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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Jan. 20, 2015:
· VIDEO: Students signed the MLK Dream Wall in UofL’s Cultural Center last week. Watch here.
· MULTIMEDIA: UofL students perform service for MLK Day. Read more. View photos. Watch video.
· PHOTOS: UofL’s ‘The Meeting’ depicted what might have happened if Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X had a discussion. View here.
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DID YOU KNOW?
The most-read story posted to UofL Today in 2014 told how a 3D model of a heart made at the J.B. Speed School of Engineering helped surgeons save a child’s life. That was followed by the story of the silos near Interstate 65 being torn down and the announcement of UofL’s outdoor summer movie schedule.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Events
1.) UofL to participate in King legacy event
Miscellaneous
2.) Louisville’s new pro soccer team to visit HSC campus
3.) Family and Friends Campus Visit Program reminder
4.) ULMobile app brings the university to your smartphone
5.) Run the KDF Mini/Marathon and help cure cancer
Grand Rounds
6.) Medicine: Dr. Sri Prakash Mokshagundam
7.) Cardiovascular Medicine
8.) Neuroscience
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Events
1.) UofL to participate in King legacy event
Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m., St. Stephen Church, 1018 S. 15th St.
UofL is taking part in a Simmons College of Kentucky fund raiser, Education is King, that will include an address by Provost Shirley Willihnganz and School of Music performances.
Additional Information: Robert Harvey, 776-1443, ext. 131
Miscellaneous
2.) Louisville’s new pro soccer team to visit HSC campus
Jan. 21, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Kornhauser Library, first floor lobby
Louisville City FC is touring colleges in Kentucky and Southern Indiana to meet students and help promote a College Supporters Group. Stop by and meet the team!
3.) Family and Friends Campus Visit Program reminder
Feb. 5, 10:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Student Activities Center
The Family & Friends Campus Visit is just two weeks away! Be sure to register your student for this special visit reserved just for you. Executive Director of Admissions Jenny Sawyer will host a 45-minute information session. Following the session will be a 90-minute student-guided walking tour of Belknap Campus.
Additional Information: Registration. Kristin Ellis, 852-5516.
4.) ULMobile app brings the university to your smartphone
ULMobile puts UofL at your fingertips! Explore departments, buildings and even campus art. The Card Safety feature provides rapid access to important information and instructions in the event of an emergency. The app also includes a campus directory and maps, a course catalog, athletics news, an event calendar, the complete library catalog and more! Download ULMobile to your smartphone today.
5.) Run the KDF Mini/Marathon and help cure cancer
The James Graham Brown Cancer Center has been chosen as an official charity of choice for the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Mini/Marathon on April 25. Please visit the KDF website to register to run and then choose the cancer center as your charity of choice. Not a runner? No problem! Click here to donate or sponsor a runner.
Additional Information: Patrick Duerr, Linda Damé.
Grand Rounds
6.) Medicine: Dr. Sri Prakash Mokshagundam
Jan. 22, 8 a.m., Ambulatory Care Building auditorium
Medicine Grand Rounds features Sri Prakash L. Mokshagundam, associate professor of medicine and chief of endocrinology at the Louisville VAMC. Dr. Mokshagundam will present Prediabetes: Consequences, Controversies, and Challenges focusing on discussing the diagnosis, clinical implications and approaches to management of prediabetes, controversies in diagnosis and treatment, and barriers to effective management of prediabetes at individual and community levels.
Additional Information: Jason Puckett, 852-1825.
7.) Cardiovascular Medicine
Jan. 21, noon, Jewish, Rudd Heart & Lung Institute, Top Floors, Great Halls I & II
The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine presents Allen Cheng, MD, surgical director of heart transplantation; assistant professor, department of cardiovascular thoracic surgery; cardiovascular surgeon, Jewish Hospital and UofL. Dr. Cheng will present Minimally Invasive Cardiac Valve Surgery, focusing on the benefit and indication of minimally invasive cardiac valve surgery.
Additional Information: monica.sivori@louisville.edu, 852-1162. Website.
8.) Neuroscience
Jan. 22, 8 to 9 a.m., School of Nursing, Room 4003, K-wing
Dr. Joseph C. Maroon, Heindl Scholar in Neuroscience and clinical professor of neurological surgery, University of Pittsburgh; director, tri-state neurosurgical associates; team neurosurgeon, Pittsburgh Steelers, will present The Evolution of Concussion Management in the NFL. This is a free CME. MDs and DOs will receive 1 CME credit and nurses will receive 1.2 CEU credit.
Additional Information: Emily Rollins, 502-407-3226. Website.
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