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DID YOU KNOW?
In the 1910 UofL yearbook, the baseball team, which had gone 10-5 against the region’s colleges and high schools, was deemed “the greatest team that ever wore the UofL colors.”
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Health and Wellness
1.) Satisfy your appetite with Get Healthy Now’s Lunchtime Yoga and Pilates
2.) Get Fit with GHN’s R.I.P.P.E.D
3.) UofL participating in National Bike Challenge
Miscellaneous
4.) Information session for post-bac pre-med program scheduled
5.) Evaluation and Management of the Patients with Brain and Spinal Metastasis
6.) Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Communicative Disorders: Resident Research Day
Studies
7.) Children 8 to 13 years needed for anxiety and worry study
Talks
8.) Our Shared History: The Floyds of Kentuckiana with Bob Hill
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Health and Wellness
1.) Satisfy your appetite with Get Healthy Now’s Lunchtime Yoga and Pilates
Monday through Thursday, noon to 12:50 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Sign up before June 30 for only $35
Take the time to regroup midday with a 50-minute all-levels yoga or Pilates class. Get Healthy Now is offering Lunchtime Yoga & Pilates Monday-Thursday. Whether you are new to yoga/Pilates or have taken classes before, all will benefit from these mind and body-balancing sessions taught by our experienced instructors. Leave the Wellness Center satiated, refreshed and ready to take on the rest of your day! Sign up before June 30th for only $35 for unlimited classes. First class is always free!
Additional Information: Website; ghn@louisville.edu; 852-7755.
2.) Get Fit with GHN’s R.I.P.P.E.D
Mondays at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Free for employees, retirees and their spouses/QAs
Get in shape with GHN’s R.I.P.P.E.D. group fitness class! This class is specifically designed to make you work hard and get you heated—in a good way! This high intensity class that uses a combination of free weight, body weight and resistance training will make you sweat. Summertime is the best time to “Get R.I.P.P.E.D” and ready for fun in the sun!
Additional Information: Website; ghn@louisville.edu; 852-7755.
3.) UofL participating in National Bike Challenge
Through September 30
It’s not too late to showcase your support for a healthy lifestyle and sustainable transportation. Compete with your UofL colleagues to earn the coveted title of most active cyclists on campus! Register online at http://nationalbikechallenge.org/. Your miles cycled will count toward the University of Louisville total, as well as qualify you for great individual prizes. Our grand prize: a $400 voucher to a local bike shop courtesy of Get Healthy Now and the Sustainability Council!
Additional Information: Jamie Udeze, 852-1234. Website; ghn@louisville.edu.
Miscellaneous
4.) Information session for post-bac pre-med program scheduled
June 6, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Ekstrom Library room 254
Come learn more about our program for career changers interested in pursuing medical school school to become a physician. We are seeking college graduates with minimal pre-med level science completed. Our program is a one stop shop for its students supporting them each step of the way. Let us help you to become the physician you always wanted to be!
Additional Information: tonia.thomas@louisville.edu, 852-2879, Website.
5.) Evaluation and Management of the Patients with Brain and Spinal Metastasis
July 10, 7:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Clinical and Translational Research Building
Free
This one day CME course will present a multidisciplinary approach needed for the care and treatment of patients with CNS Metastasis. The event will host 10 speakers providing lectures related to their specialties. MDs and DOs will receive 4.5 CME credits and RNs will receive 5.4 CEU credits. More information can be found on the event website.
Additional Information: Emily Rollins, 407-3226.
6.) Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Communicative Disorders: Resident Research Day
June 8, 1 p.m., Nolph Conference Room, 3rd Floor, James Graham Brown Cancer Center
Otolaryngology Residents, Junior Students with Career Interest in Otolaryngology
Presentation of clinical research for calendar 2014-2015 Academic Year of residents in the Otolaryngology-HNS Residency Program
Additional Information: Candace Allen, 561-7268.
Studies
7.) Children 8 to 13 years needed for anxiety and worry study
Room 363, Life Sciences Building
IRB #13.0923 Are you stressed? Is your child stressed, anxious, or worried? We can help! The UofL Developmental Psychopathology Lab is conducting a study examining the nature of worry and anxiety in parents and children. Parents and their children between the ages of 8 and 13 years are eligible to participate. Participants will be compensated $20 for their time and receive free diagnostic interviews, detailed feedback and a report outlining the results of our assessment.
Additional Information: 852-2351, nwaffr01@louisville.edu or embort01@louisville.edu.
Talks
8.) Our Shared History: The Floyds of Kentuckiana with Bob Hill
June 11, noon, Hidden Hill Nursery, 1011 Utica Pike, Utica, Ind.
Free for UofL students, faculty, and staff
Retired Courier-Journal columnist Bob Hill has spent six years traveling the 20-mile section of Floyds Fork that is being converted into the Parklands of Floyds Fork. In that time, he has studied the history of the Floyd Family for whom the river is named. Join The Filson Historical Society at Hidden Hill Nursery to learn about the family and the history of Floyds Fork. Reservations are required. The Filson is part of A&S’s Center for Arts and Culture Partnerships.
Additional Information: Register online at www.filsonhistorical.org/events or by phone at 635-5083.
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