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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Dec. 16, 2015:
· VIDEO: Happy Holidays from UofL! President James Ramsey introduces this video and talks about the hardworking UofL faculty, staff and students who make UofL special. Watch here.
· UofL to mandate living wage for contract workers. Read more.
· Pierce named NAI Fellow. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
The story of this UofL professor’s kindness has spread around the world. Watch here.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Miscellaneous
1.) UofL Today holiday publishing schedule
2.) Jan. 5 HHS SBIR/STTR due date and UofL Winter Break
3.) 2016-17 Book-in-Common Finalists Announced
Talks/Seminars
4.) Seminars in Neuroscience
Grand Rounds
5.) Orthopaedic Surgery
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
1.) UofL Today holiday publishing schedule
The UofL Today email is published Monday through Friday. Due to the upcoming university holidays, UofL Today will not be sent out Dec. 23 to Jan. 1. The deadline for Jan. 4 announcements is 10 a.m., Dec. 22. Contact Janet Cappiello with questions.
2.) Jan. 5 HHS SBIR/STTR due date and UofL Winter Break
Don’t forget, new HHS Standard Due Dates for SBIR/STTR applications are in effect! The Jan. 5 deadline is approaching fast and so is UofL Winter Break. Please send non-clinical subaward proposals to the Office of Industry Engagement via its Service Account (Engage@louisville.edu) as early as possible. Confirmation of COI compliance is required prior to proposal submission, and review will be very limited during Winter Break. For more information contact OIE at Engage@louisville.edu.
3.) 2016-17 Book-in-Common Finalists Announced
The Book-in-Common Selection Committee is reviewing texts text for the 2016-17 program. The three finalists are Hidden America, Walk in Their Shoes and Where Am I Wearing? We welcome your feedback on these books by Jan. 12 via our online form. For more info on each book, criteria used to select the text, and to fill out the form, visit the BinC website: http://louisville.edu/firstyear/book-in-common/the-next-binc
Additional Information: First Year Initiatives, 852-8097.
4.) Seminars in Neuroscience
Dec. 17, 4 to 5 p.m., Baxter Auditorium
Seminars in Neuroscience Presents: Connie Cepko, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Department of Genetics: Strategies to Preserve Cone Photoreceptors.
Additional Information: Matt Guido, 502-852-6227.
Grand Rounds
5.) Orthopaedic Surgery
Dec. 18, 6:45 to 7:45 a.m., Baxter I Research Building, auditorium, lower level
Please join the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as we welcome Joseph W. Greene, MD, Clinical Instructor, University of Louisville, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Greene will lecture on Partial Knee Arthroplasty: Indications and Outcomes.
Additional Information: Monica Welsh, 852-6902.
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