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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Oct. 14, 2015:
· Sign up for the Holiday Cards Buy Local Shopping Tour. Read more.
· Two medical faculty named 2015 HSC Ally Award winners. Read more.
· Oct. 26-27 events envision future of fair housing in Louisville. Read more.
· ACC lecture series will include UofL professor. Read more.
· Community discussion will examine fear, racism. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Today is the last day of the season for the Belknap Farmers Market, located next to the Ville Grill at 3rd and Brandeis. This was the second year for the market, which not only features great local food items but spotlights a local musician every week, too. Today’s entertainer will be singer Garrett Schlaegel, son of David Schlaegel, who is manager of custodial services for our own Physical Plant and is also a vendor at the market.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
1.) Gray Street: Time to order holiday turkeys
2.) Belknap: Final day of the season
3.) Annual Corn Island Storytelling Festival is Oct. 23 at UofL
4.) Red Barn Game Watch – UofL vs. Florida State
5.) Planetarium – Fright Light Halloween Party
6.) Free Concert with Organist and Bach Expert Russell Stinson
Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary
7.) Symposium today: Innovative Approaches to Education
8.) Diane Ravitch to hold discussion
9.) Foods trucks on Belknap are new food option
10.) Free flu shots still available
11.) Take 20: Got Grit? – Get More Resilient
12.) Postings for HSC Shared Services Center listed with HR
13.) I am a Kentuckian: immigration rights
14.) Enterprise Rent-A-Car presents: Pizza on the plaza
15.) All Souls Day Ecumenical Prayer
16.) ‘Medical Errors made by primary care doctors. What do patients want and deserve when an error occurs?’
17.) Nominate a student leader
18.) Brown & Williamson Fall Seminar Series
19.) Fall Seminar Series
20.) Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
21.) Pediatrics
22.) Family Medicine
23.) Orthopaedic Surgery
24.) Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
1.) Gray Street: Time to order holiday turkeys
Thursdays through Oct. 29, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., 400 block of E. Gray St.
Some items available today will include: Pie pumpkins, butternut squash, spaghetti squash, apples, apple cider by the cup, small apple tarts, apple chips, local honey, breads, jams, baby bok choy, corn, tomatoes, squash, zucchini, beets, cabbage, onions, cucumbers, okra, peppers, green beans, maple syrup, chicken, pork, dessert dumplings and homemade soaps and lotions. Edin Farm will take deposits on holiday turkeys. Lunch trucks: Holy Mole and Boss Hog’s BBQ.
Additional Information: Facebook page. Website.
2.) Belknap: Final day of the season
Oct. 15, 3:30 to 6 p.m., 3rd and Brandeis next to the Ville Grill.
Some items available today will include: Apples, corn, green beans, squash, zucchini, tomatoes, onions, purple hull peas, lamb, chicken, pork, eggs, homemade breads and baked goods, homemade jams and jellies, honey, popcorn, lemon shake-ups, iced tea. Also, toxin-free home and personal-use products, homemade wood products (reclaimed wood items), annual plants, garden accessories and markers. Today’s entertainer will be singer Garrett Schlaegel.
Additional Information: Facebook page.
3.) Annual Corn Island Storytelling Festival is Oct. 23 at UofL
Oct. 23, 6 to 10 p.m., Lutz Hall Lawn
Free
UofL, Blackacre Historic Homestead and the International Order of E.A.R.S. present the Corn Island Storytelling Festival Oct. 23-24. The Oct. 23 date is at UofL and is free and open to the public. A fall festival for children runs 6 to 7:30 p.m. with crafts, games and a native American drum circle. Storytelling begins at 7 p.m. Concessions will be available for purchase from Boss Hog’s BBQ. Sponsors include Fifth Third, Louisville Metro Government, Vice Provost for Diversity and International Affairs and Kentucky Homefront.
Additional Information: Brandy Warren, 852-8025. See calendar for additional information about the free Oct. 23 event at UofL. For information on the ticketed event Oct. 24 at Blackacre Historic Homestead, which will also feature storytellers and kids activities, go here.
4.) Red Barn Game Watch – UofL vs. Florida State
Oct. 17, 11:15 a.m. – doors open, game at noon, Red Barn
Free
The College of Arts and Sciences and the Red Barn Alumni Association will host the 5th Annual Football Game Watch at the Red Barn on Oct. 17. Doors open at 11:15 a.m. with tipoff for the UofL vs. Florida State at noon. Free food will be provided along with fantastic door prizes.
Additional Information: Learn more and register at http://attend.com/gamewatch2015.
5.) Planetarium – Fright Light Halloween Party.
Oct. 31, 1 to 4 p.m., Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium
Spook-tacular family fun is had by all at the planetarium’s annual Fright Light Party. There are Halloween games and treats for kids along with the much-loved Fright Light Laser Music Show (showtimes: 1, 2, and 3 p.m.). All of this fun is just $5 per person (no free admits, passes, coupons or UofL discounts for this special event). More information at planetarium.louisville.edu
Additional Information: 852-6665.
6.) Free concert with organist and Bach expert Russell Stinson
Oct. 15, 8 p.m., School of Music, Comstock Concert Hall
Organist Russel Stinson is performing a free concert Thursday as the 2015 Gerhard Herz Visiting Professor of Bach Studies at UofL. Stinson is a professor of music at Lyon College. Stinson also serves on the editorial board of Bach Perspectives, a series published by the American Bach Society. The annual visiting professorship in Bach studies was provided by professor Gerhard Herz (1911-2000), world-renowned scholar of Bach and beloved teacher, who founded the music history department in the College of Arts and Sciences and was department chair from 1956-1978. During residence, the visiting scholar teaches a seminar on Bach’s music and continues to work on scholarly projects using the Gerhard Herz Collection of resources and Bach scores for that purpose.
Click here more information on Stinson and click here to learn more about Herz.
Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary
7.) Symposium today: Innovative Approaches to Education
Oct. 15, 5 p.m., Comstock Hall, School of Music
Innovative approaches to education will be explored as former Grawemeyer Award in Education winners Carol Gilligan, Pasi Sahlberg and Vanessa Siddle Walker—all internationally renowned experts—come together to share their thoughts, ideas and research. UofL alumnus and journalist Bob Edwards will moderate.
Additional Information: Christine Payne; website.
8.) Diane Ravitch to hold discussion
Oct. 20, 5 p.m., Ekstrom Library, Room W104
“The Death and Life of the American School System” takes a look at how testing and choice are undermining education. Based on Diane Ravitch’s 2010 book of the same name that earned her the 2014 Grawemeyer Award in Education, she will join the talk via Skype.
Additional Information: Christine Payne; website.
9.) Foods trucks on Belknap are new food option
Today (Oct. 15): Mark’s Feed Store, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., College of Business
10.) Free flu shots still available
UofL’s flu shot clinics are over, but the free shots remain available at the permanent Campus Health clinics at Cardinal Station (next to the baseball stadium) and on the HSC campus in the Healthcare Outpatient Center. Flu shots are free to students, faculty and staff ($5 for retirees). To download a consent form, click here.
11.) Take 20: Got Grit? – Get More Resilient
Oct. 16, 12:30-12:50 p.m., Ekstrom Library Room W204
Free for UofL employees, retirees and their spouses/QAs
Take 20 minutes and discover how to increase your success and decrease your disappointment. Pump up your level of passion, perseverance and unswerving focus by tapping into your grit. The good news is grit can be learned; you will walk away with simple tools to increase your (True) GRIT. Sign up or walk-in! Please bring your UofL buddies with you!
Additional Information: ghn@louisville.edu, 852-7755.
12.) Postings for HSC Shared Services Center listed with HR
The initial position postings associated with the HSC Shared Services operation now are listed with UofL Human Resources. All university employees interested are encouraged to apply. The positions are open for applications until Oct. 22. https://www.higheredjobs.com/institution/search.cfm?aID=7137<ype=1
13.) I am a Kentuckian: immigration rights
Oct. 29, noon, Red Barn
Free
Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, filmmaker, and immigration rights activist. Born in the Philippines and raised in the U.S.. he wrote, produced, and directed the autobiographical 2013 film, Documented, which CNN broadcast in 2014. Join Jose Antonio Vargas, alongside local voices, in a discussion of our nation’s out of date immigration policies.
Additional Information: Kate Miller, 581-9746.
14.) Enterprise Rent-A-Car presents: Pizza on the plaza
Oct. 22, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Red Barn
Free
Join us to grab some pizza and learn about the awesome career opportunities available with ERAC! No matter where you join Enterprise, you’re joining a company BusinessWeek called “one of the best places to launch your career.” Questions? Comments? Contact our office at 502-852-6701, or e-mail us at cclinku@louisville.edu.
Additional Information: To register for this event, please visit our Eventbrite.
15.) All Souls Day Ecumenical Prayer
Nov. 2, 12:05 to 12:30 p.m. Interfaith Center
We remember those who have passed to the next life together in prayer.
Additional Information: Fr. Chuck Walker, uoflcatholic@gmail.com
16.) ‘Medical Errors made by primary care doctors. What do patients want and deserve when an error occurs?’
Oct. 16, noon to 1 p.m., Kornhauser Auditorium
Free
The Fall 2015 Samuel Cheng, MD, Lecture in Humanities in Medicine will host visiting professor, Nancy Elder, MD. Dr. Elder is the professor and director of research at the University of Cincinnati’s Department of Family & Community Medicine. She will present how to approach the situation of making a mistake, and/or observing another physician, resident, or student make a mistake. Sponsored by UL Family & Geriatric Medicine. CME Category 1 credit available for both AAFP and ACCME accreditation.
Additional Information: Reservations for free lunch and program are extended to end of business Oct. 15. For reservations, email dfgmadm@louisville.edu
17.) Nominate a student leader
The Women’s Center would like to invite you to nominate student leaders for Elect Her, a national program to encourage and train college women to run for student government and political office! Skills learned in this workshop will transfer to many leadership roles, not just student government. Workshop will take place on Nov. 12 at 4pm, in the SAC MPR. The training is free and dinner will be provided. Open to all college students & high school Juniors,Seniors. Oct. 29 deadline to nominate.
Additional Information: To nominate a student leader: https://louisville.edu/womenscenter/programs-events/student/elect-her-1; Women’s Center, 852-8976.
18.) Brown & Williamson Fall Seminar Series
Oct. 16, 4 p.m., Chemistry Building, Room LL-16
Free, public, faculty & staff
Perry G. Wang, PhD, will present, High-Throughput Drug Analysis by LC-MS/MS.
Additional information: Sherry Nalley, 852-6798.
19.) Fall Seminar Series
Oct. 15, 4:30 p.m., Room 100, Humanities
Free
The UofL Brown & Williamson Lecture Series and Department of Biology is pleased to welcome Dr. Brian Wisenden, professor and chair, Minnesota State University. Dr. Wisenden will present Parenthood, adoption and life skills in biparental cichlid fish.There will be a reception with light refreshments at 4:30 p.m. with the talk beginning at 5 p.m.
Additional Information: Terri Norris, 852-2573.
20.) Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
Oct. 15, 4 to 5 p.m., Baxter Auditorium
Free
Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology Seminar Series presents: Gary Mans, director, HSC Communications and Marketing: Why and How to Work with the Media.
Additional Information: Matt Guido, 852-6227.
21.) Pediatrics
Oct. 16, 8 a.m., Norton Hospital, 2nd Floor Auditorium
This Friday, please join us for a pediatric grand rounds featuring Paul Offit, MD. Offit is the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as well as the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology and a professor of pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He will be presenting “The Philadelphia Measles Epidemic: Lessons from the Past or Prologue to the Future.”
Additional Information: Brittney Luckett, 629-8828.
22.) Family Medicine
Oct. 16, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Jewish Hospital Bottigheimer Auditorium
Nancy Elder, MD, director of research, department of family and community medicine, UC, Cincinnati, OH will present To ERR is Human. Dr. Elder will help the audience understand the phenomenon of the second victim in medical errors (the healthcare professional involved in the error). She will show key components of transparency and apology, including when you make an error or observe an error made by a colleague or learner.
Additional Information: Mickie Mulloy 852-0797.
23.) Orthopaedic Surgery
Oct. 16, 6:45 to 8:45 a.m., Baxter I Research Building, auditorium, lower level
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery welcomes John R. Dimar, II, MD. Dr. Dimar will lecture on Spine Tumors II.
Additional Information: Monica Welsh.
24.) Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
Oct. 16, 1 to 2 p.m., Ambulatory Care Building-Basement Auditorium
Please join us for Grand Rounds presentation given by Daniel Ginn, MD, one of our minimally invasive gynecologic durgery fellows, as he presents Uterine Fibroid Ablation. He will discuss emerging technologies, review current available treatment options for symptomatic uterine fibroids and discuss UofL’s participation as a study site in the SONATA Trial.
Additional Information: Crystal Menear, 561-7463.
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