By Janet Cappiello The University of Louisville celebrated a new era of leadership Sept. 29 as Kim Schatzel was inaugurated as the institution’s 19th president. The Collegiate Chorale singing at the inauguration ceremony. Filled with music and rich academic tradition, the investiture ceremony on The Oval outside Grawemeyer Hall and livestreamed online was the highlight...Read More

By John Drees The University of Louisville ranked second among all Kentucky public universities in the Wall Street Journal’s social mobility rankings, released Sept. 20. UofL ranked #219 in the nation, one spot behind Eastern Kentucky University and just ahead of the University of Kentucky in the rankings, which take into account how much schools...Read More

By John Drees The University of Louisville jumped 15 places in the 2023-24 U.S. News and World Report “Best Value Schools” ranking, rising from #146 to #131 and topping the list of “best values” among national universities in Kentucky. UofL also ranks #106 among all national public universities in the new “best colleges” rankings that...Read More

By Janet Cappiello University of Louisville President Kim Schatzel made her first campus-wide address Sept. 5, outlining eight priorities that she and her leadership team will tackle as she begins her first full semester as president. Many of these top goals are the direct result of more than 40 listening sessions she hosted during her...Read More

By Holly Hinson University of Louisville researchers have received $11.7 million to study microorganisms throughout the body, including the mouth. What they find could lead to better understanding and treatment of a range of chronic conditions. The five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is an extension of a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence...Read More

By Betty Coffman Cancer patients may have a better chance of recovery thanks to a discovery by a research team at the University of Louisville. In a new preclinical study, they have found that an existing drug, approved by the Food and Drug Administration for another disease, also may improve success rates for cancer immunotherapy...Read More

By Janet Cappiello A two-time captain of the Women’s D1 Rowing team is among this year’s six Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award grantees from the University of Louisville. The grantees named this spring add to an impressive list of winners. With 168 total since 2001, UofL has had more student Fulbrights than all Kentucky public higher education institutions. The...Read More

By UofL News The University of Louisville has selected a rising leader with a track record of success in campaign planning and execution as its next vice president for university advancement. Brent Pieper, associate vice president for philanthropy at the University of Kentucky, will take the reins of UofL’s advancement operation beginning July 10. “We...Read More

By Janet Cappiello University of Louisville junior Klemmer Nicodemus has won Kentucky’s only Harry S. Truman Scholarship for 2023. The award, valued at $30,000, is given to just 62 U.S. college juniors annually and is the premier graduate scholarship for aspiring public service leaders in the United States. Winners were announced April 12. Nicodemus, originally from the...Read More

By Betty Coffman University of Louisville researcher Donghoon Chung and collaborators have designed, synthesized and tested a new antiviral compound and shown it to be highly effective against two types of encephalitis viruses that cause devastating illness in humans. In preclinical studies, the team found that BDGR-49 protects against deadly eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) or...Read More