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Here’s what was featured on UofLNews on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016:
- Speed students’ ‘Angry Louie’ to take flight at Flugtag competition. Read more. Watch the video.
- Professors share expertise over lunch in A&S lecture series. Read more.
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Research Bulletin
Fifteen UofL faculty members received more than $9 million in grant awards throughout the past two weeks, including more than $4 million in tobacco tax dollars for cancer research. Here is the full list of awards.
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Did You Know?
UofL’s Logistics and Distribution Institute (LoDI) recently received a $1 million gift of equipment and technology that will help it develop the next generation of engineers. Advanced Solutions Inc., a Louisville-based software marketing and service company, provided the gift, which included the installation of interactive SMART Board technology and software designed to enhance. View photos here.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Miscellaneous
1.) Belknap Ice Cream Social planned Monday
2.) UofL Alert system to undergo testing Aug. 30
3.) Join Alumni for a virtual Book-in-Common discussion
4.) Roman Catholic Mass schedule for Fall
5.) Let’s Keep in Touch artist performance Thursday
6.) Belknap Farmers Market open today
7.) Gray Street Farmers Market open today
Faculty
8.) Last Chance: Apply to join a 2016-17 Faculty Learning Community
9.) Final call for applications: 2016-2017 seminar on teaching for new faculty
Lectures/Seminars/Symposiums
10.) Bioengineering Dept. Distinguished Seminar Series will examine Autism Spectrum Disorders
11.) Bioengineering Dept. Seminar Series to focus on using breath analysis to detect lung cancer
12.) Oral Biology 605: Oral health seminars scheduled
Health and Wellness
13.) Be your best self this semester with the help of a wellness coach
Grand Rounds
14.) Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
15.) Family Medicine Grand Rounds
16.) Pediatric Grand Rounds
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Miscellaneous
1.) Belknap Ice Cream Social planned Monday
August 29, 2-4 p.m., Courtyard of Grawemeyer Hall; Free
The annual Belknap Campus Ice Cream Social will be held August 29 from 2 to 4 p.m., on the courtyard of Grawemeyer Hall. It will feature Comfy Cow ice cream.
Additional Information: Tammy Lawson, 852-6573
2.) UofL Alert system to undergo testing Aug. 30
Aug. 30, 10 a.m.
UofL officials will test the UofL Alert system at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30. All features in the system, including emails, text messages, VoIP phones and outdoor warning speakers, will be part of the testing. No actions should be taken in response to the test.
Additional Information: Dennis Sullivan, 852-2948
3.) Join Alumni for a virtual Book-in-Common discussion
September 7, 12 p.m., 1:30 p.m.; 7 p.m., 8:30 p.m.; Online
This year, we are inviting the campus community to have a shared experience with our alumni. This year’s book is “Hidden America,” by Jeanne Marie Laskas. We invite you to purchase the book at your local retailer, and then join an online discussion with alumni, faculty, and staff.
Additional Information: Website
4.) Roman Catholic Mass schedule for Fall
August 30, 12 p.m., Interfaith Center
Catholic Mass on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:20 p.m. and Wednesdays at 12:05 p.m. for Fall 2016.
Additional Information: Email
5.) Let’s Keep in Touch artist performance Thursday
August 25, 4:30-6:30, Gallery X, Schneider Hall; Free
Please join us for an eyes-closed experience of art. An artist performance by Carmen Papalia, as programming to accompany the Let’s Keep in Touch exhibition at Gallery X in Schneider Hall. The show is a completely tactile art exhibition challenging the visual primacy of art institutions.
Additional Information: Whitney Mashburn
6.) Belknap Farmers Market open today
Aug. 4, 3:30-6 p.m., 3rd Street and Brandeis Avenue
Come check out the variety of products offered by 14 local farmers and vendors from Kentucky and Indiana.
Additional Information: Email, website
7.) Gray Street Farmers Market open today
Thursdays through Oct. 27, rain or shine, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., 400 block of East Gray Street
Some items available today include: various baked goods; watermelon, peaches, apples, melons, bell peppers, red raspberries, tomatoes, sweet corn, squash, zucchini, beans, cucumbers, and onions; antibiotic and hormone free beef, chicken, pork, lamb, rabbit, bison, frog legs, duck, goat, and eggs; kettle corn, honey, maple syrup, jams, sauces and pickled items; and all natural soaps, lotions, bug spray, and alcohol free hand sanitizer. Lunch: Boss Hog’s BBQ, The Celtic Pig, Delecta Bites.
Additional Information: Facebook, website
Faculty
8.) Last Chance: Apply to join a 2016-17 Faculty Learning Community
Aug. 26 deadline
The last day to apply for a 2016-17 TILL Faculty Learning Community is Friday, August 26. By participating, you will have the opportunity to embrace unique teaching and learning topics, try out teaching innovations, assess the impact on student learning and present and publish scholarship about your work. Topics for 2016-17 include active learning, adaptive learning, innovation and creativity, and enhancing learning with technology.
Additional Information: Apply online
9.) Final call for applications: 2016-2017 seminar on teaching for new faculty
Aug. 26 deadline
Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning, this year-long cohort program is designed to jump-start new faculty members’ teaching careers by providing a foundation of research-based principles about how learning works. A cohort of 8 to 12 junior faculty members will meet six times during the academic year to explore and apply the findings of learning theory to their teaching at UofL.
Additional Information: Website, Dr. Sara Fulmer, 852-0656
Lectures/Seminars/Symposiums
10.) Bioengineering Dept. Distinguished Seminar Series will examine Autism Spectrum Disorders
Aug. 26, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Shumaker Research Building, Room 130
Manuel F. Casanova, MD, the SMART State Endowed Chair in Translational Childhood Neurotherapeutics for the University of South Carolina School Of Medicine and the Greenville Health System, will present on “Autism Spectrum Disorders: From Pathology to Treatment and Diagnosis.”
Additional Information: Nancy Hansford
11.) Bioengineering Dept. Seminar Series to focus on using breath analysis to detect lung cancer
Aug. 25, 12-1 p.m., Vogt Building, Room 311
Dr. Victor van Berkel, MD, PhD, surgical director of the Lung Transplant Program at UofL and division chief of Thoracic Surgery at the School of Medicine, will speak on “Too many nodules – Using breath analysis as a better way to diagnose lung cancer.”
Additional Information: Nancy Hansford
121.) Oral Biology 605: Oral health seminars scheduled
August 26, 11:50 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dental School, Room 127
“A Systems Biology Approach Identifies a Gene Regulatory Network in Parotid Acinar Cell Differentiation,” will be presented by Melissa Metzler, PhD, Post Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases.
Additional Information: Email
Health and Wellness
13.) Be your best self this semester with the help of a wellness coach
Time and place that works for you; Free for employees, spouses, and QAs
Take advantage of the chance to partner with a Get Healthy Now wellness coach intern who will help you work toward any health behavior change. You will meet with the coach one hour a week for eight weeks. Our interns have successfully completed a semester of intensive coach training and are closely supervised by a certified coach.
Additional Information: Email Paula Kommor, include name, email, phone number and campus location
Grand Rounds
14.) Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
August 26, 6:45-7:45 a.m., Baxter I Research Building, lower level auditorium
Please join the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as we welcome PGY-5 Orthopaedic Surgery resident, Adam Cochran, MD. Dr. Cochran will lecture about his recent trip, “Out of Africa: Orthopaedic Care in Northern Tanzania.”
Additional Information: Monica Welsh, 852-6902
15.) Family Medicine Grand Rounds
August 26, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Jewish Hospital Bottigheimer Auditorium
Gil Liu, MD, UofL Associate Professor, Dept of Pediatrics, and Julia Mitchell, MD, UofL Associate Professor, Dept of Pediatrics, will present, “Social Determinants of Child Health.” CME category 1 is available for both AAFP and ACCME accreditation.
Additional Information: Melissa Garrett, 852-5499
16.) Pediatric Grand Rounds
August 26, 8 a.m., Norton Hospital, 2nd Floor Auditorium
This Friday, please join us for a pediatric grand rounds featuring Kimberly Boland, MD, Sara Multerer, MD and Michelle Stevenson, MD, MS. Boland is pediatric program director and Multerer and Stevenson are associate pediatric program directors of the residency program at the University of Louisville. They will be presenting “How Tomorrow’s Workforce is Leading Change Today.”
Additional Information: Brittney Luckett, 502-629-8828
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