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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Oct. 21, 2015:
· LMPD officers train at UofL to save lives. Read more.
· Gift focuses on health literacy in West Louisville. Read more.
· Veteran to discuss America at Vietnam War’s end. Read more.
· UofL’s PhD nursing graduates help meet faculty shortage. Read more.
· UofL Depression Center dinner spotlights ‘Psychiatry and the Movies.’ Read more.
· ‘To Write Love on Her Arms’ founder to speak Oct. 28. Read more.
· New Music Festival celebrates Grawemeyer Award 30th anniversary. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Eliza Atkins Gleason, the first African-American to earn a PhD in library science, was inducted into the College of Arts and Sciences Hall of Honor in 2010. From 1931 to 1935, she worked at the segregated Louisville Municipal College (later absorbed into A&S), where she was head librarian and founder of a library department. Her daughter, Dr. Joy Gleason Carew, is an associate professor of Pan-African studies at UofL.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
1.) Gray Street: Time to order pasture-raised holiday turkeys
Open Enrollment: We’ve Got You Covered
2.) Benefits Tip: Flexible Spending Accounts provide pre-tax savings
Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary
3.) Mysteries of Human Memory
4.) R!L in full swing Wednesday, Oct. 28
5.) The happiest happy hour: Get Healthy Now’s Cardio Kick & Sculpt
6.) Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle at today’s Sustainability Week events
7.) Food truck schedule for Belknap today
8.) Bioethics discussion group now forming
9.) We heard you: New Blackboard Grade Center import feature available
10.) Office of New Student Orientation hiring student office assistants
11.) Prerequisite courses available through Kent School Continuing Education
12.) University Start-Ups: Getting Beyond Challenges – Making It Happen Conference Hosted by OTT and OVALS
13.) HSC Shared Services Lunch & Learn Nov. 5
14.) Brown & Williamson Fall Seminar Series
15.) Kansas State University physicist to discuss dark energy
16.) Innovation & Entrepreneurship: A Variety of Career Paths to Follow Your Passion – Chemical Engineering Seminar
17.) Pediatrics
18.) Family Medicine
19.) Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
1.) Gray Street: Time to order pasture-raised 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. Louisville Water will be at the market this Thursday providing their Pure Tap to go services. Stop by the mobile station, which is located near Jackson Street, and enjoy an unlimited supply of FREE ice-cold water. Be good to the environment and remember to bring your reusable or refillable containers. Lunch trucks: Holy Mole and Boss Hog’s BBQ.
Additional Information: Facebook page. Website.
Open Enrollment: We’ve Got You Covered
2.) Benefits Tip: Flexible Spending Accounts provide pre-tax savings
Use FSA pre-tax dollars toward medical, dental, vision, pharmacy and daycare expenses. This is a savings to you and adds extra money in your pocket. The annual maximum contribution for Health Care FSA is $2,550 and $5,000 for Dependent Care FSA. Unused FSA funds DO NOT rollover from one calendar year to the next and are not returned to you. Plan carefully to set aside just what you need. Learn more at Chard Snyder.
Go to the Open Enrollment website for more information and make your elections. Be watching for more helpful benefit tips!
Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary
3.) Mysteries of Human Memory
Oct. 27, 7 p.m., Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, Bomhard Theater
Free, but tickets are required
“Mysteries of Human Memory,” part of the Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary Celebration, features short lectures, a panel discussion and question-and-answer session with former Grawemeyer Award in Psychology winners and prominent scientists Elizabeth Loftus, James McGaugh and Lynn Nadel. Free tickets are available at the Belknap Campus West Information Center, HSC Abell Administration Center and the Kentucky Center box office.
Additional Information: Website.
4.) R!L in full swing Wednesday, Oct. 28
8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Kentucky Science Center, 727 West Main Street
Research!Louisville at the Kentucky Science Center
6th – 12th grade students will hear from a leader in the science community and find out about careers in the S.T.E.M. fields. They will be introduced to alternative science career opportunities and educational advancements with a biomedical focus. An optional tour of the Health Sciences Center following the program will be offered. This program is co-sponsored by the University of Louisville Health Sciences Center and Jewish Hospital and St. Mary’s Foundation. Registration required.
Contact: Rachel Beck (502) 560-7139 or Rachel.beck@louisvilleky.gov
9 a.m. to noon
R!L Presents Postgraduate Research Showcase
Post-doctoral Associates/Scholars, Research Associates, Research Staff and PharmDs will display research results.
Kosair Charities Clinical and Translational Research Building Lobby
Contact: Anne Noe (502) 852-2553 or anne.noe@louisville.edu or www.researchlouisville.org
10 a.m. to noon
R!L Presents Liver Symposium
This symposium includes four 20-minute presentations by Swati Joshi- Barve, Ph.D. “Acrolein, ER Stress and Hepatotoxicity”; Irina Kirpich, Ph.D. “Dietary Fat, Gut-Barrier Dysfunction and Alcoholic Liver Disease; Bert Watson, Ph.D. “Arsenic and Zinc-Finger Proteins in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease”; and Juliane Beier, Ph.D. “Vinyl Chloride-Induced Liver Injury.” CME credit will be offered.
Kosair Charities Clinical and Translational Research Building 124
Contact Dr. Craig McClain (502) 852-6128 or cjmccl01@louisville.edu or www.researchlouisville.org
1 to 2 p.m.
R!L Presents “Building a Health Disparities Research Center: Alcohol Use Among Sexual Minority Women”
The UofL School of Nursing features keynote speaker Tonda Hughes, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing. Dr. Hughes is an internationally recognized expert in the area of alcohol use among sexual minority (lesbian and bisexual) women. CME credit will be offered.
Kosair Charities Clinical and Translational Research Building 102
Contact: Dr. Lynne Hall (502) 852-8385 or mlhall10@louisville.edu or www.researchlouisville.org
1 to 4 p.m.
R!L Scientific Poster Showcase
Medical Residents, Clinical Fellows, Public Health Graduate Students, Nursing Graduate Students, NCI R25 Cancer Program, NCI R25 Undergraduates and JGBCC High School Scholars will present research results.
Open to all
Kosair Charities Clinical and Translational Research Building Lobby
Contact Anne Noe (502) 852-2553 or anne.noe@louisville.edu or www.researchlouisville.org
2 to 4:30 p.m.
R!L Presents “Career Paths for Postdocs: Beyond the University”
Presentors: Stephanie Eberle, Stanford University “How to Find Your Career Path”; Meghan Mott, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow “Careers in Science Policy”; and Kevyn Merten “A UofL Graduate’s Perspective on Alternate Career Paths.”
Postdoctoral fellows, senior graduate students and interested faculty are encouraged to attend.
Kosair Charities Clinical and Translational Research Building 124
Contact Russell Salter, Ph.D. (502) 852-3740 or rdsalt01@louisville.edu or www.researchlouisville.org
4 to 5 p.m.
R!L Presents Endocrine Grand Rounds Lecture
Baxter Biomedical Research Building II, Lower Level, Room 038
Karl C. Golnik, MD, M.Ed., Professor of Ophthalmology & Neurology, Neurosurgery at the University of Cincinnati and Professor of Ophthalmology at UofL presents “Neurosarcoidosis: Neuro-ophthalmic Manifestations & Treatment.” Dr. Golnik will discuss the 3 neuro-ophthalmic manifestations of neurosarcoidosis, describe relevant neuroimaging findings and outline the treatment of neurosarcoidosis. Physicians, Ph.D.s and other health care professionals are encouraged to attend.
Contact Kelly Galiette (502) 852-5237 or kelly.galiette@louisville.edu
8 to 10 p.m.
R!L Presents Beer with a Scientist
Against the Grain Brewery and Smokehouse, 401 East Main St.
Vaccines: What was the world like before them and what would happen without them now presented by Ruth Carrico, PhD, RN, Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease),Assoc. Founding Director of UofL Dept. of Medicine’s Global Health Initiative. This lecture is one in a series meant to educate the public on a diverse array of scientific topics in an informal setting.
Additional Information: Levi Beverly, Ph.D. (502) 852-0664 or ljbeve01@louisville.edu or www.researchlouisville.org
Health and Wellness
5.) The happiest happy hour: Get Healthy Now’s Cardio Kick & Sculpt
Fridays 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym; Studio B
Free for GHN Wellness Center members
Kick start your weekend with a healthy, happy hour routine. Join GHN for an interval training class that incorporates of cardio, kickboxing, and sculpting moves using weights. An action-packed workout that improves strength, muscle tone and endurance. It’s an intense workout to end your week and start the weekend off right! All moves are modifiable based on fitness level.
Additional Information: Group fitness schedule; http://louisville.edu/gethealthynow; ghn@louisville.edu; 852-7755.
6.) Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle at today’s Sustainability Week events
Sustainability Week continues today with the Gray St. Farmers’ Market 10:30-2, a 12:30 Recycling Center Tour, the Free Store open 1-3pm (Unitas), an HSC Bike Maintenance Workshop 4-6pm (Kornhauser Plaza), and an 8pm “Defeat The Plastics” GRASS Movie and Pizza Night with “Mean Girls” (Ekstrom, Chao). On Friday, join us 9am-noon for Milton Rogovin and the Photography of Conscience (Schneider), a Farm-to-Table Dinner 5-8pm (Ville Grill), and UofL Sustainability Float in the 6pm Homecoming Parade!
Full schedule for Sustainability Week: http://louisville.edu/sustainability/events.html
7.) Food truck schedule for Belknap today
Thursday, Oct. 22: Pollo, College of Business, 10:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. and Boss Hog BBQ, Louisville Hall behind Ville Grill, 4 to 7 p.m.
8.) Bioethics discussion group now forming
Nov. 6, 4 to 5 p.m., Wall Street Deli, 224 Abraham Flexner Way
Free
Join us for a rare opportunity for faculty, students and community members from all backgrounds to discuss and learn from current medical ethics cases with the providers involved. Each month we’ll discuss the process behind making life changing decisions with all the messy complexity of real life situations and you can contribute to the outcomes! If you teach a class relevant to making difficult decisions please bring your students to participate. Light refreshments provided.
Additional Information: Andrea Sinclair, 852-6501.
9.) We heard you: New Blackboard Grade Center import feature available
Faculty, we heard you. There is now an easier way to load students’ final letter grades into PeopleSoft from Blackboard Grade Center. All standard letter grades may be uploaded using this new feature except for failing grades (EF, UF, NP).
Additional Information: Learn more by downloading the PDF instructions: http://uofl.me/uploadgrades2015, or contact the Blackboard Help Desk at 852-8833 or by email at bbsupport@louisville.edu.
10.) Office of New Student Orientation hiring student office assistants
The Office of Orientation is seeking to fill two part-time Student Office Assistant positions beginning December. Students will work 12-15 hours per week in the Orientation office through the Spring 2016 semester, with 40+ hours during summer Freshman Orientation sessions. Interested students should contact Melissa Eversole for a full job description and link to the application. Application deadline is Monday, Nov. 2, at 5p.m.
Additional Information: Melissa Eversole, 852-8979.
11.) Prerequisite courses available through Kent School Continuing Education
$175
Do you have students that need prerequisites before entering your graduate program? The Kent School of Social Work Continuing Education Program has the solution for you. We offer online courses in Statistics, Research Methods & Human Biology with a focus in Social Sciences. These self-guided courses are completed within three months to fulfill your requirements.
For more information regarding the structure of these courses and other universities that have utilized our services, please visit: http://louisville.edu/kent/admissions-1/mssw-admissions-links/prerequisites-faqs For additional questions, please contact Jessica Ballinger at 502-852-4769 or conted@louisville.edu
Nov. 9, 6 to 8 p.m.; Nov. 10, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 500 S. 4th St.
$125 for faculty/staff, $150 for regular, $75 for students
The conference is being put on by technology transfer offices from UofL, IU, OSU, OU, PU, UofDayton, UK, and UC and is designed to teach attendees how to commercialize research through start-up formation. Mary Nan Mallory, MD, will deliver the keynote address highlighting her experience as a faculty entrepreneur. Panel discussions and the keynote address will be held Nov 10. A reception and innovation showcase will be held Nov 9. Applications for the innovation showcase are still being accepted.
Additional Information: Brett Moreno, 502-852-4194; http://www.uc.edu/eventservices/ovals.html
13.) HSC Shared Services Lunch & Learn Nov. 5
Nov. 5, noon to 1 p.m., location TBA
As we roll out the HSC Shared Services Center, we invite all UofL staff from all campuses to join us in the Lunch & Learn sessions to learn about the Shared Services model and the work flows and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) developed by work/sub groups. This is not a formal training session. The Lunch & Learn sessions are meant to be an informal event where staff is encouraged to ask questions and learn about new processes being explored and tested by the Shared Services pilot groups. The Nov. 5 topic is Time Sheet.
Please RSVP using the link below. We will only be able to accommodate the first 50 respondents, on a first come, first serve basis.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hsc-shared-services-lunch-learn-time-sheet-nov-5th-tickets-19153392312
Talks/Seminars
14.) Brown & Williamson Fall Seminar Series
Oct. 23, 4 p.m., Chemistry Building, Room LL-16
Free, public, faculty, staff
Matthew Nee, PhD, WKU, will present, Solvation to Kinetics: The Surprising Impacts of Ions at Earth’s Wet Surfaces on the Global Atmosphere.
Additional information: Sherry Nalley, 852-6798
15.) Kansas State University physicist to discuss dark energy
Oct. 23, 3 p.m., 112 Natural Science
Free
Bharat Ratra will present a talk on the topic Dark Energy: constant or time variable? (… and other open questions.) Professor Ratra will review a few simple dark energy models and compare their predictions to observational data, to derive dark energy model-parameter constraints and to test consistency of different data sets. He will conclude with a list of open cosmological questions.
Additional Information:
www.physics.louisville.edu/talks/189-talks-fall-2015
16.) Innovation & Entrepreneurship: A Variety of Career Paths to Follow Your Passion – Chemical Engineering Seminar
Oct. 23, 1 to 2 p.m., Rm 310, Ernst Hall
Free
Ms. Molly Hemmeter, CEO of Landec Corp of Menlo Park, CA and UofL chemical engineering alumnus is the 2015 recipient of the Professional Award in Engineering. She will discuss how her passion for innovation and entrepreneurship served her career which has spanned positions at Eli Lilly, Bausch & Lomb, Ashland, Inc. and finally leading to her position as CEO of a publicly traded company.
Additional Information: patricia.lumly@louisville.edu, 852-6347
Grand Rounds
17.) Pediatrics
Oct. 23, 8 a.m., Norton Hospital, 2nd Floor Auditorium
This Friday, please join us for a pediatric grand rounds featuring Joshua Sparks, MD. Sparks is assistant professor in the division of pediatric cardiology at the University of Louisville. He will be presenting “Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation in Children: Future Directions.”
Additional Information: Brittney Luckett, 629-8828.
18.) Family Medicine
Oct. 23, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Jewish Hospital Bottigheimer Auditorium
Lori Caloia, MD, UofL Family & Geriatric Medicine assistant clerkship director, will present Long Acting Reversible Contraception. Dr. Caloia will describe the various methods of LARC. She will identify the advantages of LARC, and list the barriers of LARC uptake. CME category 1 is available for both AAFP & ACCME accreditation.
Additional Information: Mickie Mulloy, 852-0797.
19.) Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
Oct. 23, 1 to 2 p.m., Ambulatory Care Building-Basement Auditorium
Please join us as Elaine Stauble, MD, presents “Pain Management in Obstetrics and Gynecology.” She will explain how environmental and co-medications affect pain control, enhance understanding of postoperative pain management and explore barriers to using PGx in pain management.
Additional Information: Crystal Menear, 561-7463.
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