Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Sept. 24, 2014:
· PHOTOS: HSC blood drive kicks off PRIDE Week. View here.
· PHOTOS: President James Ramsey tours Nashville high schools, meets alumni. View here.
· Professor to discuss land use, poverty. Read more.
· West Virginia law firm opening Louisville office at ShelbyHurst. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
All 50 states are represented in enrollment for Fall 2014, but more out-of-state students—300—hail from Ohio than any other state, according to preliminary data from the Office of Institutional Research. Illinois comes in second place with 228 and Florida third with 203. The rest of the top 10: Tennessee (177), Georgia (147), California (141), North Carolina (114); Pennsylvania (110), Texas (103) and Virginia (99). The state with the least students? Wyoming (2).
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Thursday Flu Shot Schedule
1.) Free flu shots for students, faculty, and staff today
Today’s farmers markets:
2.) Gray Street
3.) Belknap
Events
4.) PRIDE Week Thursday events
Human Resources
5.) Benefits Tip: Making your benefits count
Miscellaneous
6.) Medicine basic, bridge, collaborative grant programs
7.) CRISP Journal club to meet
8.) Bridal show Sunday at University Club
9.) Paws for a Cause
Seminars
10.) Microbiology and immunology seminar
11.) DOVS research seminar series features Gera Neufeld, PhD
12.) Chemical engineering seminar
13.) Chemistry seminar
14.) Biology Fall Seminar Series
Grand Rounds
15.) Orthopaedic surgery
16.) Family and geriatric medicine
17.) Pediatrics
18.) Medicine
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Thursday Flu Shot Schedule
1.) Free flu shots for students, faculty, and staff today
Sept. 25
Students, faculty, and staff can get free flu shots through Campus Health Services ($5 for retirees) today.
· HSC: 7:30-9:30 am HSC Fitness Center and 10:30 am-3:00 pm in the HCOC Conference Room
· Belknap: 11:00 am -2:00 pm at the Student Activity Center outside of the bookstore and 4:30-7:00 pm at Bettie Johnson Hall
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.
Today’s farmers markets:
2.) Gray Street
Thursdays through Oct. 30, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., 400 block of E. Gray Street, rain or shine
Some items available today will include: apple pies, blueberry lemon bread, flourless chocolate cake, tomatoes, peppers, apples, squash, pie pumpkins, cantaloupe, artisan cheeses, granola, jams, pickles, apple butter, potted plants., Mr. G’s Kettle Corn, artisan cheeses. Lunch options include Jam Pan and Holy Mole.
Additional Information: www.facebook.com/UofLGSFM; Website.
3.) Belknap
Thursdays through Oct. 16, 3:30 to 6 p.m., 3rd and Brandeis, rain or shine
Some items available today include: summer and winter squash, whole and half frozen chickens, herbs, peppers, salad mix, flowers, honey, apple butter, Mr. G’s Kettle Corn, Wind Chimes by Bruce, Use Good Scents.
Additional Information: www.facebook.com/BelknapFM
Events
4.) PRIDE Week Thursday events
Sept. 25
Pride Week Cookout, Health Sciences Center Courtyard, 11:30 a.m.; The Arguments of Serious People: A Roundtable on Kentucky’s Marriage Equality Cases, Brandeis School of Law, Room 275, 12:50 p.m.; Spanish Language SpeakOut, Chao Auditorium, 3 p.m.; “Contracorriente (Undertow),” Reel Latin America: 21st Latin American Film Festival; Floyd Theatre, 7 p.m.
Additional Information: Complete PRIDE Week schedule here.
Human Resources
5.) Benefits Tip: Making your benefits count
We’ve got you covered! This year’s Open Enrollment period is October 17 to 31. During this time, you have a chance to make adjustments to your benefits coverage. The first step in figuring out what your benefits should look like next year is to review how well your benefits served you this year. Be watching for more helpful benefit tips!
Additional Information: Louisville.edu/hr/benefits or 852-3167.
Miscellaneous
6.) Medicine basic, bridge, collaborative grant programs
The School of Medicine Research Committee administers the basic, bridge and collaborative matching Grant programs to provide financial support to School of Medicine faculty. These awards have been increased up to $25,000 for basic, $40,000 for bridge and $50,000 for collaborative with $25,000 in matched funds. The next cycle’s submission deadline is Oct. 1.
Additional Information: Website. 852-7794.
7.) CRISP Journal club to meet
Sept. 30, noon to 1 p.m., CTRB 123
Free for students and postdocs
Dr. John G. Tooley will present the paper titled Drugging MYCN through an Allosteric Transition In Aurora Kinase A, published in Cancer Cell in 2014. Pizza will be provided. Please bring your own drink. See you there!
Additional Information: Sponsored by the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. For more information or to present a paper in the future, please contact Anna Bankston.
8.) Bridal show Sunday at University Club
Sept. 28, noon to 3 p.m., University Club
$5
Find everything you need in one place to plan that special day. Wedding professionals will showcase their products and services.
Additional Information: Linda Johnson, www.uclublouisville.org, 852-6996.
9.) Paws for a Cause
Oct. 1, noon to 2 p.m., outside Threlkeld Hall
Enjoy free snacks and a chance to play with some adoptable animals. Sponsored by First Year Initiatives, NRHH, Animal House and Sodexo.
Additional Information: Shelley Tewell.
Seminars
10.) Microbiology and immunology seminar
Sept. 25, noon to 1 p.m., Baxter II, Room 038
Free, public
The Department of Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series presents, “New tools and new promise in deciphering roles of type III secretion in Chlamydia pathogenesis,” by Ken Fields, PhD, associate professor, department of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine.
Additional Information: Carolyn Burton, 852-6208.
11.) DOVS research seminar series features Gera Neufeld, PhD
Sept. 26, 11 a.m. to noon, Kentucky Lions Eye Center, Basement Conference Room
Free
DOVS presents a seminar “A 20-year journey: From VEGF to anti-angiogenic and anti-lymphangiogenic semaphorins” by Gera Neufeld, Phd, professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
Additional Information: Erin Moody, 852-0710.
12.) Chemical engineering seminar
Sept. 26, 2 to 2:50 p.m., Ernst Hall, Room 310
Free, public
Challenges and Progress for CO2 Conversion to Value Added Products, presented by Edward Rode, principle researcher, Det Norske Veritas Strategic Research & Innovation, Dublin, Ohio. This presentation will discuss some of the recent technical advances and promising technologies to convert CO2 to useful products reducing its concentration in earth’s atmosphere. Some of the technological, financial, and policy barriers will also be addressed. Co-sponsor: Conn Center for Renewable Energy.
Additional Information: James C. Watters, 852-0802.
13.) Chemistry seminar
Sept. 26, 4 p.m., Chemistry Building, LL-16, Chemistry Building
Free, public
Scott Reid, PhD, department of chemistry, Marquette University, will present When Isomerization is Electron Transfer: The Story of the Iso-Halocarbons.
Additional information: Sherry Nalley, 852-6798.
14.) Biology Fall Seminar Series
Sept. 26, noon Sept. 26 Chao Auditorium
Free
The biology department presents, Dr. Alyssa Stark, University of Akron, The Effect of Water on the Geeko Adhesive System.
Additional Information: Judy Felli, 852-8263.
Grand Rounds
15.) Orthopaedic surgery
Sept. 26, 6:45 to7:45 a.m., Baxter I Research Building, auditorium, lower level
Please join us as we welcome Timothy C. Ford, DPM, director, podiatric residency and fellowship training, Jewish Hospital and St. Mary’s HealthCare, chief, UofL podiatric services, department of orthopedics. Dr. Ford will lecture on The Lapidus Bunionectomy.
Additional Information: Monica Welsh, 852-6902.
16.) Family and geriatric medicine
Sept. 26, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Bottigheimer Auditorium
Free
Kendra Grubb, MD, UofL assistant professor of surgery, department of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, presents Valvular Heart Disease-Focus on the Management of Aortic Stenosis. She will describe the risk, presentation, diagnosis, treatment option and emerging controversies in the treatment of aortic stenosis, apply current guidelines in the medical management of aortic stenosis, cite emerging data in support of specific medical recommendations and surgical procedures.
Additional Information: Callie Booth.
17.) Pediatrics
Sept. 26, 8 a.m. Norton Hospital, 2nd Floor Auditorium
Please join us for a pediatric grand rounds featuring Deanna Todd Tzanetos, MD. Tzanetos is assistant professor and PICU ECMO medical director for the University of Louisville at Kosair Children’s Hospital. She will be speaking about “Use of Viscoelastic Coagulation Testing in Critically Ill Patients.”
Additional Information: Brittney Luckett, 629-8828.
18.) Medicine
Sept. 25, 8 a.m., Ambulatory Care Building auditorium
The Department of Medicine presents the 2014 Theodore Segal Lecture featuring Steven E. Come, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director, Breast Medical Oncology Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Come will present Breast Cancer: Where We Can Do Less, Where We Should Do More focusing on reviewing the current status of breast cancer screening and chemoprevention, and data identifying areas where less surgery and/or less chemotherapy are needed
Additional Information: Jason Puckett, 852-1825.
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