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 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

By Janet Cappiello Members of the public soon will be able to access a new website aimed at improving environmental health equity in Louisville. Supported by the University of Louisville, the Humana Foundation and the Health Equity Innovation Hub, the Air Justice website, www.airjusticelou.org, debuts at noon, March 28. More than 50 UofL students have worked...Read More

By Baylee Pulliam The University of Louisville has been awarded a $3.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help grow the cybersecurity workforce. The funding, via NSF’s CyberCorps Scholarships for Service, will cover full tuition and stipends for dozens of students over the five-year project period. Students must be enrolled on-campus in the B.S./M.ENG....Read More

By Jill Scoggins To see and hear what raiseRED is all about, check out the video here. UofL’s largest student-run philanthropy once again hit it out of the park. raiseRED, an annual dance marathon that benefits UofL’s Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology and the Norton Children’s Cancer Institute outpatient clinic, generated more than $551,000 Feb....Read More