Arts & Sciences

Arts & Sciences

Ashley Trommler, a Hite alum, shows off her design for the Google Fiber installer vans.

Google Fiber taps UofL alums for design work

City leaders were thrilled to welcome Google Fiber to town this year. The company is developing a fiberoptics network to deliver ultrafast internet capability across...
Scott Straus

Scott Straus wins Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order

Political science professor and author Scott Straus has won the 2018 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order for his 2015 book, “Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa.”
Martin O'Toole and Sergio Mendes

It’s the flu! UofL researchers working on early detection breakthrough

University of Louisville researchers are working on a potential breakthrough for early detection of influenza, pneumonia, eye infections and maybe even cancer. Physics professor...
The annual Holiday Cards “Buy Local” Shopping Tour is Dec. 1, with stops at locally owned businesses in several Louisville neighborhoods.

Need holiday gift ideas? UofL has you covered

A friendly reminder that it’s almost December (already) and your shopping window for holiday gifts is getting smaller. If you’re at a complete loss,...

UofL awarded grant to expand training for cybersecurity specialists

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville has won a $580,000 federal grant to expand training for cybersecurity specialists.  The grant, from the U.S. National...

UofL celebrates cybersecurity education grant

How does one celebrate a cybersecurity win? With a sheet cake, of course. Six professors from the J.B. Speed School of Engineering, the College of Arts...

Hite Art Institute’s Open Studio Weekend draws UofL artists

Artists from all over Louisville will open their doors Nov. 4 and 5 for Open Studio Weekend 2017. The event, co-hosted by UofL's Hite Art Institute and...
A&S Advisor Eddie received the Provost’s Award for Exemplary Advising. He came upon his career by accident.

Exemplary Advising Award recipient aims to help students ‘find their why’

Eddie Bobbitt has technically been a UofL employee since 2004, when he started his undergraduate career and held a job as a work study...

Social justice historian to discuss ‘lessons of struggle’

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Vanderbilt University historian and activist Rhonda Williams, who chronicles black power politics and urban inequality, will discuss modern lessons from social...

Forum will focus on west Louisville’s economic development Registration deadline is Oct. 22

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Nov. 2 economic development forum focused on west Louisville will examine strategies and available resources to help rebuild and sustain...