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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Jan. 26, 2015:
· PHOTOS: UofL and Simmons College celebrated MLK’s birthday with “Education Is King.” View here.
· Families invited to experience Mardis Gras at the planetarium. (Corrected link.) Read more.
· Heyburn named Brandeis commencement speaker. Read more.
· Fashion and culture unite at International Fashion Show. Read more.
· Space heater guidelines posted. Read more.
· UofL taking fresh look at Othello. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
A student-run radio station, WLCV, broadcast from Belknap Campus from the ‘70s until 2012. A 2002 column in The Cardinal, UofL’s student newspaper, said the station hired new student volunteers every semester, and had just two requirements: Candidates had to be UofL students and couldn’t be “too creepy.”
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
UofL Today News
1.) Take the UofL Today survey
Events
2.) Give blood Thursday at the Speed School Blood Drive
Miscellaneous
3.) Last chance! Applications due for Delphi U Online 2015
4.) Human Trafficking Awareness Conference to hold fundraising night
Seminars
5.) Physiology and Biophysics Seminar scheduled
6.) CRAFT seminar scheduled
Grand Rounds
7.) Endocrinology
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
UofL Today News
1.) Take the UofL Today survey
UofL Today would like all UofL faculty and staff to tell us how we are doing. Are we communicating effectively? What are we doing well and what needs improvement? What suggestions do you have? Please take a few moments to respond to our survey.
Additional Information: Janet Cappiello, 852-1104.
Events
2.) Give blood Thursday at the Speed School Blood Drive
Jan. 29, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Vogt Building, Room 314
Please make plans to donate blood at Speed School’s Spring 2015 blood drive. Donating blood is a simple thing to do, but it can make a big difference in the lives of others.
Additional Information: Laura Newton, 852-0403.
Miscellaneous
3.) Last chance! Applications due for Delphi U Online 2015
A few slots remain for Delphi U Online 2015. Applications are due Feb. 4. The spring offering will launch Feb. 9 and conclude April 12. Work with colleagues to identify and implement best practices for online instruction, and leave Delphi U Online with a head start on creating or redesigning an online course.
Additional Information: Visit Delphi U Online website for additional information and to register.
4.) Human Trafficking Awareness Conference to hold fundraising night
Jan. 29, 4 to 10 p.m., Impellizzeri’s Pizza, 1381 Bardstown Rd.
Women 4 Women is holding the 5th annual Human Trafficking Awareness Conference soon and needs your help to raise funds. Come out to Impellizzeri’s on Thursday for good food and company and to support an amazing cause. Ten percent of all proceeds between 4 and 10 p.m. will go to the conference.
Additional Information: Jamieca Jones, 852-8976.
Seminars
5.) Physiology and Biophysics Seminar scheduled
Jan. 27, 11:45 a.m. Baxter I Auditorium
The Department of Physiology and Biophysics Seminar Series presents, “Novel view on adult stem cells compartment—of germ line, VSELs and parental imprinting,” by Mariusz Ratajczak, MD, PhD, professor, UofL School of Medicine.
Additional Information: Website.
6.) CRAFT seminar scheduled
Jan. 27, noon to 1 p.m., CTR 123
Free for postdocs
Our speaker will be Dr. Lindsay Bonsignore from the laboratory of Dr. Christine Schaner Tooley. The title of her talk is New Roles for N-Terminal Methylation in Breast Cancer Progression and Aging. Lunch will be provided by The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
Additional Information: If you are interested in presenting in the future please contact John Tooley or Anna Bankston.
Grand Rounds
7.) Endocrinology
Jan. 28, 4 p.m., Baxter II Research Building, lower level, Room 038
Please join us as Carolyn M. Klinge, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, UofL School of Medicine, presents: “Gender differences in hepatocellular carcinoma: Do DHEA and its metabolites play a role?”
Additional Information: Kelly Galiette, 852-5237.
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