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8 | L O U I S V I L L E . E D U News & Impact FirstBuild honored by GLI with Silver Fleur-de-Lis Award FirstBuild, the unique collaboration between the University of Louisville and General Electric Co., has been honored by Greater Louisville Inc. with its prestigious Silver Fleur-de-Lis Award. The award, presented annually by the metro chamber of commerce, recognizes outstand- ing achievement in Greater Louisville and is bestowed upon indi- viduals, organizations and projects that show leadership and action and make the region a better place. FirstBuild, a microfactory for high- tech appliance design, was recognized for its cutting-edge innovation, according to GLI. The facility, which opened on the Belknap Campus in July 2014, relies on a community of engineers, scientists, designers and other innovators to address challenges facing the appliance manufacturing industry. At FirstBuild, those innovators can build their products. If their designs prove successful, those products can be selected for mass production. Neville Pinto, UofL's interim provost and dean of the J.B. Speed School of Engineering, and Natarajan "Venkat" Venkatakrishnan, the lead engineer at FirstBuild, accepted the Silver Fleur- de-Lis at GLI's annual meeting, Feb. 17. This year's other recipients of the award were the Big Four Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge project and Louisville businessman Ed Hart, who led the effort to reopen Kentucky King- dom amusement park. UofL Trover Campus wins national academic medicine award The Trover Campus at Baptist Health Madisonville of the University of Louisville School of Medicine received the 2014 Shining Star of Community Achievement award from the Association of American Medical Colleges' Group on Regional Medical Campuses. The award, presented in November, recognizes a regional academic medical program that has a positive impact on the community it serves and shows success in achieving the medical school's social mission. Begun in 1998 by UofL and Baptist Health Madison- ville under the leadership of William Crump, MD, the Trover Rural Track has several components, all with the same goal: to address the shortage of physicians in medically underserved rural areas. More than two-thirds of Kentucky's counties — 81 out of 120 — are off cially designated health professional shortage areas for primary care by the Health Resources and Services Administration. "The idea is simple," said Crump, who is associate dean for the Trover Campus and co-directs the Madisonville, Kentucky, campus with Steve Fricker, director of rural health/student affairs. "The best way to get doctors to small towns is to get medical students from small towns. Our program provides f rst-class, individualized clinical training in an environment that allows students to experience the small-town life." UofL honors Grawemeyer daughters Marian James and Nancy Robbins, daughters of Grawemeyer Awards benefactor Charles Grawemeyer, received com- memorative medals April 16 at the 2015 Grawemeyer Awards banquet in the Brown and Williamson Club at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. Their father, a University of Louisville graduate, created the awards program in 1984 to honor world-changing ideas in music, world order, psychology, education and religion. Shown from left to right are Grawemeyer Awards Executive Director Allan Dittmer, James, Robbins and President James Ramsey. A third daughter, Martha Colton, was unable to attend the ceremony. LEFT TO RIGHT: GLI President & CEO Kent Oyler with Silver Fleur-de-Lis Award Winners Natarajan "Venkat" Venkatakrishnan, lead engineer, FirstBuild and Neville Pinto, provost, UofL.