Arts & Sciences

Arts & Sciences

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Digital technology is aiding political repression, warns world order prize winner

Digital technology is playing a growing role in advancing political repression across the globe, a trend that poses a threat to the world’s democracies,...
Psychological well-being corresponds to lower heart disease risk factors according to UofL study. Photo by August de Richelieu via Pexels.com

UofL researchers find link between mental well-being and heart disease risk

A study at the University of Louisville found that overall psychological well-being corresponds to lower risk factors for heart disease. Researchers in UofL’s Christina Lee...
Pawel Lorkiewicz, assistant professor of chemistry and a researcher in the UofL Superfund Research Center, established methods for detecting and quantifying urinary metabolites of VOCs which are used in the human and wastewater studies for VOC exposure.

UofL Superfund Research Center receives $10.8 million to expand studies into effects of environmental...

The University of Louisville has been awarded $10.8 million in renewed funding for the UofL Superfund Research Center, part of the Christina Lee Brown...
UofL researcher Daniel DeCaro called the decision to trade personal choice for economic security a fundamental Faustian bargain. Painting: "Faust and Mephistofle" by Eugène Siberdt (1851-1931), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

UofL researchers describe fundamental Faustian bargain: When do people forfeit personal choice for economic...

People value their right to make choices in life. However, in order to obtain important goods, services and protection, they are willing to give...
UofL offers living communities where students with similar interests can reside. Twenty-six communities are offered this year.

UofL campus housing options include communities for students with similar majors, interests

Of the 4,000 University of Louisville students living in campus housing this year, 20% reside in one of the 26 small communities that bring...
A UofL study is believed to be the first to use biological data to connect factors like stress, capacity, physical and social environment and whether work is meaningful with risk for chronic health conditions.

UofL research shows connection between work and health UofL study believed to be first...

With employee burnout high and the Great Resignation looming, pioneering new research from the University of Louisville shows some likely drivers in workplace culture...

UofL junior wins inaugural Obama ‘Voyager Scholarship’ for public service

A University of Louisville junior is one of two Kentucky college students to win a Voyager Scholarship from the Obama Foundation and Brian Chesky,...
SoFab Inks LLC, a startup consisting of University of Louisville graduate students and mentored by UofL faculty members, is a finalist in the U.S. Department of Energy’s American-Made Perovskite Startup Prize. From left, Craig Grapperhaus, professor of chemistry, graduate students Sashil Chapagain, Blake Martin and Peter Armstrong and Thad Druffel, research theme leader. Photo by Andrew Marsh.

UofL-based startup wins energy prize for ink to be used in solar cells

A University of Louisville student-led startup has won $200,000 in a prestigious U.S. Department of Energy competition focused on next-generation energy technologies and now...
SoFab Inks LLC, a startup consisting of University of Louisville graduate students and mentored by UofL faculty members, is a finalist in the U.S. Department of Energy’s American-Made Perovskite Startup Prize. From left, Craig Grapperhaus, professor of chemistry, graduate students Sashil Chapagain, Blake Martin and Peter Armstrong and Thad Druffel, research theme leader. Photo by Andrew Marsh.

UofL-based startup wins energy prize for ink to be used in perovskite solar cells

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A University of Louisville student-led startup has won $200,000 in a prestigious U.S. Department of Energy competition focused on next-generation energy...
University of Louisville social scientist Lauren Heberle

UofL students gain experience, drive change in Louisville’s affordable housing arena 

 “If you don't have a home, if you don't have a safe place to live, it impacts every single other aspect of your world.” ...