Still Dancing! Cards to play in NCAA championship Tuesday

HIV prevention drug ready for clinical development

A senior scientist at UofL's James Graham Brown Cancer Center has just published research which could lead to the use of tobacco plants in preventing HIV. Kenneth Palmer, who works at the Owensboro Cancer Research Program, says growing a certain protein in tobacco could offer a low-cost topical gel to prevent the spread of the HIV virus.

Dean discusses controversy over neurosurgeons

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Park and relax downtown for Thunder and help UofL

Looking for a convenient place to park and relax for Thunder Over Louisville? UofL's Thunder at the Cressman offers parking at the First and Main Street garage and access to the Cressman Center for Visual Arts from 3 p.m. to midnight Saturday, April 18. Water, soda and refreshments will be served. Cost is $20 per adult and $10 for children age 12 and under. Parking passes are an additional $25. Proceeds benefit UofL's Hite Art Institute. RSVP or more information at 502-852-8403.

Alumni clubs have Derby parties throughout the country

What do UofL alumni miss most when they leave Kentucky? Derby! UofL alumni clubs throughout the country will be host to Derby parties May 2 for homesick alumni and friends. Participating clubs include those in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Memphis, Phoenix, St. Louis, Tampa Bay and Gainesville. The events raise money for student scholarships. Watch for an invitation in the mail or visit louisville.edu/alumni/clubs.

Tickets for Mint Jubilee Gala available

Reserve your tickets for the Mint Jubilee Gala, one of Louisville's premier Derby Eve parties. The May 1 black-tie event features a celebrity red carpet entrance, cocktail reception, gourmet dinner, dancing, deluxe specialty bars, live and silent auctions. Tickets are $500 per person ($400 is a charitable donation to UofL's James Graham Brown Cancer Center). To purchase tickets, donate an auction item or discuss sponsorship opportunities call Heather Falmen at 502-562-3153.

Alumni save 25% on personal enrichment courses

From fine arts to foreign language to recreation and fitness, UofL's Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning offers personal enrichment classes for everyone. UofL alumni receive 25 percent off. View a complete list of courses.

UofL class designs green dorm room

Axton Festival of Film and Verse has student, guest work

The premiere of films using UofL students' poems is among highlights for this year's Axton Festival of Film and Verse titled "The Soul that Grows in Darkness." Festivities will open with poetry readings by Pleaides journal editor Wayne Miller and Michigan Quarterly Review editor Larry Goldstein at 7:30 p.m. April 9 in Ekstrom Library's Bingham Poetry Room. The free activities continue April 9-11 and 21.

Nobel laureate to open Chamblin Memorial Lecture series

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek will be the inaugural speaker for UofL's Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture series April 16, sponsored by the physics and astronomy department. Wilczek, a physics professor at MIT, is author of several books, including The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether and the Unification of Forces. He will sign his books after the 7:30 p.m. lecture, to take place at the Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium. Admission is free.

UofL spring football scrimmage and tailgate party April 17

Get a sneak peek of the football team at the annual spring scrimmage at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on Friday, April 17. Before the 7:30 p.m. kickoff, enjoy a free tailgate at Jim Patterson Baseball Stadium, Third Street and Central Avenue. The tailgate starts at 4:30 p.m. and features $1 beer and hotdogs, raffles and games. Admission to both events is free.

No. 16 softball sweeps Providence 8-0 and 10-3 Sunday

The No. 16/19 UofL softball team picked up its second consecutive Big East Conference sweep April 5 when the host Cards defeated Providence 8-0 and 10-3 at Ulmer Stadium. In game one, junior catcher Melissa Roth went 3 for 3 and scored three runs and junior pitcher Kristen Wadell tossed a two-hit shutout as the Cards defeated the Friars 8-0 in six innings.