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Masks, beads, feathers, king cake, magic, music and a classic Disney movie all are on the menu for a UofL Mardi Gras party at the Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium Sunday, Feb. 19.

Your heart is an amazing piece of machinery that pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood as it contracts and expands about 100,000 times per day.

The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900 will celebrate its 40th anniversary Feb. 23-25 as about 600 scholars gather at the University of Louisville.

About 160 University of Louisville students will march barefoot in the Kentucky State Capitol as part of the Rally for Higher ����ֱ�� Feb. 7.

A publishing house director and poet, a computer scientist and philosopher turned author and an award-winning novelist, storyteller and memoirist will read from their works, teach master classes and discuss their writing process during visits to the University of Louisville this spring for its Axton Reading Series.

More than 200 children from area schools came to the University of Louisville School of Dentistry Feb. 3 to receive free dental treatment. Treatment is the second part of the annual Smile Kentucky! community service program. The first part is free dental education and screenings.

Representatives from higher education will gather in Louisville Feb. 20-21 at the fourth annual Veteran Symposium for Higher ����ֱ�� to look at how universities can become more veteran-friendly.

The University of Louisville PEACC program will present a benefit production of “The Vagina Monologues,” an award-winning play by Eve Ensler about women’s experiences, Feb. 9-11.

Depression and bipolar disorder don’t carry quite the social stigma they once did, but they’re still widely misunderstood.