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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Nov. 10, 2014:
· VIDEO, PHOTOS: The College of Education and Human Development received a $5 million gift from the Mary K. Oxley Foundation to five Louisville-area schools. Watch video. View photos.
· UofL grad first female to win Ky. outstanding military veteran award. Read more.
· UofL Beer with a Scientist program on Wednesday examines Ebola. Read more.
· UofL makes ‘Best for Vets’ list. Read more.
· ELSB brings founder of ‘Pencils of Promise’ to Belknap Campus. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
It is Veterans Day. During World War II, 5,348 students and alumni, 130 faculty members, two deans and one trustee served in the United States Armed Forces. Of those, 111 lost their lives.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Today
1.) Honor veterans
2.) Celebrate 90-plus years of cooperation between Kosair Charities and UofL
Health & Wellness
3.) Bring a colleague to your Get Healthy Now group fitness classes
Helping Out
4.) Personal care items needed at the PEACC Annual Donation Drive
IT
5.) University websites must upgrade to Plone 4 by December 23, 2014
Miscellaneous
6.) Change in domestic long distance calling begins in January
7.) EndNote class to be held at Kornhauser Health Sciences Library
8.) Panel discussion on PT presents options for students
Seminars
9.) Physiology and Biophysics Seminar scheduled
Studies
10.) Wellness and resilience study, parents and children (ages 8 to 13)
11.) Study of relationship memories, emotion and mental health
Talks
12.) Physics colloquium will discuss dark matter
Grand Rounds
13.) Endocrinology
14.) Neuroscience
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Today
1.) Honor veterans
Nov. 11, 11:30 a.m. Red Barn
Free
UofL’s Office of Military and Veteran Student Services today is holding a Veterans Day program and free lunch. An Army color guard will open the event and President James Ramsey will speak. All faculty, staff and students are invited. In addition, all UofL dining venues are offering a 10 percent discount to all veterans and active military, including ROTC students, who show any form of military ID.
Additional Information: Kristen Roy, 852-2482. Website.
2.) Celebrate 90-plus years of cooperation between Kosair Charities and UofL
Nov. 11, 11:30 to 1 p.m., Sam Swope Kosair Charities Centre, 982 Eastern Parkway
Please join Kosair Charities in a celebration of 90-plus years of partnering with the University of Louisville in service to Kosair Kids. Kosair Charities invites the UofL faculty and staff to UofL Cares Day. This Open House event will include a complimentary light lunch, door prizes (bring your business card), campus tours and lots of opportunities to learn more about Kosair Charities and our campus partners—including UofL pediatrics, pediatric dentistry and the UofL Autism Center.
Additional Information: Email your reservation to traidy@kosair.org.
Health & Wellness
3.) Bring a colleague to your Get Healthy Now group fitness classes
Days, times vary; GHN Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Having a workout buddy brings out the best in you: stay motivated, push your healthy limits, and create an accountability fun way to stay on track. Throughout the month of November, bring your UofL colleague to a group fitness class and each of you will earn a special incentive! Get Healthy Now offers a variety of fitness classes that will kick your fitness plan into high gear. Don’t wait to enjoy these unlimited wellness opportunities.
Additional Information: 852-7755, ghn@louisville.edu.
Helping Out
4.) Personal care items needed at the PEACC Annual Donation Drive
Through Dec. 8, PEACC Office
Give some PEACC to local shelters this holiday by donating items through our office! Travel-size toiletries and sanitary care items are among the most needed items. For a complete list of helpful gifts, please go to www.louisville.edu/peacc. Items will be collected at various campus locations including the PEACC Office until December 8. A little peacc goes a long way!
Additional Information: peacc@louisville.edu, 852-2663.
IT
5.) University websites must upgrade to Plone 4 by December 23, 2014
Departments have until December 23, 2014 to rebuild their websites in the upgraded Plone 4 system. The new system features tripled speed, mobile-friendly design, Adobe Flash integration and more. Register for Plone 4 training here. IT’s Design & Printing now provides services for creating, editing or migrating your Plone website using an OCM-created theme. For more information contact Shelia Marable, assistant manager/web team leader.
Miscellaneous
6.) Change in domestic long distance calling begins in January
Beginning January 2015, domestic long distance calls made from UofL’s VoIP telephone system will no longer be prompted for an ELD authorization code. International long distance calls will continue to require authorization and will be prompted. Analog lines, such as fax machines, will continue to prompt for both domestic and international long distance calls requiring the ELD authorization code as they do today.
Additional Information: Communication Services Customer Support Team, 852-5145.
7.) EndNote class to be held at Kornhauser Health Sciences Library
Nov. 18, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Kornhauser HSC Library, History Room
Free to UofL community
Kornhauser Library is offering EndNote training. Software available at: http://louisville.edu/it/compsoftware/available.
Additional Information: John Chenault, 852-3901.
8.) Panel discussion on PT presents options for students
Nov. 18, noon to 1 p.m., Crawford Gym, Room LL002
Free
The College of Education and Human Development’s Office of Education Advising and Students Services and the Health and Sport Sciences program are hosting a panel discussion featuring admission representatives from physical therapy programs at Bellarmine University, University of Kentucky, and Western Kentucky University. Purpose of the panel is to give UofL students the opportunity to learn about in-state programs that will best meet their needs for a career in this field.
Additional Information: Matt Huml, 852-2570.
Seminars
9.) Physiology and Biophysics Seminar scheduled
Nov. 11, 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Baxter I Auditorium
Free
The Department of Physiology and Biophysics Seminar Series presents Stem Cells, Vesicles and Biologic Heterogeneity, by Peter J. Quesenberry, MD, of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Rhode Island Hospital.
Additional Information: Website.
Studies
10.) Wellness and resilience study, parents and children (ages 8 to 13)
Participants are needed for the Multiracial Family Wellness Project, a research study examining stress and resilience within diverse families. Study procedures include filling out questionnaires for approximately one hour. Families consisting of a child between the ages of 8 and13 and at least one parent from African-American, non-Hispanic white and biracial backgrounds are eligible to participate. Participants will be compensated $27 for their time. Flexible scheduling available. IRB #13.0
Additional Information: Allyn Richards, 852-2351.
11.) Study of relationship memories, emotion and mental health
Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; also weekends; Davidson Hall, Room 316
$25 compensation
Recruiting participants ages 19 to 30 who’ve ended a dating or cohabiting relationship in the past year and experienced many times when this ex-partner: verbally attacked, isolated or controlled you, withheld information or denied you resources. You’re ineligible if you were ever married or are experiencing current relationship violence. You’ll complete questionnaires and recall events from your past relationship. Two 1-hour visits. IRB #13.0044
Additional Information: Kim Fleming, 852-2665.
Talks
12.) Physics colloquium will discuss dark matter
Nov. 14, 3 p.m. Natural Science Building, Room 112
Free
In his talk, Prof. David N. Brown of the department of physics and astronomy will review the evidence for dark matter, highlight several of the theories that attempt to explain it and explain how high energy physicists search for candidate dark matter particles. Recent searches for dark photons, dark Higgs particles and related searches for low-mass charged Higgs particles that some theories predict should accompany the Higgs Boson recently discovered at the CERN laboratory will be discussed.
Additional Information: Website.
Grand Rounds
13.) Endocrinology
Nov. 12, 4 p.m., Baxter II Research Building, lower level, Room 038
Please join us as Mary Koutourousiou, MD, assistant professor of neurosurgery, director, Skull Base Program, UofL, presents “Craniopharyngioma: Clinical Features and Management by Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery (EES).”
Additional Information: Kelly Galiette, 852-5237.
14.) Neuroscience
Nov. 13, 8 a.m., Nursing School. Room 4003
As part of Neuroscience Grand Rounds, the Department of Neurology is pleased to announce that Michael K. Sowell, MD, neurology and Jonathan Pratt, MD, neurosurgery PM&R division, will present “Nerve Blocks, Trigger Point Injections and Neurostimulation for headache disorders.”
Additional Information: For more information, including how to watch live on the web and receive CME credit, please click here and follow instructions.
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