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DID YOU KNOW?
The Atlantic Coast Conference has released the 2015 ACC Football Schedule. There are plenty of ways to view the schedule online, but for a more colorful experience, try printing out the helmet or logo versions.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Events
1.) Reserve a table for PINK 2015
2.) Engaged Scholarship in Action series continues with violence prevention discussion
Miscellaneous
3.) Two weeks left to enroll in Project Management Certificate program
4.) Travel to Iceland with UofL
Sustainability
5.) Green Tip: ‘Food Chains’ screening is Tuesday
6.) Join Enterprise CarShare for $1
Talks
7.) Colloquium with Morehead State astronomer
8.) ‘When should retrieval practice occur during learning?’
Defenses
9.) ‘Role of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Lung Cancer’
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Events
1.) Reserve a table for PINK 2015
Event March 27, 8 p.m., SAC Multipurpose Room
PINK 2015 is almost here, and it’s time to start making your plans to join us! There’s only ONE way to reserve a seat ahead of time for PINK and that’s by reserving a VIP table. The tables are $200 and accommodate up to 10 guests. Now in its 18th year, PINK holds the record as the longest-running student-organized fundraiser on campus. Proceeds from PINK will help defray the costs of the LGBT Center’s civil rights immersion tour.
Additional Information and Reservations: Lisa Gunterman. To learn more about PINK visit here.
2.) Engaged Scholarship in Action series continues with violence prevention discussion
Feb. 13, 12:30 to 2 p.m., Miller Information Technology Center, Room 201
Free
Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, a panel discussion titled “Engaging Metro Louisville for Violence Prevention” will be the third program in the Engaged Scholarship in Action series. The discussion features brief presentations about community-engaged work on the topic, followed by conversation on how interdisciplinary efforts might lead to more effective collaborations and positive community outcomes. Light lunch served. Panelists: Anthony Smith (Metro Louisville Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods), Monica Wendel (SPHIS), Jason Immekus (Ed), and more TBA. If you are an engaged scholar or just interested in the topic, please join us!
Additional Information: jamie.beardl@louisville.edu, 852-6142. Cosponsored by Offices of the Dean of the College Arts & Sciences, Dean of the Brandeis School of Law, Dean of the Kent School of Social Work, Dean of the College of Education and Human Development, Dean of the School of Medicine, Dean of the School of Nursing, Dean of the School of Public Health and Information Sciences, Office of Community Engagement, and the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research.
Miscellaneous
3.) Two weeks left to enroll in Project Management Certificate program
Classes begin February 12
Earn your project management certificate from UofL Professional Development. This two-seminar program is based on the processes and knowledge areas in the Project Management Institute’s “A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge.” A limited number of spaces in the first seminar are available at a 25 percent discount for UofL employees. Classes begin February 12.
Additional Information: Contact Julijana Curcic, 852-5636. Learn more.
4.) Travel to Iceland with UofL
$3,399/person (airfare, gratuities and some meals extra)
This spectacular July 22-31, 2015, tour includes the best Iceland has to offer. Your deluxe motor coach tour begins and ends in Reykjavik, Iceland, with a tour manager, driver and escort exclusive to UofL travelers. See the highlights and enjoy free time. You will stay in some of the best hotels that Iceland has to offer. Explore this exotic arctic island while enjoying the fellowship and comfort that traveling with UofL provides. Reserve now before it sells out!
Additional Information: For a brochure go to: http://www.platinumtvl.com/groupdepartures/. For additional information, contact the Platinum Travel Group Dept. at 502-425-2400 or 1-800-928-8888.
Sustainability
5.) Green Tip: ‘Food Chains’ screening is Tuesday
Feb. 3, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Floyd Theater, Student Activities Center
Free
Join us for a special screening of “Food Chains,” a powerful new documentary about the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ (CIW) struggle to bring better working conditions and wages to produce pickers. A panel discussion with reps from CIW and Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville will follow. Free admission and Kentucky Proud popcorn. Brought to you by EngageLeadServeBoard’s Green Initiatives, UofL Libraries, Anthropology, GRASS – Group Recycling & Sustainable Solutions and SAB Film.
Additional Information: Facebook Event Page.
6.) Join Enterprise CarShare for $1
Go where you want, when you want. Enterprise CarShare invites you to join an exclusive car-sharing program at UofL and pay only $1 to join for a limited time! There are dedicated parking spots on campus with a variety of vehicles available 24/7 for running errands to visiting friends. The low hourly rate includes fuel and damage/liability protection. Rates start at $5 per hour. Enter SPRING in the application’s promo field.
Additional Information: Learn more at www.EnterpriseCarShare.com/join or contact us at Christopher.B.Bohannon@ehi.com.
Talks
7.) Colloquium with Morehead State astronomer
Jan. 30, 3 p.m., Natural Science Room 128
Professor Dirk Grupe will present a talk titled Evidence for new relations between gamma ray bursts prompt and x-ray afterglow emission from 20 years of swift.
Additional Information: Department of Physics and Astronomy, 852-6790.
8.) ‘When should retrieval practice occur during learning?’
Feb. 2, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Shumaker Building, Room 139
Free
Yana Weinstein, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts – Lowell. Weinstein is an expert in the field of memory research, with an emphasis on enhancing learning and memory in real-world classroom settings. In 2011, Dr. Weinstein was named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science.
Additional Information: Marci DeCaro, 502-852-8273; Keith Lyle.
Defenses
9.) ‘Role of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Lung Cancer’
Jan. 30, 2 p.m., HSC Research Tower A, Knoefel Conference Room 1302
The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology presents Role of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Lung Cancer” a masters defense/PhD proposal defense by J. Caleb Greenwell.
Additional Information: Tracey Pender.
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