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Front facing view of Grawemeyer Hall
March 16, 2022

UofL earns first ‘Gold’ status as military-friendly university

By Kyle Hurwitz Veteran-owned media company Military Friendly has designated the University of Louisville a “Gold” ranking for 2022-23. This is the first time UofL has received this designation. Out of the 1,800 institutions that participated in the Military Friendly survey, UofL was one of only 37 Carnegie Research 1 institutions to earn a “Designated” status, and...
March 14, 2022

UofL School of Dentistry among the top schools for NIH research funding

According to the latest data from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, the University of Louisville School of Dentistry is among the top dental schools in the nation for National Institutes of Health research funding. ULSD is now ranked 13th in the United States, with total NIH awards of $5.9 million in 2021. The...
Two student officers of the American Association for Women Dentists talk with P. Gay Baughman.
March 9, 2022

How one UofL dental alumna helped break the school’s gender mold in the 1970s

By Julie Heflin Looking at the UofL School of Dentistry today, you’ll see an equal mix of men and women, but that hasn’t always been the case. In the late 1970s, nearly all dental students and faculty were male. P. Gay Baughman ’81 recalls how she and other women were treated differently than male students. ...
Jennifer Koch, MD
March 3, 2022

UofL professor aims to improve gender equity among physicians

By Betty Coffman A professor of medicine and director of the internal medicine residency program in the UofL School of Medicine, Dr. Jennifer Koch is a member of the Gender Equity in Medicine (GEM) research group, a collaboration of medical educators from multiple universities working together to better understand the impact of gender bias in...
Che Rhodes work of four black glassblown pieces
March 3, 2022

Renowned UofL glass artist has piece added to Smithsonian

Glassblower artist Ché Rhodes, University of Louisville associate professor and head of the glass department in the Hite Institute of Art and Design, has a piece that has been added to the permanent collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. The untitled artwork will be included in the museum’s upcoming exhibit, This Present Moment: Crafting...
Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc
February 28, 2022

Losing her mom to cancer at a young age led UofL’s new endowed chair to a career in oncology social work

By Julie Heflin Preparing more social work students with knowledge to help their future clients and patients manage chronic or life-limiting diseases is part of Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc’s vision. She is the new Dr. Renato LaRocca Endowed Chair in Oncology Social Work at the Kent School of Social Work and Family Science. She replaces Karen Kayser who served as the...
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