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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Dec. 3, 2015:
· Alexander, Olson and Entwisle win Grawemeyer Award in Education. Read more.
· Hite Art Institute presents lecture by famed public spaces artist. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
UofL anthropology professor Jeneen Wiche says she can grow her favorite meal on her farm in Simpsonville – roasted chicken, sweet potatoes and broccoli. She talks about food and more in this Grace Communications Foundation blog post here.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
1.) Reminder: You can import final grades from Blackboard to PeopleSoft
2.) Sustainability course now being offered
3.) Are you ready to stop using tobacco for good?
4.) PLAN’s Community Engagement Academy deadline approaching
5.) Chemical Engineering Seminar
6.) Biology Seminar Series
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Faculty
1.) Reminder: You can import final grades from Blackboard to PeopleSoft
Save time at the end of each semester by using the new grade import feature from Blackboard Grade Center. All standard letter grades can now be uploaded into the PeopleSoft Grade Roster (failing grades must be entered directly). Download the PDF instructions to use this new feature: http://uofl.me/uploadgrades2015.
Additional Information: Contact the Blackboard Help Desk at 852-8833 or by email at bbsupport@louisville.edu with any questions.
2.) Sustainability course now being offered
Ford Hall
The Department of Political Science and the Social Change minor are offering a course on sustainability this Spring. If you have any students who are interested in this topic, please let them know. POLS 399 and SCHG 304. Thank you!
Additional Information: Syllabus at criticalsustainability.wordpress.com.
Health and Wellness
3.) Are you ready to stop using tobacco for good?
Jan. 8, noon to 1 p.m., Brown Cancer Center Resource Center
Free, Public
The Kentucky Cancer Program is sponsoring the Cooper/Clayton Method to Stop Smoking program. This is a free program that combines nicotine replacement therapy with behavior modification. This class will be held every Friday, beginning January 8, for 13 weeks. For more information or to register, contact KCP 502-852-6318.
Additional Information: janikaa.sherrod@louisville.edu
4.) PLAN’s Community Engagement Academy deadline approaching
Dec. 11
The Community Engagement Academy is being piloted in Spring 2016 as a semester-long series of sessions designed to help graduate students learn foundational information about community engagement and engaged scholarship. Additionally, participants will be able to apply this knowledge in practice through a partnership with The Parklands of Floyds Fork. Applications are available now at http://louisville.edu/graduate/plan/community-engagement-academy and the deadline is Friday, Dec. 11.
Additional Information: Keri Mathis.
5.) Chemical Engineering Seminar
Dec. 4, 1 to 2 p.m., Rm 310, Ernst Hall
Free
Innovative Energy Harvesting Nanostructures, Their Assembly, and Performance Towards Multi-Junction Device Architecture: Dr. Hemali Rathnayake of the Department of Chemistry from Western Kentucky University will discuss novel energy harvesting nanostructures derived from organic polymeric systems, organic-inorganic hybrids, metal-organic hybrid systems and their application for multi-junction organic solar cells.
Additional Information: Patty Lumley, 852-6347.
6.) Biology Seminar Series
Dec. 4, noon, Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Noon
The Biology Department is pleased to announce a presentation by Dr. Caitlin O’Meara of Harvard University. The talk is titled Guiding Cardiomyocytes to a Regenerative State.
Additional Information: Dr. Cindy Corbitt, 852-3915
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