Homecoming 2007!Join us for Homecoming Week Oct. 22-28! With cookouts, a block party, awards ceremony, reunions, a step show, balloon glow at Churchill Downs and, of course, Cardinal football! View full schedule
Thursday, Oct. 4 - Meet the Professor luncheon with Linda Gigante. Fine arts professor Gigante will present "A Walking Tour of Ancient Rome." More info
Thursday, Oct. 4 - Cardinal Hall of Fame Dinner, Downtown Marriott, Louisville, 6:30 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. dinner and ceremony. $40. RSVP to Cardinal Athletics, 502-852-5735. More info
Friday, Oct. 5 - UofL vs. Utah football game and Liberty Mutual UofL Alumni Association's Tailgate Central (Louisville). More info
Friday-Saturday, Oct. 5-6 - School of Dentistry alumni tailgate and reunions. More info
Friday, Oct. 12 - Presidential Outreach in Cincinnati, 6 p.m., Millennium Hotel, 150 W. 5th St., Cincinnati, Ohio. President James Ramsey and Athletic Director Tom Jurich will host a reception for alumni and friends. Free. RSVP to the Alumni Association, 502-852-6186.
Saturday, Oct. 13 - UofL vs. Cincinnati football game and Alumni Association Tailgate (Cincinnati, Ohio). More info
Wednesday-Sunday, Oct. 17-21 - Cage Rhythm by Kia Corthron, directed by Nefertiti Burton, Thrust Theatre, 2314 South Floyd Street, 8 p.m.; 3 p.m. Sunday matinee. Frank scenes of the daily life of female prisoners are juxtaposed against the lyrical imagery of the women's dreams and memories of their children. $12. More info
Friday, Oct. 19 - UofL vs. Connecticut football game (Hartford, Conn.). 8 p.m. kickoff, ESPN. No Alumni Association tailgate scheduled.
Saturday, Oct. 20 - Dracula and pre-show discussion at Actors Theatre, 316 W. Main St., Louisville. Experience the spine tingling gothic story like you've never seen it before with new sets, costumes and lighting. At 7 p.m., join us for a pre-show discussion with English professor Glynis Ridley about Bram Stoker's classic horror novel and a reception, followed by the 8 p.m. performance. $30
Monday, Oct. 29 - Women's Basketball Tip-Off Luncheon, Archibald Ballroom at the Galt House Hotel in downtown Louisville, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m $20 each or $200 for a table of 10. More info Season tickets are on sale for $50 and a Family four-pack can be purchased for $99. 502-852-5151.
Tuesday, Oct. 30 - Ethical Challenges in Embryonic Stem Cell Research lecture by bioethicist Ruth Faden, 6 p.m., Speed Art Museum auditorium. Part of the Life of the Mind Series of ongoing, public events established UofL's College of Arts and Sciences' centennial. Free. More info
State of the University Address
Ramsey recounts, recommits to UofL's success
The past year was challenging and successful, but UofL has more to do, President James Ramsey told students, faculty and staff at his fourth annual State of the University address Sept. 12. Ramsey highlighted recent successes, including reaching the goals set in the university's strategic plan, having the best-prepared freshman class ever, initiating community partnerships and growing research funding. "Today we do recommit. We will finish the job," he told the crowd. Read, view or listen to the full address
Research achievement
College of Education receives $20.5 million grant
The UofL College of Education and Human Development announced Sept. 26 that it has been awarded a five-year, $20.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to host the National Research Center on Career and Technical Education (NRCCTE). This is one of the largest federal grants the university has ever received. Researchers at the center will study how to increase academic achievement and success among career and technical students in high school and beyond.
Accountability
UofL launches emergency notification systems
In case of emergencies on any of UofL's three campuses, university officials can now contact students and employees directly to warn them about safety risks. UofL launched two new emergency notification systems in September. A text messaging system allows UofL officials to send messages directly to the cell phones of students, faculty and staff who opt in to the program. The other system transforms UofL's 8,900 telephones into loudspeakers that can transmit information. "We are doing everything we can to prevent and prepare for emergencies. These new systems are going to be a great complement to our emergency plan," said President James Ramsey.
Alumni services
Alumni Association launches online store
Looking for Cardinal clothing and accessories? The UofL Alumni Association has launched UofLAlumniStore.com. Buyers can choose from three logo designs, including one for the UofL Alumni Association. Jimmy Ford, executive director of the Alumni Association, said the merchandise is competitively priced, and each purchase provides funding for alumni programs.
Community partnerships
Pulitzer winner Tony Kushner to visit Louisville
Playwright Tony Kushner, who won the Pulitzer for Angels in America, will speak at UofL on Thursday, Oct. 11. Russell Vandenbroucke, UofL theatre arts department chair, will moderate the free discussion. To complement Kushner's appearance, English professor Karen Kopelson will give a free lecture Oct. 18 on Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches, which will also be performed at UofL Nov. 14-18 in The Playhouse. For theatre tickets, call 502-852-6814.
Teaching excellence
College of Business programs earn three national rankings
Several College of Business programs have received high national rankings recently. U.S. News & World Report rated the undergraduate entrepreneurship program 17th in the nation, up from 19th last year. Fortune Small Business magazine named UofL one of "America's Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs" for its graduate entrepreneurship program. The sales education program was named one of the nation's top sales programs in 2007, according to the University Sales Education Foundation.
Teaching excellence
Top French professor takes unusual approach to teaching
Some students studying French at UofL this fall are learning about 18th century maritime exploration and ideas of cultural diversity that were prevalent in that century. They're reviewing 200-year-old maritime reports, reading philosophy and interacting via Internet with French anthropologists. It's all for a class taught by French professor John Greene, named the best post-secondary French teacher in the U.S. by the American Association of Teachers of French.
Research achievement
Scientists seek cheap ways to capture sun's energy
Every minute the Earth receives more energy from the sun than people burn up in fossil fuels in a full year. Virtually all of that free light and heat energy is unused, wasted. Chemical engineering professor Mahendra Sunkara envisions technologies that could change that. Sunkara directs UofL's new federally funded Institute for Advanced Materials and Renewable Energy. The institute has three ambitious goals: to find ways to convert sunlight into energy, to use light to convert water to hydrogen and to convert heat into electricity.
Philanthropy in action
Faculty, staff support charities through UofL Cares
Throughout October many UofL faculty and staff will demonstrate that UofL cares about the Louisville Metro community by voluntarily donating to six organizations through UofL's employee giving campaign, UofL Cares. They can choose to support Metro United Way, Fund for the Arts, WHAS Crusade for Children, UofL, Kosair Charities or Community Health Charities of Kentucky, said President James Ramsey. The goal is to raise $350,000. Last year, the campus community raised $334,000 for local organizations.
Community partnerships
Frederick Hart exhibit and lectures open to the public
More than 100 sculptures by the late Frederick Hart are on display at various UofL locations through November. And this fall UofL is hosting a number of free lectures about Hart's place in art history, theological influences and creative evolution, and representational versus nonrepresentational art. See the full schedule of events
