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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Tuesday, April 12, 2016:
- UofL kicks off citywide Shakespeare celebration. Read more.
- UofL’s DIY journalism grad bootstraps her way to Fulbright award. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
The University of Louisville spirit program brought home five national championship titles last weekend; the most ever for any school in the history of the NCA/NDA National Championships in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Health and Wellness
1.) Weigh to Wellness, set yourself up for success this summer
2.) Try GHN’s new Saturday Incycle session
3.) Green Tip: From Meatless Mondays to Meatless Mornings (and beyond)
Miscellaneous
4.) Open discussions planned with Provost candidate Neville Pinto
5.) UofL Interfaith Seder scheduled
6.) English Graduate Organization Book Sale
Talks/Seminars/Symposiums
7.) Grawemeyer Awards Lecture Series: Behavioral Control, Resilience, and the Medial Prefrontal Cortex
8.) Grawemeyer Award winner at the Interfaith Center
9.) Microbiology and Immunology doctoral defense
Training and Workshops
10.) Dealing with Difficult People Workshop next week
11.) Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (CPR/AED) Course available
Awards
12.) School of Medicine Extramural Grant reception
Studies
13.) Adult siblings of individuals with childhood cancer needed for research study
Grand Rounds
14.) Grand Rounds Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
15.) Endocrinology Grand Rounds
16.) Medicine Grand Rounds; 2016 Charles C. Smith Jr. Lecture – Dr. Salvatore Mangione
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Health and Wellness
1.) Weigh to Wellness, set yourself up for success this summer
Tuesdays, April 19-July 5, noon to 12:45 p.m., Bingham Humanities, Room 113; Wednesdays, noon to 12:45 p.m., April 20-July 6, K-Wing, Room 2017
Join Get Healthy Now’s Weigh to Wellness class, which offers nutrition and exercise tips with the accountability of a weekly weigh-in. We will discuss various topics, such as portion sizes, worksite workouts and goal setting. Enroll today and earn incentives on your path to feeling your best.
Additional Information: Website, email, 852-7755
2.) Try GHN’s new Saturday Incycle session
Mondays and Wednesdays 5:30- 6:15 p.m., Fridays 12- 2:30 p.m., New: Saturdays 12-12:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Free for GHN Wellness Center members
Our certified instructors will lead you through a challenging series of courses to maximize your caloric burn, but you control your own resistance and speed, which allows you to continuously progress forward from your current fitness level. These classes provide a great cardio workout while supporting participants of all fitness levels.
Additional Information: Schedule, Facebook, website, email
3.) Green Tip: From Meatless Mondays to Meatless Mornings (and beyond)
April 13, 11 a.m., City Café, HSC; April 20, SAC Global Food Market
The benefits of reducing meat consumption are many – personal and planetary health, lower cost, and animal welfare. Learning how to choose and prepare healthy, balanced, nutrient-dense vegetarian meals can take time and Get Healthy Now is here to help with free meatless cooking demos/samplings at 11am: Today at HSC’s City Café and next Wednesday at SAC Global Food Market.
Register online for the April 13 or April 20 Cooking Demo.
Additional Information: Vegetarian Guide to UofL Dining
Miscellaneous
4.) Open discussions planned with Provost candidate Neville Pinto
April 13, noon, Bigelow Hall, MITC, Belknap; April 15, 11:45 p.m., CTR Building, 101, HSC
The campus community will have the opportunity to visit with Executive Vice President and University Provost candidate Neville Pinto, Ph.D. and Professor of Chemical Engineering. If you’re unable to attend either discussion, view the live stream here: http://uofl.me/UL-Video.
5.) UofL Interfaith Seder scheduled
April 13, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., UofL Interfaith Center
Free
Come learn about the Jewish holiday of Passover. Food will be included.
Additional Information: Facebook
6.) English Graduate Organization Book Sale
April 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Bingham Humanities Foyer
Book sale proceeds support the English Graduate Organization, which sponsors professional development, academic, and social programming for English Department graduate students. This year, 10 percent of the book sale proceeds will be donated to the Family Scholar House. The sale runs April 13-15.
Additional Information: Ashley Ludewig, 605-366-7323
Talks/Seminars/Symposiums
7.) Grawemeyer Awards Lecture Series: Behavioral Control, Resilience, and the Medial Prefrontal Cortex
April 13, noon, Strickler Hall, Middleton Auditorium, Room 101
Free
2016 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology recipient Steven Maier will discuss his award-winning work, which concerns what makes one resistant or vulnerable to stress when bad things happen. Maier showed if test subjects had behavioral control over some element of the adverse event, they were less negatively impacted and also essentially “immunized” against some harmful effects of future bad events. He uncovered in animal subjects the neural mechanism that provides such resilience in the face of trauma.
Additional Information: Woody Petry, 852-6031, website
8.) Grawemeyer Award winner at the Interfaith Center
January 13, 2-3 p.m., Interfaith Center
Free
The Grawemeyer Award winner in religion will be discuss her book in an informal setting. Students, faculty, staff and all others are invited to attend this reception. Light refreshments served.
Additional Information: Email
9.) Microbiology and Immunology doctoral defense
Noon- 1p.m., April 14
HSC, Clinical Translational Research Building, Room 101
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series presents a PhD dissertation, “SA-4-1BBL as a Modulator of Innate, Adaptive, and Regulatory Immunity: Implications for Cancer Prevention and Treatment,” by Hampartsoum Barsoumian, PhD Candidate, in the lab of Haval Shirwan, PhD and Esma Yolcu, PhD.
Additional Information: Carolyn Burton, 852-6208
Training and Workshops
10.) Dealing with Difficult People Workshop next week
April 20, 10-11:30 a.m., Room 103A, Human Resources Building, Belknap Campus
Free
Whether the difficult people you deal with are internal, external or both, this workshop will provide you with a better understanding of how to deal effectively with a challenging personality. Identify the characteristics of a difficult person and learn to look beyond the behavior to find the root cause and provide strategies for effective intervention. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to look within themselves to discover barriers or issues that a challenging personality may trigger.
Additional Information: Website, email
11.) Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (CPR/AED) Course available
May 3, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Paris Simulation Center, HSC, Instructional Bldg. B, Room 307
$35
The Paris Simulation Center will conduct CPR training: Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers. Space is still available.
Additional Information: Stuart Crawford, 852-2219, or Kevin Martin, 852-3384
Awards
12.) School of Medicine Extramural Grant reception
April 21, 4:30- 6:00 p.m., Atrium, Cardiovascular Innovation Institute (CII), HSC
School of Medicine faculty, research staff and students are invited to celebrate the School of Medicine extramural research grant award recipients during October 2015 through February 2016 and a special award presentation by the Alpha Phi Foundation to Dr. Andrew DeFilippis for his Heart to Heart award.
This event is hosted by the School of Medicine Vice Dean for Research, Dr. Jon Klein.
Additional Information: Anne Noe, 852-2553
Studies
13.) Adult siblings of individuals with childhood cancer needed for research study
Online
We are looking for people age 18+ who grew up in the same household with a sibling who was diagnosed with cancer prior to his/her 19th birthday to complete an online survey. The information you provide may assist counselors in identifying special issues when working with adult siblings of individuals with cancer and lead to improved care. Those who complete the survey can enter a drawing to win one of eight $50 gift cards. The survey is available online.
Additional Information: Yolanda Williams, 502-597-6723
Grand Rounds
14.) Grand Rounds Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
April 13 Noon- 1 p.m., Jewish – Rudd Heart & Lung Building, 16th floor, CC – Great Halls I & II
Please join us as we welcome George King, MD, Chief Scientific Officer, Joslin Diabetes Center; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. Dr. King will present “Insulin’s actions on the arterial wall: Is it anti- or pro- atherogenic?” The talk will provide a summary on the known pathologies and mechanisms that are postulated to cause the increased risks of cardiovascular disease in diabetic and insulin resistant states. Also providing the newest information on the potential mechanisms by which improving insulin’s actions on the arterial wall can improve cardiovascular function in diabetic states.
Additional Information: Monica Sivori, 852-1162, website
15.) Endocrinology Grand Rounds
April 13, 4 p.m., Baxter II Research Building, lower level, Room 038
Please join us as Kieren Mather, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Indiana University, presents “Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.”
Additional Information: Email Kelly Galiette, or call 852-5237
16.) Medicine Grand Rounds; 2016 Charles C. Smith Jr. Lecture – Dr. Salvatore Mangione
April 14, 8 a.m., Ambulatory Care Building auditorium
Medicine Grand Rounds features Salvatore Mangione, MD, FACCP, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director, Physical Diagnosis/History of Medicine Courses at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Mangione will present the Charles C. Smith Lecture, “Nazi Medicine, Physicians and the Problem of Collective Evil” focusing on understanding the issues of “eugenics,” the role of physicians during the Holocaust, the personality traits of perpetrators, and the personality traits of rescuers.
Additional Information: Jason Puckett, 852-1825
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