With the cost of higher education rising every year, the University of Louisville recently unveiled a program known as the Cardinal Covenant designed to make higher education more affordable for lower income residents of Kentucky. On Jan. 4, President Dr.
The board of trustees for the University of Louisville is currently weighing on the issue of a potential establishment of a withdrawal fee. The withdrawal fee would be assessed to students when and if they withdraw from a class after the drop period. The idea for the fee came about in order to combat "course shopping," among U of L students.
Faced with an impending 12 percent tuition hike for the 2007-08 school year, the Student Government Association of the University of Louisville is launching the "Skip Class 2-7-07" initiative during the month of January. The initiative encourages students to appeal to state legislators in a campaign for affordable tuition and full state funding for the university.
After a highly competitive and rigorous search, the University of Louisville announced that the world-renowned researcher Dr. Manuel Martínez-Maldonado will be the new executive vice president for research. Martínez-Maldonado is a highly recognized educator, administrator, researcher and has an extensive background in clinical care.
Rumor has it many students in the University of Louisville communication department would say that Professor William E. Thompson is the favorite among them. The popular professor received his undergraduate degrees in journalism and English from the University of Missouri and his master's in educational administration at U of L.
District Judge Joan "Toni" Stringer and Glenda Dickerson, the only living black woman who has directed a broadway play will speak in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's honor on Jan. 12 and 15 at the University of Louisville Belknap campus. Stringer will speak on Jan 12 about the state of Civil Rights in the 21st century from 11:30 - 1 pm in Room 100 of Bingham Humanites.
The U.S. Census Bureau stated that by 2015, there will be 30 million Americans between the ages of 18 and 24. If things continue the way they are now, about 11 million of those will be un-insured. "You shouldn't go a day without health insurance. Bad stuff happens to people who are young and healthy and feel invincible," stated Sandra Block, financial columnist for USA Today.
Nationally renowned legal scholar Jim Chen has been named the new dean of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. Chen leaves the posts of associate dean and James L. Krusemark Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, where he taught a panoply of legal fields such as administrative, agricultural, constitutional, criminal, and environmental law.
MIAMI - It took the Louisville Cardinal Football team three quarters to put a sizable lead on Wake Forest's Demon Deacons to win the 2007 BCS FedEx Orange Bowl. Tied at 10-10 at the top of the fourth quarter, the Cardinal offense capitalized on two touchdowns and a field goal in the final 15 minutes of play, beating the Demon Deacons 24-13 in their first BCS game appearance.
After taking care of Connecticut and with a little help from West Virginia, the University of Louisville football team now sets its sights on the last game of the year against Wake Forest in the Orange Bowl. With the game set for Jan. 2, 2007, at Dolphins Stadium in Miami, fans across campus have started planning to invade South Beach for the New Year.
