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UofL again named a top research institution Latest Carnegie classifications once more place UofL among Research-1 institutions
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville has once again been named a top U.S. research institution.
The recently updated Carnegie Classification of Institutions of...
UofL scientist receives $6.7 million to learn how metals cause lung cancer Grant funds study on why metals cause chromosome instability in humans but not in whales
For nearly three decades, John Pierce Wise Sr. has investigated the connection between exposure to metals and cancer, working both in the lab and...
UofL joins DoD networks for cyber defense, strategic research UofL is only Kentucky school, one of only handful of Carnegie Research-1 institutions selected
The University of Louisville will partner with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on research and education to strengthen the country’s cyber defenses and...
UofL researchers develop new gene therapy to regenerate heart cells Therapy is ready for trial in humans
A University of Louisville research team has refined a process in which specific genes administered to heart muscle cells stimulate the cells to divide,...
Researchers recommend human clinical trials for CBD to prevent COVID-19 based on promising data
A new study shows that an FDA-approved, pharmaceutical-grade formulation of CBD has an antiviral effect and significant negative association with COVID infection.
Researchers warn that...
Work describing Buddhists’ faith despite confinement wins Grawemeyer religion prize
A scholar who explained how Japanese American Buddhists remained true to their faith even after being forced into U.S. detention camps during WWII has...
Researcher who groups juvenile crime into two types wins Grawemeyer psychology award
Psychologist Terrie Moffitt has won the 2022 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology for shedding new light on the nature of juvenile crime.
Moffitt, a Duke University...
Analysis of violence against women in politics wins Grawemeyer world order award
Rutgers University scholar Mona Lena Krook has won the 2022 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order for exploring the nature...
UofL, seminary to name 2022 Grawemeyer Award winners
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary will announce the 2022 winners of five Grawemeyer Awards Dec. 6-10.
UofL presents...
University of Louisville researchers bring together network of universities to transform how medications and vaccines are delivered in the United States
With a goal of transforming how medications and vaccines are delivered in the United States over the next decade, researchers in the University of...