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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Oct. 8, 2015:
· MULTIMEDIA: UofL board gives go-ahead for $40 million renovation of student center. Read more. Watch video.
· Building Hope Lecture Series features UofL Depression Center director. Read more.
· Women with recent pregnancy loss needed for study. Read more.
· Alzheimer’s disease focus of UofL lecture Oct. 14. Read more.
· Laurie Jane and the 45’s featured ‘Live Lunch’ artists. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Donald C. Swain was president of UofL from 1981 to 1995. The Donald C. and Lavinia Swain Student Activities Center on Belknap Campus opened in 1990.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary
1.) Symposium: Innovative Approaches to Education
2.) Diane Ravitch to hold discussion
Open Enrollment: We’ve Got You Covered!
3.) Benefits Tip: Stretching Your Dollar
4.) GHN offers free optional biometric screenings at HSC
5.) Fire up your core muscles with Ab Lab
6.) Password security requirements improved during PM
7.) New online library features university policies, procedures
8.) Ironman triathlon forcing street closures Sunday
9.) MPH Information Session – HSC
10.) Women’s Center staff forum
11.) Want to visit Cuba before it changes?
12.) Green Tip: UofL is on Saturday’s Louisville Solar Tour!
13.) Center for Predictive Medicine Seminar
14.) Biology Seminar: All about lightning
15.) Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
16.) Designing Tough Hydrogels – Chemical Engineering Seminar
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary
1.) Symposium: 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.
2.) 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.
Open Enrollment: We’ve Got You Covered!
3.) Benefits Tip: Stretching Your Dollar
Here’s how you can put money back in your pocket. Discuss in-network services with your doctor. It’s important your in-network doctor refers you to in-network providers should you be in need of other medical services, like laboratory testing or a referral to a specialist. If you need assistance locating an in-network provider, or you do not have online capability, call Anthem BlueCross BlueShield at 1-855-747-1137 for assistance. This year’s Open Enrollment is October 19-30. Be watching for more helpful benefit tips!
4.) GHN offers free optional biometric screenings at HSC
Oct. 14 and 21, 8 to 11 a.m., Nursing Building/ K-Wing Room 2017
Faculty, staff, and their qualifying adult: free
Get ready for 2016 Open Enrollment! Make an appointment with Get Healthy Now for an optional biometric screening. Screenings provide your personal health data, including blood pressure, weight, waist/hip measurements, and cholesterol/glucose. Use this information to complete the online health assessment during Open Enrollment, required annually for GHN participation to earn the monthly premium incentive. There are only two dates remaining, and spots are limited – schedule yours TODAY!
Additional Information: ghn@louisville.edu or 852-7755.
5.) Fire up your core muscles with Ab Lab
Monday and Wednesdays, 7:15 to 7:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00 to12:15 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Free for GHN Wellness Center members
Develop a strong core curriculum for the fall semester … it’s time to get those abs tight, toned up and stronger with Get Healthy Now’s Ab Lab. It’s the total core workout in only 15 minutes! Doing abdominal work and lower back exercises, this class will help you develop a toned physique and improve total body strength.
Additional Information: Group fitness schedule; website; ghn@louisville.edu; 852-7755.
6.) Password security requirements improved during PM
IT will implement improved security requirements for the setting of all passwords on UofL accounts during the PM window this evening, October 9, 2015. Users will need to follow new requirements for creating stronger passwords that work across all university systems the next time they change their password. As usual, IT’s HelpDesk (502-852-7997, helpdesk.louisville.edu) and IT’s iTech Connect (lower level Miller IT Center and Kwing 2016) are always available to assist with password changes.
Additional Information: louisville.edu/it/helpdesk or 852-7997.
7.) New online library features university policies, procedures
Need help finding a specific university administrative policy or procedure? The Institutional Compliance Office has created a University Policy and Procedure Library to make that task easier. The library features more than 400 university-wide policies and procedures on topics ranging from annual leave to workstation and computing devices. Check out the library for more details.
Additional Information: policies@louisville.edu.
8.) Ironman triathlon forcing street closures Sunday
Oct. 11
Streets will be closed Sunday for the Ironman Louisville triathlon. For a list of street closures and no parking areas, click here.
9.) MPH Information Session – HSC
Oct. 13, noon to 1 p.m., Room 103, School of Public Health
Free session and free lunch for those who RSVP
The School of Public Health and Information Sciences will host an Information Session to allow undergraduate, graduate, professional and medical students to learn what the Master of Public Health program has to offer in bioinformatics and biostatistics, environmental and occupational health sciences, epidemiology and population health, health management and system sciences, and health promotion and behavioral sciences. RSVP by Friday, 10/9/15 to sphismph@louisville.edu
Additional Information: 852-6263.
10.) Women’s Center staff forum
Oct. 15, noon, #W210, Ekstrom Library
Free; reservations required
Join the UofL Women’s Center for its third Thursday forum where women staff are invited to meet, network and discuss issues that matter to them. RSVP by noon Oct. 12. For more details, email Phyllis M. Webb or womenctr@louisville.edu or call 852-8976. Leave your name and contact number.
Additional Information: http://www.louisville.edu/womenscenter
11.) Want to visit Cuba before it changes?
Oct. 9 deadline, Strickler Hall, Room 310
The deadline is today to make your deposit. Only a few spaces remain in the class (Comm 510 or ML 500) going to Cuba over Spring Break. Contact Manuel Medina or Margaret D’Silva for details.
Additional Information: margaret.dsilva@louisville.edu
12.) Green Tip: UofL is on Saturday’s Louisville Solar Tour!
Oct. 10, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., UofL site is at Speed School of Engineering, just west of the new Brook Street railroad flyover, just south of Eastern Pkwy
Free, or $10 for bus tour
Come get a glimpse of our clean, renewable energy future and learn how to cut your energy bill and pollution by adding solar power to your home! Stop by anytime 11-3 on the self-guided tour, or join the guided bus tour 12-3 or bike tour 1-3. Citywide tour sites include solar homes of UofL employees & students, as well as UofL’s Passive Solar Test Facility, Sackett Hall’s solar tracking array, the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research, and the Phoenix House at Speed School of Engineering.
Additional Information: Louisville Solar Tour Map, Guidebook & Guided Tour Registration: http://louisvillesolartour.blogspot.com/
13.) Center for Predictive Medicine Seminar
Oct. 9, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Clinical Translational Research Bldg. Rooms 101-102
Free
The Center for Predictive Medicine and the EVPRI present the seminar, Tuberculosis: The Challenges and Possibilities For New Treatment Approaches, given by Dr. Larry Schlesinger, the Samuel Saslaw Professor of Medicine, chair, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Ohio State University. Pizza will be available.
Additional Information: Office of the EVPRI, Kathy Ward.
14.) Biology Seminar: All about lightning
Oct. 9, noon to 1 p.m., Chao Auditorium
Dr. Phillip Bitzer, a lightning physicist in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, will give a talk titled Everything you ever wanted to know about lightning. This talk is part of the Biology Department seminar series and is open to everyone on campus.
Additional Information: Steve Yanoviak.
15.) Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
Oct. 9, 3 p.m., Room 112 Natural Science
Free
Hal Weaver, featured speaker at this year’s Bullitt Lecture in Astronomy, will also give a talk on The Exploration of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt with the New Horizons Mission. Dr. Weaver is the New Horizons project scientist at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory and has studied comets for over 30 years. He was co-leader of the team that used the Hubble Space Telescope to find two new moons in the Pluto system.
Additional Information: www.physics.louisville.edu/talks/189-talks-fall-2015
16.) Designing Tough Hydrogels – Chemical Engineering Seminar
Oct. 9, 1 to 2 p.m., Rm 310, Ernst Hall
Free
Chemical Engineering presents Dr. Bob Weiss from the University of Akron who will discuss producing hydrogels that are as tough as cartilage.
Additional Information: Patty Lumley, 852-6347.
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