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The National Institutes of Health has extended funding for the Kentucky IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (KY-INBRE), a University of Louisville-led collaboration between six state universities. The $15 million funding boost will carry the program through 2013.

Biology professor Lee Dugatkin is well known for his research on the evolution of goodness in humans and nonhumans. He has written several books and texts on the subject and has had more than 125 articles published in such journals as Nature, The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Proceedings of The Royal Society of London. But Dugatkin also is a closet historian. His latest book, titled “Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose,” is a tale of both natural history and American history. He recently spoke about his work to UofL Today.

Gov. Steve Beshear will kick off this year’s Student Government Association’s Listen Up Legislators events with a campus talk Sept. 16.

The Jumbotron said it all.

If you happen to catch one of UofL’s newest television or print advertisements, university officials have a message: Your eyes are not deceiving you.

The University of Louisville’s Belknap Campus and UofL-owned or controlled properties on Shelby Campus will become smoke free on Nov. 19, the day of the Great American Smoke Out, according to university officials.

University of Louisville faculty, staff and students can expect detours, lane closures and road closures this fall as the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet works from late August through December to improve traffic flow and safety in two areas near Belknap Campus.

The International Honor Quilt (IHQ) database is now available to the public.

The fifth annual Faculty/Staff Open Walls exhibit opens Thursday in Photographic Archives, located in the lower level of Ekstrom Library. The exhibit will be on display until noon, Friday, June 26. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and the exhibit is open to the public.

University of Louisville Physicians have launched the “Academic Physician Precision Challenge,” a fun, interactive game to raise awareness of academic medicine.