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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.)

Faculty in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields expect each spring to receive a request from chemistry professor emeritus Tom Crawford to help out at the Louisville Regional Science Fair.

Dental students and faculty gathered in late August for an important discussion—not about new dental procedures or techniques, but rather about beliefs.

October is Down syndrome awareness month. Down syndrome, also known as Trisomy 21, is the most common congenital disease affecting growth.

The partners of Research!Louisville recently recognized the winners of a three-day research competition that is a part of Research!Louisville.

The Geriatrics division of the University of Louisville’s Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine honored four Louisvillians age 85 and older for leading lives that are active, engaged and involved.