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Undergraduate students: Ready to take your learning beyond the classroom? 🔬🎨📚The Mentored Undergraduate Research & Creat...
09/04/2026

Undergraduate students: Ready to take your learning beyond the classroom? 🔬🎨📚

The Mentored Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities Award gives A&S students the opportunity to collaborate with a mentor on hands-on research or creative projects while building meaningful experience in an area that interests them.

đź’° Teams can receive up to $1,500 in funding
đź“… Opportunities available for Fall 2026 and Spring 2027
⏰ Apply by October 15, 2026

Priority is given to first- and second-year students, so this is a great opportunity to get involved in research and creative work early in your college experience.

đź”— Learn more and apply here or at the link in our bio: tinyurl.com/39nu3f52

🎨🤖 Where does technology end and human creativity begin?Studio Art major Aaron Burns spent his summer exploring that que...
09/02/2026

🎨🤖 Where does technology end and human creativity begin?

Studio Art major Aaron Burns spent his summer exploring that question through UofL’s Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP), investigating how AI can — and can’t — support the 3D animation process.

Burns created his own short film from the ground up, writing the script and creating the animation while experimenting with AI at different stages of production. His takeaway? AI can be a useful tool, particularly in pre-production, but the human experience remains essential to creating art with meaning.

“Animation is very personal for animators. It’s a very human experience,” Burns said.

Projected to graduate this December, Burns says the experience strengthened his confidence as an artist and gave him the freedom to explore a field he’s passionate about.

🔗 Read more about Aaron’s research and watch his short film at the link: https://artsandsciences.louisville.edu/news/animating-support-ai-studio-art-major-explores-line-between-technology-and-human-creativity

🎉 Congratulations to Anirvan Chowdhury, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science and endowed chair of the Center ...
08/31/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Anirvan Chowdhury, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science and endowed chair of the Center for Asian Democracy, on receiving the Victor A. Olorunsola Endowed Research Award for Young Scholars for the 2026–2027 academic year!

Chowdhury will use the award to advance his research project, “Parties Against Democracy: How Ruling Parties Subvert Inclusion to Entrench Themselves,” examining how reforms designed to expand political inclusion can instead be used by ruling parties to consolidate power.

The research will take Chowdhury to West Bengal and Bihar, India, where he will conduct interviews across village councils and build new datasets tracking more than 400,000 local election candidates — helping uncover the mechanisms behind democratic decline.

Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition and impactful research! 👏🌎📚

There’s always something happening in A&S! ❤️🖤 Whether you’re a current student or an alum looking for a reason to come ...
08/28/2026

There’s always something happening in A&S! ❤️🖤 Whether you’re a current student or an alum looking for a reason to come back to campus, mark your calendar for these upcoming events:

đź“š Sept. 2 | Individualized Major Information Session
12–1 p.m. | Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Learn how you can create a unique major tailored to your interests, goals and passions.

🌎 Sept. 2 | Education Abroad Fair
10 a.m.–2 p.m. | BAB Lobby
Explore opportunities to take your education around the world through program providers, faculty-led programs, exchanges and more.

✍️ Sept. 10–11 | Axton Reading Series: Lesley Jenike
Join the Creative Writing Program for a reading, master class and reception featuring poet and essayist Lesley Jenike.

đź“š Sept. 23 | History, Memory, and America at 250
Beginning at 1:15 p.m. | Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Explore American history, memory and democracy through interdisciplinary roundtables and a keynote from historian Tracy Campbell.

🎬 Sept. 25 | ASL Movie Night
6–9 p.m. | Floyd Theater, Swain Student Activities Center
The Department of Classical and Modern Languages presents a free screening of Wrong Game, with a snack bar provided by LASLA.

đź“– Sept. 30 | Race, Infrastructure, and the Future
4 p.m. | Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Historian Dr. Cotten Seiler explores how race, citizenship and inequality have shaped public infrastructure in the United States. A book signing will follow.

Students, alumni, faculty, staff, friends and community members — we’d love to see you there! Check each event graphic for full details. 📅

🎓 Once a Cardinal, always a learner. 2026 A&S Champion Award recipient Alisa Zanetti has made UofL part of her story acr...
08/26/2026

🎓 Once a Cardinal, always a learner. 2026 A&S Champion Award recipient Alisa Zanetti has made UofL part of her story across decades.

Zanetti first graduated from UofL with a bachelor’s degree in Economics in 1997. Years later, while balancing family and a national leadership career with the U.S. Postal Service, she returned to UofL to earn a master’s degree in Sustainability — proving there’s no expiration date on learning something new.

Now 34 years into a career spanning operations, strategy, sustainability, technology and eCommerce, Zanetti credits her UofL education with teaching her to stay curious, take on new challenges, and give back.

“Returning to UofL reminded me that you are never too old or too experienced to learn something new.”

đź”— Read our Q&A with Zanetti about lifelong learning, leadership and why success means reaching back to help others move forward at the link: https://artsandsciences.louisville.edu/news/never-stop-learning-champion-awardee-alisa-zanetti-leadership-service-and-giving-back

📅 Mark your calendars, Cards! There’s plenty happening across the College of Arts & Sciences as we kick off the fall sem...
08/21/2026

📅 Mark your calendars, Cards! There’s plenty happening across the College of Arts & Sciences as we kick off the fall semester. ❤️🖤

Coming up:

🧺 Aug. 22: Chemistry End of Summer Picnic
🧬 Aug. 26: Pre-Health & Biology RSO Fair
🌎 Sept. 2: Education Abroad Fair
đź“Ł Sept. 2: Individualized Major Information Session
🌎 Sept. 23: History, Memory, and America at 250 Symposium

Whether you’re looking to meet new people, get involved, explore study abroad, learn about academic opportunities or join an important conversation, there’s something for you!

➡️ Swipe through for dates, times, locations and details.

What does it mean to pursue justice? For Criminal Justice major Jamoa Wooten, it starts with truth.Inspired by the legac...
08/19/2026

What does it mean to pursue justice? For Criminal Justice major Jamoa Wooten, it starts with truth.

Inspired by the legacy of his great-grandfather, Lacy Mitchell—who lost his life after courageously telling the truth—Jamoa returned to college with a purpose: earn his degree in Criminal Justice and prepare for law school, where he hopes to become a voice for others.

At UofL, he found something just as important: a community of faculty, mentors and classmates who challenged him, supported him and helped him see what was possible.

“It’s just been an incredible journey at UofL. It’s like no other.”

For future Cardinals, Jamoa has a message: take a chance on yourself. ❤️🖤

đź”— Read his story at the link: https://artsandsciences.louisville.edu/news/its-never-too-late-how-one-criminal-justice-alumnus-found-purpose-community-and-path-law-uofl

08/18/2026

June 4, 2026 | This article was first published in the spring 2026 issue of Ignite Magazine. Read other stories from the magazine here.

🎉 Welcome back, Cards!Today marks the first day of classes—and the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the Class of...
08/17/2026

🎉 Welcome back, Cards!

Today marks the first day of classes—and the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the Class of 2030! ❤️🖤

Whether it’s your very first day at UofL or you’re returning for another year, we’re so glad to have you back on campus. Here’s to new classes, new connections, big ideas and everything ahead.

Have a great first day, A&S students! 🎒📚✨

So excited to welcome students to this refurbished building today!
08/17/2026

So excited to welcome students to this refurbished building today!

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