Academic Enhancement Provides its 100,000th Peer Tutoring Session

Posted On Friday, January 11, 2013 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , ,   
LEXINGTON, Ky.  — The Peer Tutoring Program in The Study reached its 100,000th peer tutoring session last semester. The biggest resource offered by Academic Enhancement, the department provided more than 18,000 sessions last year alone, and 68 percent of those students visited The Study more than once. The Peer Tutoring program, ...

Former A&S Dean Hudson Dies

Posted On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , , ,   
Blaine HudsonBlaine Hudson, long-time faculty member and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 2005 to 2012, died Saturday, Jan. 5. He was 63. Hudson had retired in December, after taking leave in August for medical reasons. “Blaine’s many years and contributions as a faculty member, department chair and dean has ...

McConnell Honors Ramsey With Congressional Record Entry

Posted On Sunday, January 6, 2013 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , ,   
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell paid tribute to the president of his alma mater Dec. 18 when he praised “my good friend” University of Louisville President James Ramsey as “an extraordinary leader” in a submission to the Congressional Record. McConnell is a diehard UofL football fan who was ecstatic about the ...

African American Theatre to Honor Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Posted On Friday, January 4, 2013 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , ,   
African American Theatre to honor legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The African American Theatre Program (AATP) will have two events this month to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. Rhodessa Jones, co-artistic director of San Francisco’s Cultural Odyssey performance program and founder of the Medea Project, will headline the Jan. 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Cabaret. Cultural Odyssey co-director Idris Ackamoor, ...

Generous Gift Creates The Susie Roush Campus Beautification Fund

Posted On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , , ,   
As the first lady of Centre College, Susie Roush is tireless in her support of students, in her travel with President Roush to numerous College events and in her constant work behind the scenes to make Centre a better place. One of Susie’s greatest contributions is her devotion to making the ...

NKU Ranked Second Safest Public Campus In Kentucky for Second Straight Year

Posted On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , ,   
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – For the second straight year, Northern Kentucky University has been recognized as the second safest college campus in the commonwealth in the annual ranking of the safest colleges and universities in the United States compiled by StateUniversity.com. The rankings are based on incidents of campus crime as ...

James Graham Brown Cancer Center Earns National Reaccreditation For Breast Program

Posted On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , ,   
The University of Louisville’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center has earned reaccreditation for another three years, the maximum timeframe allowed, from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC). The cancer center was the first cancer center in Kentucky to earn NAPBC accreditation in 2010. Accreditation by the NAPBC, a program ...

Jeff Johnson To Address MLK Day Crowd

Posted On Monday, December 24, 2012 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , , , , ,   
Jeff Johnson To Address MLK Day CrowdLEXINGTON, Ky. — The 2013 observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on another historic day for America – the inauguration of Barack Obama to his second term as president of the United States.   Lexington’s annual commemorative program will reflect the emotions many will feel in the nation’s capital that ...

Twelve UK Art Students Recognized at Carey Ellis Show

Posted On Thursday, December 20, 2012 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , , ,   
Twelve UK Art Students Recognized at Carey Ellis Show LEXINGTON, Ky. — Twelve University of Kentucky art studio students were recognized as part of the Carey Ellis Juried Student Art Exhibition. The art show, featuring work by graduate and undergraduate art students at UK, was presented in the Barnhart Gallery as part of the UK School of Art and ...

Ceremonies Mark Student Endings, Beginnings

Posted On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , , , ,   
Ceremonies Mark Student Endings, Beginnings University of Louisville students marked an end to one phase of life and the beginning of another in several commencement-related ceremonies last week. Nearly 900 students took part in the Dec. 13 commencement ceremony at Freedom Hall. More than 1,500 students received degrees this semester. UofL President James Ramsey congratulated each student ...

UK Researchers to Study Nutrition in Appalachia

Posted On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , , , ,   
UK Researchers to Study Nutrition in Appalachia LEXINGTON, Ky.  − Mark Swanson, associate professor in the Department of Health Behavior, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, and Nancy Schoenberg, the Marion Pearsall Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science, UK College of Medicine, have been awarded a three year R24 grant from the National Institute on ...

Nucleus Welcomes New Tenants

Posted On Friday, December 14, 2012 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , ,   
Nucleus welcomes new tenants President James Ramsey, right, and Nucleus CEO Vickie Yates Brown, left, welcomed new tenants. Nine new companies have moved in to Nucleus Innovation Park – TechCenter, bringing the facility to capacity. One hundred thirty employees now work in the structure that was formerly known as MedCenter3. The University of Louisville Foundation’s ...

Father’s illness Leads Student Speaker To Nursing

Posted On Thursday, December 13, 2012 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , , ,   
Kaelin Gatewood follows her heart. She came to UofL as a communication major, but changed it to nursing after watching compassionate nurses care for her father during an illness. Gatewood, of Bowling Green, Ky., the outstanding student at the School of Nursing, will be the student speaker Thursday’s commencement ceremony at ...

Music Professor Brings Civil War Horn to life in ‘Lincoln’ Movie

Posted On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , , , ,   
A year is a long time to keep a secret but that was the agreement music professor Michael Tunnell signed in the fall of 2011for a movie project named “Office Seekers.” Tunnell, music alumnus Reese Land and other members of the Kentucky Baroque Trumpets group were engaged to play Civil War ...

To Your Health: Take Care of Your Most Precious Gift

Posted On Thursday, December 6, 2012 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , , , ,   
Early and regular prenatal care is essential to the health of both mom and baby, according to UofL Physicians-OB/ GYN & Women’s Health obstetrics and gynecology physician Jennifer Hamm. Babies of mothers who don’t get prenatal care are three times more likely to have a low birth weight and five times ...

Students Help Area Refugees Stay Healthy

Posted On Monday, December 3, 2012 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , , ,   
UofL nursing students are helping refugees in Louisville stay healthy. They and other students and faculty from the Schools of Nursing, Medicine and Public Health & Information Sciences provided project oversight and gave vaccinations at the Catholic Charities offices on Market Street to refugees working toward citizenship. The inoculation clinic was ...

Pair Win World Order Prize For Civil Resistance Study

Posted On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , , ,   
Non-violent resistance brings about political change much more effectively than the use of violence, say two scholars who have won the 2013 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Erica Chenoweth, an assistant professor at the University of Denver, and Maria Stephan, a lead foreign affairs officer with ...

Rougier on Team that Solves 121-year Paleontological Puzzle

Posted On Friday, November 23, 2012 By . Under KENTUCKY  Tags: , , , , ,   
An international team of researchers, including University of Louisville professor Guillermo Rougier, has solved a puzzle that scientists have debated for 121 years. They have answered the question, “What was Necrolestes patagonensis?” The scientific paper resolving the mystery ofNecrolestes appears this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Necrolestes translates into “grave ...
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