Arts & Sciences

Arts & Sciences

Decoding disparity Alumna aims to increase equity in education through literacy

In the U.S., one in five students has a language-based learning deficiency such as dyslexia. About 65% of Kentucky fourth graders can’t read at...
Brandon McCormack

New director of UofL’s Anne Braden Institute wants more people to join ‘long chain...

Michael “Brandon” McCormack has been named director of UofL’s Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research. He is the institute’s first Black director, replacing...
Students walking on campus

UofL named a ‘transfer-friendly’ institution

In the past five years, an average of more than 1,500 students a year have transferred into the University of Louisville from other institutions. Earlier...

UofL art professor gets creative with invasive species

An associate professor in the Hite Art Institute is coming up with creative new ways to eradicate invasive plant species that threaten local ecosystems. Rachel...

UofL professor part of important cosmology discovery

A University of Louisville astronomy and astrophysics professor is part of an international team of researchers working on a discovery that could change one...
The UofL ADHD Evaluation Service provides children age 6-17 with ADHD evaluations in just a few weeks.

UofL psychology specialists launch low-cost ADHD evaluation service

A group of University of Louisville psychologists are making ADHD evaluations more accessible and affordable for Louisville area families. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a common neurodevelopmental...

UofL’s new director of student involvement is ready for campus life to return

There are the three Rs of education--reading, writing, ‘rithmatic--and the three Rs of sustainability--reduce, reuse, recycle. Then there are Quantá Taylor’s three Rs. When the new...
The UofL ADHD Evaluation Service provides children age 6-17 with ADHD evaluations in just a few weeks.

UofL psychology specialists launch low-cost ADHD evaluation service

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A group of University of Louisville psychologists are making ADHD evaluations more accessible and affordable for Louisville area families. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)...
University of Louisville honors students Forest Clevenger (leading the blue canoe) Vinh Pham (leading the white canoe) paddle the Ohio River as part of a class that investigated how river towns can drive tourism and economic development. Photo courtesy John Nation.

UofL student research aimed at helping river towns drive tourism, development

University of Louisville student researchers are helping river towns use recreation to drive tourism and economic development. As part of an honors class, a group...
University of Louisville honors students Forest Clevenger (leading the blue canoe) Vinh Pham (leading the white canoe) paddle the Ohio River as part of a class that investigated how river towns can drive tourism and economic development. Photo courtesy John Nation.

UofL student research aimed at helping river towns drive tourism, development Library exhibit, photo...

Editor’s Note: Photos and video of the exhibit and research, including soundbites from students Vinh Pham and Forest Clevenger, are available here. LOUISVILLE, Ky. —...