Aug 27, 2021 | Investor Company News
The Community Foundation of Louisville today announced the recipients of its 21st annual Vogt Invention and Innovation Awards. These six early-stage companies will receive $25,000 in non-dilutive grant funding, participation in a 10-week accelerator program, startup...
Aug 26, 2021 | Select DEI Readings
The Journal Club discussed the article, “Dear White Boss” published in the Harvard Business Review magazine in Nov. 2002. Caver and Livers, faculty and coaches at the Center for Creative Leadership, wrote a fictional letter from a black manager to a white...
Aug 26, 2021 | Select DEI Readings
The issue doesn’t get much attention, and the available data are limited, but what we know should be a wake-up call for the health professionals and health care institutions about the care provided to LGBT+ people. The big number: over a third of LGBT+ people – those...
Aug 26, 2021 | Select DEI Readings
August marks National Black Business Month, a month in which Black businesses and Black entrepreneurs are recognized and celebrated for their successes, milestones, and historical progress. According to the Annual Business Survey data, “Blacks or African Americans...
Aug 26, 2021 | Select DEI Readings
The article, published in the Harvard Business Review Magazine (July–August 2016), states that in analyzing three decades’ worth of data from more than 800 U.S. firms and interviewing hundreds of line managers and executives at length, they have seen that companies...
Aug 26, 2021 | Diversity & Inclusion
Health disparities continue to impact communities of color, resulting in higher rates of illness and death, both from Covid-19 as well as from many common health conditions. William Shrank, M.D., chief medical officer of Humana, and Nwando Olayiwola, M.D., MPH, the...
Aug 26, 2021 | Diversity & Inclusion
The Kindred Institute of Inclusion and Equity was established to allow Kindred to invest in a broad array of grassroots, community efforts that can affect real change, including causes related to healthcare disparities, gaps in the education system, and social...
Aug 26, 2021 | Investor Spotlight
President: Tori Murden McClure, MDiv, JD, MFA Year founded:1814. In Louisville since 1920. No. of employees:Approximately 250 full-time Spalding University is a small, historic, private, Catholic institution that offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in...
Aug 25, 2021 | Investor Company News
The cardiac surgery team at UofL Health – Jewish Hospital is the second in the United States to implant a new experimental advanced total artificial heart within the framework of an Early Feasibility Study. The procedure was done in partnership with the University of...
Aug 20, 2021 | Investor Company News
Three Louisville-based humanitarian organizations are once again answering the call for help from thousands of miles away. SOS, WaterStep and Love the Hungry are worked together to send a shipment of medical supplies, safe water equipment, and fortified meals to the...
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