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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Oct. 20, 2015:
· PHOTOS: UofL outreach—Ballard High School; Eastern High School; duPont Manual High School; South Oldham High School.
· UofL researchers awarded patents. Read more.
· Beer with a Scientist: history and future of vaccines. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
The 344-seat Playhouse is home to performances by UofL’s African-American Theatre program.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
1.) Benefits Tip: Today is the last day for HSC Benefits Fair
2.) Annual Corn Island Storytelling Festival is Friday at UofL
3.) Trick or Treat with the Greeks
4.) Ulmer Career Center to host Business Career Fair on Friday
5.) It’s Campus Sustainability Day!
6.) Save the Date: Ghostbust calories with our Halloween InCycle class
7.) Today: Qualities of an Effective Supervisor Workshop
8.) Food truck schedule for Belknap this week
9.) A&S All Star Alumni Panel: Going local
10.) EpiHour
11.) Conference: Milton Rogovin and the Photography of Conscience
12.) Women Veterans Brown Bag Lunch & Learn Workshop Series
13.) Microbiology and Immunology seminar
14.) Medicine: Dr. Jerry Yu
15.) Cardiovascular Medicine
16.) Healthy blood donors needed for study #96.0191
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Open Enrollment: We’ve Got You Covered!
1.) Benefits Tip: Today is the last day for HSC Benefits Fair
Oct. 21, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., CTRB
Meet with a benefit vendor and your benefits team for one-on-one consultation. Mark your calendars, your next benefit fairs will be located at Get Healthy Now Wellness Center, 601 Presidents Blvd., Oct. 27-28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Go to the Open Enrollment website for more information and make your elections. Be watching for more helpful benefit tips!
2.) Annual Corn Island Storytelling Festival is Friday at UofL
Oct. 23, 6 to 10 p.m., Lutz Hall Lawn
Free
UofL, Blackacre Historic Homestead and the International Order of E.A.R.S. present the Corn Island Storytelling Festival Oct. 23-24. The Oct. 23 date is at UofL and is free and open to the public. A fall festival for children runs 6 to 7:30 p.m. with crafts, games and a native American drum circle. Storytelling begins at 7 p.m. Concessions will be available for purchase from Boss Hog’s BBQ. Sponsors include Fifth Third, Louisville Metro Government, Vice Provost for Diversity and International Affairs and Kentucky Homefront.
Additional Information: Brandy Warren, 852-8025. See calendar for additional information about the free Oct. 23 event at UofL. For information on the ticketed event Oct. 24 at Blackacre Historic Homestead, which will also feature storytellers and kids activities, go here.
3.) Trick or Treat with the Greeks
Oct. 27, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Community Park
Free
The fraternity and sorority life community is hosting a safe and fun trick or treating extravaganza for the children of faculty, staff, and students. There will be fun games, delicious treats, and trick-or-treating along Greek Row!
Additional Information: Jenna Lyons, 852-8172.
4.) Ulmer Career Center to host Business Career Fair on Friday
Oct. 23, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Crown Plaza Hotel
Local, regional and national career opportunities are on the horizon as UofL’s Ulmer Career Center presents its Fall 2015 Business Career Fair. Nearly 100 employers in multiple fields will be in attendance, looking for fresh talent to help their businesses. The event is open to students, faculty, staff and alumni looking for a part-time job, internship or a full-time position in business. The hotel will provide free parking and there will be a shuttle bus available to take those interested from the COB to the Crowne Plaza every 15 minutes.
For more information contact Erica Gabbard, 852-7756.
5.) It’s Campus Sustainability Day!
Kick it all off with the Reuse Roundtable 9-11:30am (Ekstrom, Chao), then head outside to the Campus Sustainability Day fair on the Quad 10am-2pm. Free bike tune-ups and fair trade coffee/tea with reusable mug. Recycle papers, disks and videos with Shred-It outside College of Business. End the day at the 3pm Garden Commons Workshop. Sustainability Week continues Thurs. with the Gray St. Farmers’ Market 10:30-2, a 12:30 Recycling Center Tour, Free Store 1-3pm and HSC Bike Maintenance Workshop 4-6pm.
Full schedule for Sustainability Week: http://louisville.edu/sustainability/events.html
6.) Save the Date: Ghostbust calories with our Halloween InCycle class
Oct 28, 5:30 to 6:15 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym, Studio C
Free for all GHN members
Join our exclusive Halloween-themed InCycle class instructed by our certified spin instructor, Andree Mondor. Jump on a bike and start peddling away from scary zombies and ghosts! Experience a thrilling intensity that’s right for you by giving/getting great energy from the class setting. This class will provide a great cardio workout that will lead you through a challenging series of courses to “ghostbust” those calories. All fitness levels and appropriate Halloween costumes welcome.
Additional Information: Group fitness schedule; http://louisville.edu/gethealthynow; ghn@louisville.edu; 852-7755.
7.) Today: Qualities of an Effective Supervisor Workshop
Oct. 21, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Human Resources Building, Room 103A
Free
Becoming a supervisor can be an exciting and intimidating proposition. Our training brings best practices and a better understanding of the qualities one needs to be an effective supervisor. Appropriate for new and more seasoned supervisors, this workshop provides participants with an opportunity to explore their strengths and opportunities for development around decision making, professionalism, conflict resolution strategies and communication styles. Register online now.
Additional Information: staffdev@louisville.edu.
8.) Food truck schedule for Belknap this week
This week’s food truck schedule for Belknap Campus:
Wednesday, Oct. 21: Mark’s Feed Store, Miller IT (back parking lot), 10:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. and Sweet ‘N Savory, pay lot next to Kurz, 4 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 22: Pollo, College of Business, 10:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. and Boss Hog BBQ, Louisville Hall behind Ville Grill, 4 to 7 p.m.
9.) A&S All Star Alumni Panel: Going local
Oct. 24, 9:30 a.m. doors open, 10 a.m. talk begins, Gheens Science Hall and Rausch Planetarium
Free, reservations recommended
This Homecoming, join anthropology professor Jeneen Wiche for the A&S alum panel discussion “Going Local! Why What You Put in Your Brain, Body, Bag, and Backyard Matters.” The panel includes Louisville Public Media’s executive editor Stephen George, Revelry Boutique Gallery owner Mo McKnight Howe, medical herbalist Myron Hardesty and ecologist Preston Pipal. Join this illustrious panel to examine the joys and pitfalls of building and maintaining local media, economies and ecologies.
For more information and to register, go to http://louisville.edu/artsandsciences/about/features/all/going-local
10.) EpiHour
Oct. 22, noon to 1 p.m., Room 103, School of Public Health and Information Sciences Building
Free
Doug Thoroughman, PhD, MS, will present on the array of career options available to epidemiologists and other public health professionals, including local and state health department positions, federal agencies such as the CDC, and international organizations. He will offer career guidance, as well as discuss various possibilities such as the US Peace Corps, the Epidemic Intelligence Service, the Career Epidemiology Field Officer Program, Service at the CDC, and the US Public Health Service.
Additional Information: Robin Newlon, 852-3003.
11.) Conference: Milton Rogovin and the Photography of Conscience
Oct. 23, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Hite Art Gallery, Schneider Hall
Free
The photography of Milton Rogovin (1910-2011) chronicled the lives of working class people. His work will be discussed by keynote speaker and oral history expert Michael Frisch. UofL faculty Christopher Fulton, Joy Carew, Chris Reitz and Catherine Fosl will then discuss Rogovin’s photography from the perspective of their disciplines. Additional commentary will be offered by independent photography historian, Steven. W. Plattner. Rogovin’s photography will be on view in the gallery.
Additional Information: Peter Morrin, 852-2361.
12.) Women Veterans Brown Bag Lunch & Learn Workshop Series
Oct. 26, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Houchens Building, LL03
Free; reservations requested
All military veterans, including student-veterans, active duty, reservist, National Guard or military families and widows are invited to the Women Veterans Brown Bag Lunch & Learn Workshop Series, which will focus on Veteran Women, Employment & Entrepreneurship. There will be speakers, including Robin Jones, Athena’s Sisters Membership & Homelessness Chair plus vendors on hand. RSVP: Phyllis M. Webb or Robin Jones.
Additional information: These monthly Brown Bag Lunch & Learn Workshop series are being sponsored by the UofL Women’s Center in conjunction with Athena Sisters. Partners include the UofL Office of Military & Veterans Student Services, Student Parent Association and CareSource.
13.) Microbiology and Immunology seminar
Oct. 22, noon to 1 p.m. CTRB, Room 101
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series presents “Immune responses to dying cells; the good, the bad, and the ugly,” by Edith Janssen, PhD, associate professor, Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Additional Information: Carolyn Burton, 852-6208.
14.) Medicine: Dr. Jerry Yu
Oct. 22, 8 a.m., Ambulatory Care Building auditorium
Medicine Grand Rounds features Jerry Yu, PhD, professor of medicine in the UofL Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Disorders Medicine. Dr. Yu will present The Vagus Nerve in Health and Disease, focusing on reviewing the role of the vagus nerve in body function, discussing neuro-immune interaction, and ways the nervous system and immune system interact, and ways in which the autonomic nervous system is not only important during normal condition but also disease condition.
For more information, contact Jason Puckett, 852-1825.
15.) Cardiovascular Medicine
Oct. 21, noon, Jewish Hospital – Rudd Heart & Lung Center, Top Floor, Conference Center
Free
Please join us as we welcome Francis Luscinskas, PhD, professor of pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston,. Dr. Luscinskas will present “CD47 and its expanding role in adaptive immune responses.”
Additional Information: Monica Sivori, 852-1162, http://louisville.edu/medicine/cmgr.
16.) Healthy blood donors needed for study #96.0191
Baxter I Building lab 117
Donors are needed for research studies of the function of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell responsible for destroying bacteria) and how diseases affect this function. Donors must be healthy, at least 18 years of age, weigh at least 110 pounds and be medication free. Amount of blood drawn will vary anywhere from 50mls to 450mls and $30 per 100 ml (or part thereof) up to a maximum of $120 will be paid.
Additional Information: Blood donation is performed in the morning at the Nephrology research laboratories of Kenneth McLeish, MD, located in the Donald E Baxter Research Building and takes approximately 20 minutes. Call Terri Manning at 852-1157 or email at trmann01@louisville.edu to enroll or to get more information.
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