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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Feb. 24, 2015:
· Fine arts professor debuts new techniques. Read more.
· Talk will focus on how the ‘Physical Internet’ can transform logistics. Read more.
· Veteran’s talk rescheduled. Read more.
· Free ‘My Future Is Bright’ program offers parenting skills. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Ants glide through the air. They also swim. These are the types of things that fascinate UofL professor Steve Yanoviak, the Tom Wallace Endowed Chair of Conservation in the College of Arts & Sciences. Read more about Yanoviak and his research in the winter/spring 2015 edition of University of Louisville magazine.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Health and Wellness
1.) Join Get Healthy Now’s Healthy Heart Roadshow Today on Your Campus
IT
2.) Lenovo Security Advisory – Superfish Vulnerability
3.) ULink Portal, Campus Solutions and Human Resource applications
4.) New email feature designed to increase security
Miscellaneous
5.) Call for summer research projects – School of Medicine
6.) Retirement planning workshop planned
7.) Office of Diversity & Inclusion’s Lunch & Learn – “The invention of race and its misuse in medicine and biomedical research”
Seminars
8.) Microbiology & Immunology Seminar rescheduled
Studies
9.) Breastfeeding Employees Needed for Interviews
Talks
10.) Intercultural Communication series features talk on Tyler Perry movies
11.) Physics colloquium to discuss Mu2e experiment
12.) 2014-15 Phi Beta Kappa Lecture features Mazzoli
Grand Rounds
13.) Cardiovascular Medicine
14.) Medicine: Dr. Keith Hruska
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Health and Wellness
1.) Join Get Healthy Now’s Healthy Heart Roadshow today on HSC
Feb 25, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., HSC: City Café
Additional Information: Healthy Hearts Roadshow
IT
2.) Lenovo Security Advisory – Superfish vulnerability
Lenovo installed Superfish, an adware program described as a visual discovery software product on consumer notebook products (not enterprise) between September 2014 and February 2015. Superfish presents a security risk because it intercepts encrypted connections and can leave systems open to hackers. The impacted models are E, Z, Y, U, G, S and Flex-Series, Yoga, @ Miix Series. For instructions on Superfish software removal, please visit http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/superfish
Additional Information: Help Desk, 852-7997.
3.) ULink Portal, Campus Solutions and Human Resource applications undergoing weekend maintenance
ULink Portal, Campus Solutions (CS) and Human Resource (HR) applications will be undergoing an operating system upgrade during an extended PM beginning at 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 and concluding at 8 a.m. Monday, March 2. Ulink, CS and HR will not be available during this time. Please note that other systems (e.g. Blackboard, email, instant messaging, data services, etc.) may be taken offline during the regular PM window without notice.
Additional Information: Help Desk, 852-7997.
4.) New email feature designed to increase security
Beginning Feb. 27, IT is implementing a security measure preventing individuals from sending a large volume of email within a single hour. This new feature will protect the university from hackers or from being blacklisted by other institutions. A large-volume email will trigger an alert to IT and the account will be examined to make certain it has not been compromised. The process for sending a mass email can be found at http://louisville.edu/email/related-topics/sending-a-mass-email.html.
Additional Information: Help Desk, 852-7997.
Miscellaneous
5.) Call for summer research projects – School of Medicine
Summer research projects are now being solicited from faculty to submit a biomedical summer research project for our medical students. The student’s stipend support and poster production costs are covered by the School of Medicine’s Summer Research Scholar Program (SRSP) and NIH training grants. To submit a project, visit http://louisville.edu/medicine/research/students/srsp/faculty-project-submission Deadline is March 6.
Additional Information: HSC Research Office, 852-2553.
6.) Retirement planning workshop planned
March 2, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Room 336, College of Business, Belknap Campus
Free
Register now to attend a two-hour retirement workshop sponsored by the School of Accountancy and presented by faculty member and certified financial planner Sheila Johnston, CPA. Topics include discussion of UofL options, amounts needed for retirement, basic retirement issues and much more.
Additional Information: Sheila Johnston, 852-4820.
7.) Office of Diversity & Inclusion’s Lunch & Learn – “The invention of race and its misuse in medicine and biomedical research”
March 11, noon to 1 p.m., Kornhauser Library Auditorium, Health Sciences Center
Free
This event has been rescheduled to take place on 3/11. Guest speaker Mr. John Chenault is an associate professor and medical librarian in the Kornhauser Health Sciences Library on the UofL Health Sciences Center. He also teaches part-time in the distance education program of the Pan African Studies Department in the College of Arts and Sciences. In his spare time he is a writer, poet, composer and playwright. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to hscodi@louisville.edu by March 9.
Additional Information: hscodi@louisville.edu or 852-7159.
Seminars
8.) Microbiology & Immunology Seminar rescheduled
Feb. 26, noon to 1 p.m. Baxter II, Room 038
The Department of Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series presents, “SA-4-1BBL in Cancer and Immunity” by Hampartsoum Barsoumian, PhD candidate in the lab of Haval Shirwan, PhD and Esma Yolcu, PhD.
Additional Information: Carolyn Burton, 852-6208.
Studies
9.) Employees who breastfed while working on campus needed for interviews
Dr. Barry Wainscott, a professor at the UofL School of Public Health and Information Sciences, and Robin Elise Weiss, a doctoral student, are looking for participants for a research study. This study is about your experiences as a UofL employee who breastfed while working on campus. If you want to take part in this study, you would be assigned to participate in a conversation with the research team, where you will discuss your experiences. IRB: 15.0006
Additional Information: https://snapappointments.com/listing/4bM
Talks
10.) Intercultural Communication series features talk on Tyler Perry movies
March 5, 4 to 5 p.m., Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium
You are invited to the free Intercultural Communication Speaker Series sponsored by the Department of Communication and the Institute for Intercultural Communication. Cerise Glenn, assistant professor of communication at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will speak on “Cautionary Tales of Cultural Assimilation: Examining Norms of Black Masculinity and Femininity in Tyler Perry’s Romantic Dramas.”
For more information, please contact siobhan.smith@louisville.edu.
11.) Physics colloquium to discuss Mu2e experiment
Feb. 27, 3 p.m., Room 112 Natural Science Building
Bertrand Echenard, PhD, of the California Institute of Technology, will present a talk entitled The Mu2e experiment: finding a needle in a trillion haystacks. In his seminar, Echenard will discuss the physics of charged lepton flavor violating processes and describe the Mu2e experiment.
Additional Information: www.physics.louisville.edu/talks/171-talks-spring-2015
12.) 2014-15 Phi Beta Kappa Lecture features Mazzoli
March 11, 1 p.m.,
Free and open to the public
Join the Phi Beta Kappa Association of Kentuckiana and the College of Arts & Sciences for the 2014-15 Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Politics à la Carte: A Survey of Issues Local, National and International, presented by former U.S. Rep. Romano Mazzoli. A reception hosted by the Office of the President will immediately follow the lecture.
Additional Information: Open to the public but registration recommended. tracy.heightchew@louisville.edu or 852-8977; http://attend.com/phibetakappalecture2015
Grand Rounds
13.) Cardiovascular Medicine
Feb. 25, noon, Jewish, Rudd Heart & Lung Center, Top Floor, Conference Great Halls I & II
The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine features Glenn Hirsch, MD, associate professor of medicine, program director, Cardiology Fellowship, UofL. Dr. Hirsch will present: “From NQWMI to NSTEMI and What’s Next?”
Additional Information:
monica.sivori@louisville.edu or 852-1162; website.
14.) Medicine: Dr. Keith Hruska
Feb. 26, 8 a.m., Ambulatory Care Building auditorium
Medicine Grand Rounds features Keith A. Hruska, MD, professor of cell biology and physiology, medicine, and pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Hruska will present Cardiovascular Risk Associated with Kidney Disease.
Additional Information: Jason Puckett, 852-1825.
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