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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Dec. 9, 2014:
· PHOTOS: Students from Cochran Elementary were treated Tuesday to a pancake breakfast and a visit from Santa at the University Club. Another group from Cochran will be visit Thursday. View here.
· PHOTOS: Fans watch the UofL-Notre Dame football game last month at the Red Barn. View here.
· Faculty Senate meeting overview for December, 2014. Read more.
· Program improves half-century staple for teaching medical students. Read more.
· UofL’s online computer science master’s degrees recognized. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
UofL’s College of Business opened in 1953 with 12 faculty members. Today, it has 84 faculty members.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
From the President
1.) The November President’s Report is available
Miscellaneous
2.) Club invites faculty, staff to serve “Breakfast with Santa”
3.) Medical student stress buster event brings puppies to HSC campus
4.) Girl Scout workshops to be held at Gheens in January
5.) Part-time faculty institute scheduled
6.) Call for proposals: ACES KY: Black and Latino Student Symposium
7.) Call for proposals: i2a SUN grants due Jan. 20
8.) Make sure you’re in the know: Blackboard 2015
9.) Webinar: Foundations and Societies: A strong funding ally for biomed researchers
10.) Registration open for Project Management Certificate program
11.) Calling all research tools
Seminars
12.) Microbiology and Immunology
13.) James Graham Brown Cancer Center to hold special seminar
Grand Rounds
14.) Cardiovascular Medicine
15.) Movement Disorders Video Rounds
16.) Medicine: Dr. Matthew Cave
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
From the President
Corrects link
1.) The November President’s Report is available
Highlights from November include UofL’s week-long tribute to military members, the hiring of our VP for strategy and general counsel, a record gift to the College of Education and Human Development and more. Click here (opens in a pdf), or copy and paste into your browser: http://uoflblog.com/email/Nov-2014.pdf.
Miscellaneous
2.) Club invites faculty, staff to serve “Breakfast with Santa”
The University Club management and staff are hosting Cochran Elementary School’s kindergartners, first, second and third graders for the Annual Breakfast with Santa event. Some students were treated Tuesday and a second group is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 11, at 9:30 a.m. Faculty and staff can join the Club in greeting and serving the children; please contact Linda Johnson at 852-6996. Also, employees should feel free to drop off a stuffed teddy bear to add to the collection of gifts for the children.
3.) Medical student stress buster event brings puppies to HSC campus
Dec. 12, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Kornhauser, first floor lobby
Free; donations welcome
Hand-in-Paw (HIP) Rescue is participating in the medical student Stress Buster Event sponsored by the Student Activities Board this Friday. Donations are urgently needed. If you can help, please consider making a donation on site. See list of items always in need and learn more about HIP at http://www.handinpawrescue.org/donations.html
Additional Information: Bonnie Dean, 852-2647; Deanna Siow.
4.) Girl Scout workshops to be held at Gheens in January
Various dates in January, 10 a.m. to noon, Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium
$12/$3 UofL Affiliates
Girl Scout workshops at the planetarium are designed to support the It’s Your Planet – Love It series. Daisies (Between Earth and Sky), Brownies (Wonders of Water), Juniors (Energy Responsibility) and Cadettes (Breathe) delve into hands-on activities and demonstrations to assist them on their journey to earn a badge or award. UofL faculty, staff and students get a special discount on the regular workshop rate of $15/scout and $5/adult. Be sure to sign up now for one of the January workshops!
Additional Information: Website; 502-852-6665.
5.) Part-time faculty institute scheduled
Jan. 8, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Delphi Center, Ekstrom Library, room 244
Ever wonder if you are gathering the right data from your students? Do you understand how to use formative and summative assessment? During the session, you will be invited to reflect upon your own process of assessment to determine how to make the most of the data you gather. Nisha Gupta and Il Barrow will help us identify new ways and tools to assess student learning and critical thinking. Join us for dinner and “Tools to Help You Blend Critical Thinking Standards into Everyday Assessment.”
Additional Information: Website.
6.) Call for proposals: ACES KY: Black and Latino Student Symposium
Jan. 16
If you conduct research on or provide programs or services that impact the access, retention, and/or graduation of Black and Latino students within education, please respond to this call for proposal. The symposium will be February 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Swain Student Activities Center. Free registration. Keynote speakers are Mistalene Calleroz-White, PhD, dean of academic support services at Spalding University and Terrell Strayhorn, PhD, associate professor in education at Ohio State University.
Additional Information: Website; Tomarra Adams, 502-852-3077.
7.) Call for proposals: i2a SUN grants due Jan. 20
Jan. 20
The i2a Steering Committee invites proposals for 2015 SUN Grant projects. This committee will award up to $4,000 to successful proposals that support the sustained integration of i2a concepts and learning outcomes in undergraduate curricula at the department, program and/or unit level.
Additional Information: Il Barrow, Website.
8.) Make sure you’re in the know: Blackboard 2015
Dec. 16, 10:30-11:30 a.m. and Dec. 18, 2-3 p.m. and 3-4 p.m.
Blackboard will be upgraded over the winter break to introduce improvements and new features. Join us for Blackboard 2015: The Need-to-Know Info to get a sneak peek at the enhancements coming for spring 2015. Expect information on changes to Assignments and SafeAssign, adding non-student users to your course, the new add test student function and more.
Additional Information: For questions, call 502-852-8833. Learn more about the info session and register.
9.) Webinar: Foundations and Societies: A strong funding ally for biomed researchers
Dec. 22, 2 p.m., 2003, K-Wing, HSC
Free
In this comprehensive Webinar, examples of some of the top grant-awarding foundations will be discussed, including their application and approval process, along with the purpose for the funds they provide. Also covered will be nonprofit organization philosophies toward awarding grants, highlighting the mindset similarities and differences from federal granting agencies. Tips will also be presented to help you find out about these organizations and how to best approach them with your ideas.
Additional Information: Website; Carla Jones, 502-852-2454.
10.) Registration open for Project Management Certificate program
Earn your project management certificate from UofL Professional Development. This two-seminar program is based on the processes and knowledge areas in the Project Management Institute’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. A limited number of spaces in the first seminar are available at a 25 percent discount for UofL employees. Classes begin February 12.
Additional Information: Julijana Curcic, 502-852-5636; Learn more.
11.) Calling all research tools
Has your lab produced unique purified proteins, modified cell lines, monoclonal antibody stocks, mouse models, or unique plasmids? The Office of Technology Transfer is interested in speaking with faculty regarding commercialization potential of faculty research tools.
Additional Information: Chris Barton, 502-852-2965. Website.
Seminars
12.) Microbiology and Immunology
Dec. 11, noon to 1 p.m., Room 038, Baxter II, Room 038
Free, public
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series presents, “The role of AnkJ Effector in Legionella pneumophila Intracellular Proliferation,” by Hala Samara, PhD candidate in the lab of Yousef Abu Kwaik, PhD.
Additional Information: Carolyn Burton, 852-6208.
13.) James Graham Brown Cancer Center to hold special seminar
Dec. 10, noon to 1 p.m., Clinical and Translational Research Building, Room 123
The James Graham Brown Cancer Center Special Seminar will present “Plant-made Pharmaceuticals and the Power of Transient Technologies.” Our speaker will be Yuri Gleba, PhD, CEO of Icon Genetics GmbH, from Halle, Germany. Lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m.
Additional Information: Brooke DeGroote.
Grand Rounds
14.) Cardiovascular Medicine
Noon – 1:00pm Dec. 8 Kornhauser Library Auditorium
Free
The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine presents the 21st Annual Leight Lecture featuring Victor Dzau, MD, president of the Institute of Medicine. He will discuss “Molecular Approaches to Cardiac Regeneration.”
Additional Information: Website.
15.) Movement Disorders Video Rounds
Dec, 10, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Frazier Rehab and Neuroscience Center, 15th floor boardroom
Free
Dr. Kathrin LaFaver will present Myoclonus Phenomenology and Case Studies at this month’s movement disorders video rounds. 1 CME or 1.2 CEU credit is available for physicians and nurses in attendance. Videos can be sent to Dr. LaFaver in advance, or brought to the video rounds on a flashdrive as long as patient consent has been obtained. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided.
Additional Information: Emily Rollins, ekroll01@louisville.edu, 502-407-3226.
16.) Medicine: Dr. Matthew Cave
Dec. 11, 8 a.m., Ambulatory Care Building auditorium
Medicine Grand Rounds features Matthew Cave, MD, associate professor of medicine, pharmacology and toxicology, biochemistry, and molecular biology at UofL and the Jewish Hospital Liver Transplant Program. Dr. Cave will present Hepatitis C Update, focusing on reviewing HCVs natural history and epidemiology, new HCV treatments, and discussing innovative HCV solutions at UofL/Robley Rex VA Medical Center.
Additional Information: Jason Puckett, 502-852-1825.
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