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University of Louisville meteorology professor Tim Dowling studies weather conditions on other planets for a living.

Louisville-based sculptor, painter and author Doyle Glass is best known for his public bronze pieces honoring military heroes, such as the Medal of Honor Memorial in Louisville’s Jefferson Square. His latest collection, however, is personal.

For three weeks between March 26 and April 15, residence halls on the University of Louisville’s Belknap Campus will challenge each other, residence halls at the University of Kentucky and those at universities around the country to conserve energy.

Author, photographer and former photographic curator Steven W. Plattner is no stranger to the University of Louisville Photographic Archives.

Anthropologist Wyatt MacGaffey will lecture March 28 at the University of Louisville about “Writing the History of African Kingdoms: Ghana and Central Africa.”

The Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium at the University of Louisville will open its doors April 21 to give Thunder Over Louisville goers a new option for watching the fireworks show and participating in Thunder-related events.

The James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville recently announced 2012 sponsors for the Julep, an annual Derby Eve fundraiser for the center, and that the event is adopting a new look.

A University of Louisville lecture series about architectural history will turn its focus this spring to photography’s role in documenting U.S. life and locales.

“Is college too easy?” Recent research by New York University sociology and education professor Richard Arum and his University of Virginia colleague, Josipa Roksa, indicates the answer is “yes.”

The following information was submitted for posting during March 2012.