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DID YOU KNOW?
UofL faculty, students and staff will be on TV every week starting today. MetroTV, the local government access channel, is showing the “UofL Today with Mark Hebert” radio program that currently airs on 93.9 FM The Ville on Monday and Tuesday nights at 6. The radio shows are being videotaped and edited by the Office of Communications and Marketing for showing on MetroTV on Monday and Tuesday nights at 7:30 with replays at other times during the week.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Open Enrollment: We’ve Got You Covered
1.) Open Enrollment continues this week
2.) UL Cares Campaign begins this week
3.) Radio Show
4.) Metro TV
Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary
5.) ‘Mysteries of Human Memory’
6.) ‘Why Civil Resistance Works’
7.) ‘Peace in the Mideast’
8.) ‘Insights into Corruption’
9.) Research!Louisville opening day is Tuesday
10.) R!L presents diabetes and cardiovascular stem cells symposium
11.) R!L presents clinical informatics symposium
12.) Research!Louisville highlights nursing profession
13.) ReAxys (Beilstein) Database Training is today
14.) Help Your Students Remember – Part Time Faculty Institute
15.) UofL hosting Innovation Showcase
16.) Open retirement party for Eunice Barbour
17.) Organizational meeting for Ky. Chapter of the National Association of Scholars
18.) PLAN offers workshop on strategies for writing for publication
19.) PLAN hosts alternative-academic career panel for graduate students
20.) Surplus Warehouse closing Thursday for auction preparations
21.) Ali’s Louisville: Restorative practices in K-12 education and racial equity
22.) Biochemistry Seminar
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Open Enrollment: We’ve Got You Covered
1.) Open Enrollment continues this week
Employees can select 2016 benefits online through Oct. 30. Go to the Open Enrollment website for more information and make your elections. A Benefits Fair is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday at the Get Healthy Now Wellness Center, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free shuttle bus will take riders from the center to Grawemeyer Hall and the Floyd Street Garage.
2.) UL Cares Campaign begins this week
October 26 – November 25
UL Cares kicks off early this year! Cards All In is proud to sponsor this annual campaign that allows employees to give directly to our community partners. The 2015 campaign will take place from October 26 – November 25 and is open to all faculty, staff and students. Join us in supporting our partners: Community Health Charities, Fund for the Arts, Kosair Charities, Metro United Way, WHAS Crusade for Children and the University of Louisville.
Additional Information: For more information, visit www.cardsallin.org/uoflcares.
3.) Radio Show
Airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 6 p.m. on 93.9 FM The Ville; replayed on Saturday and Sunday at 8 a.m.
UofL’s Mark Hebert hosts two weekly 30-minute programs focusing on research and insights from expert UofL faculty, as well as stories about our successful students, and staff and campus events. This week’s schedule:
Oct. 26: Keith Mountain on climate change; Edna Ross on UofL’s collaboration with Wayside Christian Mission and its Hotel Louisville
Oct. 27: Kathleen Hoye on Family Business Center; Benjamin Mast talks research on dementia and Alzheimer’s; and Edna Ross explains i2A.
Podcasts of all “UofL Today with Mark Hebert” radio programs can be found at https://soundcloud.com/uofl.
4.) Metro TV
(Ch. 99 on UVerse, Ch. 25 on TWC): Monday and Tuesday nights at 7:30 with replays Thursday 6:30 p.m., Friday 8:30 p.m. and Sunday 9:30 p.m.
This week: Renee Finnegan on UofL’s military and veteran initiatives; Marianne Hutti discusses her research on the grief suffered by women who have miscarriages or lose a baby; and three McConnell Scholars talk about their program.
Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary
5.) ‘Mysteries of Human Memory’
Oct. 27, 7 p.m., Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, Bomhard Theater
Free, but tickets are required
“Mysteries of Human Memory,” part of the Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary Celebration, features short lectures, a panel discussion and question-and-answer session with former Grawemeyer Award in Psychology winners and prominent scientists Elizabeth Loftus, James McGaugh and Lynn Nadel. Free tickets are available at the Belknap Campus West Information Center, HSC Abell Administration Center and the Kentucky Center box office.
Additional Information: Website.
6.) ‘Why Civil Resistance Works’
Oct. 29, 10 a.m. to noon, Chao Auditorium
Free
Previous Grawemeyer Award recipients Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan will discuss the groundbreaking work that earned them the 2013 Grawemeyer for Ideas Improving World Order. Collecting and analyzing data detailing political uprisings between 1900 and 2006, Chenoweth and Stephan found that non-violent campaigns succeeded twice as often as violent ones. Come join us for what is sure to be a riveting discussion.
Additional Information: Charles Ziegler, 852-3248.
7.) ‘Peace in the Mideast’
Oct. 29, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Chao Auditorium
Free
Come join us as Dr. Trita Parsi discusses his pivotal work Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the U.S., for which he won the 2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Dr. Parsi contends that the rivalry between Iran and Israel is driven more by a quest for regional power than by conflicting beliefs. He believes peace between the two nations is possible. We hope to see you there!
Additional Information: Charles Ziegler, 852-3248.
8.) ‘Insights into Corruption’
Oct. 30, 10 a.m. to noon, Chao Auditorium
Free
Mark your calendar for Oct 30, when Dr. Michael Johnston will join us for a discussion of his Grawemeyer Award-winning work, Syndromes of Corruption: Wealth, Power and Democracy. One of the world’s leading authorities on corruption, Dr. Johnston’s work examines patterns inherent in the development of corruption and possible avenues for addressing it and stopping it. The event is free and open to the public.
Additional Information: Charles Ziegler, 852-3248.
9.) Research!Louisville opening day is Tuesday
Daily Oct 27-30, Kosair Charities Clinical and Translational Research Building
Free
Mark your calendars! Check out the list of events beginning Tuesday at the Health Sciences Center. Multiple scientific poster competitions, seminars, lectures and workshops on health-related research will be featured.
Additional Information: Details at www.researchlouisville.org or contact Bonnie Dean at 852-2647 or Anne Noe 852-2553.
10.) R!L presents diabetes and cardiovascular stem cells symposium
Oct. 27, 10 a.m. to noon, Kosair Charities Clinical and Translational Research Building, Room 124
Free
This symposium will feature primary research on the effects of obesity and diabetes on the number and function of cardiovascular stem and progenitor cells in blood, vasculature and the heart in animal models and human stem cells in culture.
Additional Information: Daniel J. Conklin, 852-5836 or www.researchlouisville.org.
11.) R!L presents clinical informatics symposium
Oct. 27, 2 to 4 p.m., Kosair Charities Clinical and Translational Research Building, Room 124
Free
This symposium will feature four 20-minute presentations: Eric Rouchka, PhD–Computing at UofL with Application to Next Gen Sequencing Data Analyses”; Guy Brock, PhD–Design and Analysis of Metabolomics Data”; Ted Kalbfleisch, PhD–Medical Records and Next Gen Sequencing Data Analyses’; and Shesh Rai, PhD–Design and Analysis of miRNA Data.”
Additional Information: Details at www.researchlouisville.org or Shesh Rai, 852-4030.
12.) Research!Louisville highlights nursing profession
Oct. 27, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wade Mountz Auditorium, Norton Hospital
Free – registration required
“Evidence-Based Practice & Research: Putting it All Together” is a nursing research symposium featuring speakers Michelle L. Pendleton, DNP, RN and Becky J. Christian, PhD, MSN, RN, FNAP. All registered nurses, School of Nursing faculty and students are encouraged to attend.
Additional Information: Jodi Herron Behr, 629-5199 or Debora Williams, 629-7359.
13.) ReAxys (Beilstein) Database Training is today
Oct. 26, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Ekstrom Library, Room W102
Free to UofL community
Training provided by a ReAxys trainer is open to students, faculty and staff who need information on searching the chemical literature by chemical name or by compound. Get help finding reactions, citations, patents and more. Familiar with Beilstein? ReAxys is based on Beilstein with the addition of Gmelin and The Patent Chemistry Database.
Additional Information: http://louisville.edu/library/
14.) Help Your Students Remember – Part Time Faculty Institute
Nov. 12, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Delphi Center, Ekstrom Library, room 244
Students forget most of what they are taught. While true, strategies exist to help professors address this challenge. Join us for dinner and “Why Students Forget Most of What They’re Taught and What You Can Do About It,” where Dr. Keith Lyle will draw upon his research on human memory to explore the reasons why retention of information is often poor and. more important, how we can help our students with information recall.
For additional information and to register: http://louisville.edu/delphi/programs/ptf/institute/why-students-forget-most-of-what-theyre-taught-and-what-you-can-do-about-it
15.) UofL hosting Innovation Showcase
Nov. 9, 6-8 p.m., 500 S 4th St.
Do you have a great idea or technology you have been working on? Apply to the Innovation Showcase and get the chance to win the $1,000 prize and display your idea in front of industry professionals, investors and commercialization experts from KY, IN and OH. Attendees and participants will network with community leaders and other innovators from the region. The Innovation Showcase is a part of the OVALS Conference, Nov.9-10. To apply to the showcase, contact Brett: brett.moreno@louisville.edu
Additional Information: http://www.uc.edu/eventservices/ovals.html
16.) Open retirement party for Eunice Barbour
Oct. 27, 1 to 2 p.m., University Club, Mary Bingham Room
Free
After 44 years of dedicated service to the university, Eunice Barbour will be retiring. Please stop by and congratulate and wish Eunice well.
Additional Information: Leslie Parker, 852-6166.
17.) Organizational meeting for Ky. Chapter of the National Association of Scholars
Oct. 30, noon to 1 p.m., to-be-named restaurant near Belknap Campus
Free- BYOL
Learn about the KAS Chapter of the NAS, a voice for alternative views in higher education. Meeting is open to all individuals committed to academic freedom and disinterested scholarship. NAS is concerned with issues including academic content, cost, unfairness, academic integrity, campus culture, attitudes, governance and long-term trends. We encourage high intellectual standards, individual merit, institutional integrity, good governance and sound public policy.
Additional Information: Ben Foster, 852-4826, for more information; NAS website.
18.) PLAN offers workshop on strategies for writing for publication
Oct. 28, 2 to 3 p.m., Ekstrom Library, Room W104
Writing for publication is a challenging but vital part of graduate students’ professional development. This workshop will cover the process of writing for publication and the differences in writing for graduate courses and for publication. We will also discuss practical concerns, such as identifying a publication for your work, responding to reviewer comments, and revising your work for publication. Grad students interested in attending can register and find more info on the PLAN website.
19.) PLAN hosts alternative-academic career panel for graduate students
Oct. 30, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Houchens Building, Room 105
To meet the needs of students who are seeking positions outside of academia, we are offering a panel discussion featuring successful PhD recipients who are working in nonprofit or business sectors in our community. Panelists will discuss their alternative career paths, including challenges and successes they had in transitioning to a non-academic context. Grad students interested in attending can register and find more info on the PLAN website.
Additional Information: Event Page.
20.) Surplus Warehouse closing Thursday for auction preparations
The Surplus Warehouse will close on Thursday, Oct. 29, to prepare for the upcoming auction scheduled for Sat., November 21. The initial auction list is posted on the Surplus website. The Surplus Warehouse will be open for viewing and reserving surplus items for department use on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, 8 a.m.–noon and 1– 4 p.m. All reserved items should be removed as soon as possible. The Surplus Warehouse is located at 1901 S. Floyd St. on Belknap Campus.
Additional Information: Susan Carmack, 852-2986.
21.) Ali’s Louisville: Restorative practices in K-12 education and racial equity
Nov. 5, 5:30 to 8 p.m., Shumaker Research Building, Rm. 139
Free and Open to the Public
Join us to learn more about the “Restorative Practices” model. Dr. Cherie Dawson-Edwards, in Justice Administration at UofL, directs this successful effort within JCPS to improve the disciplinary outcomes for marginalized youth and reduce the disproportionate contact between students of color and the juvenile justice system. The work is coordinated by Dr. John Marshall, chief equity officer of JCPS. Ms.Quaniqua Carthan of the Mayor’s Office collaborates.
Additional Information: Erika R. DeSha, 852-6372.
22.) Biochemistry Seminar
Oct. 26, noon, Homberger Library, HSC-A, Rm 614
Chris Nevitt, BMG grad student: “Engineered Chromatin Looping for Therapeutic Control of Gene Expression.”
Additional Information: janice.burkett@louisville.edu
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