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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Feb. 10, 2015:
· VIDEO: UofL President James Ramsey and Executive Director of Admissions Jenny Sawyer visited high school students in Bullitt County on Friday, Feb. 6. View here.
· Record number of student athletes honored at Red and Black reception. Read more.
· UofL creates $60,000 on new Speed School scholarships. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
This month, the PEACC Program is kicking off a new consent campaign aimed at teaching students, faculty and staff the importance of gaining consent before engaging in sexual activity. There are campaign posters on campus and volunteers are handing out Hershey Kisses for Consent in the SAC. For more information or to request a classroom presentation, please see peacc.louisville.edu; to anonymously ask consent-related questions, visit uoflpeacc.tumblr.com.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
UofL Today News
1.) Last chance to take the UofL Today survey
Health and Wellness
2.) Visit the GHN Wellness Center tonight for an open house
3.) Give yourself a mini-vacation with Yoga @ Your Desk
Miscellaneous
4.) Get money to travel/study in Africa
5.) Calling all research tools
6.) Lab Safety & Hazardous Waste training & Radiation Safety Orientation
7.) Lunch & Learn: Exploring LASIK
8.) Science fair judges needed
Seminars
9.) Microbiology & Immunology
10.) Bioinformatics Journal Club
Talks
11.) Gaming: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Grand Rounds
12.) Psychiatry
13.) Cardiovascular Medicine
14.) Medicine: Dr. Jeffrey Callen
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
UofL Today News
1.) Last chance to take the UofL Today survey
We’ve had a tremendous response to the UofL Today survey of faculty and staff. Thank you! If you haven’t yet had a moment to take the survey, please do so today. Are we communicating effectively? What are we doing well and what needs improvement? What suggestions do you have? Go to our survey.
Additional Information: Janet Cappiello, 852-1104.
Health and Wellness
2.) Visit the GHN Wellness Center tonight for an open house
Feb. 11, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Free
Better health, more energy, increased strength and muscle tone—your best self starts at the Get Healthy Now Wellness Center. Make February YOUR healthy heart month at UofL’s state-of-the-art wellness center. Join us tonight to for an open house event. Come ready to work out and enjoy tours, door prizes, heart-healthy snacks, equipment demos, fitness classes, and more!
Additional Information: ghn@louisville.edu, 852-7755.
3.) Give yourself a mini-vacation with Yoga @ Your Desk
Feb. 13, 12:30 to 12:50 p.m., Health Promotion Activity Room, Student Services Annex
Free: employees, spouses, QAs
Feeling sluggish and in need of an energy boost? Take 20 minutes with Get Healthy Now’s innovative Yoga @ Your Desk offering. You will walk away from this session with easy yoga stretches designed to renew your energy and help you create a sense of calm, no matter what your day brings. Invite a colleague to join you at this heart-healthy event taught by Jeanne Kennedy – yoga master with over 20 years of yoga training and experience.
Additional Information: Register here: http://louisville.edu/gethealthynow/get-involved/wellness-resources/take-20-to-relax Or feel free to walk in.
Miscellaneous
4.) Get money to travel/study in Africa
Have you been dreaming of traveling to Africa? UofL is proud to announce the application for the 2015/2016 Roberson Fund for African Studies is now open to all faculty, staff and students interested in summer travel to Africa. Priority will be given to those who intend on studying in Northern Ghana, but other locations in Africa are applicable as well. The deadline to apply is March 16.
Additional Information: Office of Study Abroad and International Travel. Website.
5.) Calling all research tools
Has your lab produced unique purified proteins, modified cell lines, monoclonal antibody stocks, mouse models, or unique plasmids? The Office of Technology Transfer is interested in speaking with faculty regarding commercialization potential of faculty research tools.
Additional Information: Chris Barton, http://louisville.edu/research/offices/technology-transfer/, 852-2965.
6.) Lab Safety & Hazardous Waste training & Radiation Safety Orientation
Feb. 12, 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., Donald Baxter I, Auditorium
Recently hired lab employees who work with chemicals should attend this session. Recurrent training for lab employees is required every three years. Bring employee/student ID number to sign in.
Additional Information: Cathy Price, 852-2956.
7.) Lunch & Learn: Exploring LASIK
Feb. 26, noon to 12:30 p.m., Health Care Outpatient Center, Suite 120 Conference Center, HSC Campus
Lunch $5; listen only free
Thinking about getting LASIK? Explore your options with Dr. S. Asha Balakrishnan from UofL Physicians – Eye Specialists. Lunch costs $5 and must be reserved by Feb. 19 at 5 p.m. Listen only tickets are available for free up until the day of the event. Tickets should be reserved through Eventbrite.
8.) Science fair judges needed
March 7, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Kentucky Science Center
Donations welcome
Louisville Regional Science & Engineering Fair still needs judges in the following fields: Animal Science, Behavioral & Social, Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Energy & Transportation, Physics & Astronomy, Plant Science. It’s easier than ever. You can now sign up via your smart phone, tablet, or PC using our new fair management software. LRSEF is a 501c3 nonprofit and 100% of donations go to reward the bright and talented young researchers in our 52-county region.
Additional Information: https://lrsef.stemwizard.com.
Seminars
9.) Microbiology & Immunology
Feb. 12, noon to 1 p.m., Room 038, Baxter II
The Department of Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series presents, “Characterization of Burkholderia pseudomallei Virulence Determinants Required for Respiratory Melioidosis” by Maria Gutierrez, PhD candidate in the lab of Jonathan Warawa, PhD.
Additional Information: Carolyn Burton, 852-6208.
10.) Bioinformatics Journal Club
Feb. 11, noon to 1 p.m., Clinical & Translational Building, Room 124
KBRIN Bioinformatics Core is hosting Moon-Soo Kim, assistant professor, department of dhemistry, Western Kentucky University. The title of her talk is: “Detection of specific DNA sequences utilizing custom designed DNA-binding proteins.”
Additional Information: Maha Soliman or Whitney Rogers, 852-3045. Website.
Talks
11.) Gaming: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Feb. 12, 7 to 8 p.m., Second Presbyterian Church 3701 Old Brownsboro Rd.
Free and open to public
Are video games causing children to be more violent? Are there positive aspects to gaming? Dr. Chris Peters, child and adolescent psychiatry residency training program director, and Dr. John McCurdy, department of pediatrics-division of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology, UofL School of Medicine, will present February’s Building Hope seminar. Sponsored by the University of Louisville Depression Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Additional Information:
https://louisville.edu/depression/outreach-education/feb-12-2015-building-hope-seminar/view Contact: Carol Wahl, 588-4886.
Grand Rounds
12.) Psychiatry
Feb. 12, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ambulatory Care Building Auditorium
Free, public
Jennifer Alleyne, MD, PGY-4, UofL Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, will present An Insider’s View of a Psychopath: A Case Report.
Additional Information: Christy Castle-Greenwell, 588-4424.
13.) Cardiovascular Medicine
Feb. 11, noon, Jewish – Rudd Heart & Lung Institute – Top Floor, Great Halls I & II
The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine features Rakesh Gopinathannair, MD, UofL director of cardiac electrophysiology, assistant professor of medicine. Dr. Gopinathannair will present: “Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in 2015: Progress and Challenges.”
Additional Information: monica.sivori@louisville.edu or 852-1162 Website.
14.) Medicine: Dr. Jeffrey Callen
Feb. 12, 8 a.m., Ambulatory Care Building auditorium
Medicine Grand Rounds features Jeffrey P. Callen, MD, UofL professor of medicine and chief of the division of dermatology. Dr. Callen will present Recognition, Diagnosis and Management of Mucocutaneous Autoimmune Blistering Diseases, focusing in how to diagnose/differentiate immunobullous diseases from non-immunologic causes of blistering skin disease, developing evaluation schemes for patients with autoimmune blistering disease, and managing immunobullous disease effectively.
Additional Information: Jason Puckett, 852-1825.
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