University of Louisville

University of Louisville (uofl) Louisville, Kentucky, a member of the Kentucky State University is a state university system. Founded in 1798, it is the first city in the US state-owned universities and west of the Allegheny Mountains rented was one of the first universities. universities commissioned by the Kentucky General Assembly "Leading Metropolitan Research University" .uofl 118 120 Kentucky counties, 50 US states and over 116 countries around the world to the student's record.

Medical Louisville School of the University's first completely self-contained artificial heart transplant surgery, as well as transplantation.th University Hospital is also credited with the first civilian ambulance first successful hand launched the country's first casualty services, now known as an emergency room (ER) and the US in the first one of the blood bank.

Between 1999 and 2006 uofl rankings.as 2006, according to the National Institutes of Health, one of the fastest growing medical research institutions, melanoma clinical NIH funding, ranks third in the fourth neurology research program and spinal cord research program 10 public universities.

uofl also the country's most successful Louisville Cardinals a few of them known for its athletics programs. Since 2005, cardinals 2005, 2012, and 2013 (champion) NCAA Division I men's basketball have made Final Four appearances, football Bowl Championship Series Orange Bowl 2007 (champion) and 2013 (champion) at Sugar Bowl, University baseball world Series 2007, 2013, 2014 women's basketball Quartet in 2009. Final (runner-up) and 2013 (runner-up) and men in 2010 football national championship game Louisville Cardinals Women as volleyball program has three repeated the Big East Tournament (2008, 2009, 2010) champion and 2015 Women There was the Atlantic Coast Conference athletic programs Champions 2008, 2009 and closed at a Big East title in 2010 and 2011. on won the Big East championship.

History
 Founding and early years: 1798-1845

University of Louisville in Louisville Kentucky town, the newly established school of higher learning to establish a charter granted in 1798, traces its roots by the General Assembly. This, if we undertake the construction of South Central Kentucky land of 6,000 acres (24 square kilometers) after ordering the sale began creating what is known as a local fund Jefferson Seminary on April 3, 1798 was attended by eight community leaders. It was opened after 15 years on various issues and gave university and high school level courses. Then he ran to Kentucky the first state school in Kentucky in 1829 and 1813 is considered the first historian Edward Mann Butler in 1816, he headed.

Despite the early success of Jefferson Seminary, the newly established public schools and "elitist" it will be forced to shut down in 1829 as pressure against media criticism.

Eight years later, in 1837, Louisville city council urging the famous physician and medical writer Charles Caldwell founded the Louisville Medical Institute. As he was named Transylvania University in Lexington before, Caldwell led LMI into rapidly become one of the leading medical schools west of the Allegheny Mountains. In 1840, Louisville Collegiate Institute, a rival medical school was established after an LMU faculty discussion. The present campus near the Health Sciences opened in 1844 on land.

As municipal public universities: 1846-1969

Louisville Kentucky legislature in 1846, the Institute of Medicine, Louisville Collegiate Institute and campus just east of downtown Louisville in Louisville University law school into the newly created combined. LCI soon folded. University new liberal arts (1907) schools, postgraduate studies (1915), dentistry (1918), engineering (1925), music (1932) and social work (1936) by adding, experienced a rapid growth in the 20th century.

In 1923, the city with the remaining liberal arts school, medical school and law school programs, moved Belknap Campus, bought what it is today. School (Bellarmine University, where he currently resides) donated by the Belknap family in the Highlands in 1917 had attempted to purchase a campus, but had to pay a tax increase for elected citywide down. Belknap Campus was named after the family for their efforts.

In 1931, as a compromise plan for the elimination of racial discrimination Li, Simmons University (now Simmons College of Kentucky) black Louisville Municipal College, founded in the old campus. Li as a part of the school college other schools had equal standing. Li was dissolved in 1951 when apartheid.

During World War II, Louisville navy commission offered a way for students V-12 Maritime College Training Program took place was a national 131 colleges and universities.

In the second half of the 20th century, business schools (1953), education (1968), and the administration of justice (1969) was opened for.

 As a public state universities: 1970-present

Kentucky state university system that combines L Talk began in the 1960s. as a school funded by a municipality (only it means that funds from the Louisville city), Louisville suburbs has created budget deficits for the people's movement of school and often forced the price of tuition to levels unaffordable for students. At the same time, rooted in medical and law schools, the school is seen as an asset to the state system. However, Li had no public opposition to funding cuts in the state system already feared campus faculty and small, feel tight feared losing both graduates and universities. After several years of heated debate, the university, graduated in 1970, largely La Kentucky Governor Louie Nunn then joined the orchestra and a motion by the state system. \

While insufficient funds generally difficult first year in the public system, such as records have skyrocketed. Various programs in nursing (1979) and urban and public relations (1983) due to lack of funding even though schools were added threat of losing accreditation.

John W. Shumaker Shumaker was a very successful fund raising in 1995 called L's chairman and donations increased from $ 183 to $ 550 million school quickly. He has developed the REACH program to encourage retention. In 1997, the athletics program restored and abandoned next to campus factories and old parking raze and largely Belknap Campus aesthetic advanced campus sports facilities, replacing them with $ 100 million on increased athletic director Tom Jurich, work. Academic, near La retention rates and increased research funding and the average GPA and ACT scores as the state's flagship University of Kentucky and was much higher than for first-class moved from parity.

And 17 of the current school president James R. Ramsey, a former director of the state budget. Shumaker since arriving Ramsey started by donations and funds continued to grow. Although Ramsey Belknap Campus floor is more important to improve the physical aspects. To this end, it is a "UL theme 'and campus streets planted more than 500 trees, Belknap Campus six overpasses painted a million dollars" campus beautification project "began and has doubled the number of campus housing. Schools of the federal research funding has doubled under Ramsey and three buildings were built for nanotechnology and medical research. L's graduation rate at 52 percent in 2012, rose 30 percent in 1999.

Academic

University of Louisville offers bachelor's degrees in 70 fields of study, master's degrees in 78 and doctoral degrees 22 University Performance Measurement Arizona State University Center 2009 annual report of the United top ranks of public research in LA in college his Granted Total Research Federal Research Grants assets, annual that the National Academy members, faculty awards, assessing nine dimensions doctor, who have been appointed after the doctor, and SAT / ACT based on range States.

Louis Brandeis, Louisville former US Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis Law Society awards tribute Brandeis Medal of Louisville School of Brandeis University.

 Campuses


He three university campuses in Louisville, Belknap, a Health Sciences and Shelby. A state of Kentucky and also abroad in Panama City, Panama International Campus, as well as there are several

Belknap Campus

acquired in 1923 Belknap Campus is the main campus of the school. This three-mile (5 km) from the Old Louisville neighborhood is located south of the city of Louisville. These seven houses 12 academic colleges and the main administrative building, Grawemey Building in front of Auguste Rodin's The Thinker is one of the features of the cast. the original building on the campus grounds was used originally used as an orphanage a few.

Buy residential land in the area to be abandoned factories and redeveloped Belknap Campus, has expanded greatly in recent years. The projects built since 1998, Papa John's Cardinal Stadium and adjacent Trager Center Fieldhouse, includes Ulmer Stadium for volleyball Owsley B. Frazier Cardinal Park (Trager Stadium, Hockey, Cardinal Track and Soccer Stadium, Bass-Rudd Tennis Center, locker rooms, playground and cushioned walking path), Baseball Jim Patterson Stadium, Ralph R. Wright Natatorium, Owsley Brown Frazier in sports medicine center and lacrosse stadium. Papa John's Cardinal Stadium moved to non-residents with a new campus near the carpark and parking Bettie Johnson Apartments, Kurz Hall, the new home building redeveloped as Minardi Hall and Community Park found.

Other points of interest in the Belknap Campus Rauch Planetarium, Art Institute of Hite Cove Gallery under the portico at Brandeis School of Law and former US Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis has final resting place. Not campus, partially surrounded, in honor of Confederate Civil War 2 and Speed ​​Art Museum is located at the intersection of 3rd street, a private institution connected with the University of Louisville and Confederate Civil War Monument, it is dead; Louisville Metro Schools standing on the land belongs, it has grown to encompass ago it was built. Kentucky State Data Center, the state's official census for data exchange and forecasts, is located next to the House Bettie Johnson.

Hahn south and 39 acres (160,000 m2 - Since 2008, three neighboring school Belknap Campus land major roads, northwest of the school campus to 55 acres (220,000 m2), the school's eastern campus of 17 acres (69,000 m2) bought Engineering Speed ​​School) south . New student housing other students were scheduled to have been completed on one of the sections in the northwest parking. A new engineering and applied sciences research park is planned for the south-Speed ​​School of Engineering terrain. This user has a signature L's Belknap designed to promote economic growth in an area around the campus Tax Increase Financing (TIF) serves as the focal district. Watterson Expressway TIF district covers more than 900 acres extending south Belknap Campus. Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority recently about $ 2600000000 what may pave the way for 30 years, was approved TIF.