Margaret A. Farley RSM (born April 15, 1935) is an American religious sister and a member of the Catholic Sisters of Mercy . She was Gilbert L. Stark Professor Emerita of Christian Ethics at Yale University Divinity School , where she taught Christian ethics from 1971 to 2007. Farley is the first woman appointed to serve full-time on the Yale School board, along with Henri Nouwen as its first Catholic faculty members. She is a past president of Catholic Theological Society of America .
80-407: Sister Margaret may refer to: Sister Margaret Farley (21st century), American Roman Catholic nun Sister Margaret Sinclair (1900-1925), Scottish Roman Catholic nun Sister Margaret McKenna (born 1940), American Medical Mission Sister [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
160-490: A "defective understanding of the objective nature of natural moral law" and were "in direct contradiction with Catholic teaching in the field of sexual morality" and that such beliefs "pose grave harm" and counter the official teachings and moral tenets of the Roman Catholic Church. Farley commented that the book offers "contemporary interpretations" of justice and fairness in human sexual relations, moving away from
240-404: A "taboo morality" and drawing on "present-day scientific, philosophical, theological, and biblical resources." Farley also said: "I can only clarify that the book was not intended to be an expression of current official Catholic teaching, nor was it aimed specifically against this teaching. It is of a different genre altogether." Farley's religious superior, Patricia McDermott, commented that she
320-500: A $ 34.6-million Center for Predictive Medicine, a Level 3 biosafety facility, is in the works. The Shelby Campus is also home to the building which houses the Information Technology Resource Center (ITRC) for homeland security . The ITRC conducts communications and IT research for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as well as seminars and training in emergency preparedness and response. When completed,
400-617: A Global Context in 2005. In 2008 Farley received the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion. A festschrift in her honor was published that same year. In 1984 Farley was one of 97 theologians and religious persons who signed " A Catholic Statement on Pluralism and Abortion ", calling for pluralism and discussion within the Catholic Church regarding the church's position on abortion . Early in her career, Farley called
480-589: A charter granted in 1798 by the Kentucky General Assembly to establish a school of higher learning in the newly founded town of Louisville. It ordered the sale of 6,000 acres (24 km ) of South Central Kentucky land to underwrite construction, joined on April 3, 1798, by eight community leaders who began local fundraising for what was then known as the Jefferson Seminary. It opened 15 years later and offered college and high school level courses in
560-528: A degree in philosophy and a doctoral degree from Yale University She began her teaching career at the Yale Divinity School in 1971 and earned her doctorate there two years later. She appeared on the cover of the Yale Alumni Magazine in 1986 in connection with a feature article on teachers of note. In 1986, Farley published Personal Commitments: Making, Keeping Breaking , which a reviewer in
640-484: A large amount of new development in the past decade, include the completion of three new buildings: Baxter Research Complex, Cardiovascular Research Tower, and Jackson Street Medical Plaza. In 2007 Louisville announced plans to create a nine-acre medical research park on the so-called Haymarket property roughly bounded by Market, Preston, Brook, and Jefferson Streets, along I-65 in Downtown Louisville , now called
720-589: A million-dollar "campus beautification project" which painted six overpasses on the Belknap Campus with a University of Louisville theme and planted over 500 trees along campus streets, and doubled the number of on-campus housing units. The university's federal research funding doubled under Ramsey, and three buildings were built for nanotechnology and medical research. The university's graduation rate increased from 30 percent in 1999 to 52 percent in 2012. On June 17, 2016, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin announced that
800-467: A new press box that will more than double its current size. The University Health Sciences Center, also called the med campus, is located just east of Downtown Louisville in the Louisville medical park which contains two other major hospitals and several specialty hospitals, and it houses the remaining five colleges. This is the school's original campus, being continuously used since 1846, although none of
880-672: A new student recreation center, soccer stadium, new residence halls and academic buildings. Furthermore, the reconstruction of the I-65 ramps to the Belknap Campus, converting the four lanes of Eastern Parkway into a two-lane road with bike lanes and a landscaped median to improve pedestrian access to the Speed School , the moving of several university offices to allow the existing facilities at Arthur Street and Brandeis Avenue to be converted to commercial property and restaurants. The KFC Yum! Center (a men's basketball and volleyball practice facility)
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#1733086269278960-523: A playground and a cushioned walking path), Jim Patterson Stadium for baseball, Ralph R. Wright Natatorium, Owsley Brown Frazier Sports Medicine Center, and a lacrosse stadium. With new parking at Cardinal Stadium, non-resident parking was moved there and the parking lots near campus were redeveloped with new dormitory buildings, including the Bettie Johnson Apartments, Kurz Hall, Minardi Hall, and Community Park. Other points of interest on
1040-555: A session devoted to the Vatican's assessment of her book at the annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA). She said it reflected conflicting understandings of the theologian's role and concluded: The issue is, finally, in our tradition, is it a contradiction to have power settle questions of truth? Or to say we all have a capacity to know what we ought to do? We can make mistakes, we can disagree—but
1120-403: A total capacity of 5,000. Along with the $ 2.75 million expansion of the university's softball stadium will feature a team clubhouse with a locker room, a video room, and a players' lounge. The Dan Ulmer Stadium will see the addition of 200 chair back seats, bringing the seating capacity to 1,000. The project will add a 2,380 square foot fan terrace wrapping around the back of the stadium, as well as
1200-673: A university employee paid escorts to strip and have sex with players and recruits. Shortly after the NCAA announced its findings and penalties, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the arrest of 10 individuals connected with a "pay for play" scheme connected to sportswear manufacturer Adidas and many institutions, including Louisville. Pitino
1280-477: A variety of subjects. It was headed by Edward Mann Butler from 1813 to 1816, who later ran the first public school in Kentucky in 1829 and is considered Kentucky's first historian. Despite the Jefferson Seminary's early success, pressure from newly established public schools and media critiques of it as "elitist" would force its closure in 1829. Eight years later, in 1837, the Louisville city council established
1360-700: A way as to produce that rarity, a book that will be of great interest to the scholar, and yet would be useful in a parish or a counselor's office as well." Farley received the John Courtney Murray Award from the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA) in 1992. She has served as president of both the CTSA and the Society of Christian Ethics. Yale Divinity School presented a conference in her honor called Just Love: Feminism, Theology and Ethics in
1440-513: Is affiliated with the University of Louisville. The Kentucky State Data Center , the state's official clearing house for census data and estimates, is located next to Bettie Johnson Hall. Since 2008 the school has purchased three large tracts of land adjacent to the Belknap Campus, 55 acres (220,000 m ) to the school's northwest campus, 17 acres (69,000 m ) to the school's east campus – south of Hahn and 39 acres (160,000 m ) south of
1520-700: Is currently ranked the 4th best MBA program in Latin America . The university also offers professional MBA programs in Athens , Hong Kong , Singapore and other parts of Asia. Their collaboration partner in Singapore is Aventis School of Management . Louisville operates the Moore Observatory in Oldham County , an astronomical observatory . There are plans to purchase several hundred acres in Oldham County for
1600-571: Is evident at the busy northeast corner of ShelbyHurst with the completion of 600 North. The LEED-certified, 125,000-square-foot office building is 80 percent leased and serves as corporate headquarters to Churchill Downs , NTS, Semonin Realtors and Stifel Nicolaus. The University of Louisville runs a sister campus in Panama City , Panama , which has an MBA program. The full-time program takes around 16 months to complete and enrolls about 200 students. It
1680-718: Is expected to cost $ 300 million and was planned to be constructed from 2009 to 2017. A 200,000-square-foot, eight-story, $ 18 million building, is the first in a series of structures, broke ground in July 2011, and was expected to open in June 2013. An important project adjacent to the Downtown Health Sciences Campus was the conversion of the Clarksdale Housing Complex into a new mixed income development called Liberty Green . The 230-acre (0.93 km ) Shelby Campus
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#17330862692781760-515: Is it the case that natural law is let go when we really only know the answers because of grace of office? This is a profoundly important question in our tradition today. The CTSA membership voted "overwhelmingly" in favor of a statement of support for her. University of Louisville This is an accepted version of this page The University of Louisville ( UofL ) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky , United States. It
1840-489: Is located on Shelbyville Road near Hurstbourne Parkway in Eastern Louisville. This campus was originally the home of Kentucky Southern College, a Kentucky Baptist liberal arts college that operated from 1961 to 1969. After the college folded, it transferred all its assets and liabilities to the university. It currently only has three buildings which are used for night classes and seminars, although construction of
1920-469: Is looking dimmer, but I'm still optimistic that someday it may be possible or even needed. Catholicism is the only denomination with a shortage of clergy. In 2001, when the Jesuit theologian Avery Dulles was named a cardinal and explained that the theologian's role was "to show why the church is teaching what she is", Farley contributed to a discussion of the changing role of the academic theologian. She said
2000-642: Is part of the Kentucky state university system . Chartered in 1798 as the Jefferson Seminary , it became in the 19th century one of the first city-funded public colleges in the United States. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a "Preeminent Metropolitan Research University". Louisville is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The University of Louisville School of Medicine
2080-455: Is touted for the first fully self-contained artificial heart transplant surgery, as well as the first successful hand transplantation in the United States. The University Hospital is also credited with the first civilian ambulance , the nation's first accident services, now known as an emergency department (ED), and one of the first blood banks in the US. University of Louisville is known for
2160-622: The Holy See , specifically the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith , for moral views which oppose the teachings of the Catholic Church . However, it has received both support and endorsement from the groups Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the Catholic Theological Society of America . Farley received Bachelor's and Masters of Arts degrees from the University of Detroit , followed by
2240-485: The Journal of Religion wrote "charts out what to watch for, when as a counselor, you are helping someone think through commitments" and focuses on "long-term commitments involving sexual intimacy". He added: "She does not display her erudition but hides it in footnotes. She expresses herself almost always in words available to the nonspecialist. She is courageous, breaking new ground." He singled out "the way she succinctly links
2320-688: The Louisville Cardinals athletics programs . Since 2005, the Cardinals have made appearances in the NCAA Division I men's basketball Final Four in 2005, 2012, and 2013 (vacated), football Bowl Championship Series Orange Bowl in 2007 (champions) and Sugar Bowl in 2013 (champions), the College Baseball World Series 2007, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2019, the women's basketball Final Four in 2009 (runner-up), 2013 (runner-up), and 2018, and
2400-575: The Louisville Medical Institute at the urging of renowned physician and medical author Charles Caldwell . As he had earlier at Lexington's Transylvania University , Caldwell rapidly led LMI into becoming one of the leading medical schools in what was then considered the western US. In 1840, Louisville College, a sibling municipal liberal arts school chartered a few years earlier as the Louisville Collegiate Institute,
2480-534: The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools , over concerns that Governor Bevin's actions had "violated rules that require that universities be independent". The probation was lifted a year later. The governor's actions were initially blocked by a judge but supported by new legislation passed by the Kentucky legislature in early 2017. In a lawsuit, the university sought $ 80 million in damages from president Ramsey, but settled only for $ 800,000 in 2021. In
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2560-475: The ordination of women a "moral imperative". In 1987, discussing a Vatican document on procreation, Farley criticized its authors for not consulting women and especially "parents who are struggling with these issues". She said its exclusion of all means but sexual intercourse between husband and wife "were not justified in terms of the complexity of the questions involved" and predicted that "People making decisions will not take it seriously. It doesn't offer them
2640-701: The 12 academic colleges and features one of the casts of Auguste Rodin 's The Thinker in front of the main administrative building, Grawemeyer Hall. The grounds of the campus were originally used as an orphanage, with several of the original buildings used. The Belknap Campus has expanded greatly in recent years, with land housing abandoned factories in the area being purchased and redeveloped. Projects built since 1998 include L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium and adjacent Trager Center fieldhouse, Owsley B. Frazier Cardinal Park (which includes Ulmer Stadium for softball, Trager Stadium for field hockey, Cardinal Track and Soccer Stadium, Bass-Rudd Tennis Center, locker rooms,
2720-542: The 230-acre (0.93 km ) campus for business, office, technology and research use, now known as the ShelbyHurst Research and Office Park. The university will spend $ 7.9 million on the road improvements on the campus. The roadway improvements began in August 2008, with work on a new four-lane boulevard through the campus, bordered by bike lanes and sidewalks, and heavily landscaped. The 600 North Hursbourne – Transformation
2800-700: The Belknap Campus include the Rauch Planetarium; the Covi Gallery of the Hite Art Institute, named for the painter Marcia Hite and her husband Allen; and the final resting place for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis and his wife Alice, under the portico in the Brandeis Law School. Surrounded by, but not part of the campus, is the Speed Art Museum , a private institution that
2880-508: The Church. Consequently it cannot be used as a valid expression of Catholic teaching, either in counseling and formation, or in ecumenical and interreligious dialogue. Furthermore the Congregation wishes to encourage theologians to pursue the task of studying and teaching moral theology in full concord with the principles of Catholic doctrine. The congregation thus noted that Farley's teachings were
2960-407: The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith expresses profound regret that a member of an Institute of Consecrated Life, Sr. Margaret A. Farley, R.S.M., affirms positions that are in direct contradiction with Catholic teaching in the field of sexual morality. The Congregation warns the faithful that her book Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics is not in conformity with the teaching of
3040-559: The Louisville Medical Institute, Louisville College, and a newly created law school into the University of Louisville, on a campus just west of Downtown Louisville . As they still maintained separate finances, Louisville College folded soon afterwards. The university experienced rapid growth in the 20th century, adding new schools in the liberal arts (1907), graduate studies (1915), dentistry (1918), engineering (1925), music (1932) and social work (1936). In 1923,
3120-614: The Louisville area, the Belknap, the Health Science, and the Shelby. It also has an International Campus in Panama City , Panama , as well as various satellite facilities in the state of Kentucky and abroad: Acquired in 1923, the Belknap Campus is the school's main campus. It is located three miles (5 km) south of downtown Louisville in the Old Louisville neighborhood. It houses seven of
3200-564: The Norton Terrace at the south end of Cardinal Stadium. It will be centrally located between two of the university's cornerstone buildings, the Swain Student Activities Center and Cardinal Stadium. It will have seating capacity for over 5,300 fans and will feature a 15,500 square foot training center that will include identical locker rooms for each team, coaches' offices and a sports medicine training room. This stadium will be
3280-588: The Nucleus Research Park, with 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m ) of research space. Nucleus, Kentucky's Life Science and Innovation Center, was established in 2008 by the University of Louisville Foundation. Nucleus is assisting in the development of Louisville's Health Science Campus downtown. Nucleus' work is integral to the development of the research park currently underway at Louisville's Haymarket 30-block property in downtown Louisville. Nucleus Innovation Park will house multiple facilities. The project
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3360-620: The Sisters of Mercy study on tubal ligation . Farley and fellow Mercy Sister Eileen P. Hogan founded the All-Africa Conference, a project intended to bring together African women religious to develop strategies for responding to the pandemic of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Farley currently holds the title of Professor Emerita at Yale Divinity School. Farley published Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics in 2006. The critical reception
3440-461: The Speed School of Engineering. New student housing has been completed on one of the northwest segments with student parking slated for the other. A new engineering and applied sciences research park is planned for the land south of the Speed School of Engineering. It serves as the centerpiece of a Signature Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district, designed to stimulate economic growth in an area around
3520-513: The University 423rd among 650 universities, colleges, and service academies; 195th for public colleges, 92nd for colleges in the American South and 227th best U.S. research university in 2023. Admission to Louisville is considered "selective" by U.S. News & World Report . A total of 9,430 applications were received for the freshmen class entering Fall 2015; 6,758 applicants were accepted (71.7%), and 2,797 enrolled. Men constituted 50.9% of
3600-452: The answers they need. The church, by acting in an authoritarian way loses the kind of moral power regarding these issues." Asked in 1997 to comment on the decline of female enrollment in divinity schools in the United States, following their increased presence in the 1970s, Farley said that It's hard for them to have all that education and to know they can't be ordained. It challenges their faith and commitment. The possibility of ordination
3680-436: The company's worldwide air hub at Louisville International Airport , full tuition reimbursement through a program called Metropolitan College. This program offers reimbursement for $ 65 of book costs for each class, and awards bonus checks to students in good standing at the end of each semester and upon reaching certain credit hour milestones. Employees are eligible for full health insurance coverage. Currently over 75 percent of
3760-407: The entire board of trustees of the university would be immediately disbanded and replaced, and that Ramsey would be stepping down. This was confirmed in a statement issued by Ramsey on the same day. Ramsey offered his resignation at a board of trustees meeting on July 27, 2016, which was accepted by the board. In December 2016, the university was placed on academic probation by its accrediting agency,
3840-415: The errors it discerned in a book had been "a cause of confusion among the faithful", commissioned the book to be reviewed by experts. On the basis of the experts' evaluation it decided on June 8, 2011, that the book did contain erroneous propositions and requested that she correct those propositions. It received a further response from Farley together with the opinions of her current religious superior and of
3920-488: The family for their efforts. In 1926, the building that would later be dedicated as Grawemeyer Hall , was built. In 1931, the university established the Louisville Municipal College for Negroes on the former campus of Simmons University (now Simmons College of Kentucky ), as a compromise plan to desegregation. As a part of the university, the school had an equal standing with the school's other colleges. It
4000-658: The honors program benefit from priority registration for classes, smaller class sizes, and unique study abroad opportunities. The University of Louisville library system is a member of the Association of Research Libraries . Louisville's main library branch is the William F. Ekstrom Library , which opened in 1981. The four-story building finished an expansion in March 2006, which increased its total size to 290,000 square feet (27,000 m ) and shelving capacity to over 1.3 million books. It
4080-438: The impressive ShelbyHurst Office Campus will have over 1.5 million square feet of modern office space managed, developed and leased by NTS Development Co., in partnership with the University of Louisville Foundation. The first three projects are in full swing. The Shelby Campus is undergoing a major renovation, with two new entrances to the campus off Hurstbourne Parkway. The overall goal is to develop 108 acres (0.44 km ) of
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#17330862692784160-642: The incoming class; women 49.1%. Among freshman students who enrolled in Fall 2015, SAT scores for the middle 50% ranged from 490 to 620 for critical reading, and from 510 to 620 for math. ACT composite scores for the middle 50% ranged from 22 to 29. The average high school GPA for incoming freshmen was 3.60. The university consists of 12 schools and colleges: In addition to their nationwide partial tuition reimbursement programs, UPS (United Parcel Service) offers Louisville (along with Jefferson Community and Technical College ) students who work overnight at Worldport ,
4240-486: The long heritage of Jewish and Christian thinking about 'covenant' with her earlier exploration of human relationships." A reviewer in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion called it "a valuable contribution to the literature of Christian ethics, and in particular to the discussion of the value of Christian love and special relationships. Farley has combined psychological subtlety and moral seriousness in such
4320-487: The men's soccer national championship game in 2010. The Louisville Cardinals Women's Volleyball program has three-peated as champions of the Big East Tournament (2008, 2009, 2010), and were Atlantic Coast Conference Champions in 2015 and 2017. Women's track and field program has won Outdoor Big East titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and an Indoor Big East title in 2011. The University of Louisville traces its roots to
4400-571: The nation. Through its School of Medicine and University Hospital Louisville is known for its innovations in the field of medicine, including world's first self-contained artificial heart transplant (2001), world's first successful hand transplant (1999), development of autotransfusion (1935), and first emergency department (1911). U.S. News & World Report 's 2023 edition ranked University of Louisville's undergraduate program tied for 195 among all national universities and tied for 106th among public ones. Forbes Magazine ranks
4480-778: The original buildings remain. Buildings of note on the HSC include the fourteen story Medical Research Tower and the ten-story University Hospital. Construction is finished for a recently opened, downtown Louisville Cardiovascular Research Innovation Institute building to be directed by a researcher, Stuart Williams from the University of Arizona ; and an eight-story, $ 70 million biomedical research building. Faculty and students also work with neighboring hospitals including Norton Children's Hospital, as well as outreach programs throughout Kentucky, including in Paducah , Campbellsville , and Glasgow . The University of Louisville Health Sciences Campus has seen
4560-477: The problems and possibilities offered by biblical witness." He hoped the book would "escape the sort of polarized responses that the temper of the times seems to elicit." On March 29, 2010, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith wrote to Farley, detailing doctrinal problems that it found in Just Love . Farley replied on October 28, 2010. The Congregation considered her response unsatisfactory and, because of
4640-418: The public university system of Kentucky began in the 1960s. As a municipally-funded school (meaning funding only came from the city of Louisville), the movement of people to the suburbs of Louisville created budget shortfalls for the school and forced tuition prices to levels unaffordable for most students. At the same time, the school's well-established medicine and law schools were seen as potential assets for
4720-552: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sister_Margaret&oldid=533797665 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sister Margaret Farley Farley's controversial book, Just Love (2006), brought criticism and censure from
4800-465: The school purchased what is today the Belknap Campus, where it moved its liberal arts programs and law school, with the medical school remaining downtown. The school had attempted to purchase a campus donated by the Belknap family in The Highlands area in 1917 (where Bellarmine University is currently located), but a citywide tax increase to pay for it was voted down. The Belknap Campus was named after
4880-522: The school's equine program. The president's mansion, Amelia Place, is located at 2515 Longest Avenue. It is the former residence of railroad executive Whitefoord Russell Cole . The University of Louisville offers bachelor's degrees in 70 fields of study, master's degrees in 78, and doctorate degrees in 22. According to the National Science Foundation , Louisville spent $ 176 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 125th in
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#17330862692784960-500: The school's endowment from $ 183 to $ 550 million. He developed the REACH program to encourage retention. In 1997, he hired athletics director Tom Jurich , who restored the athletics program and raised over $ 100 million to raze abandoned factories and old parking lots next to campus and replace them with on-campus athletic facilities, which vastly improved the aesthetics of the Belknap Campus. Academically, Louisville moved closer to parity with
5040-404: The second largest project the athletic department has undertaken behind Cardinal Stadium. Furthermore, a $ 4 million expansion of Jim Patterson Stadium includes the addition of 1,500 chair back seats, two-tiered ground level terraces, a visiting team locker room, and a 6,400 square foot terrace atop the chair back seats connecting the first and third base sides. The new Jim Patterson Stadium will have
5120-431: The southwest of campus, near the recreation center. All three were built by private developers, and The Province was built in tandem with Louisville's properties. In the short term, university provost Shirley Willihnganz expects the university to continue partnerships with private entities to build student housing. Several athletic facilities are being renovated, and the new $ 8 million academic center will be located beneath
5200-405: The state system were difficult, as enrollment skyrocketed while funding was often insufficient. Several programs were threatened with losing accreditation due to a lack of funding, although schools of nursing (1979) and urban & public affairs (1983) were added. John W. Shumaker was named the university's president in 1995. Shumaker was a very successful fundraiser , and quickly increased
5280-499: The state system. Still, there was opposition to the university becoming a state institution, both from faculty and alumni who feared losing the small, close-knit feel of the campus, and from universities already in the state system who feared funding cuts that would be necessitated to accommodate UofL. After several years of heated debate, the university joined the state system in 1970, a move largely orchestrated by then Kentucky governor and UofL alumnus Louie Nunn . The first years in
5360-408: The state's flagship University of Kentucky as retention rates and research funding increased, and average GPAs and ACT scores were much higher for incoming freshmen. James R. Ramsey , the university's 17th president, continued the endowment and fundraising growth started by Shumaker. However, Ramsey added more emphasis on improving the physical aspects of the Belknap Campus. To this end, he started
5440-463: The statue was moved from its original location to Brandenburg, Kentucky . Relocation started in November and was completed in mid-December. Following Neeli Bendapudi 's resignation, provost Lori Stewart Gonzalez served as interim president from January 2022 to January 2023. Kim Schatzel became the University of Louisville's 19th president on February 1, 2023. The university has three campuses in
5520-489: The summer of 2017, the university again came into the national spotlight as a series of scandals became public. The university's foundation, the organization that manages its endowment and investments, reported "millions of dollars in unbudgeted spending, unapproved activities and endowment losses" in an audit. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) suspended the head coach of the men's basketball team, Rick Pitino , for five games after an investigation revealed that
5600-443: The superior's predecessor. Considering this further response inadequate, it decided on December 14, 2011, to publish a Notification about what it considered to be problems. The Notification was issued on June 4, 2012, and mentioned specifically her views on "masturbation, homosexual acts, homosexual unions, the indissolubility of marriage and the problem of divorce and remarriage". The Notification concludes:. With this Notification,
5680-468: The theologian could play "an exploratory role" and added: "If you're going to ask questions, you may come up with some wrong answers, but you may come up with new insights. The best kind of theologian is one who is anchored in the tradition" but understands that it needs to address future generations. In 2002, Farley gave the Madeleva Lecture at St. Mary's College (Indiana) . Farley participated in
5760-507: The top tier of Amazon.com's best-seller list". Dowd called the Vatican statement "the latest chapter in the Vatican's thuggish crusade to push American nuns—and all Catholic women—back into moldy subservience." Several news publications both in print and in media maintain that Farley was not writing a book on Catholic catechism , but an ecumenical discussion "distinguishing of practical and speculative questions from [Catholic] magisterial or official teaching." On June 8, 2012, Farley addressed
5840-649: The university's Belknap campus. The TIF district covers more than 900 acres stretching from Belknap Campus south to the Watterson Expressway. The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority recently approved the TIF, paving the way for what could be an estimated $ 2.6 billion over 30 years. In 2009, the university unveiled its new master plan for the next 20 years with efforts from the University of Louisville Foundation and other affiliate partners. Several important projects under construction or planned at that time included
5920-456: The workers at the air hub are students. The university's honors program is under the direction of Joy Hart. Incoming freshmen can apply to be in the program if they meet the following requirements: a 3.5 cumulative high school GPA and a 29 on their ACT . Current students can apply for the honors program if they are able to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.35 or higher. Courses through the program focus on reading, writing and discussion. Students in
6000-527: Was "widespread praise", leading to its use as a textbook in college courses on sexual ethics. A reviewer in Commonweal noted that Farley "at times ... has become a point of polarization", called the book "an important resource and spur for further collaboration among Christians and others on the knotty issues of sexual ethics", but faulted it for "pay[ing] little attention to the ecclesial character of sexual ethics" and asked for "a more robust engagement with both
6080-706: Was completed in the fall of 2007. A 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m ) Olympic sports training/rehab center adjacent to Trager Stadium is under construction. Trager Plaza, a small plaza with a fountain, statue, and garden has been built with donations by the Trager Family on the south part of campus. The $ 37.5 million Student Recreation Center, located on the Fourth Street corridor along the western border of campus, opened in October 2013. The Province, The Bellamy and Cardinal Towne are three new student housing developments built to
6160-506: Was dissolved in 1951 when the university desegregated . During World War II , Louisville was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission. In the second half of the 20th century, schools were opened for business (1953), education (1968), and justice administration (1969). Talk of Louisville joining
6240-411: Was established. As LMI fared better financially than the college, political efforts ensued to either have LMI pool their resources with the college or have the college take administrative control of LMI, with no success. In 1844 the college inherited land from Jefferson Seminary intended for higher education use, but this did not enhance its financial position. In 1846, the Kentucky legislature combined
6320-604: Was sad that the Vatican had found fault with "the significant pastoral and ethical thinking that are represented in [Farley's] book." The dean of Yale Divinity School , Harold W. Attridge , a Catholic layman, alongside 15 other scholars, issued a statement in support of Farley. The Holy See 's "formal censure" of Farley's work and its statements related to her book, Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics , brought Farley's work wider public attention than she had ever received, "causing it", according to New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd , "to shoot from obscurity to
6400-615: Was subsequently fired. From 1895 to 2016, the university's Belknap Campus featured a Confederate monument , built before the campus grew to surround the land on which it stood. Commemorating the sacrifices of Confederate veterans who died in the American Civil War , it was erected by the Muldoon Monument Company in 1895 with funds raised by the Kentucky Woman's Confederate Monument Association. Due to controversy in 2016,
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