needs Kentucky residents to become UofL Advocates. If you can write an email, pick up the phone or write a letter to the editor, you can help! Learn more about the Advocates program on the Advocate website. Also, UofL students are in Frankfort today to draw attention to the need for full funding to ease their tuition burden.

Music school performs Grawemeyer concerts

On Thursday, March 8, the University Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble will perform music by Grawemeyer award-winning composers in New York's Carnegie Hall. They will perform the same concert at the School of Music's Comstock Concert Hall Sunday, March 4, 7:30 p.m.; tickets are free to School of Music alumni, $10 for others. To reserve concert tickets call Nitra, 502-852-6907. Free pre-concert reception for music alumni in the Green Room, 6:15-7:15 p.m., hosted by the UofL Alumni Association and School of Music Alumni Council. limited space; RSVP to Valerie French.

UofL staff member wins big on 'Jeopardy!'

Julie Dunlevy, a computer tech for UofL's Weisskopf Child Evaluation Center, is one smart cookie. So smart that she held the title of "Jeopardy!" champion for three days, something she could not tell anyone but her immediate family until the shows aired Jan. 2-5. She answered 88 questions correctly on topics that ranged from her field of computers to World War I, and accumulated $75,800.

Athletes help kick off cervical cancer awareness

Women athletes at UofL gave their support to the fight against cervical cancer Jan. 24 to help kick off "Ending Cervical Cancer in our Lifetime," a statewide educational initiative. Cervical cancer is the world's second-most common cancer affecting women, and globally it is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women. The world's first effective vaccine against cervical cancer is based on scientific work by two researchers now at UofL's James Graham Brown Cancer Center.

Cardiovascular Innovation Institute opens

The UofL-Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare team of researchers and physicians is known internationally for breaking new ground in treating heart disease. And in January they announced the opening of the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute and the selection of its first director, bioengineering researcher Stuart Williams. The CII's goal is improving care for patients with advanced heart disease so they may live longer, richer lives.

UofL to study wheelchair transportation safety

Riding a public transit bus is 79 times safer than car travel. Even so, bus rides have their moments of adventure as sudden stops and swerves cause the most sure-footed riders to fall into the aisles or against windows, metal poles and other structures. But what if a person is seated in a wheelchair? UofL's Speed School of Engineering faculty secured a $5-million five-year project grant to co-run a center dedicated to studying and improving safety for wheelchair users who ride in vehicles.