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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Nov. 19, 2015:
· VIDEO: Michael Voor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery discusses his multidisciplinary research of broken hips. He is looking into devices that might be able to help. Watch here.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Former UofL women’s basketball standout Jude Schimmel interviewed President Barack Obama at the 7th Annual White House Tribal Nations Conference.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Welcome to the UofL Today email! Want to know more about what is going on at UofL? Visit UofL Today online for articles, videos, photos, campus-submitted announcements and the UofL event calendar. Want to submit an announcement? Click here.
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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Nov. 19, 2015:
· VIDEO: Michael Voor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery discusses his multidisciplinary research of broken hips. He is looking into devices that might be able to help. Watch here.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Former UofL women’s basketball standout Jude Schimmel interviewed President Barack Obama at the 7th Annual White House Tribal Nations Conference.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Events
1.) Campus Conversation is today; livestream available
Health and Wellness
2.) W.O.W. with a Trainer Saturday session
HR
3.) Upcoming HR workshop: Qualities of an Effective Supervisor
Miscellaneous
4.) Angel Tree for Animals
5.) Deadline Dec. 1 for Graduate Student Entrepreneurship Academy
Talks/Seminars
6.) Chemical Engineering Fall Seminar Series
7.) Brown & Williamson Fall Seminar Series
8.) Oral Biology 605: Oral Health Seminars
9.) Colloquium with mathematics professor
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Events
1.) Campus Conversation is today; livestream available
Nov. 20, 10 a.m., Strickler Hall, Middleton Auditorium
President James Ramsey, several key faculty and members of administration will initiate a campus conversation on inclusiveness, diversity, and UofL’s future. Joining President Ramsey will be Vice Provost for Diversity and International Affairs Mordean Taylor-Archer; Pan-African Studies Professor and Chairman Ricky Jones; Enid Trucios-Haynes, Professor of Law and Interim Director of the Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice; Victoria Allen, SGA President; representatives from the Hispanic/Latino Faculty and Staff Association; and student leadership groups. Refreshments to follow. The event will be livestreamed here.
Health and Wellness
2.) W.O.W. with a Trainer Saturday session
Saturdays, 1 to 1:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Free for GHN Wellness Center members
Ready to recommit to a fitness routine or looking for that added accountability to make your morning workouts happen on the regular? Start your Saturday workout routine with GHN W.O.W. with a Trainer, which includes personal support from one of our professionally certified fitness specialists. Stop by during this time for individualized support, answers to your fitness questions and inspiring motivation from your Get Healthy Now team.
Additional Information: Group fitness schedule; website; ghn@louisville.edu; 852-7755.
HR
3.) Upcoming HR workshop: Qualities of an Effective Supervisor
Dec. 2, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Human Resources Building, Room 103A
Free
Becoming a supervisor can be an exciting and intimidating proposition. Our training brings best practices and a better understanding of the qualities one needs to be an effective supervisor. Appropriate for new and more seasoned supervisors, this workshop provides participants with an opportunity to explore their strengths and opportunities for development around decision making, professionalism, conflict resolution strategies and communication styles. Register online now!
Additional Information: staffdev@louisville.edu.
4.) Angel Tree for Animals
Through Dec 18, Belknap-lower level Houchens; HSC-Dental School
It’s that time of year. The time we think of those less fortunate. How about shopping for something different this year? Wouldn’t if feel great to know you helped save a homeless animal? Shelters AND rescues always need our help. This year we will donate items to Louisville Metro Animal Services and Kentucky Animal Relief Fund. Both have taken on several neglect/hoarding cases in the past few months and are in extreme need. So pick up a list of needs and shop for the animals!
Additional Information: Julie Oechsli, 852-1489 (Belknap); Laura McKinney, 852-1304 (HSC).
5.) Deadline Dec. 1 for Graduate Student Entrepreneurship Academy
The Graduate Student Entrepreneurship Academy is a semester-long series of sessions designed to teach entrepreneurial thinking and skills. Sessions will cover an introduction to entrepreneurial thinking, how to be entrepreneurial, the business model canvas and lean launch pad, and social entrepreneurship. Applications are available here and the deadline is Dec. 1.
Additional Information: Michelle Rodems, 852-3110.
6.) Chemical Engineering Fall Seminar Series
Nov. 20, 1 to 2 p.m., Ernst Hall, Room 310
Free
Vaccine against Papillomaviruses by Shin-je Ghim and Albert Ben Jenson Vaccinology Laboratory, the James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville. Drs. Ghim and Jenson have been working on papilloma viruses for decades and they are the two important scientists that co-invented the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil. They will review various aspects of papilloma viruses and the process of developing vaccines against the diseases caused by these viruses.
Additional Information: plluml01@louisville.edu, 852-6347. http://archive.courier-journal.com/article/20071114/NEWS01/111140001/Two-U-L-help-invent-vaccine; http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-07-29-cervicalcancer_N.htm
7.) Brown & Williamson Fall Seminar Series
Nov. 20, 4 p.m., Chemistry Building, Room LL-16
Free, public, faculty and staff
Ryan Murelli, PhD, Brooklyn College, will present New Synthetic Methods and Strategies for Drug Discovery and Development.
Additional information: Sherry Nalley, 852-6798.
8.) Oral Biology 605: Oral Health Seminars
Nov. 20, noon to 1 p.m., Dental School, room 119
Free
Periodontal disease as marker for systemic inflammation in past populations: when immunology meets bioarchaeology,” by Fabian Crespo PhD Assistant Professor Undergraduate Advising Coordinator Department of Anthropology University of Louisville.
Additional Information: g0buon01@louisville.edu
9.) Colloquium with mathematics professor
Nov. 20, 3 p.m., Room 112 Natural Science
Free
University of Louisville Professor Gung Ming-Gie will present a talk entitled Motions of Fluids in the Presence of a Boundary. In fluid mechanics, it is the interaction of the fluid with the boundary that is most critical to understand the behavior of fluids inside a bounded region. Professor Gie will discuss some recent approaches of analysis and computations in this research direction.
Additional Information: Website.
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