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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Jan. 5:
· PHOTOS: Check out these Belk Bowl photo albums: game; check presentation; Miranda Lambert; tailgate parties; and community service project.
· Luncheon lectures offer taste of professors’ interests, research. Read more.
· Dozens perform community service before Belk Bowl. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
With the new year comes a new Help Desk in the east lobby of Ekstrom Library. It is designed to be the first stop for library visitors who have questions. Read more.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Health and Wellness
1.) HSC Campus: Join intramural and recreational sports group fitness classes
2.) SRC memberships available for faculty and staff
3.) SRC group fitness classes starting
Miscellaneous
4.) A note about end of calendar year gift processing from Advancement Services
5.) Changes in place for international travel requests
6.) Clinical Contracts Division and Office of Industry Engagement have new email accounts
7.) Updated submission documents are on the IRB website
8.) SoftChalk users: New instructions available for uploading to Blackboard
Seminars
9.) CGeMM seminar
Grand Rounds
10.) Neuroscience
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Health & Wellness
1.) HSC Campus: Join intramural and recreational sports group fitness classes
HSC Fitness Center, Group Fitness Studio
Students: Free, Faculty and Staff: $30 per semester
Group Fitness classes began Jan. 5 at the Health Sciences Campus Fitness Center: Join us for T-TH 6:15 a.m. Boot Camp, W 12 p.m. Power Yoga, T-W 5:15 p.m. Zumba and M-5:15 p.m. Step. Check out the complete schedule.
Additional Information: HSC Fitness Center. 852-3115.
2.) SRC memberships available for faculty and staff
Student Recreation Center
$22 per month
It’s the time of year when people are thinking about making healthy lifestyle changes. Memberships to the new SRC are available for faculty and staff. Members have the option to join for 3, 6, 9 or 12 months at a time and enjoy many services, such as free admission to group fitness classes, indoor track, more than 125 cardio machines of all types, racquetball and indoor golf. Personal training is now available as well (additional cost) so someone can design and coach you through your workouts.
Additional Information: John Smith, 852-6707. Website.
3.) SRC group fitness classes starting
Student Recreation Center
Free to members
Group fitness classes in the SRC are starting soon. Classes are free and require no registration for SRC members (see above for membership details). There are 29 sessions per week in 10 different classes. Participants are free to attend any class, from belly dancing to TRX Training to yoga to Spin cycling and more, at any time.
Additional Information: Debby Woodall; Chelsea Case; 852-6707. Website.
Miscellaneous
4.) A note about end of calendar year gift processing from Advancement Services
The end of December is a popular time for individuals to send in their annual gifts/donations to support the university. We understand that many individuals take time off during December and January so we ask if your department receives gifts from donors, please be sure to forward them to Advancement Services as soon as possible. Additionally, it is extremely important that the envelope with the post mark date on it be forwarded to us along with the check and any additional back-up notes and/or letters to ensure accurate tax year receipting is provided to the donor. As a reminder, checks should not be placed in campus mail to our office. They should be hand-delivered to our office in Cardinal Station or to the development office on Belknap or HSC campus.
Additional Information: Judy Singleton, 502-852-7021.
5.) Changes in place for international travel requests
As of Jan .5, all faculty, staff and international group travel requests should be sent to fasit@louisville.edu. As per university policy, all international travel requires Provost approval.
Additional Information: Virginia Hosono, edabroad@louisville.edu.
6.) Clinical Contracts Division and Office of Industry Engagement have new email accounts
Two offices under the Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation have new email service accounts. To contact Clinical Contracts Division (CCD) by email, use clincon@louisville.edu (listed as Clinical Contracts,Service Account in the Outlook address book). To contact Office of Industry Engagement (OIE), use engage@louisville.edu (Industry Engagement,Service Account in the address book). The new service accounts replace the former indcontr@louisville.edu (Industry Contracts).
Additional Information: Clinical Contracts Division (CCD) 502-852-8359; Office of Industry Engagement (OIE) 502-852-7253.
7.) Updated submission documents are on the IRB website
The following documents have been updated on the IRB/HSPPO website: Partial Waiver template, Complete Waiver template, Biomedical ICF/RA template, Biomedical ICF/RA Instructions, and Paying Human Subjects Policy. Please begin using the new documents for your studies. Updates to the Biomedical ICF/RA and instructions include changes to template language, fixing of broken hyperlinks, and revising the HIPAA revocation language.
Additional Information: Website.
8.) SoftChalk users: New instructions available for uploading to Blackboard
Since the upgrade to SP 14, the upload of new softchalk modules is not working through the normal process. A workaround is described here (copy and paste into your browser): https://louisville.campuspack.net/Groups/BLACKBOARD_BLOG/Blackboard_9.1_Instructor_Help/Blackboard_9_Help/softchalk_publish_2015_3.pdf. If you have modules that were copied from previous semesters into your current term, use the Softchalk – Synchronize Copied Content tool located in Course Tools in the Control Panel of your course.
Additional Information: linda.leake@louisville.edu, 502-852-4332.
Seminars
9.) CGeMM seminar
Jan. 6, noon, Baxter 038
Ludovic Orlando, PhD, associate professor of the Center for GeoGenetics in the Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagan, presents: “Ancient Genomes, Proteomes and Epigenomes Unlock Our Evolutionary Past.”
Additional Information: janice.burkett@louisville.edu.
Grand Rounds
10.) Neuroscience
Jan. 8, 8 to 9 a.m., School of Nursing, K-Wing, Room 4003
Dr. Ryan Nazar, PGY-4 neurosurgery resident at UofL, will present Developments in Minimally Invasive Spinal Deformity at this week’s neuroscience grand rounds. 1 CME and 1.2 CEU nursing credit is available for those who attend. Continental breakfast will be provided.
Additional Information: Emily Rollins, 502-407-3226. Website.
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