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A 2009 University of Louisville graduate has won a Rhodes Scholarship, the oldest and most prestigious award in academia. As a Rhodes Scholar, Monica Marks will spend two years at the University of Oxford in England pursuing a master's of philosophy degree in modern Middle Eastern culture. Marks blazed new trails at UofL. While pursuing her undergraduate degree, she traveled the world, mastered new languages, founded and coached the university's Intercollegiate Quiz Bowl Team and won highly ...

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UofL President James Ramsey and the campus community honored one of the architects of that change Nov. 23 with dedication of the former Belknap Research Building as the John W. Shumaker Research Building. It started in 1995 when Shumaker became the universitys president, Ramsey said, and continued in 1997 when the Kentucky Legislature passed House Bill 1, the postsecondary education improvement act. That bill would not have been enacted without the efforts of our honoree today, he said ...

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In a massive volunteer effort, nearly 400 students, faculty and staff members from the University of Louisville helped administer nearly 20000 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine. The event was held November 11 and 12 in a parking lot just south of Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. UofL partnered with Louisville's Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness during the event.

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UofLs Campus Health Services provided free 2009 H1N1 flu mist to students on Monday, Nov. 16 in the Student Activities Center, Multipurpose Room. About 950 doses (flu mist only) were available.

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The University of Louisville's engineering students should have a brighter career start and improved spot to study and work together with the recent renovation of a campus building into the Duthie Center for Engineering. University of Louisville President James Ramsey and Speed School of Engineering Dean Mickey Wilhelm dedicated the renovated building and honored its main donors, George and Mary Lee Duthie, and other contributors during an open house ceremony today. George Duthie is the ...

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University of Louisville president James Ramsey welcomed Sen. Mitch McConnell, his wife former Sec. of Labor Elaine Chao, and Sen. John McCain to Belknap campus for the dedication of the "Senator Mitch McConnell and Secretary Elaine L. Chao Archives. The facility is located on the lower level of the Ekstrom Library and highlights the lives and aspirations of the senator and his wife.

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Take cover. When a mass shooting occurs at a military base or college or private business, people often wonder what more could have been done to protect the injured. University of Louisville engineering researchers are working on a solution. They are casting rubber, rock and plastic mesh into blocks of material that could be inserted into standard, hollow-core doors, cubicle walls, windowsills or tabletops—turning them into protective, armor like shields against a terrorists gunfire or ...

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UofL president, Dr. Jim Ramsey, leads the university in thanking Sen. Mitch McConnell for all he has done to help UofL become a premier metropolitan research university. In this message Ramsey highlights the federal earmarks Sen. McConnell secured to help fund important projects on Belknap and Health Sciences campuses.

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UofL fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha hosted a pumpkin bust Nov. 5 as part of the North American Food Drive. Proceeds locally benefit the Dare To Care Food Bank.

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Eric Berson, an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering in UofL's Speed School leads a team of researchers in an effort to find a more efficient fuel for campus shuttle busses. Berson's team, in partnership with Sodexo, the university's food services vendor, filter used cooking oil from campus restuarants. That oil is then processed into a bio-fuel. The ultimate goal is to have all univesity shuttles running on this bio-diesel.

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