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UofL surgeon opens home to students for 'Suture Sundays'

December 7, 2016

For 20 years a UofL surgeon has been opening his home to medical students on Sunday mornings, teaching them the art of suturing. Dr.

Compassionate measures: Mayor announces UofL Compassionate Cities Index

December 5, 2016

Research has shown compassion and social connectedness can positively influence personal health as predictors of longer life, faster recovery from disease and higher levels of happiness and well-being.

Discussion: African view of democracy is different than in U.S.

December 5, 2016

Democracy is beneficial to humankind, but “liberal democracy” is demoralizing. This was the message shared on UofL’s campus recently by Reginald M.J. Oduor, a lecturer in philosophy from the University of Nairobi in Kenya.