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The thrills, challenges and future of horseracing will be among the topics discussed Nov. 18 during a University of Louisville Conversations With Champions event with thoroughbred trainer D. Wayne Lukas.

Nucleus, a University of Louisville Foundation initiative fostering innovation and economic development, celebrated the grand opening of The Nucleus Oct. 23.

Several streets around Belknap Campus will be closed Saturday, Oct. 26, from 6 a.m. to noon for the Big Hit Half Marathon.

Why are there giant sunflowers behind the University of Louisville’s Urban Studies Institute at 426 W. Bloom St.?

Downtown visitors and Ekstrom Library users can examine student-decorated altars dedicated to civil rights leaders and others during the annual Day of the Dead celebration honoring the lives of special people.

“All Aboard!” Archives and Special Collections at the University of Louisville will open a multi-gallery exhibit celebrating its collections of Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N) materials Nov. 6, with a 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. reception in the east wing, lower level lobby of Ekstrom Library.

University of Louisville officials and students cut the ribbon Oct. 18 on the 128,000-square-foot Student Recreation Center on Fourth Street near Kurz and Minardi halls. The building will open for student use on Monday, Oct. 28.

Still have old videotapes or computer diskettes you don’t know what to do with? You’ll have a chance to recycle them for free Oct. 22 when UofL celebrates national Sustainability Day.

Homecoming always means a football performance with one of the day’s highlights being the halftime crowning of the king and queen. For others, another performance — the National Pan-Hellenic Council Step Show — is the highlight of homecoming weekend.

University of Louisville President James Ramsey has been named 2013 Communicator of the Year.