By Rea Hodge– The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $1.2 million grant to the University of Louisville to train doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in Response To Intervention. RTI is a teaching model designed to circumvent academic and behavioral problems in high-needs students. Researchers Terry Scott and Amy Lingo in the special education [...]
Continue reading …U of L recieves Susan G. Komen grant to research breast cancer disparities
November 13, 2011 No Comment
By Caitlyn Crenshaw– The University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences has established a training program for post-baccalaureate students, made possible with a grant from Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which researches different aspects of breast cancer disparities in ethnicities concerning risk factors, prognosis and survival. The Komen researchers, Avonne Connor, [...]
Continue reading …By Baylee Pulliam According to Vice Provost Dale Billingsley, the Provost has requested that the senior staff draft a formal proposal in the issue of adding two weeks to the academic year in 2012. The proposal, which will be presented at a November Council of Academic Officers meeting, will recommend five minutes be added to [...]
Continue reading …By Baylee Pulliam The individuals suspected in connection with a falsely triggered fire alarm at Cardinal Towne apartments early on Nov. 11, have been identified. According to U of L Assistant Police Chief Kenny Brown, university police responded to the scene when the alarm sounded at 2 a.m. Cardinal Towne administration posted security camera stills [...]
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By Johnathan Masters– On Nov. 2, fulfilling a campaign promise made in March of this year, Puga Sangoi and many representatives of SGA gathered in front of the Red Barn for SGA Cares, an outreach event designed to give back to the students and to answer any concerns students had. There were five tables, with [...]
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By Baylee Pulliam– Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner said in an Oct. 31 McConnell Center fall lecture series speech, that the nation’s lagging economy remains a threat to college students. “If you’re a student at the University of Louisville or some other university, no one has more at stake than you [...]
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By Rae Hodge– It’s 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 2, and there are nearly 50 people gathered in front of a set of closed doors on Douglas Loop, holding an intimate candlelit vigil. They’re here to give a proper send off to one of Louisville’s most beloved independent institutions. Ear-X-tacy, local record store and long-time music [...]
Continue reading …Religious Experience: Buddhist meditation at the Deprung Gomang Institute
November 8, 2011 No Comment
By Lee Cole– The chanting begins with low guttural tones, building gradually to the full-throated singing of seven men, dressed in burgundy colored robes with yellow trim. Their heads are shaved and all about them are bells, decanters of water, vases full of incense and prayer books. Along the walls are brightly colored paintings of [...]
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By James El-Mallakh– Debt and rising tuition costs for students are not issues that are at the forefront of the governor’s race, voting for which is Nov. 8. The lack of attention that the candidates give to issues confronting university students may be the reason that students are offering a lukewarm response to the election. [...]
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By Valerio Rasi– A new product, “CAPRISA (Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa) 004” is part of joint venture between the U.S. and South African governments. The scope of this research is to create a gel able to replicate the properties of the antiviral drug already used against AIDS infection. “The [...]
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