All presented a glimpse into the future of how the university plans to spur economic growth in the community and develop its translational research agenda, from energy to medicine and everything in between. As one of the nations fastest growing research universities, Louisville is well positioned to benefit economically from the research that will develop into new businesses and technology. Just a couple of weeks ago we jointly announced how Jewish Hospital is partnering to advance cardiac stem cell research and the University also announced their plans to develop a new supercomputer and its commitment to research new forms of renewable energy as just a few of examples.
It was an interesting meeting to say the least, but I had to smile when time was getting short at the end and the moderator, KET's Bill Goodman, asked each member of the panel to sum up the university's future "in a tweet" and told Dr. Ramsey he could ask Rudy, his student body President to explain to him what that was later. This was my first encounter of seeing social media worked into a group discussion, but I'm sure it won't be my last. (For those that may be unfamiliar, Twitter is a social media website that keeps people together via a series of "tweets" or text messages that are limited to 140 characters of less. You can follow me on twitter here.)
So each panel member did a valiant job of keeping their message short and to the point, to the crowds amusement. To me, I can sum it up as this...The University of Louisville's future is bright and we are fortunate to have them as our teaching partner!
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That is cool! I've never heard someone say, "Sum it up in a tweet" either. Great idea and cool use of social media jargon. It's taking over... :)
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