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Prestigious business plan competition accepts UofL students' marijuana breath detector startup

May 5, 2020

A University of Louisville student startup with a technology for detecting marijuana through the breath has been accepted into the prestigious Rice Business Plan Competition. 

Depth of recession depends on containment of COVID-19, says UofL health economist

April 1, 2020

Strategies to contain the spread of COVID-19 have put pressure on the United States economy as many businesses have closed their doors and millions of Americans have filed for unemployment benefits.

UofL awarded nearly $4M to close skills gap

February 28, 2020

​The University of Louisville has received nearly $4 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to build a program that will prepare students for the ever-evolving, technology-enabled "jobs of tomorrow."