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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on April 22, 2015:
· Vietnam War program at UofL to air on C-SPAN3. Read more.
· More than 100 earn LGBT health/wellness certificates. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Jefferson Seminary, a predecessor to UofL, opened in September 1814. Tuition was $17.50 for a five-month session of classes that included English, French, Latin, Greek, geography and trigonometry (used for surveying and navigation).
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Events
1.) Fifth annual Open Walls exhibit registration is open
2.) 25th Annual Neuroscience Day is today
3.) Sign up now for 24th annual UofL faculty/staff golf scramble
Seminars
4.) Pharmacology & Toxicology
Sustainability
5.) 2015 Earn-A-Bike Program seeking commuters
Grand Rounds
6.) Pediatrics
7.) Family & Geriatric Medicine
8.) Orthopaedic Surgery
9.) Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Events
1.) Fifth annual Open Walls exhibit registration is open
Exhibit June 5-26, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Photographic Archives gallery, Ekstrom Library lower level
Registration due May 28, 5 p.m.
The 2015 Open Walls exhibit of artwork by UofL faculty and staff is scheduled for June 5 to 26 in the Photographic Archives gallery in the lower level of Ekstrom Library. The exhibit, which is in its fifth year, is an opportunity for faculty and staff who are not professional or exhibited artists to share their work. All media (i.e., paintings, photographs, woodworking, mixed media, fiber arts, jewelry, crafts) is accepted. Click on these links for the guidelines and the registration form.
Additional Information: Janet Cappiello, 852-1104. Video from the 2014 Open Walls exhibit.
2.) 25th Annual Neuroscience Day is today
April 23, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Clinical & Translational Research Building, first floor
Free
The 25th Annual Neuroscience Day features plenary speaker Dr. Pat Levitt, internal speakers Dr. Brendan Depue and Dr. Chi Zhang, and a trainee poster competition. Go to our website for a detailed program. Lunch provided. If you did not pre-register online, please register on site.
Additional Information: Website.
3.) Sign up now for 24th annual UofL faculty/staff golf scramble
June 12, 1 p.m., Quail Chase Golf Club
$55/person
All current and retired UofL faculty/staff and spouses are eligible to participate. Entries limited to the first 120 applicants. Shotgun start will be used. Player check-in will start at 11:30 a.m. and range balls will be available starting at 11:45 a.m., with lunch between 11:30 a.m. and noon. Entry fee includes: greens fee, golf cart, gift certificates for the winning teams and individual skill competitions, skins game and range balls. Make all checks payable to the University of Louisville.
Additional Information: David Hatfield or John Smith, 852-6707.
Seminars
4.) Pharmacology & Toxicology
April 23, noon, HSC Research Tower, Knoefel Conference Room 1302
The Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology Presents Evidence for iKr potassium channel maturation in chick ECT by E-4031 block a research seminar by Marc Dwenger and “Targeting the Anaphase Promoting Complex/ Cyclosome for the Development of Cancer Chemotherapeutics” a research seminar by J. Mason Hoffman.
Additional Information: Tracey Pender.
Sustainability
5.) 2015 Earn-A-Bike Program seeking commuters
Sick of the expense, hassle & sedentary lifestyle of being stuck in a polluting car? Try something new! 1. Earn-A-Bike: Give up your parking permit for two years and earn a $400 bike shop voucher! Apply by 8/15. 2. Ride the entire TARC bus system free with UofL ID. 3. Carpool Matching: Use UofL’s free, secure system to find/offer rides. 4. BikeShare: Free daily bike check-out from 8 campus locations. 5. UofL CarShare: If you need a car for errands, rent hourly from campus.
Grand Rounds
6.) Pediatrics
April 24, 8 a.m., Norton Hospital, 2nd Floor Auditorium
This Friday, please join us for the 34th Annual Dr. Kareem B. Minhas Memorial Lectureship featuring Craig Sable, MD. Sable is director of echocardiography and telemedicine and professor of pediatrics at Children’s National Health System at George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. He will be presenting “Telemedicine Applications in Pediatrics.”
Additional Information: Brittney Luckett, 629-8828.
7.) Family & Geriatric Medicine
April 24, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Bottigheimer Auditorium
Robin Youngson, anesthesiologist, co-founder of Hearts in Healthcare, honorary senior lecturer at Auckland University presents Hope for Healthcare. The participant will understand the extent of burnout among health professionals and how this disables compassionate caring; the neuroscience of the deep connection between health professionals and patients; how a healing connection profoundly changes the biology of patients, including genetic regulation.
Additional Information: Callie Booth.
8.) Orthopaedic Surgery
April 24, 6:45 to 7:45 a.m., Baxter I Research Building, auditorium, lower level
Please join us as we welcome Tuna Ozyurekoglu, MD, assistant clinical professor (gratis), orthopedic surgery. Dr. Ozyurekoglu will present Management of Wrist Arthritis.
Additional Information: Monica Welsh, 852-6902.
9.) Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
April 24, 1 to 2 p.m., Ambulatory Care Building-Basement Auditorium
Please join us as Michael Coons CST/CFA with Hologic will present Novasure Endometrial Ablation. He will be discussing the three types of Endometrial Ablation and how they work and compare data and efficacy of all three ablation modalities. Also, he will talk about best practices for Novasure as well as troubleshooting.
Additional Information: Crystal Menear, 561-7463.
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