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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Feb. 16, 2016:
· UL Additive Manufacturing Competency Center opens at University of Louisville. Read more.
· Oral bacteria linked to risk of stroke. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
In 2013, Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida spoke at UofL as a guest of the McConnell Center. Before a packed audience in the School of Music’s Comstock Hall, Rubio discussed the middle class, government regulation, job training, immigration and the cost of higher education.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Health and Wellness
1.) Get fit in 30 minutes
2.) Join the PiYo party
HR
3.) Active shooter training next week
4.) Conflict of Interest Policy reminder: Vendors
Miscellaneous
5.) Annual Kentucky Women’s Book Festival marks 10 years
6.) Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration info session
7.) Advertisement orders now accepted for 2016 Freshman Orientation Guide
8.) Women Veteran Lunch & Learn Workshop next week
9.) Pan-African Studies and the American Red Cross host the Black History Month Blood Drive
10.) Commonwealth Credit Union now on Belknap Campus
11.) Campus Cardinal Debate: The Rule of Law allows attendees to join rebuttals
12.) School of Medicine calling for summer research projects
13.) Children 8 to 13 years needed for anxiety and worry study
14.) Introducing the new mobile app for ClinicalKey
15.) March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month: How will YOU Do BLUE?
16.) Live webinar on increasing grant success
Talks/Seminars
17.) Neuroscience Day registration and Abstract Submission open
18.) KBRIN Bioinformatics Journal Club to discuss neural circular RNAs
19.) Microbiology and Immunology seminar on filifactor alocis
20.) Arsenic, Mitotic Arrest, miRNAs & APC/C Seminar scheduled
Sustainability
21.) Calling all faculty to apply to be a part of the 2016 Green Threads cohort
Grand Rounds
22.) Neuroscience
23.) Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
24.) Endocrinology Grand Rounds Cancelled
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
1.) Get fit in 30 minutes
Mondays and Wednesdays 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Free for Employees, retirees and their spouses/QAs
The weather may be unpredictable, but we predict a healthier you this spring with GHN’s Fit in 30 group fitness class. Bring your workout indoors for 30 minutes of energizing strength and cardio moves— a total body workout that will get you out of the cold and working up a sweat with our certified fitness instructors. All levels welcome.
Additional Information: Get Healthy Now Fitness Schedule; website; email, 852-7755
2.) Join the Piyo party
Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Free for Employees, retirees and their spouses/QAs
PiYo combines the muscle-sculpting, core-firming benefits of Pilates with the strength and flexibility advantages of yoga. If you’re looking for a workout without jumping or high impact cardio to help you lose weight, find out what the Piyo craze is all about.
Additional Information: Get Healthy Now website; email, 852-7755
HR
3.) Active shooter training next week
Feb. 24, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., Room 103A, Human Resources Building, Belknap Campus
Free
Though we hope we never encounter an active shooter situation on the University of Louisville campus, we know preparation and advance planning can guide our actions and help reduce the negative impacts of such a tragic event. Please join us for our Active Shooter Training where we will provide guidance to faculty and staff who may encounter an active shooter situation. It also describes what you can expect from responding law enforcement officers. Please register below.
Additional Information: Website, email
4.) Conflict of Interest Policy reminder: Vendors
Pursuant to section 8.2 of the Addressing Potential Individual Conflict of Interest Policy and Procedures, Covered Individuals who are University employees are not permitted to have an interest in a contract with the University for the sale of property, materials, supplies, equipment, or services, with the exception of compensation to the faculty, staff and students.
Additional Information: Email, website
Miscellaneous
5.) Annual Kentucky Women’s Book Festival marks 10 years
March 5, 9:30 a.m.to 3:30 p.m., Ekstrom Library
Free with registration; optional lunch registration required
The Kentucky Women’s Book Festival is celebrating its 10th year anniversary with author presentations, book signings and opportunities to mingle with book lovers and some of Kentucky’s women authors. The luncheon speaker will be Tania James, New York Times Editor’s Choice award-winner. A wine and cheese reception will follow starting at 4 p.m. at the University Club. Volunteers are requested. If interested, contact Latisha Reynolds.
Additional Information: Register online. For the optional $10 lunch, registration is required no later than March 2 by calling the UofL Women’s Center, 852-8976; Phyllis M. Webb, or womenctr@louisville.edu
6.) Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration info session
Feb. 18, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., UofL Cultural Center, Multipurpose Room
Free
Join our info session to find out how you can propel your higher education career further – and how online learning can help you fit education in your busy schedule. This is a great opportunity to meet our faculty and staff, ask questions and network with peers in your field. Reserve your space today. Register online. Additional Information: Online Learning Team: online@louisville.edu, 800-871-8635
7.) Advertisement orders now accepted for 2016 Freshman Orientation Guide
February 19 deadline for submission of artwork and payment
Advertisement order forms are now available for the 2016 Freshman Orientation Guide. Any department or organization interested in purchasing ad space should contact Melissa Eversole for an order form.
Additional Information: Melissa Eversole
8.) Women Veteran Lunch & Learn Workshop next week
Feb. 22, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., W303 A, Student Activities Center (SAC)
Free; reservations requested
While women in the U.S. Armed Forces share a history of discrimination based on gender, black women have faced both race and gender discrimination. Initially barred from official military status, black women persistently pursued their right to serve. Join us at the Tribute to African American Women Veterans at the Women Veteran Lunch N’ Learn Workshop Series with speakers Col. Pamela Stevenson and Captain Najuana Robinson as they discuss their experiences of serving in the armed forces. The monthly Women Veteran Lunch N’ Learn Workshop series is in the interest of women veterans, active duty, National Guard, reservists, military families and widows. Sponsored by the UofL Women’s Center and Athena’s Sisters organization.
Additional Information: RSVP, contact Phyllis M. Webb or Robin Jones, or call the Women’s Center, 852-8976.
9.) Pan-African Studies and the American Red Cross host the Black History Month Blood Drive
Feb. 18, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Red Barn
Free
Continue the Legacy: We need you to step up & fill the generational gap to ensure there is blood on the hospital shelves for the next emergency. Pledge your support and sign up today at REDCROSSBLOOD.ORG Enter sponsor code: UOFLPAS to choose your donation time. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to participate.
Additional Information: Department of Pan-African Studies, 852-0875, or Shirletta Kinchen
10.) Commonwealth Credit Union now on Belknap Campus
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Student Activities Center, room 104
UofL’s preferred credit union partner now is holding regular office hours at the SAC. Stop by to learn about member benefits and for prizes and giveaways. Commonwealth CU is on a mission to reach every faculty and staff member, student and alumnus. While the new Belknap Campus branch — scheduled to open later this year — is under construction, you can find the team in their “mini branch” on the first floor of the SAC. (Cash transactions will not be available at this temporary location.)
Additional Information: Website, Tracy Coffey, 564-4775
11.) Campus Cardinal Debate: The Rule of Law allows attendees to join rebuttals
Feb. 17, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library
What’s at stake when we follow the letter of the law or decide to challenge it? The Malcolm X Debate Program and First Year Initiatives invite you to a fun and fast-moving experience in critical political analysis and rhetorical response. The debate topic will be “The Rule of Law” from This I Believe, and attendees can join in with one minute rebuttals following the position speeches by each debater.
Additional Information: Christy Metzger, 852-3200, website
12.) School of Medicine calling for summer research projects
Deadline is March 11, 2016.
Summer research projects are now being solicited from faculty to submit a biomedical summer research project for our medical students. The student’s stipend support and poster production costs are covered by the School of Medicine’s Summer Research Scholar Program (SRSP) and NIH training grants. Submit a project online.
Additional Information: 852-2553 or via email
13.) Children 8 to 13 years needed for anxiety and worry study
Room 363, Life Sciences Building, Belknap Campus, IRB #13.0923
Are you stressed? Is your child stressed, anxious, or worried? We can help! The UofL Developmental Psychopathology Lab is conducting a study examining the nature of worry and anxiety in parents and children. Parents and their children between the ages of 8 and 13 years are eligible to participate. Participants will be compensated $20 for their time and receive free diagnostic interviews, detailed feedback and a report outlining the results of our assessment.
Additional Information: 852-2351, email
14.) Introducing the new mobile app for ClinicalKey
Clinical answers that match the speed of your busy workday are now available with the new ClinicalKey mobile app from Elsevier. The app‘s intuitive design makes it faster and easier to get support from the clinical reference source you trust. If you have any installation questions about this app, please refer to our LibGuide on Medical Mobile Apps.
Additional Information: Website
15.) March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month: How will YOU Do BLUE?
March 4
Staff, students, public
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month and Friday, March 4th is national Dress in Blue Day. The Kentucky Cancer Program at UofL is hosting a Facebook Photo Contest and we want to see how YOU do BLUE! Take a fun and creative photo showcasing yourself, your co-workers/department, your pet, or your office, etc. in blue and submit it for our contest and you could win $250. The deadline to enter the contest is March 28. Sport your blue for colon cancer awareness and tell people why.
Additional Information: Contest flier, rules and entry form can be found online here, or on the KCP’s website. Email Jaime Wientjes
16.) Live webinar on increasing grant success
Feb. 17, 2-3 p.m., CTR, HSC
Free
This webinar will present strategies and solutions to increase grant success for individual investigators, including incentives, mentoring, partnering, targeted workshops, individual strategic plans for research funding and tools to assess principal investigator (PI) readiness to pursue grants. This session will also offer some institutional practices that provide a robust research development infrastructure to support and complement individual faculty efforts to pursue grants.
Additional Information: Carla Jones, 852-2454, website
Talks/Seminars
17.) Neuroscience Day registration and Abstract Submission open
April 7 (Registration, March 10), 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., First floor, Clinical & Translational Research Building, Health Sciences Center
Free
Neuroscience Day 2016 features plenary speaker Donald Pfaff, PhD, of Rockefeller University speaking on sex differences in autism, plus three internal speakers and a poster competition. Because the date is earlier than usual (4/7), the deadline to register and submit poster abstracts is also earlier than usual this year: March 10. Go to the Neuroscience Day 2016 page of the chapter website to register and submit an abstract.
Additional Information: Website
18.) KBRIN Bioinformatics Journal Club to discuss neural circular RNAs
Feb. 17, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., Clinical Translational Research building, room 124
Free
Please join us as Kalina Andreeva of Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology and the KBRIN Bioinformatics Core presents our next article for discussion titled “Neural circular RNAs are derived from synaptic genes and regulated by development and plasticity. All interested individuals are welcome to attend. Contact us if you would like to have your name added to our email list.
Additional Information: julia.chariker@louisville.edu, b.harrison@louisville.edu
19.) Microbiology and Immunology seminar on filifactor alocis
Feb. 18, noon to 1 p.m., Clinical Translational Research Building, Room 101
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series presents, “Filifactor alocis, an emerging oral pathogen, promotes neutrophil degranulation and chemotactic activity,” by Cortney Armstrong, PhD candidate in the lab of Silvia Uriarte, PhD.
Additional Information: Carolyn Burton, 852-6208
20.) Arsenic, Mitotic Arrest, miRNAs & APC/C Seminar scheduled
Feb. 18, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Room 103, School of Public Health & Information Sciences, Health Science Center
Free, public
Christopher States, PhD, associate dean for research in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology will discuss arsenic at the Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences department research seminar. Arsenic is a worldwide natural contaminant of drinking water. Chronic ingestion causes a variety of diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, but also has use as a cancer chemotherapeutic.
Additional Information: Barbara Parker, 852-3290, email
Sustainability
21.) Calling all faculty to apply to be a part of the 2016 Green Threads cohort
March 23 application deadline
Want a $500 honorarium, course development resources, info on local sustainability issues and an interdisciplinary collegial network all designed to help you integrate themes of ecological, social and economic stewardship and resilience into your courses? The Sustainability Council invites full/part-time faculty & GTA Academy members from any discipline to apply for the April 15 Green Threads workshop exploring ways to embed sustainability in your curriculum. Apply by March 23 with Chair’s approval.
Additional Information: Green Threads Application & Full Details online; Justin Mog, 852-8575
Grand Rounds
22.) Neuroscience
Feb. 18, 8-9 a.m., Baxter Building Auditorium
Free
As part of Neuroscience Grand Rounds, the Dept. of Neurology is pleased to have Shiao Y. Woo, MD, Professor and Chairman from the Dept. Of Radiation Oncology to present “Meningioma” on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 8 a.m. in the Baxter Building Auditorium (Lower Level).
Additional Information: For more information, including how to watch live on the web and receive CME credit, visit the website.
23.) Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Feb. 17, Noon to 1:00 p.m., Jewish Hospital- Rudd, Heart and Lung Center, 16th floor, CC, Great Halls I & II
Please join the CMGR featuring Shahab Ghafghazi, MD, MRCP who will present “Evidence Based Glucose Management to Reduce the Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Diabetes Type 2.” Dr. Ghafghazi is assistant professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville.
Additional Information: Monica Sivori, website
24.) Endocrinology Grand Rounds Cancelled
Feb. 17, 4 p.m., Baxter II Research Building, lower level, Room 038
This Grand Rounds has been cancelled.
Additional Information: Kelly Galiette, 852-5237.
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