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Research Bulletin
Three UofL researchers have received nearly a half million dollars in grant awards this week. See who they are and what they’re working on here.
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DID YOU KNOW?
The three-layer Victorian-inspired birthday cake featured on the cover of the Winter/Spring 2016 issue of the University of Louisville magazine was designed by Adrienne and Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
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1.) New VisualDX database and app accessible for free
Health and Wellness
2.) HSC Fitness Center to be closed part of Thursday
3.) Improve your posture with Core Fusion
4.) Make a splash with Water Fitness
Miscellaneous
5.) Red Barn game watch: UofL vs. Virginia
6.) Brandeis School of Law hosting Kentucky Court of Appeals arguments
Talks/Seminars/Symposiums
7.) IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Microbiology and Immunology seminar on pregnancy-associated breast cancer
8.) Discussion on the Indiana Wilderness Trail
9.) Discussion on felony disenfranchisement and the ‘Smart on Crime’ era today
10.) Dartmouth professor to speak at Brown & Williamson Spring Seminar Series
Sustainability
11.) UofL’s Sustainability Council Sustainability Scholars Roundtable is back
Grand Rounds
12.) Pediatric Grand Rounds
13.) Grand Rounds Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
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1.) New VisualDX database and app accessible for free
The new and improved VisualDX database and app is available for free from Kornhauser Library. VisualDX is a tool created to improve diagnostic accuracy at the point of care.
Additional Information: Website
2.) HSC Fitness Center to be closed part of Thursday
March 3, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., HSC Fitness Center
The HSC Fitness Center will be closed Thursday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. due to the replacement of the building’s water main. The gym will be open from 6 to 9 a.m. and then plans on re-opening at 4 p.m. pending the completion of the water main replacement.
Additional Information: 852-3115 or 852-6707
3.) Improve your posture with Core Fusion
Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:00-12:50 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
A strong core can improve athletic performance, posture, and can reduce back pain. Using weights, balls, bands, gliding discs and your own body weight as resistance, this class will help strengthen your core, sculpt your body and burn calories. Modifications for all fitness levels are provided.
Additional Information: Website, Facebook, email, 852-7755
4.) Make a splash with Water Fitness
Tuesdays and Thursdays through April 21 (no class March 15-17), noon to 12:45 p.m., Ralph Wright Natatorium
Free, UofL employees, retirees and their spouse/QA
Join Get Healthy Now’s Water Fitness class for the 2016 spring semester. The benefits of this class include increased energy, better sleep, relief from joint pain and more. Suitable for all fitness levels and no swimming skills needed (hair can stay dry or not).
Additional Information: Website, Facebook, email, 852-7755
Miscellaneous
5.) Red Barn game watch: UofL vs. Virginia
March 5, 7:45 p.m., doors open; tip-off at 8:30 p.m., George J. Howe Red Barn
Free
Join us for the last game of the season and cheer on your UofL Cardinals with fellow Alumni and Friends. Presented by the Red Barn Alumni Association (RBAA) and the College of Arts & Sciences. Free food provided and adult beverages will be for sale.
Additional Information: Register online
6.) Brandeis School of Law hosting Kentucky Court of Appeals arguments
March 8, 9 a.m., Allen Courtroom, Brandeis School of Law
The Kentucky Court of Appeals will hear appellate arguments in the Allen Courtroom at the Brandeis School of Law on March 8. The Court will hear arguments in three cases involving negligence and strict liability issues, a non-compete clause, and interference with contractual rights.
Additional Information: Tracie Cole, 852-1230
Talks/Seminars/Symposiums
7.) Bioengineering Department Seminar Series: The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Microbiology and Immunology seminar on pregnancy-associated breast cancer
March 4, noon to 1 p.m., Duthie Center for Engineering, Room 117
The Bioengineering Dept. presents, “The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS),” by Amir Amini, PhD. Pizza will be served at the seminar so if you are planning to attend, please send an email to Nancy Hansford.
Additional Information: Nancy Hansford, 852-7485
8.) Discussion on the Indiana Wilderness Trail
March 9, 1 p.m., Historic Locust Grove, 561 Blankenbaker Road
$5
David Ruckman, Indiana Bicentennial Commission, will speak on efforts to document the “Wilderness Road,” a series of buffalo traces and other pathways that brought pioneers west to the Indiana territory. Locust Grove is a member of A&S’s Center for Arts and Culture Partnerships.
Additional Information: Website, 897-9845
9.) Discussion on felony disenfranchisement and the ‘Smart on Crime’ era today
March 3, 4 to 5:30 p.m., Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library
Free and open to the public
With recent criminal justice reforms, Kentucky seems to have entered the smart on crime era. Yet although restoration of voting rights improves reintegration, Kentucky still denies the ballot to former felons. Cherie Dawson-Edwards, associate professor of Criminal Justice, discusses felon disenfranchisement and its effects on democracy and racial justice in the third lecture of the spring 2016 social change lecture series on Crime & Punishment.
Additional Information: Avery Kolers, Facebook
10.) Dartmouth professor to speak at Brown & Williamson Spring Seminar Series
March 4, 4 p.m., Chemistry Building, Room LL-16
Free
Glenn C. Micalizio, PhD, Dartmouth College, will present Metallacycle-Mediated Cross-Coupling: Reaction Development and Application.
Additional Information: Sherry Nalley, 852-6798
Sustainability
11.) UofL’s Sustainability Council Sustainability Scholars Roundtable is back
March 4, 10 to 11 a.m., Room 137, Life Sciences, Belknap Campus
UofL’s Sustainability Council is relaunching the Sustainability Scholars Roundtable with a focus on bringing researchers together around potential interdisciplinary grants that we could pursue through collaborative proposals. We’ll gather monthly (March, 4, April 8) to share ideas about potential grants, decide upon common areas of interest, and explore local sustainability challenges that could be addressed through our research efforts. Researchers from all disciplines are welcome.
Additional Information: Website, Margaret Carreiro
Grand Rounds
12.) Pediatric Grand Rounds
March 4, 8 a.m., Norton Hospital, 2nd Floor Auditorium
Join us for the 6th Annual Dr. Thomas H. Pinkstaff Memorial Lectureship featuring Sarah Wiehe, MD, MPH. Wiehe is associate professor in the department of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine and director of the community health engagement program at Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute in Indianapolis. She will present, “Engaging Patients to Improve Clinical and Health Services Research.”
Additional Information: Brittney Luckett, 629-8828
13.) Grand Rounds Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
March 4, 1 to 2 p.m., Ambulatory Care Building-Basement Auditorium
Free
Dr. Kelly Pagidas, the Division Director for Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertiliy, will present, “Controversies in Assisted Reproductive Technologies (A.R.T).” She will give you the definition of A.R.T. and discuss Ethical Controversies – Cases.
Additional Information: Crystal Menear, 561-7463
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