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UofL study: Auto industry driving Ky. economy
A study by the UofL Urban Studies Institute has found more than 5 percent of the jobs in the state of Kentucky are tied to the auto manufacturing industry. Kentucky has four large assembly plants including two Ford Motor Co. operations in Louisville. According to the study, the four assembly plants along with spinoff auto parts factories account for 136,500 jobs and $6 billion in payroll.
Study shows campus energy project has paid off for region
A joint project between UofL and Siemens has saved the university $12.9 million in energy costs in just over four years and has paid even larger economic dividends for the region.
Shakespeare’s First Folio is coming to Louisville in 2016
Thanks to a grant from the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Cincinnati Museum Center and the American Library Association, UofL, Frazier History Museum and Louisville Free Public Library will co-host a national traveling exhibit, First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare, at the Frazier History Museum, Nov. 10 – Dec. 10, 2016.