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Here’s what was posted to UofLNews on Tuesday, May 3, 2016:
- Honoring ideas that inspire humanity: 2016 recipients discuss their Grawemeyer Award-winning works. Read more.
- ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ to launch free summer movie series. Read more.
- What’s your favorite UofL Tradition? Alumni office launches online campaign to find out. Read more.
- Certified nurse midwife to discuss hormones’ role in labor, childbirth. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
UofL houses about 50 Kentucky State Police officers for the Kentucky Derby. They will stay in Unitas Hall during the long weekend. Also for the event, about 20 employees from NBC Sports will be staying at the Arch Apartments, one of UofL’s affiliates.
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Research Bulletin
Can low blood glucose extend health? Dr. Paul Epstein will try to answer that question with a grant from the NIH – one of five UofL faculty who received external grants and awards this week totaling more than $600,000.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Miscellaneous
1.) Summer parking availability
2.) Pegasus Parade leads to Thursday street closings near HSC
3.) Oaks, Derby to force parking, traffic changes around Belknap Campus
4.) Oaks & Derby UofL Parking at PJCS
5.) Dependent Tuition Remission information available
6.) Employee Tuition Remission information available
Lectures/Seminars/Symposiums
7.) Microbiology and Immunology seminar scheduled
8.) KBRIN Bioinformatics Journal Club focuses on myocardial infarction
Training and Workshops
9.) Active Shooter Training planned
10.) Openings Remain for Delphi U Online Summer 2016
Grand Rounds
11.) Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds canceled this week
12.) Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Miscellaneous
1.) Summer parking availability
All valid University of Louisville parking permits may park in the Orange permit areas next to Miller Hall and the Floyd Street Garage during the following time periods: April 29 through June 30.
Additional Information: Parking Office, 852-7275
2.) Pegasus Parade leads to Thursday street closings near HSC
Traffic and parking around the Health Sciences Center will be affected by the Pegasus Thursday, May 5. Several streets will be closed, including Gray Street from Hancock Street to Preston Street, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Broadway from Floyd Street to Preston Street will be closed from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Preston Street from Gray Street to Broadway will be closed from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Parking will be prohibited all day on Gray Street from Hancock to Preston.
Additional Information: Derby Festival parking and street closures available online
3.) Oaks, Derby to force parking, traffic changes around Belknap Campus
Traffic and parking on and around Belknap Campus will be affected by the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby, May 6 and 7. Parking will not be allowed on Third Street or Floyd Street all day on Friday until 9 p.m. and Saturday until 11 p.m. No through traffic will be allowed from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. either day on Central Avenue from Taylor Boulevard to Floyd Street. And from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. both days, all southbound traffic on Third Street will be rerouted onto Eastern Parkway.
Additional Information: Derby Festival parking and street closures available online
4.) Oaks & Derby UofL Parking at PJCS
May 6 and 7, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium, Platinum Lot T
Staff and Student parking rate $10 with valid UofL parking hangtag
UofL Staff and students can park at PJCS for $10 in the Platinum T lot for both Oaks and Derby. The T lot is located in the SE corner of Central Ave. and Floyd Street. Access to the lot is via the Floyd St. entry.
Additional Information: Michael Ortman, 852-3893
5.) Dependent Tuition Remission information available
Attention Employees with Dependents: If your dependent is a new student for Summer or Fall 2016 or has not been enrolled in the last year, you must fill out a tuition remission form. For all returning dependent tuition remission users since Spring 2016, a form is no longer needed. HR will now run a process to identify returning dependents and determine eligibility.
Additional Information: Aubrey Woolley, 852-3556
6.) Employee Tuition Remission information available
Attention Employees: Class registration is underway for the Summer and Fall 2016 semesters. As a reminder, employees do not need to submit a request for employee tuition remission. HR will run a process to identify all employees registered for class and determine eligibility. Please visit the Human Resource Education Benefits webpage for more information on these updates.
Additional Information: Aubrey Woolley, 852-3556
Lectures/Seminars/Symposiums
7.) Microbiology and Immunology seminar scheduled
May 5, noon to 1 p.m., HSC, Baxter II, Room 038
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series presents, “Role of the AnkH Effector of Legionella pneumophila in Intracellular Proliferation,” by Juanita Von Dwingelo, PhD candidate in the lab of Yousef Abu Kwaik, PhD.
Additional Information: Carolyn Burton, 852-6208
8.) KBRIN Bioinformatics Journal Club focuses on myocardial infarction
May 4, 12 to 1 p.m.
Clinical Translational Research building, Room 124
Please join us as Patrick Trainor, a doctoral student in bioinformatics, and Andrew DeFilippis, an assistant professor of medicine at UofL, present “A metabolomic approach to understanding myocardial infarction: diagnostic profiling and a weighted network approach.” All interested individuals are welcome to attend. Please contact us if you would like to have your name added to our email list.
Additional Information: Julia Chariker, Ben Harrison
Training and Workshops
9.) Active Shooter Training planned
May 17, 2-3 p.m., Room 103A, Human Resources Building, Belknap Campus; Free
Though we hope we never encounter an active shooter situation on the University of Louisville campus, we know preparation and advance planning can guide our actions and help reduce the negative impacts of such a tragic event. Please join us for our Active Shooter Training where we will provide guidance to faculty and staff who may encounter an active shooter situation. It also describes what you can expect from responding law enforcement officers.
Additional Information: Please register online, email
10.) Openings Remain for Delphi U Online Summer 2016
June 13-Aug. 7, Online, Free
Openings still remain for the Summer offering of Delphi U Online. Get many of your questions and concerns about online courses answered in this engaging eight-week long workshop. Participants will learn two primary concepts: What it is like to be an online learner and how to effectively teach online. This is for full and part-time faculty planning to teach a new fully online course or enhance an online course between Summer 2016 and Summer 2017. Registration is now open and space is limited, so apply now.
Additional information: Deb Hatfield, 852-0412, website
Grand Rounds
11.) Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds canceled this week
May 4
No Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds on May 4.
Additional Information: Monica Sivori, website
12.) Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds
May 5, 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Dr. Amanda McDonald, PGY-5, Addiction Psychiatry Fellow, will present, “An Introduction to Osteopathy.” Participants will review the history of osteopathy, be introduced to the osteopathic philosophy and its relevance in psychiatry, learn about the osteopathic structural exam, become familiar with modalities of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), and learn about osteopathy in the cranial field & osteopathic cranial techniques.
Additional Information: Miranda Sloan
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