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UofL faculty and staff who want to hone their leadership skills have an opportunity to do so at the Pathways Women’s Leadership Conference May 16, 8 a.m.– 4:30 p.m., in the Founders Union Building on Shelby Campus.

It looks a bit odd, but it just might revolutionize the way we clean polluted water.

Cardiovascular disease, including heart disease, hypertension and stroke, is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States. Long thought to be a disease primarily affecting men, cardiovascular disease actually kills more women than men on an annual basis.

Some of America’s most popular reality stars will join bright talents from the world of music, television and film at the 2014 Julep Ball.

Spend three minutes with each of the 2014 Grawemeyer Award winners, who were on campus last week at accept their awards:

University of Louisville medical student runners marked the end of the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon and the university’s sixth Medals4Mettle season by presenting their hard-earned medals to pediatric patient “running buddies.”

In 2011, composer Djuro Zivkovic spent four months in a house in the Swedish countryside, writing a commissioned piece in an atmosphere of complete silence.

Diane Ravitch, the 2014 Grawemeyer Award winner in education, drew laughter, applause and even a few tears as she explained how she reversed course from being a champion of results-based public education reform to one of its most vocal critics.

While the prospect of Iran or North Korea becoming a nuclear nation causes frightening headlines, the only countries that have built successful nuclear programs are those that have allowed scientists to do their jobs without political pressure, according to the winner of the 2014 Grawemeyer Award in world order.

A concrete waterfall that adds oxygen to polluted Beargrass Creek. A pilot water treatment plant that uses no fossil fuels or chemicals. A rain garden that drains storm water away from sewers.