Feb. 23, 2016 Announcements

1.) Faculty: Learn how virtual “badges” can enhance your online students’ motivation

Feb. 29, noon to 1 p.m. (Note: lunch will be available at 11:30 a.m. and the presenter will be available until 1:30 p.m. for Q&A), Delphi Center, Ekstrom Library #244

As video games have demonstrated, players will often go the extra mile to earn virtual badges or achievements. This same desire for recognition and “visual” achievement can be used to motivate learners and document or certify their skills. However, the reward structure that leads to badges needs to be carefully constructed in order to be effective. In this workshop, you will learn how to choose appropriate behaviors to earn badges and how to create badges in Blackboard.

Additional Information: Register online

Health and Wellness

2.) Join the PiYo party

Mondays and Wednesdays 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym

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 to help you lose weight without jumping or high impact cardio, come find out what the PiYo craze is all about. Preregistration required. First class is always free.

Additional Information: Website, email, Facebook

Miscellaneous

3.) Gift or endowment donations must be deposited through Advancement Office

Does your department receive donations to be deposited into a gift or endowment program? If so, those funds must be deposited and processed through the University Advancement’s Office of Advancement Services.  A new policy and procedure has been established that will allow departments to send those items through campus mail rather than being hand-delivered.  It is important that if checks are mailed through campus mail that the new procedures be strictly followed to be in compliance for internal controls. 

Additional Information: Contact Judy Singleton

4.) Roots of Modern Political Parties topic of McConnell Center program

Applications due April 15; conference June 12-15

This summer’s annual Young Leaders Academy for high school students at the McConnell Center will focus on the Decision 2016: Roots of Modern Political Parties. The four-day residential leadership conference will be held June 12-15 at UofL for KY high school students. Applications are due April 15.

Additional Information: Website, Benjamin Gies, 852-3947

5.) Biochemistry research conference focuses on tumor suppression

Feb. 24, noon, Homberger Library, HSC-A, Rm 614

Jessica Mezzanotte, BMG Grad Student, will present: ‘When it comes to NORE1A/PMLIV tumor suppression, it’s all about location, location, location”

Additional Information: Email

6.) Call for volunteers: 10th Annual Kentucky Women’s Book Festival

March 5, Ekstrom Library

Volunteers are needed for the 10th Annual Kentucky Women’s Book Festival hosted by the UofL Women’s Center and Ekstrom Library on March 5. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Latisha Reynolds, 852-8742.

Additional Information: Website

7.) Free training on commercializing healthcare innovations

Tuesdays in March, 3 to 5 p.m., Clinical Translational Research Building (CTRB), Room 124

Free

Learn about Innovation and the Translation of High-Impact Research! Attend the spring edition of UofL’s “Trifecta Translational Training Program for Life Science Technologies. The first of five weekly training sessions, open to the UofL community, starts Tuesday, March 1. These sessions will help prepare Coulter, ExCITE and I-Corps applications and other translational grant applications. Experienced speakers will present topics related to health-based innovations and entrepreneurship.

Additional Information: RSVP via email, 502-852-5136

Talks/Seminars

8.) CAD talk on Political Repression in China

12 p.m. to 1 p.m., Ekstrom Library, W104

Free

The Center for Asian Democracy presents: “The Temporal Logic of Repression in China: A Political Calendar Approach” Dr. Rory Truex, Princeton University Why and when do we observe government crackdowns on political dissidents? This talk argues that detentions exhibit predictable, often cyclical patterns that correspond with a country’s “political calendar” – the national events that dictate the rhythm of political and social life.

Additional Information: Amanda LeDuke, 852-2667, website

9.) EpiHour discusses causes of racial/ethnic variation in morbidity rates

Feb. 25, noon to 1 p.m., Room 103, School of Public Health & Information Sciences

Free

Dr. Neal Roberts will present, Racial/Ethnic Variation in Morbidity and Mortality Rates in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Modifiable Risk. He will discuss the underlying causes of this disparity, the extent to which these factors represent modifiable risk, and which of these aspects represent fundable ideas.

Additional Information: Robin Newlon, 852-3003

10.) Late winter epilepsy symposium covers latest advances in treatment

March 12, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Bottigheimer Auditorium, First Floor, Jewish Hospital

Free prior to March 1, $15 after March 1

This continuing medical education course will cover various topics related to the latest advances in diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. Specific areas covered will include GABA Receptors and Epilepsy, Sleep and Epilepsy, Nonepileptic Seizures, Current Management of Refractory Epilepsy and What’s New for Kids? (an update in epilepsy management for children). Didactic information will be given by faculty in both adult and pediatric epilepsy. A panel discussion will occur during the break.

Additional Information: Emily Rollins, 407-3226, website

11.) Microbiology and Immunology seminar on function of Th9 cells

Feb. 25, noon to 1 p.m., Clinical Translational Research Building, Room 101

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series presents, “The Symphony of the Ninth: the Development and Function of Th9 cells,” by Mark Kaplan, PhD, Billie Lou Wood Professor and Director of Pediatric Pulmonary Basic Research, Departments of Pediatrics, and Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine.

Additional Information: Carolyn Burton, 852-6208

12.) Seminars in Bioinformatics series starts today

Feb. 24, noon to 1 p.m., CTR Buiding, Room 124, HSC

The annual seminars in Bioinformatics series kicks off today with Dr. Robert Flight from the University of Kentucky. He will be talking about Cancer Classification and Power Analysis From Metabolomics. Food will be provided.

Additional Information: Email

Sustainability

13.) Green Tips for UofL Staff

Feb. 24

Drive your car less: Biking and walking to class are great ways to get exercise. Plus, you’ll be saving money. And if you do have to use transportation, try the TARC bus which is free to UofL students and staff.

Additional Information: Website

Grand Rounds

14.) Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds

Feb. 24, noon to 1 p.m., Jewish Hospital- Rudd, Heart and Lung Center, 16th floor, CC, Great Halls I & II

Please join the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine’s Grand Rounds featuring Sohail Ikram, Professor of Medicine, Director, Invasive / Interventional Cardiology & Interventional Training Program at the University of Louisville – School of Medicine. Dr. Ikram will present “Interventional Cardiology: A Hazardous Occupation.”

Additional Information: Monica Sivori, 852-1162, website

15.) Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Milagros Samaniego

Feb. 25, 8 a.m., Ambulatory Care Building auditorium

Medicine Grand Rounds features Milagros D. Samaniego, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Medical Director, Kidney Transplant Program at the University of Michigan. She will present Facing Kidney Transplantation in 2016: Obstacles and Opportunities focusing on the current demographics of kidney transplant recipients in the USA, new allocation policies and their impact on sub-populations with end stage kidney disease, and ways to improve access to transplantation to biologically challenging patients.

Additional Information: Jason Puckett at 852-1825

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