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Heart slices in the physiological biomimetic culture system

UofL technology that could speed medical innovation finds commercial partner

A University of Louisville research-born invention that could spur new medicines by extending the usable life of heart tissue from one day to 12...
Speed School alumni and Blue Origin employees Nick Greco, Gregg Blincoe and Matt Cosgrove welcome Speed School supporter Clinton Kelly back to Earth after his flight aboard New Shepard.

Speed School and rocket team supporter Clint Kelly goes into space

Clint Kelly, a longtime supporter of the J.B. Speed School of Engineering, became one of the oldest people ever to go to space when he...
Alora Mazarakis, Speed School alumna and NASA engineer

NASA engineer on Artemis Mission is Speed School alumna

When Alora Mazarakis was a young girl, she didn’t play with Barbie dolls. Instead, she played with airplane toys and Pilot Mickey Mouse and Flight Attendant...
UofL PhD student Tomas Felipe Llano-Rios has developed an app to help coffee growers in his native Colombia

PhD student develops app to help coffee growers in his native Colombia

Colombia native Tomas Felipe Llano-Rios is, perhaps not surprisingly considering his birthplace, a coffee connoisseur. The University of Louisville PhD student in computer science...
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...
Jessica Miller, a UofL graduate student researcher, works on methods and cultures that could extend the shelf life of tissue for cardiotoxicity testing of new drug candidates. (UofL Photo)

UofL research extending usable life of heart tissue could help speed medical innovation

University of Louisville research could help spur new medicines by extending the usable life of test heart tissue from one day to 12. The...
The robot Tiago is introduced to students at UofL’s Louisville Automation and Robotics Research Institute, known as LARRI. LARRI and two other facilities at UofL will use new federal funding to procure additional robotic technology and introduce that technology to students, trainees and workers.

UofL receives $750,000 in federal funding to enhance advanced manufacturing workforce

The University of Louisville has received $750,000 to launch the Robotics and Additive Manufacturing Pathways to SUCCESS (RAMPS) program aimed at preparing workers for...
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...
The robot Tiago is introduced to students at UofL’s Louisville Automation and Robotics Research Institute, known as LARRI. LARRI and two other facilities at UofL will use new federal funding to procure additional robotic technology and introduce that technology to students, trainees and workers.

UofL receives $750,000 in federal funding to enhance advanced manufacturing workforce Robotics and Additive...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville has received $750,000 to launch the Robotics and Additive Manufacturing Pathways to SUCCESS (RAMPS) program aimed at...