Events
1.) Get smart about your money @ your library
2.) Fight cancer and raise awareness at Relay for Life
Health and Wellness
3.) Learn how to live what you love!
4.) Lunch & Learn: How to find allergy relief in the spring allergy capital
Miscellaneous
5.) Grant Crafting Brown Bag Series continues
6.) Students studying Chinese to present drama showcase
7.) Sigma Xi Bhatnagar Awards to be given
8.) Workshop will teach Persian dance
9.) iClicker to be discussed at Delphi
Studies
10.) Children needed for pediatric migraines study
Talks
11.) Physics department presents Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, PhD
Grand Rounds
12.) Cardiovascular Medicine presents Roberto Bolli, MD
13.) Medicine presents Cynthia Rand, PhD
14.) Psychiatry presents Michael Thase, MD
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Events
1.) Get smart about your money @ your library
April 10, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ekstrom Library
Free
Ekstrom Library is hosting Money Smart Week @ your library. Come hear financial experts talk about how to better manage personal finances. A few of the topics to be covered are credit reports, retirement, identity theft, taxes and money habits.
2.) Fight cancer and raise awareness at Relay for Life
6 p.m. April 18 – 6 a.m., April 19, Multipurpose Room, Student Activities Center
UofL’s American Cancer Society student group invites all faculty, staff and UofL community to battle against cancer at the eighth annual Relay for Life overnight fundraiser. There will be fun, family-friendly activities such as a hypnotist performance, student booths and dance parties. If you can’t make it to the event, honor a loved one with a Luminaria dedication or support a UofL student or faculty group. Visit UofL’s Relay for Life group page to donate now.
Additional Information: Tressa Neal, 560-6042.
Health and Wellness
3.) Learn how to live what you love!
Four Wednesdays beginning April 16, noon, Conference Room, Center for Health Promotions and Prevention Science, Student Services Annex, Belknap
Get Healthy Now invites you to LIVE WHAT YOU LOVE in our new and improved four-week Wellness Coaching Group. We know you are busy, so drop-in to as many or as few sessions as you like. You will design and implement an action plan to live the future of your dreams.
Additional Information: Register here.
4.) Lunch & Learn: How to find allergy relief in the spring allergy capital
April 24, noon to 12:30 p.m., Health Care Outpatient Center, Conference Room, 401 E. Chestnut St., HSC
Free
Louisville was recently named the spring allergy capital. Dr. Gerald Lee will discuss how you can find relief from your spring allergies in this Lunch & Learn sponsored by UofL Physicians.
Additional Information: RSVP by April 21 here.
Miscellaneous
5.) Grant Crafting Brown Bag Series continues
April 9, noon to 1 p.m., Shumaker Building, Room 139
Free
This session of the Grant Crafting Brown Bag Series will focus on how to refine your idea to make it more fundable. The GCBB Series is brought to you by collaboration between the A&S and CEHD research offices. The presentation by Susanna Cornett of the A&S Research Office will last approximately 45 minutes, with time afterward for questions and discussion. Please feel free to bring your lunch. More sessions are being scheduled all the time, check our website for upcoming topics.
Additional Information: Teresa Wilkins, 852-5588.
6.) Students studying Chinese to present drama showcase
April 11, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Room 100, Bingham Humanities Building
Free
U of L students studying Chinese will present a series of Chinese skits, comic dialogues, Chinese songs and music. Refreshments will be served from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. This is an opportunity for our students to share their unique experience of learning Chinese and Chinese culture with the university community.
7.) Sigma Xi Bhatnagar Awards to be given
April 23, 6:15; dinner 6:30 p.m.; lecture 7:30 p.m., University Club
$25 professionals, $20 students
Named for Prof. Kunwar Bhatnagar, the Bhatnagar Awards honor excellence in scientific research. The winner of the Bhatnagar competition will present his or her research in a manner suitable for a general audience. The presentation will last about an hour, with a question session following. There are six nominees for the award and their submitted published papers were judged by a panel of Sigma Xi volunteers.
Additional Information: RSVP to Christopher Graney here.
8.) Workshop will teach Persian dance
April 27, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Miller Information Technology Center, Room 201
Workshop participants $45, public $10
Join us for a day full of fun, learn a few steps, experience a dance fusion, watch the show or perform. The morning session, Beautiful Basics of Persian Dance, will be led by Jo Hadley, professional dancer and founder of Crescent Moon Dance Co., who will introduce common elements of Persian dance, movements, steps, turns, poses, etc. The after-lunch session, Fantastical Fusions, will be led by professional dancer and UofL student Rya Baila. She will introduce the saucy styling of tribal belly dance.
Additional Information: jo@jodances.com; website.
9.) iClicker to be discussed at Delphi
April 30, noon to 2 p.m., Delphi Center Lab, Ekstrom Library, Room 244
Free
Interested in learning more about iClicker? Please join the Delphi Center and Glen Garrett from iClicker for lunch and a session about iClicker/iClickerGo. iClicker is a tool that allows students to submit answers for in-class polling, and iClickerGo adds the convenience of using a smart phone or laptop as a substitute clicker. Lunch will be provided.
Additional Information: RSVP for accurate lunch count to Linda Leake, 852-4332.
Studies
10.) Children needed for pediatric migraines study
April 9
Dr. Michael Sowell of the neurology pediatric division is conducting a research study testing two medicines and placebo for migraine prevention in children and teens. Children and adolescents, ages 8 through 17 years, may be eligible to participate. Subjects will be expected to complete approximately eight study visits over 34 weeks of participation.
Additional Information: Debra Brodfuehrer, 813-6577.
Talks
11.) Physics department presents Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, PhD
April 11, 3 p.m., Natural Science Room 112
Free
Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, PhD, professor of physics and chemistry at the University of North Texas, is a pioneer of the development and applications of Density Functional Theory methods in the fields of computational materials and high performance simulations. He will speak on the topic High-throughput materials discovery and development: Using your own computer to search for novel materials.
Additional Information: Department of Physics and Astronomy, 852-6790.
Grand Rounds
12.) Cardiovascular Medicine presents Roberto Bolli, MD
April 9, noon to 1 p.m., Rudd Heart and Lung Center (201 Abraham Flexner Way), 16th floor, Halls I and II
Free
Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds welcomes Roberto Bolli, MD. Dr. Bolli is professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics; chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and director, Institute of Molecular Cardiology. He will present Cell Therapy for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. Please plan on arriving early as heavy attendance is expected.
Additional Information: Deanna Husted; website.
13.) Medicine presents Cynthia Rand, PhD
April 10, 8 a.m., Ambulatory Care Building Auditorium
Department of Medicine Grand Rounds features Cynthia S. Rand, PhD, professor of medicine and associate dean for faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She will present Adherence With Asthma Therapy: Outcomes, Strategies and Innovations, focusing on the prevalence of low adherence and associated barriers to adherence, the relationship between adherence and asthma outcomes and listing strategies to improve adherence.
Additional Information: Jason Pucket, 852-1825.
14.) Psychiatry presents Michael Thase, MD
April 10, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ambulatory Care Building Auditorium
Free, open to the public
Michael Thase, MD, professor of psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, will present “Clinical Challenges and Opportunities in the Management of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).”
Additional Information: Christy Castle-Greenwell, 588-4424 or 813-6664.
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