UofL hosted serial entrepreneur and America Online co-founder Steve Case and others as part of a summit focused on growing regional startups and innovation.
The Kentucky Network for Innovation & Commercialization (KYNETIC) has selected its first round of promising university-born health and medical technologies, each of which will receive training and $33,000 for development. Six projects were selected this funding cycle, two of which are from UofL: Pediatric NeuroRecovery Posture Control System (researcher Andrea Behrman) Vertify Probe: Intraoperative Device for Measurement of Bone Quality (researchers Stuart Williams, Maxwell Boakye and Michael Voor) KYNETIC is a statewide program supported by $6.6 million in funding, including a $4 million Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH) grant from the National Institutes of Health and matching funds. The goal is to advance the most promising biomedical research innovations including pharmaceuticals, devices and apps from the state's eight public universities and the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS). KYNETIC grants support six-month, milestone
UofL's Faculty Senate met using a hybrid format on Oct. 6, and senators received updated vaccination rates, information on student retention, record-breaking figures in research and innovation funding and the Faculty Grievance Officer's annual report. Executive Vice President and University Provost Lori Gonzalez provided senators with updated COVID-19 vaccination rates for the university community. As of Oct. 5, 2021, students reported the highest rate of vaccination at 86.1%, followed by 82.7% for staff and 82.1% for faculty at UofL. During the month of October, vaccinated students have the option to enter a drawing for a variety of prizes including priority registration, a blue parking pass, a year of free coffee from the campus Starbucks or a semester of undergraduate tuition. Gonzalez also addressed enrollment figures. Gonzalez encouraged senators and their constituents to aide in the retention effort by submitting progress reports to identify students in need of academic