Innovate Kentucky

08/06/2015

“Over 70 and Connected: Tech Tools That Work” will be presented at the Institute, located in the Nucleus Building, 300 E. Market St., from 2-3:30 p.m., Friday Aug. 21.

Using technology to help older adults, their families and caregivers will be the focus of a free Louisville Technology Festival program sponsored by the Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging at the University of Louisville.

06/09/2015

Hank Conn, a retired business consultant, executive coach and author, left Louisville four decades ago, but he feels indebted to the Speed School and described his wish to give back in the most meaningful way by advancing new science and technology that may someday bear fruit in high-paying jobs.

While many in Louisville and Kentucky wondered who Hank Conn was and whether the renewable energy research effort would fade into the recesses of academia, two companies recently spun from University of Louisville are seen as a first blast of the "big idea" hatched by a guy who grew up a mile or so…

06/01/2015

“The results from this study are amazing,” Chesney said. “Patients given T-VEC at an early stage survived about 20 months longer than patients given a different type of treatment. For some, the therapy has lengthened their survival by years.”

It’s a new weapon in the arsenal of cancer fighting treatments: utilizing genetically modified viruses to invade cancer cells and destroy them from the inside.

05/12/2015

Inscope Medical Solutions’ OneScope solves a critical clinical problem for healthcare providers in emergency and pre-hospital situations as well as planned surgeries. The OneScope’s patent-pending design optimizes airway intubation by combining multiple tools into one easy-to-use, elegant solution.

A University of Louisville College of Business student team marketing a wireless laryngoscope won the top prize Saturday at Global Venture Labs Investment competition in Austin, Texas.

05/06/2015

The Beer with a Scientist program began in 2014 and is the brainchild of UofL cancer researcher Levi Beverly, PhD. Once a month, the public is invited to enjoy exactly what the title promises: beer and science.

The severity of climate change as a global issue and whether humans are causing climate shifts have been hotly debated issues among individuals and politicians. At the next Beer with a Scientist event, a UofL scientist will discuss the science behind the issue.

05/06/2015

“It’s an opportunity to share yourself and your time. In doing so, you create a bond with a patient and gain a better understanding of what they go through,” said McKenzie Vater, a third-year medical student who has participated in the event for the past three years.

For the past seven years, UofL medical students have run in the Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon or Marathon in honor of patients with cancer and blood disorders in the university’s pediatric hematology/oncology division. This year’s runners presented their race medals to their young buddies in…

04/29/2015

UofL becomes the only university in the country to receive three of the most prestigious innovation-associated awards – the NSF I-Corps, National Institutes of Health Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH) and Coulter Translational Research Partnership grants.

The University of Louisville has received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to create an Innovation Corps Site to strengthen the innovation ecosystem in the region and nationally through networking and training opportunities.

04/29/2015

Prize-winning chemist Graham Cooks, known for his work to make chemical analysis a faster “CSI”-style process using portable field devices, will speak May 4-5 at the University of Louisville.

04/29/2015

Twenty-four teams from colleges and universities around the state took part in Ida State U, the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development-sponsored competition in Lexington on April 24-25. Find out which teams won the top two prizes...

Two University of Louisville College of Business student teams won a total of $50,000 at Idea State U, a statewide business plan contest designed to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship.