July 2024

Month

UofL grads win prestigious awards, including seven Fulbrights. L-R First row: Kaitlyn Purcell, Medina Aslan, Beverly Granger, Anna Hylen. Second row: Olivia Hanke, Abigail Stanger, Julie Barclay
Across the globe, classrooms will soon be buzzing with a new kind of Cardinal spirit. Seven UofL students were named Fulbright scholars for 2024. The UofL Fulbright winners were awarded grants to teach English abroad in Turkey, Thailand, Moldova, Spain, Jordan, Taiwan and Germany.
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UofL researchers have secured $3.6 million to study the effects of arsenic exposure. The most common source of exposure is drinking contaminated water, particularly ground water from private wells. (Source: pexels.com)
University of Louisville researchers have received $3.6 million in new grant funding to study the role of arsenic exposure in causing cancer and other major health concerns. And, they think there’s a simple, off-the-shelf solution — zinc — that could help prevent some of its worst effects. 
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