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President’s Report
In October’s President’s Report: The 2015 Presidential Outreach tour, good standing of medical school reaffirmed and a $40 million renovation to the SAC. Read more.
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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Oct. 30, 2015:
· VIDEO: The Cards All In program is the faculty and staff fund for UofL. Watch here.
· Optimal Aging lecture provides practical legal information for seniors. Read more.
· University honors 2015 Parent of the Year. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Last year, UofL Cares raised approximately $340,000. This is money that goes directly from UofL employees to benefit local causes or any department, program or fund at the university. (More about UofL Cares below.)
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
UofL Today with Mark Hebert
1.) Radio Show
2.) Metro TV
UofL Cares
3.) UL Cares Campaign
Events
4.) Make reservations for the Women’s Empowerment Luncheon
5.) Literary Generations and the Kibbutz Experiment
IT
6.) Free 2GB of cloud-based storage on IT’s Syncplicity service
Miscellaneous
7.) Food truck schedule for Belknap this week
8.) Interested in learning how to commercialize university research? UofL hosting regional conference to teach you how
9.) 2015 (Fall) internal grants program deadline is Nov. 10
10.) American Bar Association Law Student Division Regional Arbitration Competition
11.) University Writing Center now located in Ekstrom’s Learning Commons
Sustainability
12.) Green Tip: Post a Carpool Offer/Request to Zimride in November and win
Talks/Seminars
13.) Biochemistry Seminar
14.) Daniel Boone: An Intimate Portrait
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
1.) Radio Show
Airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 6 p.m. on 93.9 FM The Ville; replayed on Saturday and Sunday at 8 a.m.
UofL’s Mark Hebert hosts two weekly 30-minute programs focusing on research and insights from expert UofL faculty, as well as stories about our successful students, and staff and campus events. This week’s schedule:
· Nov. 2: Dr. Rahul Bhola discusses glaucoma and vision problems in children; Dr. Lane Roland sorts out the confusing mammogram recommendations for women; history professor Daniel Krebs on how the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan impact U.S. military history.
· Nov. 3: UofL’s War College Fellow Lt. Col. Thomas Russell-Tutty and 2009 Grawemeyer Award winner Michael Johnston discuss corruption in the U.S. and other governments.
Podcasts of all “UofL Today with Mark Hebert” radio programs can be found at https://soundcloud.com/uofl.
2.) Metro TV
(Ch. 99 on UVerse, Ch. 25 on TWC): Monday and Tuesday nights at 7:30 with replays Thursday 6:30 p.m., Friday 8:30 p.m. and Sunday 9:30 p.m.
This week: Keith Mountain on climate change and Edna Ross talks about UofL’s Hotel Louisville project.
3.) UL Cares Campaign
Through November 25
The 2015 campaign runs through November 25 and is open to all faculty, staff and students. Employees can give directly to five partners or to UofL through payroll deductions. One choice is Community Health Charities, which connects donors in the workplace with local health charities. Another is Kosair Charities, which has had a partnership with UofL for almost 90 years.
Additional Information: For more information, visit www.cardsallin.org/uoflcares.
Events
4.) Make reservations for the Women’s Empowerment Luncheon
Nov. 10, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., University Club
$50 per person; $400 table of eight
Reservations are being accepted through Wednesday for the annual Women’s Center Empowerment Luncheon. The speaker, Sadiqa N. Reynolds, president and CEO of the Louisville Urban League, will address the topic, Silence Is Deadly. The Tachau Gender Equity Award, Nichols Professional Development Award for graduate and professional school students and the Women’s Center Empowerment Award will also be presented.
Additional Information: UofL Today story; call 852-8976 for reservations; visit the Women’s Center website for more details.
5.) Literary Generations and the Kibbutz Experiment
Nov. 4, noon, University Club
$15/person, $10/students
Ranen Omer-Sherman, Endowed Chair of Judaic Studies, will discuss the kibbutz and its depiction in different genres. Numerous novels, short fiction, memoirs, and movies have portrayed the kibbutz as a crucial microcosm for understanding Israeli values and identity. The central drama explored in their works is the monumental tension between the individual and the collective, aspiration and ideological rigor, self-sacrifice and self-fulfillment, and between belonging and estrangement.
Additional Information: RSVP is required, contact janna@louisville.edu or 852-2247.
IT
6.) Free 2GB of cloud-based storage on IT’s Syncplicity service
IT now offers to the UofL community 2GB of free cloud-based storage on their new Syncplicity service. Faculty, staff and service accounts are available for this dropbox-like service. Paid accounts offer 100GB of storage. With Syncplicity, access your files from any device, collaborate and share folders or files, and organize your work within a secure environment. For new accounts: louisville.edu/it/departments/enterprise-security/forms/syncplicity-account-request.
Additional Information: IT’s HelpDesk: (502) 852-7997 or louisville.edu/helpdesk
7.) Food truck schedule for Belknap this week
This week’s food truck schedule for Belknap Campus:
Tuesday, Nov. 3: Boss Hog BBQ, College of Business,10:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 4: Mark’s Feed Store, Shumaker/Humanities, 10:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 5: Pollo, Speed/Duthie, 10:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
8.) Interested in learning how to commercialize university research? UofL hosting regional conference to teach you how
Nov. 9 6-8pm, Nov. 10 7:30 am-5:00 pm, 500 S 4th St.
Students: $75, Academic: $125, Public: $150
UofL’s Office of Tech Transfer, in conjunction with UK, Purdue, UC, OSU and several others – is excited to be hosting a Startup-Conference at the Seelbach Hotel. The event will teach attendees how to commercialize research through start-up formation. Mary Nan Mallory, MD, will deliver the keynote address highlighting her experience as a faculty entrepreneur. A reception and innovation showcase will be held Nov 9, with panel discussions and the keynote address taking place Nov 10.
Additional Information: Brett Moreno, 852-4104, www.uc.edu/eventservices/ovals.html
9.) 2015 (Fall) internal grants program deadline is Nov. 10
Nov. 10
The Office of the EVPRI is accepting applications for the NEW Internal Grants Program. The Internal Grants Program (Research I, Research II and URG) aims to assist faculty in new highly productive research projects. All grant categories are open to full-time faculty. Information and applications forms are at http://louisville.edu/research/support/internal
Additional Information: http://louisville.edu/research/support/internal
10.) American Bar Association Law Student Division Regional Arbitration Competition
Nov. 20, 8:30 a.m., Allen Courtroom, Brandeis School of Law
The Brandeis School of Law will host an ABA Law Student Division Regional Arbitration Competition Nov. 20-21. Law students will receive feedback from practicing bar members and arbitrators during the realistic arbitration hearing. Finals will be held Nov. 21, 1:30-5 p.m.
Additional Information: alicia.kelso@louisville.edu.
11.) University Writing Center now located in Ekstrom’s Learning Commons
132, Ekstrom Library
The University Writing Center has moved! We’re now located in the east (quad) side of Ekstrom Library’s first floor in the Learning Commons. Stop by and see our beautiful new space. Stay tuned for announcements about upcoming celebrations and events. Visit our website for appointments and resources. Check out our blog for details about the move.
Sustainability
12.) Green Tip: Post a Carpool Offer/Request to Zimride in November and win
Our carpooling partners at Zimride are giving away gift cards worth up to $200 during a Thanksgiving sweepstakes! Just post a ride anytime in November and you’ll be automatically entered to win! Zimride is UofL’s private rideshare network for faculty, staff and students to find/offer rides anywhere. Whether it’s your daily commute, a conference or any other event, ridesharing saves both you and UofL money while reducing traffic and pollution. Great minds ride together at zimride.com/louisville.
Additional Information: UofL CARpooling details; full details on all your UofL transportation alternatives.
13.) Biochemistry Seminar
Nov. 2, noon, Homberger Library, HSC-A, Rm 614
Stephanie Metcalf, BMG Graduate Student. ‘Autism-Linked Mutation in UBE3A Causes Constitutive Activation and Leads to the Disorder Phenotype’
Additional Information: janice.burkett@louisville.edu.
14.) Daniel Boone: An Intimate Portrait
Nov. 4, 1 p.m., Historic Locust Grove
$5
Kent Masterson Brown, documentary filmmaker, will speak on Boone’s successes, failures and serious personal losses. Historic Locust Grove is a member of A&S’s Center for Arts and Culture Partnerships.
Additional Information: Reservations are not required. For more information call 502-897-9845 or visit www.locustgrove.org
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