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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on March 16, 2015:
· Speaker to describe Afro-Cubans’ quest for cultural identity. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Louisville’s NCAA basketball tournament opponent Friday is UC Irvine, whose mascot is Peter the Anteater. He leads the UCI rally cry with a loud “ZOT,” the sound an anteater makes when snapping up its food. His inspiration was the comic strip “B.C.”
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Health and Wellness
1.) SAVE THE DATE: Relieve end-of-semester stress with Puppy Therapy
2.) Grab a healthy meal on the go during Get Healthy Now’s Take 20
Miscellaneous
3.) One day CME course: Peri-operative Critical Events and Airway Management
Seminars
4.) CRAFT Seminar: Preparing for your first year on the job
Talks
5.) Clinical Research Training: New Frontiers
Grand Rounds
6.) Neuroscience
7.) Endocrinology
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Health and Wellness
1.) SAVE THE DATE: Relieve end-of-semester stress with Puppy Therapy
12:30 to 12:50 p.m. Friday, April 3, 2015: Health Sciences Center – Kornhauser Library Courtyard; Friday, April 10, 2015: Belknap – University Club Front Lawn
Free for employees
Plan to take time to unwind and de-stress with the help of a four-legged friend. Get Healthy Now has teamed up with the Kentucky Humane Society, Kornhauser Library and the University Club to offer two therapeutic Take 20 Puppy Therapy sessions. Research shows that enjoying time with a puppy can increase feelings of connectedness and improve blood pressure, cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
Additional Information: Website; ghn@louisville.edu; 852-7755.
2.) Grab a healthy meal on the go during Get Healthy Now’s Take 20
11 to 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, March 25 at Sandella’s Flat Bread Café – Duffy Center for Engineering; Wednesday April 1 at City Café – Kornhauser Library Building
Free for employees
Are you ready to simplify meal planning, grocery shopping and learning the basics about nutritional values? Come to this edition of Get Healthy Now’s Take 20 to learn new ideas on how to make quick healthy snacks and discover how to identify healthy food choices. Show up ready to have fun, taste samples and win prizes! Register here or feel free to walk in.
Additional Information: Website; ghn@louisville.edu; 852-7755.
Miscellaneous
3.) One day CME course: Peri-operative Critical Events and Airway Management
May 16, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. , Paris Simulation Center, SOM Instructional Building
Join us as Drs. Latif, Lenhardt and Wadhwa along with the department of anesthesiology and peri-operative medicine present Peri-operative Critical Events and Airway Management. This one day CME course will offer lectures in the morning and hands-on practice with simulation-based learning in the afternoon. All emergency physicians, surgeons, pulmonologists, RNs, and respiratory therapists are invited.
Additional Information: For more information and registration please visit the program webpage at http://bit.ly/airway15.
Seminars
4.) CRAFT Seminar: Preparing for your first year on the job
March 19, noon to 1:30 p.m., CTR 123
Free for postdocs (students welcome)
Our speaker will be Dr. Daniel Eustace from the University of Connecticut. The title of his talk is Preparing for Your First Year on the Job. CRAFT seminars are free and open to all post-docs, and lunch will be provided by The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Contact John Tooley or Anna Bankston if interested in giving a future presentation.
Additional Information: Anna Bankston.
Talks
5.) Clinical Research Training: New Frontiers
March 18, noon to 1 p.m. CTR 124
Free
Speaker is Carlton Hornung, PhD, MPH Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Additional Information: Dr. Craig McClain.
Grand Rounds
6.) Neuroscience
March 19, 8 to 9 a.m., Nursing School, Rm. 4003
As part of the Neuroscience Grand Rounds, the Department of Neurology is pleased to announce that Michael K. Sowell, MD, from the department if neurology will present “Chiari One Malformation in Children, Adolescents and Adults.”
Additional Information: For more information, including how to watch live on the web and receive CME credit, please go to: http://louisville.edu/medicine/departments/neurosurgery/cme/grs and follow instructions.
7.) Endocrinology
March 18, 4 p.m., Baxter II Research Building, lower level, Room 038
Please join us as Dolores Shoback, MD, professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco, presents: “Hypoparathyroidism: From Diagnosis to New Management Options.”
Additional Information: Kelly Galiette, 852-5237.
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