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Personal physician to the Dalai Lama to speak about compassion in medicine at UofL White Coat Ceremony

July 20, 2016

Barry Kerzin, M.D., personal physician to the Dalai Lama and founder of the Altruism in Medicine Institute, will address the 156 members of the incoming class of the University of Louisville School of Medicine and guests at the school’s White Coat Ceremony on Sunday, July 24.

Nominate an outstanding nurse for 3rd-annual UofL Nightingale Awards

July 19, 2016

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The public is invited to nominate outstanding nurses employed in Kentucky and Southern Indiana for the third-annual University of Louisville Florence Nightingale Awards in Nursing.

Is it better to be lucky or good? Examining serendipity in scientific discovery

July 19, 2016

Scientists have made some amazing discoveries by accident, including penicillin, the microwave oven and Viagra. Of course, the scientists needed to have specific knowledge in order to recognize their discoveries.