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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Sept. 18, 2015:
· Civil rights marker trail to be dedicated downtown. Read more.
· UofL Alumni Association chooses J.D. Nichols as Alumnus of the Year. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
A decade ago, UofL had 54 endowed positions. The number has almost tripled since then to more than 150.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
1.) Belknap Campus: Free flu shots today at Miller IT from 8-5
2.) ‘UofL Today with Mark Hebert’ features ‘Happy Birthday’ manuscript, construction, Ali
3.) Last chance to register: Collect Meaningful Data to Inform What You Teach
4.) Get fit with GHN’s R.I.P.P.E.D.
5.) Free encrypted flash drives from IT for full compliance on your machines
6.) School of Medicine Research Committee announces new internal funding opportunity
7.) Fourth Annual Pediatric Mental Health Symposium
8.) University Club open dining
9.) Free training continues Tuesday: Commercializing Innovations in the Healthcare Market
10.) Free Native American Film Festival begins tonight
11.) University of Louisville Suzuki Steps Baby/Toddler Classes
12.) 3rd Annual Lung T. Yam, MD, Memorial Lecture: Transplantation for MDA: for Whom, When and How?
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
1.) Belknap Campus: Free flu shots today at Miller IT from 8-5
Get in and out fast! Come early for a breakfast treat! Flu shots are free to students, faculty, and staff ($5 for retirees). A full schedule and a consent form are at http://louisville.edu/campushealth. Download, print and complete the consent form for fastest service. You must have your UofL ID with you to get a free flu shot.
UofL Today with Mark Hebert
2.) ‘UofL Today with Mark Hebert’ features ‘Happy Birthday’ manuscript, construction, Ali
Airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 6 p.m. on 93.9 FM The Ville; replayed on Saturday and Sunday at 8 a.m.
UofL’s Mark Hebert hosts two weekly 30-minute programs focusing on research and insights from expert UofL faculty, as well as stories about our successful students, and staff and campus events. This week’s schedule:
· Monday, Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. (replayed Sat. 9/26 at 8 a.m.): James Procell from UofL School of Music talks about discovering the original manuscript for the “Happy Birthday” song in a file cabinet; Kathleen Smith and Jason Tomlinson discuss construction and improvements on UofL’s Belknap Campus and what’s next.
· Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. (replayed Sun. 9/27 at 8 a.m.): Segments from the Muhammad Ali Grawemeyer Award ceremony, State of the University address and dedication of Charles H. Parrish, Jr., Freedom Park.
Podcasts of all “UofL Today with Mark Hebert” programs can be found at https://soundcloud.com/uofl.
Faculty
3.) Last chance to register: Collect Meaningful Data to Inform What You Teach
Sept. 24 and Oct. 29, noon to 1 p.m. (note: lunch will be available at 11:30 a.m.), Delphi Center, Ekstrom Library
Join Drs. Marie Kendall Brown and Sara Fulmer in this two-part session as they teach you the fundamentals of the research-based practice called “Mid-Semester Feedback” (MSF). MSF’s are short feedback sessions you conduct with your students to gather formative feedback about student learning, attitudes, and experiences for the purpose of informing mid-stream course adjustments. Lunch is served so pre-registration is required.
Additional Information: For more information and to register.
Health and Wellness
4.) Get fit with GHN’s R.I.P.P.E.D.
Mondays, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Free for GHN Wellness Center members
Get in shape with GHN’s R.I.P.P.E.D. group fitness class. This class is specifically designed to make you work hard and get you heated—in a good way. This high intensity class that uses a combination of free weight, body weight, and resistance training will make you sweat. Feel your best this fall with a weekly session of “Get R.I.P.P.E.D.”
Additional Information: Website; ghn@louisville.edu; 852-7755.
5.) Free encrypted flash drives from IT for full compliance on your machines
Information Technology appreciates how UofL continues to move forward on the university’s encryption mandate for protecting all machines used for storing, transferring or transmitting confidential and sensitive information. Full-disk encryption on all eligible devices must occur by Oct. 31. As an incentive for data security, IT is giving away free encrypted flash drives to the first 2,000 employees demonstrating full compliance. Please contact your Tier1 personnel about eligibility.
Additional Information: Website.
6.) School of Medicine Research Committee announces new internal funding opportunity
The School of Medicine Research Committee announces a new funding opportunity the Jewish Heritage Foundation for Excellence Research Enhancement Grants. The JHFE Research Enhancement Grant program offers funding to School of Medicine faculty principal investigators to gather new data to improve a previously submitted a multi-year, nationally peer reviewed grant application that scored well but was not funded. Applications are accepted quarterly. The upcoming deadline is Oct. 15.
Additional Information: 852-2253.
7.) Fourth Annual Pediatric Mental Health Symposium
Sept. 25, 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Home of the Innocents, 1100 E. Market
Students and residents free; UL faculty and staff $50; other physicians $100; other health care professionals $50
Topics include suicide prevention, Vermont Family Based Approach to mental health in primary care, psychopharmacology of aggression, integrated mental health care models, PTSD, impact of video games on mental health, and understanding temperament.
Additional Information: http://bit.ly/pediatrics15
8.) Universtiy Club open dining
Week of Sept. 21, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., University Club
$6.95 – $13.50
The week of September 21 will be the final week for Open Dining at the club. We hope that you will choose to become a member. A variety of very affordable membership categories are available, giving you access to fine and healthy dining. Faculty and staff members, this is a great way to introduce new co-workers to your club.
Additional Information: Linda Johnson, 502-852-6996; www.uclubloisville.org.
9.) Free training continues Tuesday: Commercializing Innovations in the Healthcare Market
Sept. 22, 4 to 6 p.m., Room 123; Clinical Translational Research Building
Free
All are invited to attend the new Trifecta Training Program for Life Science Technologies. The second of five weekly training sessions, open to the UofL community, will be held Tuesday, 9/22, in the CTRB, Room 123; from 4 – 6 p.m. These sessions have been designed to help you prepare Coulter, ExCITE and I-Corps applications as well as other translational grant applications. Experienced speakers will present topics related to health-based innovations and entrepreneurship.
Additional Information: RSVP to Monique Kuykendoll, 502-852-4152.
10.) Free Native American Film Festival begins tonight
Sept. 21, 4 to 5:30 p.m., Floyd Theater, Student Activity Center
Free
The first half of the two-day Native American Film Festival will begin Monday night at 4 p.m. Monday’s movie, “Crying Earth Rise Up,” is a documentary about the effects of uranium mining on water sources. The event is sponsored by the Institute for Intercultural Communication, the Department of Communication, the Liberal Studies Project, and the Native American Student Organization. Discussions will follow the screening, and refreshments will be provided.
Additional Information: Contact cecelia.hunt@louisville.edu with questions.
11.) University of Louisville Suzuki Steps Baby/Toddler Classes
Tuesday 6:30-7:30 p.m., Saturday 10:30-11:30 a.m., Suzuki Stars Music Academy, 3415 Bardstown Road, Suite 308A
Eight Classes $120 or $20 per class
Music Classes for babies and toddlers (ages 0-3). Using traditional nursery rhymes, action songs, lullabies and instruments these classes seek to build on the child’s natural delight in learning and lay the foundation for musical skills such as beat, rhythm, pitch and tone. Through parent/child interactions and class participation, students start to acquire attributes of trust, sharing, success and communication.
Additional Information: These classes will be led by Blaise Poth, Jennifer Shackleton and Cecilia Huerta Lauf. All are teachers on faculty with the Community Music Program at UofL and also musicians with the Louisville Orchestra and other local arts organizations. To rsvp, e-mail: suzukistrings@louisville.edu or call 502-639-7272.
Talks
12.) 3rd Annual Lung T. Yam, MD, Memorial Lecture: Transplantation for MDA: for Whom, When and How?
Sept. 25, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., ACB Auditorium, University of Louisville Hospital
Free
The James Graham Brown Cancer Center presents the 3rd Annual Lung T. Yam, M.D. Memorial Lecture. Dr. Hans-Joachim Deeg, professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, is our guest speaker.
Additional Information: Marsha Kareken, 562-4585.
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