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      Cardinal musicians join cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Mammoth Cave performance

      Author Jennifer Egan
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      Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist among featured speakers at UofL literature conference

      Prathiba Natesan Batley | Nathan Cornetet/Fusion Photography
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      How a classical Indian dance gives UofL statistician outlet to champion…

      UofL music students with Broadway and television star Kelli O'Hara (third from the right)
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      UofL music students learn from Broadway and television star

      black and white image of a boy jumping in the pouring rain with a bus in the background
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      Courier Journal, Bingham family create and support photo collection at University…

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    • Speakers present at Startup Week Louisville. Credit: Charlie Garwood
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      Fifteen winners selected in $1.5 million health equity innovation challenge

      Health care executive Dr. Steve Goldberg joins UofL as an entrepreneur-in-residence through the Office of Research and Innovation.
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      UofL hires health exec as newest entrepreneur in residence

      Grawemeyer Hall
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      UofL, partners named finalists for manufacturing innovation grant

      UofL engineering researcher Cindy Harnett, left, with Alli Truttmann of Wicked Sheets
      Business & Economy

      UofL research-backed startups land $1.2 million in funding

      A team presents at the 2022 Reconstruct Challenge. (Photo courtesy of Render, an innovation studio.)
      Business & Economy

      UofL, partners issue $1.5 million health equity innovation challenge

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    • The UofL Board of Trustees Finance and Budget Committee approved renovations to the Planet Fitness Kueber Center (left) and the Jim Patterson Baseball Stadium.
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      UofL Board committees approve athletic facility renovations and certificate programs

      Eastside of SAC
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      UofL ranks second among Kentucky publics in WSJ social mobility rankings

      A 1903 cast of “The Thinker” by Auguste Rodin has been a campus landmark at the University of Louisville since 1949. (UofL Photo)
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      UofL named “best value school” among national universities in Kentucky

      Students moving into Belknap Village North during Move-In 2023. UofL has a record number of incoming first-year students this fall.
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      Incoming first-year student numbers set record

      President Kim Schatzel addresses the campus community on Sept. 5 at the UofL School of Music Comstock Concert Hall.
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      President Schatzel outlines 8 priorities

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      UofL’s 19th president, Dr. Kim Schatzel, at the podium during her inauguration ceremony Sept. 29.
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      Kim Schatzel inaugurated as UofL’s 19th president

      The UofL Board of Trustees Finance and Budget Committee approved renovations to the Planet Fitness Kueber Center (left) and the Jim Patterson Baseball Stadium.
      Campus & Community

      UofL Board committees approve athletic facility renovations and certificate programs

      Eastside of SAC
      Campus & Community

      UofL ranks second among Kentucky publics in WSJ social mobility rankings

      A 1903 cast of “The Thinker” by Auguste Rodin has been a campus landmark at the University of Louisville since 1949. (UofL Photo)
      Campus & Community

      UofL named “best value school” among national universities in Kentucky

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    • Medical ethicist and author Harriet Washington
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      Medical ethicist, author Harriet Washington to address racial disparities at R!L

      The Trager Institute and Louisville leaders
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      University of Louisville recognized for exemplary community engagement project

      UofL dental students talk with UofL President Kim Schatzel and Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, at Red Bird Dental Clinic.
      Health & Wellness

      UofL president visits Red Bird Dental Clinic

      Sarah Boggins, one of two social work graduates studying domestic violence
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      Partnership helps Kent School students discover ways to fight domestic violence

      Kristina Doan (left), communications manager for UofL's Office of Human Resources, and Tamara Iacono, wellness coordinator for UofL's Get Healthy Now program, accepted the Silver Worksite Wellness Award on behalf of UofL at the Worksite Wellness Council of Louisville’s annual conference May 24.
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      UofL’s Get Healthy Now Program wins Worksite Wellness Award

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    • The STEM+ Hub in the Miller Information Technology Center hosts K-12 students on UofL’s campus, inspiring them to pursue careers in STEM and health care fields. UofL photo.
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      UofL, Speed School open STEM+ Hub for K-12 students and community…

      Science & Tech

      UofL scientists invent antimicrobial surfaces inspired by cicada wings

      Research by Kevin Sokoloski, left, was funded through the UofL Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Functional Microbiomics, Inflammation and Pathogenicity. Richard Lamont, center, leads the project, which has received an additional grant of nearly $12 million.
      Science & Tech

      UofL researchers land nearly $12 million to study microorganisms and disease

      Study team members Kavitha Yaddanapudi, associate professor of surgery (center), with co-first authors Omar Sarkar, UofL graduate student, (left) and Howard Donninger, UofL assistant professor (right). UofL photo.
      Advancing our Health

      UofL research shows existing drug improves cancer immunotherapy effectiveness

      UofL engineering researcher Cindy Harnett, left, with Alli Truttmann of Wicked Sheets
      Business & Economy

      UofL research-backed startups land $1.2 million in funding

    March 20 – UofL Today – Robots; cancer’s impact on couples

    By Mark Hebert -
    April 3, 2017
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    Creating robots to act and react like humans – that’s what Dan Popa is working on at the University of Louisville. Also, Karen Kayser from the Kent School of Social Work talks about couples dealing with the emotional toll of cancer

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    Mark Hebert
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    Following a 28-year career as a radio and television reporter, Mark Hebert joined the University of Louisville as the Director of Media Relations in 2009, serving as the main spokesperson. In 2015, Mark was named Director of Programming and Production. He’s now producing and hosting a radio show about “all things UofL”, overseeing the university’s video and TV productions and promoting UofL’s research operation. Mark is best known for his 22 years as the political and investigative reporter for WHAS-TV in Louisville where he won numerous awards for breaking stories, exposing corruption and objectively covering Kentucky politics. In 2014, Mark was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.
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