By Stephanie Godward, Communications and Marketing Director, College of Arts & Sciences 

Associate Professor of Philosophy Boomer Trujillo recently delivered a keynote address and led an interactive workshop on Aristotle’s concepts of friendship at the regional Junior and Senior Classical League conference held at Louisville’s Manual High School. 

The session, which took place this past fall, engaged students ages 11 to 18, drawing connections between ancient philosophical ideas and modern understandings of true friendship.  

By Stephanie Godward, Communications and Marketing Director, College of Arts & Sciences  

Gray Koesters’ curation of a special exhibit featuring the work of artist John Burton Harter remembers the friends, faces, and unrequited love lost in the tragedy of the AIDS crisis.  

Authors: 

Michael Bassi, Director – Southern Police Institute, University of Louisville 

Gennaro F. Vito, Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, University of Louisville 

Abstract 

After more than four decades of teaching, mentoring and leading at the University of Louisville, John P. Ferré, Ph.D., has spent a career helping students learn how to think critically about media, history and the world around them.  

As an Endowed Professor of Communication and Executive Director of the Grawemeyer Awards, Ferré has worked with generations of students—guiding them through thoughtful discussion and the kind of intellectual curiosity that lasts long after graduation.  

The University of Louisville School of Music and the College of Arts & Sciences     Department of Theatre Arts Presents Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s, Into the Woods for three special performances in March.  

Cressman Center 

100 East Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202 

March 20 – May 2, 2026 

The Hite Institute of Art + Design is pleased to present MISSING: When East Village Artists Came to Main Street, an exhibition that returns to December 1985 when five New York artists traveled to Louisville to stage an unlikely show in a vacant building at 600 East Main Street.  

By Stephanie Godward, Communications and Marketing Director, College of Arts & Sciences 

The Philosophy Department welcomed students from across North America for the 23rd Annual Steven Humphrey Undergraduate Philosophy Colloquium, where presenters explored topics ranging from trauma and art to the ethics of wearable biomonitors in carceral settings, culminating in a keynote address, “Triggered: Moral Emotions and Trauma-Informed Care.” 

By Stephanie Godward, Communications and Marketing Director, College of Arts & Sciences 

The University of Louisville’s 2026 Jon H. Rieger Speaker Series will feature Dr. Sigal Ben-Porath, a leading scholar from the University of Pennsylvania whose research explores the role of free speech, civic education, and democratic engagement in schools and universities. 

By Stephanie Godward, Communications and Marketing Director, College of Arts & Sciences 

A new refurbishment project supported by the dean’s office is making sure that cadets in the Army ROTC program have access to a functioning 40-foot rappel tower located on the Belknap campus, which will support them in achieving greater success during summer training in Fort Knox. 

Thursday, March 19, Floyd Theater

The Marching Band (En fanfare), 2024

After a renowned conductor is diagnosed with leukemia and learns he was adopted, he seeks out his estranged brother, a trombonist in a small-town band, where music bridges their social divide and heals old wounds.