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2021 Trustee Award Winner Jason Gainous
Jason Gainous, department chair and professor of political science in the University of Louisville College of Arts & Sciences, is the recipient of the 2021 Trustees Award.
The award, in its 32nd year, is UofL’s most prestigious faculty award, recognizing faculty members who have made significant contributions to student life. The UofL Board of Trustees made the announcement at its meeting April 22.
“Thank you so much,” Gainous said. “I couldn’t be more honored. I really do owe this so much to my students. I can’t believe what I get to do.”
Gainous, who has been at UofL since 2006, is a comparative political behavioralist whose research focuses on the intersection of information technology and public opinion. He is frequently interviewed by members of local, national and international media in television, print and radio for his political science expertise. He is director UofL’s Kentucky General Assembly Internship Program, w
Mitch McConnell: 1619, American slavery starting point, not an important date in history Morgan Watkins, Louisville Courier Journal
Mitch McConnell: 1619, starting point for American slavery, not one of U.S. history’s most important points
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he doesn’t think 1619 is one of the most important points in U.S. history.
That s the year the first enslaved Africans were brought to and sold in the Virginia colony, a point often considered as the beginning of American slavery.
“I think this is about American history and the most important dates in American history. And my view and I think most Americans think dates like 1776, the Declaration of Independence; 1787, the Constitution; 1861-1865, the Civil War, are sort of the basic tenets of American history,” McConnell said during an appearance at the University of Louisville.