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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Wednesday, March 23, 2016:
- Joint MBA program lands in the top tier for first ranking. Read more.
- Take Back the Night event to kick off Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Read more.
- College of Business rolling out red carpet for Portland 5th Read more.
- UC-Irvine mathematician to explore whether irrationals exist. Read more.
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Research Bulletin
Four University of Louisville faculty members received five grants this week totaling more than $600,000. Here are the faculty members, their projects and the amounts of their awards.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Miss Black UofL is tonight at 7 p.m. in Strickler Hall Auditorium. The event was created by the National Society of Black Engineers as a signature fundraiser. The NSBE has been active at UofL since 1975.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Health and Wellness
1.) The Get Healthy Now Wellness Center will be closed for Easter
2.) Mammogram screening scheduled for UofL Employees
3.) Achieve Lean Legs with Get Healthy Now
4.) Ride with your GHN friends with InCycle and InCycle Express
Miscellaneous
5.) First Global Health Fair includes health screenings
Talks/Seminars/Symposiums
6.) How Women’s Rights Became a Global Norm: Reflections on the CEDAW
7.) Oral Health Seminar focuses on malaria
8.) Brown & Williamson Spring Seminar Series features WVU professor
9.) Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar features two speakers
10.) Credit Repair Workshop available in April
11.) Effective Communication Strategies Workshop next week
Sustainability
12.) Got permaculture? Get some Friday with UofL EcoReps
Grand Rounds
13.) Orthopaedic Surgery
14.) Pediatric Grand Rounds
15.) Family Medicine Grand Rounds
16.) Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health Grand Rounds
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Health and Wellness
1.) The Get Healthy Now Wellness Center will be closed for Easter
The GHN Wellness Center will be closed on Sunday, March 27 in observance of Easter. Normal hours of operation will resume Monday, March 28th (6 a.m. to 9 p.m.)
Additional Information: Facebook, website, email, 852-7755
2.) Mammogram screening scheduled for UofL Employees
May 4, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Gottschalk Circle on Belknap Campus (next to Shumaker Research Building)
Insurance will be billed. UofL insurance covers 100 percent
KCP and the James Graham Brown Cancer Center, part of KentuckyOne Health, will be bringing the mobile mammography van back to Belknap Campus on Wednesday, May 4 for UofL employees. If you’re over 40 and it has been at least a year since your last mammogram, you may call 852-6318 to schedule your appointment. Insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid will be billed. UofL insurance will cover 100 percent.
Additional Information: Email, 852-6318
3.) Achieve Lean Legs with Get Healthy Now
Tuesdays and Thursdays 12 to 12:15 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center
Free for GHN Wellness Center members
Work your glutes, quads, hamstrings and calves in a 15-minute medley of movements, helping you train all of your supporting leg muscles for strong and lean looking legs. Class is welcome to all fitness levels, as modifications will be provided as needed.
Additional Information: Schedule, Facebook, website, email, 852-7755
4.) Ride with your GHN friends with InCycle and InCycle Express
Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30 to 7 a.m., 5:30 to 6:15 p.m.; Fridays, 12 to 12:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Free for GHN Wellness Center members
Let the upbeat music motivate you as you ride through a variety of speeds and resistance challenges. Suitable for all fitness levels.
Additional Information: Facebook, website, email, 852-7755
Miscellaneous
5.) First Global Health Fair includes health screenings
March 24, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Kentucky Refugee Ministries, 969 Cherokee Rd.
The University of Louisville Global Health Center is partnering with other university and community partners to present the first Global Health Fair. The fair’s objective is to provide health services for the uninsured and underinsured, for undocumented migrants and for refugees. It will also include demonstrations, health screenings, raffles, activities and a bicycle giveaway.
Additional Information: Website
Talks/Seminars/Symposiums
6.) How Women’s Rights Became a Global Norm: Reflections on the CEDAW
March 31, 2:30 to 4 p.m., Room W104, Ekstrom Library, Belknap Campus
Free
Dr. Lisa Baldez of Dartmouth College will discuss the emergence of the UN women’s rights treaty, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) as a case study of basic disagreements about how human rights treaties work.
Additional Information: Dr. Tricia Gray, Dr. Rhonda Buchanan
7.) Oral Health Seminar focuses on malaria
March 25, 11:50 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dental School, Room 125
Free
“A ‘gut’ feeling about malaria” will be presented by Nathan W. Schmidt, Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology & Immunology University of Louisville
Additional Information: Email
8.) Brown & Williamson Spring Seminar Series features WVU professor
March 25, 4 p.m., Chemistry Building, Room LL-16
Free, students, faculty and staff
Stephen Valentine, PhD, West Virginia University, will present, “Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry Combined with Gas-Phase Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange for Structural Proteomics.”
Additional Information: Sherry Nalley, 852-6798
9.) Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar features two speakers
March 24, noon, HSC CTR 124
Free
The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Research Seminar presents “Cancer Targeting MRI Contrast Agent,” by Nagwa Elbaz, and “Promising New Computer Aided Diagnostic Test for Determining Cause of Renal Rejection Post Transplant,” by Elizabeth Hollis.
Additional Information: Florence Su, 852-5141
Training and Workshops
10.) Credit Repair Workshop available in April
April 14, 12:30 to 1 p.m.
Free
Save the date for the Credit Repair Workshop sponsored by the U of L Women’s Center Student Parent Association. Facilitated by Sullivan graduate and a former U of L student-parent, Julia King, the workshop is designed to help you identify negative items on your credit report, etc. Limited space available. If you work with or know students who may be interested in attending, please have them to RSVP: womenctr@louisville.edu by April 12.
Additional Information: Phyllis Webb, Caitlin Rothrock, 852-8976.
11.) Effective Communication Strategies Workshop next week
March 30, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Room 103A, Human Resources Building, Belknap Campus
Free
There are many different messages coming at us in so many different formats, it’s no wonder there are communication breakdowns in the workplace. Come together to learn how to effectively communicate with leadership/management and peers to ensure that the right message is being delivered the right way, at the right time for a successful outcome.
Additional Information: Website, email
Sustainability
12.) Got permaculture? Get some Friday with UofL EcoReps
March 25, noon to 1 p.m., Room W210, Ekstrom Library, Belknap Campus
Free
Join us for free lunch and workshop with the Louisville Permaculture Guild. Take a deep dive into the principles of permaculture: The use of skilled design to produce ecologies, economies and communities which are grounded in an ethical consideration of their environments. The Sustainability Council’s EcoReps program aims to move faculty, staff and students from talk to action for a more sustainable UofL. Get trained, help out and even get certified as a point-person for sustainability.
Additional Information: Website, schedule
Grand Rounds
13.) Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
March 25, 6:45 to 7:45 a.m., Baxter I Research Building, auditorium, lower level
Free
Please join the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as we welcome Andrew Duffee, MD, clinical instructor, University of Louisville. Dr. Duffee will lecture on “ACL Reconstruction: Should We Abandon the Transtibial Technique?”
Additional Information: Monica Welsh, 852-6902
14.) Pediatric Grand Rounds
March 25, 8 a.m., Norton Hospital, 2nd Floor Auditorium
This Friday, please join us for a Pediatric Grand Rounds featuring P. Alex Mabe, PhD. Mabe is professor of psychiatry and health behavior at the Medical College of Georgia in August, Georgia. He will present “Understanding and Treating Child Anger.”
Additional Information: Brittney Luckett, 502-629-8828
15.) Family Medicine Grand Rounds
March 25, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Jewish Hospital Bottigheimer Auditorium
Free
Senior residents Katherine Pohlgeers, MD, Jason Wells, MD, and Steven Roby, MD, will present their Senior Resident Capstone Projects, covering a broad range of primary care topics. CME category 1 is available for both AAFP & ACCME accreditation.
Additional Information: Melissa Garrett, 852-5499
16.) Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health Grand Rounds
March 25, 1 to 2 p.m., Ambulatory Care Building-Basement Auditorium
Our speaker is Ambareen Jan, MD one of our MIGS fellows. Her topic is “The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Reflection of the Global Health Challenges in Today’s Social Climate.” She will give a brief overview of the Syrian Refugee Crisis, discuss current efforts in the Syrian Refugee Crisis and the challenges physicians face in an acute crisis and broader challenges in the global health community.
Additional Information: Crystal Menear, 502-561-7463
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