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Every day, a steady flow of students pop in and out of the Cultural Center at the University of Louisville. They represent races, cultures and heritages from around the world.

Maurice Day spent 20 years as a U.S. Army munitions specialist, a job that took him to Iraq, Germany, Hawaii and Turkey. This week, he’ll begin a different career—starting a chain of barbecue restaurants.

An exhibit of large-scale paintings by Henk Pander will open at the University of Louisville’s Cressman Center for Visual Arts, 100 E. Main St., March 2. The opening reception will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in conjunction with the First Friday Trolley Hop.

UofL has an ambitious goal to more than double its annual number of doctoral graduates by the year 2020, and the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies (SIGS) has a “plan” that will help.

Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., F.A.C.R., dean of the University of Louisville School of Medicine, has announced he is leaving UofL to become the chief executive officer and chancellor for health affairs of New York Medical College and provost for biomedical affairs at Touro College and University System. Dr. Halperin will assume his new duties May 1.

Artist: Auguste Rodin

Preschool children at the University of Louisville Early Learning Campus dance gleefully to guitar music and make their own music on handheld percussion instruments. They are taking part in a weekly half-hour long session with Darcy Walworth, UofL music therapy program director, and her students. And they are having fun.

We don't know what The Thinker is thinking about, but we do know what people think about The Thinker.

We hear a lot about heart disease in adults, but what about our children? In recognition of Heart Month, we want to share some information on signs and symptoms of heart conditions in children, as well as ways to keep our little ones’ hearts healthy.

Bryant Terry, a food justice activist, chef and author will speak at the University of Louisville March 1. He is expected to say that access to fresh, healthy food should be a basic human right and discuss what communities can do to improve such access.