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UofL Grad Day at the Downs, 2018

Financial impact of Churchill Downs and Derby week

The Derby is good for business in Louisville and Kentucky.   Thomas Lambert, an economics professor in the University of Louisville Equine Business Program has compiled...
From left to right : Valerie Tran, Hayley Benson and Mahshad Taheri

UofL’s ‘Royal Court’ students shine

It’s Kentucky Derby time in Louisville, and that means it is Kentucky Derby Festival season.   This year, three University of Louisville students -- Hayley Benson, Mahshad Taheri...

The full package Metropolitan College partnership between UPS, local higher education celebrates a quarter-century...

Back in the late 1990s, UPS’s Louisville air hub, known today as Worldport, was wrestling with a significant problem. Needing employees round-theclock, the company...
Grawemeyer Hall

BOT committee approves new leadership center and undergraduate certificate

Effective leadership was on the agenda during a March 16, 2023, meeting of the University of Louisville Board of Trustees committees. The board’s Academic and...
Horses racing on the Tapeta Footings synthetic track surface at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky. (Photo by Coady Photography)

Entrepreneur honored for developing safer racetrack surface

Michael Dickinson has spent his life deeply involved in the horse industry, first as a steeplechase jockey and trainer, as a Thoroughbred trainer and...
Grawemeyer Hall

New UofL President Kim Schatzel introduces herself to Faculty Senate

February 1 was a busy day for the University of Louisville’s new president, Kim Schatzel. Her first-day meetings, stops around campus and other events...
Hanson Finely

Space Force guardian chooses UofL online program to pursue master’s degree

Hanson Finely is a first lieutenant in the United States Space Force and a UofL online Master of Business Administration student.   A native of Colorado Springs, Hanson...
Manuela Perri, Julijana Curcic, Bob Hausladen, Alex Bryant and Virginia Denny of the UofL College of Business executive education program in a barrel house at Jim Beam Distillery.

UofL answers industry need with customized professional development certificate in distilled spirits

Global spirits leader Beam Suntory provides continuous formal and on-the-job education to its employees – building knowledge around industry trends that support effective leadership...
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...
Participants in a learning event for the Certified Franchise Executive program hosted by the International Franchise Association. (Credit: The International Franchise Association)

UofL College of Business and International Franchise Association announce franchising certification partnership

The International Franchise Association and the University of Louisville today announced a landmark partnership to offer continuing education and certification through the IFA Certified...