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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Monday, April 4, 2016:
- UofL dental faculty elected American Academy of Oral Medicine President. Read more.
- UofL’s nationally-ranked Quiz Bowl team heads to championship. Read more.
- Brandeis School of Law 1L elected ABA Student Division 6th Circuit Governor. Read more.
- Photos: UofL’s Music Therapy Clinic is the only approved undergrad music therapy program in Kentucky. View here.
- Photos: U.S. Army War College students and members of the Eisenhower Series College Program spoke at the McConnell Center last week. View here.
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DID YOU KNOW?
UofL’s School of Public Health and Information Sciences is part of the Generation Public Health movement with a goal of making the U.S. the healthiest nation by 2030. As part of National Public Health Week, SPHIS is hosting several events this week, with more information available online.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Health and Wellness
1.) Meet the Get Healthy Now Wellness Center’s Member of the Month
2.) National Walking Day: Get Moving with Get Healthy Now
Miscellaneous
3.) University Opera Theatre presents Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’
4.) 9th Annual Latin American and Latino Studies Spring Showcase
5.) Honors Student Council Book & Media Sale fundraiser
6.) Official launch: Black Freedom, White Allies, Red Scare: Louisville, 1954
Talks/Seminars/Symposiums
7.) Discussion focuses on multimodal molecular imaging MS for biomedical applications
8.) Sutherland Endowed Chair in Glass Lecture Series presents Hayden Wilson
9.) CRAFT Seminar Series features CEO of Nosocom Solutions
Awards
10.) 27th Annual Provost’s Awards for Exemplary Advising announced
11.) It’s not too late to submit your Paul Weber Award application
Food Truck On-Campus Schedule
12.) Food trucks serving lunch this week
13.) Food trucks serving dinner this week
Grand Rounds
14.) Endocrinology Grand Rounds
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Health and Wellness
1.) Meet the Get Healthy Now Wellness Center’s Member of the Month
Congratulations to Carol Meeker for being Get Healthy Now’s Member of the Month for April – her birth month. Read more to see what amazing work Carol put in to make herself fabulous at 50.
Additional Information: Website, email, 852-7755
2.) National Walking Day: Get Moving with Get Healthy Now
April 6, noon to 12:30 p.m., HSC – Kornhauser Library Courtyard; Belknap – Cardinal Park Cardio Path in front of The Nancy and Harry Jones Training Room across from the SAC; Shelby – Burhans Hall
Get Healthy Now and the American Heart Association invite you to celebrate National Walking Day on Wednesday, April 6. Participate by taking a 10-minute walking break. Invite your supervisor, colleagues, or family to join you. Post a photo to our Facebook page and we’ll send you a gift via campus mail.
Additional Information: Facebook, website, 852-7755
Miscellaneous
3.) University Opera Theatre presents Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’
April 8, 8 p.m., April 10, 2 p.m., The Kentucky Center’s Bomhard Theater
Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students and seniors
Call the Kentucky Center at 502-584-7777 or online at kentuckycenter.org for ticket information.
Additional Information: Website
4.) 9th Annual Latin American and Latino Studies Spring Showcase
April 6, 3-4 p.m., Room 139, Shumaker Research Building, Belknap Campus
Free
This is a celebration of LALS Lewis Scholars and Fellows, Panama Scholars, LALS Interns, and graduating students. Dr. Brenda Ortiz-Loyola, 2015 Lewis Fellow, will give a presentation titled “We Have Something to Say: Afro-Cuban Feminists and Nationalism.”
Additional Information: Rhonda Buchanan, 852-2034, website
5.) Honors Student Council Book & Media Sale fundraiser
April 9, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Red Barn
All money raised will go toward Camp Quality, helping kids with cancer be kids again through its summer camp. Most items will be priced to sell at $2 or less. More than 20,000 books, CDs, DVDs, video games, board games and vinyl records have been donated so far. Free coffee and doughnuts.
Additional Information: Luke Buckman
6.) Official launch: Black Freedom, White Allies, Red Scare: Louisville, 1954
On behalf of UofL’s Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, we are excited to announce that the digitization of our public history exhibit is officially complete and available at www.blackfreedomwhitealliesredscare.org. The launch date is also the exact 9-year anniversary of the Institute’s grand opening.
Additional Information: Website
Talks/Seminars/Symposiums
7.) Discussion focuses on multimodal molecular imaging MS for biomedical applications
April 6, 10 a.m. to noon, Room 038, Delia Baxter Research Building, Health Sciences Campus
Free
Dr. Philippa Hart, a Senior Scientist, Waters Corporation, Wilmslow, UK, will discuss mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) applied to a variety of biomedical samples. MSI has been gaining importance in clinical, ‘omics and pharmaceutical research areas. Full Spectrum Molecular Imaging is the combination of two ionization techniques with ion mobility separation on a single instrument platform and allows for the extraction of maximum levels of molecular distribution directly from sample surfaces.
Additional Information: RSVP to Michael Merchant by April 5, 5 p.m.
8.) Sutherland Endowed Chair in Glass Lecture Series presents Hayden Wilson
April 5, 7-8 p.m., Cressman Center for Visual Arts, 100 E. Main Street
Free and open to the public
Hayden Dakota Wilson is a second generation blown and cast glass artist from the Blue Ridge Mountain region of Western North Carolina. Hayden holds a degree in sculpture from UNC-Asheville and is currently the manager of the hot glass studio at Asheville Glass Center.
Additional Information: Renée K. Murphy, 852-6794
9.) CRAFT Seminar Series features CEO of Nosocom Solutions
April 7, noon, Baxter II Research Building, lower level, Room 038
Free
Dr. Naresh Sunkara, founder and CEO of Nosocom Solutions Inc., will talk on “Entrepreneurship as a Career: Transition from Academia to the Startup World.” Lunch will be provided by the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
Additional Information: Tiffany Monyhan
Awards
10.) 27th Annual Provost’s Awards for Exemplary Advising announced
April 13, 3-4:30 p.m.
The winners of the 27th Annual Provost’s Awards for Exemplary Advising are Matthew Church (professional advisor) and Dr. Kristopher Grady (undergraduate faculty advisor). Church and Grady will be honored at an RSVP reception on April 13, from 3-4:30 p.m. in Bigelow Hall, in the Miller Information Technology Center, along with the other award nominees.
Additional Information: Email
11.) It’s not too late to submit your Paul Weber Award application
Stage One applications for the Paul Weber Award for Departmental Excellence in Teaching are due Friday, April 8. Each year, one department is recognized for innovative teaching, collaboration, and enhancement of student learning and is awarded up to $30,000.
Additional Information: Apply online
Food Truck On-Campus Schedule
12.) Food trucks serving lunch this week
- Johnny’s Diner Car: April 5, Business School Circle
- Mark’s Feed Store, April 5, Humanities/Lutz Circle
- Pollo, April 7, Business School Circle
- Boss Hogg, April 7, Humanities/Lutz Circle
13.) Food trucks serving dinner this week
- Traveling Kitchen, April 6, Ville Grill
Grand Rounds
14.) Endocrinology Grand Rounds
April 6, 4 p.m., Baxter II Research Building, lower level, Room 038
Please join us as Michael Merchant, PhD, UofL Associate Professor, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension and Michael E. Brier, PhD, UofL Professor, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, presents “Erythropoietin Resistant Anemias: Can Omics tell us what has happened, or what will happen?”
Additional Information: Kelly Galiette, 852-5237
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