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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Thursday, March 17, 2016:
· UofL researchers get tips on getting inventions to market. Read more.
· Free legal clinic for people with cancer set for April 13. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Today, March 18, is Match Day for the approximately 150 fourth-year students at the UofL School of Medicine. On this day, students from med schools across the country gather to learn where they will continue their education, including where they will live and what specialty they will pursue. Each student receives an envelope to be opened at high noon.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Health and Wellness
1.) Join the Dept. of Surgery’s Glo Run Team, ‘Goin’ Glowin’ for Owen’
2.) Put the ‘fun’ in Functional Fitness
3.) Shoot for success with open gym (half court)
Miscellaneous
4.) Chamber Music Society Concert Series will feature Lorelei Ensemble
5.) Women Veteran Lunch & Learn Workshop to discuss history of female vets
Talks/Seminars/Symposiums
6.) Biochemistry Defense today
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Health and Wellness
1.) Join the Dept. of Surgery’s Glo Run Team, ‘Goin’ Glowin’ for Owen’
May 28, 9:30 a.m., 5K Run/Walk Waterfront Park (1201 River Road)
The UofL Department of Surgery has created a team for the Glo Run in memory of Owen McMasters who lost his four-year battle with leukemia on Feb. 15. McMasters was dedicated to helping other children with cancer. He and his family supported and promoted Sharing America’s Marrow, a local movement that spread nationally to register 50,000 people as potential bone marrow donors.
Additional Information: Register or join Goin’ Glowin’ for Owen online or email Sharlene Dillander
2.) Put the ‘fun’ in Functional Fitness
Saturdays 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center, Humana Gym
Free for GHN Wellness Center members
This class focuses on core fitness that can translate into daily activities and incorporates all of the major muscle groups as well as muscles you never knew you had. You will get efficient, quality, functional movements that will enhance and nourish your spine, revitalize your postural muscles and strengthen your core with every movement. Exercises are shown at different skill levels so each person can work to their own individual competency.
Additional Information: Facebook, website, email, 852-7755
3.) Shoot for success with open gym (half court)
Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Free for GHN Wellness Center members
Whether you’re looking to play, practice, or just shoot some hoops, we have open gym hours for basketball fun. Check out a basketball at the front desk.
Additional Information: Facebook, website, email, 852-7755
Miscellaneous
4.) Chamber Music Society Concert Series will feature Lorelei Ensemble
March 20, 3 p.m., Comstock Concert Hall
The Chamber Music Society presents Lorelei Ensemble. A pre-concert lecture will be held at 2 p.m., in the Music Building room 130. Chamber Music Society of Louisville Concert Series events are free for subscribers of the CMS, $25 for non-subscribers & $5 for students with ID.
Additional Information: 852-6907
5.) Women Veteran Lunch & Learn Workshop to discuss history of female vets
March 21, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., W303A, Student Activities Center
Free; reservations requested
Are you a military veteran? Active duty, Reservist or National Guard? Widows/widower and/or part of a military family? Stop by and learn more about the History of Warrior Women of Kentucky as part of Women’s History Month. This is an opportunity to network and meet other women (and men) who have served.
Additional Information: RSVP to Phyllis M. Webb, 852-8976; Kristen Roy, 852-2482; or Robin Jones, 904-504-3124
Talks/Seminars/Symposiums
6.) Biochemistry Defense today
March 18, 1 p.m., Homberger Library, HSC-A, Rm 614
Rihab Hamed-Berair, BMG PhD candidate, on “Role of MicroRNA-21 in Atherogenesis”
Additional Information: Email
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