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Statewide Committee Adopts Seven-Year Kentucky Science & Technology Plan

Press release from KSTC: On July 31, 2023, the Kentucky Statewide EPSCoR Committee, the governing body of the state’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program, voted to adopt the Kentucky Science & Technology Plan: Vision 2030 (S&T Plan). This statewide science and technology plan is intended to serve as …

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meet arna: a walkthrough of uofl’s custom robot

The University of Louisville’s ARNA (Adaptive Robot Nursing Assistant) Robot is a built-from-scratch machine under the direction of UofL’s LARRI (Louisville Automation and Robotics Research Institute.) While its primary function is for nursing assistance and walking assistance, this robot’s algorithms were reprogrammed during the COVID-19 outbreak to safely disinfect door handles in a hospital setting. …

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FALL 2022 KICKOFF MEETING NOW WATCHABLE

August 5, 2022 Y4 KICKOFF AGENDA Welcome – Rodney Announcements & Upcoming events SV Sept. 20-22 • List of Attendees & Student Presenters due 8/22 • Questionnaires due 9/2 • Slides due 9/12 • SV connection test 9/19 • Project & Research Updates 9/20 • Project Elements, PostDoc Session, and Student Presentations 9/21 Outstanding business/announcements …

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FIVE HIRES FROM PREVIOUS TRACK-1 RECEIVED NSF-FUNDED CAREER AWARDS

Congratulations to five KY NSF EPSCoR hires from our last track-1 award – Powering the Kentucky Bioeconomy for a Sustainable Future (2014-2019) who have earned the prestigious Career award from NSF.  CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career …

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