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A faculty endowed chair position that will focus on Jewish history, culture and religion is coming to UofL.

The University of Louisville Alumni Association again will host Homecoming on Main, a free, family friendly event, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 19 at the KFC Yum! Center Plaza.

The University of Louisville and the Louisville Independent Business Alliance (LIBA) will take shoppers on a whirlwind tour of local shops and restaurants Friday, Dec.6, on the third annual Holiday Cards “Buy Local” Shopping Tour.

The civil rights movement of the 1960s changed America forever. But what has it really meant to society? And what effect will it have on our future?

The Corn Island Storytelling Festival moved to the University of Louisville in 2012. Now the university also will house the records and other materials from the area’s most prestigious and celebrated storytelling event.

As the population ages, the need for professional caregivers to provide in-home services for ill and disabled patients is increasing. Patient homes may present more workplace challenges than other health care settings because they can harbor hazards such as tobacco smoke, cluttered hallways and rooms, inaccessible bathrooms, rodents and bugs.

Italian pianist Beatrice Rana took the silver medal and the Audience Award in June at the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. At 8 p.m. Oct. 29, she’ll play a free, public concert in Comstock Hall at the University of Louisville.

Associate Vice President for Health Affairs David Wiegman and LGBT Alumni Network member Greg Bourke were honored for their service to the LGBT community during the Pride Week keynote event Oct. 3.

In October 1960, Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. sat in the Fulton County jail although the charges brought against him had been dropped. Louisvillians Carl and Anne Braden were outraged and sent King a telegram of support on Oct. 24.

(Editor's Note: "Think Again" has been canceled, but the free talk by alumnus Jelly Helm will take place. Helm will speak from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cressman Center. Information on his talk is at the end of this article.)