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AtUofL, industry partnershipshelpmake that happen.
Faculty, staff andstudents routinelyteamup with industry partners tolaunchtheir ideas,cultivating theminto tangible realitiesthat improve lives, connect us to our local and global community and prepare students for the workforce with first-hand experience.
Pushinghealth and energyforward
UofL responded to theCOVID-19 outbreakin many ways,includingto increasepersonal protective equipment, which was in short supply for health care professionals in the beginning of the crisis. Researchers at UofL teamed up withAdvanced Energy Materials (ADEM),to develop and patentthetechnologyto createthemasks andAdhviQ,whichmanufactures and sells the finished productsright on UofL’s Belknap campus.This partnership is ashiningexample of how an ideaand research,met with industry capability,can improve lives andhealth.
UofL researchers are also teaming up withiToleranceInc.toandSendaBiosciencesto—by using the natural lipids in plants such as grapefruit and ginger.
A partnership with startupBioProductsallowed researchersto develop, whichalso results in abio-mass“coal”alternativethatcouldpotentiallyhelp the environment.To further its clean energy efforts, UofL researchers andpartnersreimagined the newspaper printing press by using the same roll-to-roll technology to
Inone of our flashierpartnerships, UofLresearchersjoined forceswithKentucky Advanced Materials Manufacturing (KAMM)to.Ѳ’sLouisville facility isthe foundation of a billion-dollar worldwide effort to grow large diamond stones, andone of only a handful of globalfacilitiesin this highly advanced field.
Empowering students with the skills of tomorrow
UofL’s partnership with Adobehasput Louisville on the map as a place where students areprovidedaccess to affordable technology and opportunities to hone the tech skills required in a modern workforce.
As the, all UofLstudents, faculty and staffare offeredthe full collection of Creative Cloud applications, includingPhotoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe XD and Spark.Byprovidingthisaccess, UofL isactively advancing digital literacy skills to give students an edge incompetitivejobs.
In an effort toclose the skills gap,, housed on Belknap campus. Theacademy will provide curriculum and educational tools concentrated on fast-growing technology areas, placing students at the forefront of the future workforce andboostingeconomic development in the area.
also gives students aleg upby preparing them forfuture careers and providing the opportunity to graduate debt free.The Metropolitan College programallows college students to work the third shift at UPS, which then gives studentsa paycheck and covers their tuition and fees.
By bringing industryonto campus, UofL ensures studentsparticipate inexperiential learning, placing themin the middle of the action.an on-campus customer service center focused on health services with industry leader Cardinal Health,atnearbyHiveto create healthcare technology solutionsandbydeveloping new productsat, theGE-backedmakerspace andmicrofactoryon Belknap Campus.
Pushing the boundaries of innovation
Thesecollaborationshelp, inviting more industry leaders to invest in our community and boost the local economy.
UofL is dedicated to enhancing Kentucky’s position as a technology hub andin a government-backed efforttobring technologies bornin the Commonwealthto marketand partnered with other academic institutionsandXLerateHealthLLCtoaimed at getting new biomedical technologies to market faster.
With the recent hiring of Ernst & Youngalum, UofLisfurtherdedicating its efforts to continuegrowingitsconnections withcorporate entities.Calziwillwork witheach of the university’sschools to launch new strategic alliances and business development initiatives, including corporate training and internship programs and corporate-sponsoredresearch.
Groundbreakingdiscoveries andconnectingwith industrypartnershelpUofL stand out as a campus wherebig ideaspropelprogress.
