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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016:
· Community seminar to focus on Latinos in Louisville. Read more.
· Pulitzer winner Isabel Wilkerson to lecture. Read more.
· Public invited to the 2016 Denny Crum Potato Soup Luncheon. Read more.
· Photos: School of Music’s Student Gala Concert, Feb. 18. View here.
· Photos: Alumni-Scholarships & Adopted Alumni Reception. View here.
· Photos: Admissions’ MLK Scholarship Interview Day. View here.
· Photos: Reading by Arts & Sciences 2015 Calvino Prize winner Nick Greer, Feb. 19. View here.
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Research Bulletin
Fifteen UofL faculty have received grants or research awards totaling more than $1.5 million in the past three weeks. See the list of recipients and what they are working on here.
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DID YOU KNOW?
UofL’s Archives and Special Collections Library houses the historical records from some of the area’s prominent orphanages, including the St. Joseph’s Children’s Home and the Louisville Baptist Orphans’ Home.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Faculty
1.) Sessions available on how to find outside funding for research
2.) Session on translating exams from Word into Blackboard course
Miscellaneous
3.) Join the West Louisville Resident Advisory Council
4.) Even Cardinal fans can wear blue for a good cause
5.) Kaplan free practice exams available for LSAT and MCAT
Talks/Seminars
6.) Seminar on respiratory motor function in patients with spinal cord injuries
7.) Department of Biology/Brown & Williamson Seminar Series today
8.) Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology Seminar on 3-D bio-printing
9.) Brown & Williamson Spring Seminar Series continues Friday
Sustainability
10.) Green Tips for UofL Staff
Grand Rounds
11.) Pediatric Grand Rounds
12.) Family Medicine Grand Rounds
13.) Grand Rounds – Orthopaedic Surgery
14.) Grand Rounds – Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
1.) Sessions available on how to find outside funding for research
Faculty: Are you interested in finding outside funding for your research? Contact John Jaynes (852-8363), assistant director, SPA-Development Division, to set up a one-on-one session to go over your research goals. Learn about national, international and private funding sources. Would you like help in identifying a collaborator on a research project, preparing forms, drafting a budget, being sure all guidelines are met before submitting a proposal? Additional Information: Finding Funding website, Proposal Preparation website, John Jaynes email
2.) Session on translating exams from Word into Blackboard course
March 1, noon to 1 p.m. (lunch will be available at 11:30 a.m. and the presenter will be available until 1:30 p.m. for Q&A), Delphi Center, Ekstrom Library, #244
Faculty: Make your life easier one exam at a time with Respondus Test Generator. Is the task of creating Blackboard tests getting you down? Do you want a quick and easy way to translate your exams from Microsoft Word (or another word processing format) into your Blackboard course? This session will guide you in mastering a new way to efficiently transfer your exam questions and prompts into your Blackboard course. This is a hands-on session, so please bring a Windows-based laptop.
Additional Information: Register online
Miscellaneous
3.) Join the West Louisville Resident Advisory Council
Feb. 27, 11 a.m., Portland Family Health Center, 2215 Portland Ave.
UofL employees who reside in west Louisville neighborhoods are invited to come out and explore the possibility of joining the Signature Partnership Resident Advisory Council.
Additional Information: RSVP to Felicia Gough, 852-8917, website
4.) Even Cardinal fans can wear blue for a good cause
March 4
Friday, March 4 is National Dress in Blue Day for colon cancer awareness and the Kentucky Cancer Program and Coach Jeff Walz want you to know that even a Cardinal Fan can wear blue for a good cause. See a video message from Coach Walz. Colon Cancer screening saves lives. Send in your blue photos to the website below for a chance to win $250.
Additional Information: Website
5.) Kaplan free practice exams available for LSAT and MCAT
Feb. 27, 10 a.m., Davidson 303 & 306
Free
Interested in taking the MCAT or LSAT? Unsure of how you’d do? Take a test drive with Kaplan and see how you would perform on those exams. Take a free practice exam and receive a detailed score report, explanations to every question on the exam, and strategies for improvement.
Additional Information: Register online
Talks/Seminars
6.) Seminar on respiratory motor function in patients with spinal cord injuries
Feb. 26, noon to 1:30 p.m., Duthie Center for Engineering, Room 117
Free
Dr. Alexander Ovechkin, MD, PhD, will present this seminar on, “Respiratory motor function and blood pressure regulation in patients with chronic spinal cord injury.” Pizza will be served at the seminar so if you are planning to attend, please RSVP (info below).
Additional Information: Nancy Hansford email, 852-7485
7.) Department of Biology/Brown & Williamson Seminar Series today
Feb. 25, 4 p.m., Shumaker Research Bldg., Room 139
Free
The Biology Department presents Brown and Williamson speaker, Dr. Ken Lukowiak, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary. His title is Growth Faltering and Cognitive Ability in Tanzanian Children.
Additional Information: Judy Felli email, 852-8263
8.) Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology Seminar on 3-D bio-printing
Feb. 25, noon, CTR 124
Free
The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology presents a Research Seminar by Y. James Kang, PhD, Professor Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville. The seminar title is, From Copper to 3D Bio-printing.
Additional Information: Florence Su email
9.) Brown & Williamson Spring Seminar Series continues Friday
Feb. 26, 4 p.m. Chemistry Building, Room LL-16
Free, faculty and staff
Richard Dawes, PhD, from Missouri University S&T, will present Theoretical Studies of Spectroscopy and Dynamics Using Interpolated Potential Energy Surfaces.
Additional Information: Sherry Nalley, 852-6798
Sustainability
10.) Green Tips for UofL Staff
What is single stream recycling? “Single stream” recycling is the process in which all recyclable items are placed in one container and are sorted off site at a recycling facility and then reused.
Additional Information: Website
Grand Rounds
11.) Pediatric Grand Rounds
Feb. 26, 8 a.m., Norton Hospital, 2nd Floor Auditorium
Join us for a pediatric grand rounds featuring Aaron Calhoun, MD, and Ellie Peterson, MD. Calhoun is associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Louisville and director of the SPARC program at Kosair Children’s Hospital. Peterson is assistant professor of pediatrics at University of Louisville. They will present “Where Ethics and Medical Education Collide: Death, Deception, and Difficult Conversations in Simulations.”
Additional Information: Brittney Luckett email, 629-8828
12.) Family Medicine Grand Rounds
Feb. 26, 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Jewish Hospital Bottigheimer Auditorium
Free
Jesse Wright, MD, PhD, UofL Depression Center director, and Renee Girdler, MD, UofL Vice Chair of Family Medicine, will present Computer-assisted Cognitive-behavior Therapy for Depression: A Paradigm Shift for Treatment Delivery in Primary Care? The principles, barriers to treatment, key research findings, and methods for primary care clinician support of cognitive-behavior therapy for depression will be discussed. CME category 1 is available for both AAFP & ACCME accreditation.
Additional Information: Mickie Mulloy, 852-0797
13.) Grand Rounds – Orthopaedic Surgery
Feb. 26, 6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m., Baxter I Research Building, auditorium, lower level
Free
Join the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as we welcome Jennifer Brey, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Louisville. Dr. Brey will lecture on Pediatric Shoulder Injuries.
Additional Information: Monica Welsh email, 852-6902
14.) Grand Rounds – Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
Feb. 26, 1 to 2 p.m., Ambulatory Care Building, Basement Auditorium
Join us Friday for Ob/Gyn Grand Rounds in the ACB basement auditorium. Dr Henry Bohler, one of our Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility doctors will present, Fertility Preservation for Female Patients with Breast Cancer. He will discuss fertility preservation options available for patients diagnosed with breast cancer and he will discuss the impact of breast cancer treatments on fertility in women of reproductive age.
Additional Information: Crystal Menear email, 561-7463
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