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When she learned about a new chance to mentor middle school students, Jasmine Sawyers jumped at it. “It’s just helping kids, period.”

University of Louisville President James Ramsey last week notified the offices of the Kentucky governor and Louisville mayor that the UofL Foundation is activating the tax increment financing (TIF) for its downtown district.

A three-part exhibit at the University of Louisville Hite Art Institute will highlight the life’s work of artist Rudy Pozzatti.

From Shakespeare to school desegregation, a University of Louisville lecture series this year will focus on those topics as well as how people rate their cities, how human immune systems adapt and what science lessons can be learned from a Russian prince’s books.

The University of Louisville’s Department of Theatre Arts invites the public to audition for its spring plays Jan. 10 and 11 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Thrust Theatre, 2314 S. Floyd St.

The University of Louisville Foundation approved Dec. 19 a compensation package for UofL President James Ramsey with the goal of “keeping him around for a long time,” foundation Chairman Chester Porter said.

Providing equally good schooling for all American children— rich or poor and regardless of race—would improve the nation’s failing education system.

University of Louisville School of Nursing graduates who took the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) for the first time within a year of graduation had a 96-percent pass rate for 2011, exceeding the national average. A total of 140 graduates took the test.

Members of the 100th Division of the Army Reserve met with University of Louisville faculty of the Research Resource Facility at the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute to discuss possible partnerships for training soldiers in the medical field at UofL’s Health Sciences Center campus.

Kids love the holidays.