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Benne Holwerda, associate professor in the University of Louisville Department of Physics and Astronomy

April 12, 2022News

UofL astronomer and team discover most distant megamaser yet found – 5 billion light years away

By Betty Coffman Benne W. Holwerda, associate professor in the University of Louisville Department of Physics and Astronomy, and an international team of researchers have discovered a powerful megamaser – a radio-wavelength laser emission usually indicative of colliding galaxies – that is the most distant such megamaser found so far. Working on a project called...

UofL astrosurgery team members George Pantalos, bioengineering student Sienna Shacklette, Tommy Roussel and bioengineering student Clara Jones in front of the Virgin Galactic VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo at Spaceport America in New Mexico.

April 5, 2022News

UofL research and creativity on display at 2022 ACCelerate Festival

By Baylee Pulliam The University of Louisville’s groundbreaking innovation and culture-shaping creativity will be on full-display from April 8-10 at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. That work will be part of the 2022 ACCelerate Creativity + Innovation Festival, a free and open-to-the-public national celebration of arts, science and innovation across Atlantic Coast...

April 4, 2022News

UofL, GE Appliances develop engineering scholarship for underrepresented students

By Idaya Gager Aspiring engineers from underrepresented communities have a new path to a UofL degree. Last fall, the J.B. Speed School of Engineering partnered with GE Appliances to develop a scholarship for pre-engineering students to pursue their studies in STEM. The GEA Scholars Program is designed for students whose dreams and aspirations centered on...

Healthcare provider working with Keith Smith

March 30, 2022News

New controller developed at UofL improves home use of epidural stimulation for people with spinal cord injuries

By Betty Coffman When Keith Smith recently got a new tablet, it wasn’t for watching videos or scanning social media. Instead, this tablet allows Smith, who has tetraplegia, more independent control of an implanted Medtronic Intellis neurostimulator, allowing him to better take advantage of the stimulator’s benefits for the disabling effects of a spinal cord...

March 17, 2022News

UofL will help study economic costs of gun violence as part of Whitney/Strong grant

By UofL News The University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences’ Youth Violence Prevention Research Center will participate in grant-funded research to study the long-term economic costs of gun violence. The $85,200 grant was awarded by the Jewish Heritage Fund to Whitney/Strong, a non-profit focused on responsible gun ownership and finding common...

March 16, 2022News

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...

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