Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on July 9, 2014:
· VIDEO: Recognizing Kosair Charities’ longtime support helping UofL become a nationally recognized metropolitan research university, our newest research facility has been renamed. The building, on the Health Sciences Center campus at the corner of Hancock and Muhammad Ali, is now the Kosair Charities Clinical and Translational Research Building. Watch the announcement here.
· UofL summer movie series wraps up with ‘The Lego Movie.’ Read more.
· Farmers Market highlights for July 10. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know … One of the weekly vendors at the new Belknap Campus Farmers Market is part-time UofL professor Jeneen Wiche, a longtime radio and television personality in the city. She has taught at UofL since 1998, offering courses such as Food and Body Politic. She sells items from her Swallow Rail Farm in Simpsonville. Her late father, Fred Wiche, was the popular WHAS-TV “Weekend Gardener.”
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Today’s farmers markets: corn, tomatoes, peppers, peaches, blueberries!
1.) Gray Street
2.) Belknap
Health and Wellness
3.) First Friday Line Dancing! (Second Friday because of holiday)
Information Technology
4.) July 14 is last day to enroll in the Microsoft Campus Agreement (MCA)
Miscellaneous
5.) Faculty: register for a half-day workshop on critical reflection
6.) Kentucky and its people through the eyes of travelers, mapmakers and surveyors
7.) Lunch and Learn: How gum disease affects your whole body
Studies
8.) Participants needed for a dental study
Grand Rounds
9.) Orthopaedic Surgery
10.) Family and Geriatric Medicine
11.) Pediatric
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Today’s farmers markets: corn, tomatoes, peppers, peaches, blueberries!
1.) Gray Street
Thursdays through Oct. 30, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., 400 block of E. Gray Street, rain or shine
Some items available today will include: tomatoes, corn, green beans, squash, zucchini, kale greens, cucumbers, onions, peppers, salad mix, blueberries, patty pan squash and golden beets. Also pickles, breads, maple syrup, pizza crusts, chocolate zucchini brownies, raspberry window pane cookies, Mr. G’s Kettle Corn, Gmeals, Red Top Gourmet Hot Dogs, Sweet ‘N Savory.
Additional Information: www.facebook.com/UofLGSFM; Website.
2.) Belknap
Thursdays through Oct. 16, 3:30 to 6 p.m., 3rd and Brandeis, rain or shine
Some items available today will include: peaches, raspberries, blueberries, corn, green beans, squash, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, purple and gold potatoes, chard, golden beets, kale, onions, patty pan squash and pasture-raised poultry and lamb, pork sausage and eggs. Also local cheeses, gourmet candy, craft items, breads, cinnamon rolls, locally made tea and Mr. G’s Kettle Corn. Music by Jake Groves.
Additional Information: www.facebook.com/BelknapFM.
Health and Wellness
3.) First Friday Line Dancing! (Second Friday because of holiday)
July 11, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym, 601 Presidents Blvd.
Feel the beat and bust a move at this free after-work dance party! Join Get Healthy Now and the Great Places to Work Campus Climate Committee for a fun hour of dancing with your UofL colleagues. Check out this short video, invite your colleagues and come kick off your weekend with some fun.
Additional Information: 852-7755 or email ghn@louisville.edu.
Information Technology
4.) July 14 is last day to enroll in the Microsoft Campus Agreement (MCA)
Enroll in the MCA by July 14 to ensure departmental software and computers are licensed for 12 months through June 30, 2015. MCA provides access to Microsoft Windows, Office, free online Microsoft training and discounted work at home versions of Windows and Office. The rate for fiscal year 2014-15 is $79 per full-time employee. Visual Studios is not included in this year’s agreement. For enrollment information, click here.
Additional Information: Lisa Payne, 852-6912.
Miscellaneous
5.) Faculty: Register for a half-day workshop on critical reflection
July 15, 9 a.m. to noon, Delphi Center Lab, Ekstrom 244
Free
This interactive workshop, Getting Students to ‘Go Deep’: Process, Practice and Learning through Critical Reflection,” will explore the teaching and assessment practice that deepens students’ learning, critical thinking and metacognitive skills. Participants will gain insight into how to connect your learning outcomes to critical reflection activities in a meaningful way.
Additional Information: Nisha Gupta, 852-5104; Website.
6.) Kentucky and its people through the eyes of travelers, mapmakers and surveyors
July 18, noon to 1 p.m., Filson Historical Society, 1310 S. 3rd St.
$10, free for Filson members
James Pritchard, Cassie Bratcher and Jana Meyer of the Filson staff will discuss documents pertaining to early travel and settlement in Kentucky. Rare maps and travel narratives will be showcased during the presentation. The Filson is a member of the Center for Arts and Culture Partnerships.
Additional Information: 635-5083 or go to www.filsonhistorical.org.
7.) Lunch and Learn: How gum disease affects your whole body
July 23, noon to 12:30 p.m., Health Care Outpatient Center, Suite 120 Conference Center
Free
Dr. Ricardo Vidal with UofL Dental Associates is the presenter. Lunch is free and must be reserved through Eventbrite by July 17. Space is limited.
Studies
8.) Participants needed for a dental study
9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. July 8 Graduate Periodontics Clinic, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Health Sciences Center
free
The School of Dentistry is conducting a study on changes to the microbial transcriptome during experimental gingivitis. The study is to find out what bacterial genes are active in the mouth at the start of gingivitis (reversible gum disease). The study will involve four to six visits to the dental school over four to six weeks, during which time you will refrain from oral hygiene in one half of your mouth. The first and last visit will last 1.5 to 2 hours. The other visits are expected to last around 30 minutes. Participants will receive compensation in the form of a gift card.
Additional Information: Jackie Singleton, 852-2611.
Grand Rounds
9.) Orthopaedic Surgery
July 11, 6:45 to 7:45 a.m., Baxter I Research Building, auditorium, lower level
Please join us as we welcome Ryan Krupp, MD, UofL clinical instructor, department of orthopaedic surgery. Dr. Krupp will lecture on Shoulder and Elbow Injury Prevention in Baseball.
Additional Information: Monica Welsh, 852-6902.
10.) Family and Geriatric Medicine
July 11, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Bottigheimer Auditorium
Charles Kodner, MD, UofL associate professor, department of family medicine, presents Medicine Gone to Pot: The Evidence for and Against Medical Marijuana. He will describe the pharmacology, proposed medical indications and current medical evidence regarding efficacy and side effects for medical marijuana and cannabinoids. CME category 1 is available for both AAFP and ACCME accreditation and a continental breakfast will be provided.
Additional Information: Callie Booth.
11.) Pediatric
July 11, 8 a.m., Norton Hospital Wade Mountz (2nd floor) Auditorium
Please join us for the 4th Annual Dr. Weisskopf Memorial Lectureship. Dr. Thomas W. Prior will present Perspectives and Diagnostic Considerations in Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Additional Information: Tara McKinley, 629-8828.
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