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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Monday, March 21, 2016:
- Brandeis School of Law students win national moot court title. Read more.
- UofL students join ACC peers in support of higher education. Read more.
- School of Music bringing award-winning composers to campus. Read more.
- Dean Blakely urges schools to proactively seek diversity. Read more.
- Photos: The University of Louisville’s School of Medicine hosted its Match Day celebration 18. View here.
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DID YOU KNOW?
The Department of Fine Arts was endowed as the Hite Art Institute 70 years ago in recognition of the bequest of Allen R. and Marcia S. Hite.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Faculty
1.) Promotion, Appointment Tenure (PAT) Workshop set for research faculty
HR
2.) Active Shooter Training Tomorrow
Health and Wellness
3.) Make a splash with Get Healthy Now Water Fitness
4.) Get Healthy Now offers mindfulness programs
Miscellaneous
5.) Take Back the Night ’16
6.) Louisville-Women in Medicine & Science (L-WIMS) networking event planned
7.) Bookstore needs textbook and course materials orders
8.) Transformation Tea topic is salary negotiation
9.) Announcing the 2016-17 Book-in-Common: ‘Hidden America’
10.) National Society of Black Engineers presents Miss Black UofL
Talks/Seminars/Symposiums
11.) Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World lecture features Michigan professor
12.) The Department of Physiology Seminar Series features UK Professor Bix
13.) AAUP National President talk and UofL chapter meeting this week
14.) Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar planned
15.) A Discussion on Intellectual Property scheduled
16.) The 2016 Frederic Lindley Morgan Lecture features Roberto de Leon
Training and Workshops
17.) Trifecta training series continues today
Grand Rounds
18.) Endocrinology Grand Rounds
19.) Paradigm Change in Medicine and Medical Education, ME Grand Rounds
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Faculty
1.) Promotion, Appointment Tenure (PAT) Workshop set for research faculty
April 14, noon to 1:30 p.m., Abell Administration Center, 323 E. Chestnut Street, Room 110
Free
This Promotion, Appointment Tenure (PAT) Workshop is for research faculty only. In this workshop, you will learn the requirements for promotion in your major area of effort.
Additional Information: Website, Phyllis Harris, 852-6266
HR
2.) Active Shooter Training Tomorrow
March 23, 3 to 4 p.m., Room 103A, Human Resources Building, Belknap Campus
Free
Though we hope we never encounter an active shooter situation on the University of Louisville campus, we know preparation and advance planning can guide our actions and help reduce the negative impacts of such a tragic event. Please join us for our Active Shooter Training where we will provide guidance to faculty and staff who may encounter an active shooter situation. It also describes what you can expect from responding law enforcement officers.
Additional Information: Register online, email
Health and Wellness
3.) Make a splash with Get Healthy Now Water Fitness
Spring session runs through April 21, Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon to 12:45 p.m., UofL 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: Email, 852-7755
4.) Get Healthy Now offers mindfulness programs
Every Tuesday, drop-in program, 5:30-5:55 p.m.; MBSR program, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm (March 29-May 19), Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Price varies
Experience Get Healthy Now’s mindfulness offerings in collaboration with Dr. Paul Salmon, associate professor in psychological and brain sciences. Experience the many health-enhancing benefits of reflection, stillness and being fully present. Come to a free Tuesday evening session or deepen your practice with the eight-session MBSR program ($80).
Additional Information: Website, email
Miscellaneous
5.) Take Back the Night ’16
March 30, Red Barn
Mark your calendars for Take Back the Night on March 30. Events include a panel discussion on current sexual assault legislation, resource fair, rally and march. You can help us launch the event by following @uoflpeacc on Instagram for a daily photo challenge starting March 24. Events will also be held in April for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Additional Information: Email, website
6.) Louisville-Women in Medicine & Science (L-WIMS) networking event planned
March 23, 5 to 9 p.m., Molly Malone’s in the Highlands (933 Baxter Avenue)
Free
Molly Malone’s will donate 10 percent to L-WIMS for all restaurant sales during the event. The proceeds will be used to fund future events for female medical students (such as attendance to the national AMWA conference).
Additional Information: Phyllis Harris, 852-6266
7.) Bookstore needs textbook and course materials orders
By March 28
All summer and fall textbook and course materials orders must be submitted to UofL’s official campus bookstore by March 28 to ensure compliance with the federal government Higher Education Opportunity Act. Your immediate action allows students to see textbook and course material information as they register for classes, and helps them receive more money at buy back.
Additional Information: Cori Bibelhauser, 852-4926
8.) Transformation Tea topic is salary negotiation
April 11, 3 to 5 p.m., Student Activity Center Room W306
Free
The Transformation Tea is an open forum for UofL women of color and their allies to share concern, issues, and positive suggestions. This year’s topic is salary negotiation. The guest speaker will be Joe Dunman of Clay Daniel Walton & Adams. There will be networking opportunities, snacks, and door prizes for attendees. The event is sponsored by Commission on Diversity & Racial Equality, Commission on the Status of Women, Women’s Center, University Libraries, and the Department of Communication.
Additional Information: RSVP required via email or 852-2029 by March 31
9.) Announcing the 2016-17 Book-in-Common: ‘Hidden America’
“Hidden America,” UofL’s 2016-17 Book-in-Common, invites readers to think deeply about the people and systems we rely on every day but rarely consider. It’s an excellent fit for classes across disciplines, a quick read, and extremely relevant to current events. From text integration to serving on a faculty panel, and everything in between, there are many ways you can be involved.
Additional Information: Website
10.) National Society of Black Engineers presents Miss Black UofL
March 24, 7 p.m., Strickler Hall Auditorium
$7 Pre-Sale w/ Student ID; $10 @ the door and for the public
The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) has been active at the University of Louisville since 1975 and was founded by Professor Brenda Hart. NSBE founded and adopted the Miss Black UofL Scholarship Pageant as a signature fundraising and cultural awareness event on campus. NSBE members will be selling tickets in the SAC multipurpose room from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day until the day of the pageant.
Additional Information: Jordan Potts, Zita Ackah, Jalyn Shontee, Kendra Ford
Talks/Seminars/Symposiums
11.) Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World lecture features Michigan professor
March 24, 6 p.m., Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library
Free and open to public
The Liberal Studies Project & KY Society of the Archaeological Institute of America present a talk by Dr. Terry Wilfong, University of Michigan, titled “Protecting Young Women in Ancient Egypt: Gender in the Oracular Amuletic Decrees.” Young women faced particular dangers in ancient Egypt, even at the highest levels of society. From around 950-800 BCE, the Egyptians devised a unique means of protecting them: Oracular decrees issued by the gods, promising protection from a variety of dangers.
Additional Information: Janna Tajibaeva, 852-2247
12.) The Department of Physiology Seminar Series features UK Professor Bix
March 22, 11:45 a.m., Baxter I Auditorium
Free
The Department of Physiology Seminar Series presents, “Enter the Matrix: Novel Stroke and Vascular Dementia Therapeutic Targets,” by Gregory J. Bix, MD, PhD, FAHA, professor, Departments of Neurology and Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Kentucky.
Additional Information: Website
13.) AAUP National President talk and UofL chapter meeting this week
March 25, 3:30 p.m., Strickler 102
Free, open to the public
The American Association of University Professors–U of L chapter presents: “Neoliberalism, Corporatization,and the Crisis in Higher Education” by AAUP National President Rudy Fichtenbaum, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Wright State University. Refreshments served. Immediately following Professor Fichtenbaum’s address will be the general meeting of the UofL AAUP.
Additional Information: Avery Kolers, website, Facebook
14.) Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar planned
March 22, 1 p.m., HSC CTR 124
Free
Pharmacology and Toxicology presents the 2016 Dr. K. C. Huang Memorial Lecture by Osama El-Tawil, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Professor of Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, EGYPT. Title: “Opportunities for academic partnerships in Egypt”
Additional Information: Florence Su, 852-5141
15.) A Discussion on Intellectual Property scheduled
March 29, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., PNC Horn Auditorium (Room 106), Harry Frazier Hall, College of Business
Free
Intellectual property is the key to innovation. Two experts will discuss the law and economics of intellectual property and its effect on the economy and society during this event hosted by the John H. Schnatter Center for Free Enterprise. Featured speakers are Lars S. Smith, Samuel J. Stallings Chair in Law at UofL’s Brandeis School of Law, and Alex Tabarrok, Bartley J Madden Chair in Economics, George Mason University. Free pizza for attendees following the presentation.
Additional Information: Donna Zinser Clark, 852-5612, website
16.) The 2016 Frederic Lindley Morgan Lecture features Roberto de Leon
March 22, 6 p.m., Humanities Building, Room 100
The Hite Institute prsents the 2016 Frederic Lindley Morgan Lecture: Roberto de Leon. Robert de Leon is a partner and co-founder of De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop, a collaborative design studio focusing on public projects with a cultural, civic or not-for-profit basis. He has received numerous awards and was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects this year.
Additional Information: Website, 852-6794
Training and Workshops
17.) Trifecta training series continues today
March 22, 3 to 5 p.m., Clinical Translational Research Building (CTRB), Room 124
Free
All are welcome to attend the fourth of our five-part commercialization series. Today’s topic: “Product development for a life-science technology.” Learn how to navigate the often-confusing world of reimbursement red tape from a panel of guests including Alice Shade, co-founder and CEO of Edumedics.
Additional Information: RSVP via email
Grand Rounds
18.) Endocrinology Grand Rounds
March 23, 4 p.m., Baxter II Research Building, lower level, Room 038
Please join us as Sri Prakash L. Mokshagundam, MD, UofL Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, presents “Type 3c (Pancreatogenic) Diabetes – epidemiology, mechanisms, and management.”
Additional Information: Kelly Galiette, 852-5237
19.) Paradigm Change in Medicine and Medical Education, ME Grand Rounds
May 11, noon to 1 p.m., Room 215, Instructional Building, Health Science Campus
Free
Join guest speaker Dr. Charles Wiener and gain an understanding of the new Individuality Paradigm and how it is reshaping our understanding and practice of risk, prevention, and therapeutics. Dr. Wiener will discuss the importance of incorporating this paradigm into medical education and training. Dr. Wiener was the chair of the curriculum reform effort at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine that led to the development and implementation of the innovative Genes to Society curriculum in 2009.
Additional Information: Website
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