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Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017
DID YOU KNOW All third-year students in the UofL School of Medicine complete a four-week clinical rotation in family medicine in rural or urban underserved communities across Kentucky through the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC). Administered by UofL since its inception in 1985, AHEC is a statewide program dedicated to improving Kentuckians’ access to health care by helping to educate health-care providers in all disciplines. Kentucky AHEC has been awarded $4.12 million in continued funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to continue its mission through 2022.
FACULTY AND STAFF NOTABLES Brandeis School of Law professor Shelley Santry has been named Member of the Year by the Women Lawyers Association of Jefferson County. She will be honored Thursday night at the association’s annual meeting. Santry has directed the Robert and Sue Ellen Ackerson Law Clinic since 2009. In 2017, Santry established a mediation clinic for the law school.
RESEARCH BULLETIN University of Louisville faculty received nearly $2.2 million in grants in the past couple of weeks. Check out their awards here.
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Miscellaneous Registration open for Holiday Cards Buy Local Shopping TourDec. 1, 8 a.m. start, meet at University Club; $40
Safety improvements planned for campusAlready acknowledged as one of the safest college campuses in the U.S., the University of Louisville is investing more than $800,000 in safety improvements over the next year. Improving lighting along UofL’s viaducts and L Trail and customizing curb ramps to improve accessibility are among the new enhancements. The UofL Police Department will be increasing their coverage with new security cameras, and we are exploring improvements to the ULPD campus escort program. Additionally, in partnership with the Student Government Association, we are removing “blue light” emergency poles due to outdated functionality and will reinvest their $70,000 annual cost into the above safety improvements. ULPD continues to encourage the use of the CardSafe Rave Guardian application for personal safety.
GEN 204 registration is now openThe Career Development Center is helping teach GEN 204: Leadership and Strategic Career Development this coming semester. Maximize your leadership and intern experiences, while covering topics such as StrengthsQuest, employer panel, leadership skills, resumes and interviews.
Grawemeyer chili festNovember 17, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Grawemeyer Hall, Ground Floor, Belknap Campus
Red Cross Blood Drive and Gift of Life ChallengeNovember 16, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Red Barn
Angel Tree for Homeless AnimalsThrough December 18, Belknap: Houchens LL Lobby; HSC: School of Public Health & Info Sciences
Dr. George Pantalos scheduled to be on ‘Science Friday’ with Ira FlatowNov. 17, 3:30-4:40 p.m. segment, WFPL, 89.3 FM Pantalos, a professor of surgery and bioengineering at the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, will discuss his work in astrosurgery research. He is leading research with colleagues at Carnegie Mellon in the development of a device that will make it possible to perform surgery in the zero-gravity conditions of space. This is important for future long-duration space flights – such as those to Mars – because if an astronaut gets injured or otherwise needs surgery, it would be impossible to return to Earth in a timely manner to perform it. The device is a pressurized dome that is sealed to the surgical site and allows for the site to be irrigated. It has portholes for the surgeon to insert instruments and perform the necessary procedure. Pantalos and his colleagues have tested it on several zero-G flights at NASA in Houston thus far, and he is scheduled to test it further on a suborbital flight with Virgin Galactic in the next six months.
Talks/Seminars/Symposiums Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicolgy William J. Waddell Seminar SeriesNovember 16, noon, CTR 124
Department of Biology Seminar Series Presents Dr. Deborah Yoder-Himes, UofLNovember 17, 139 Shumaker Research Building
Training and Workshops iRIS Workshop on Friday: ADF, IRB, eProposalNovember 17, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Room 3, Miller Information Technology Center, Belknap Campus
EcoReps Lunch & Learn: Tackling Food Waste & Greening Condos, Townhomes & Home Owner AssociationsNovember 17, noon to 1 p.m., Room W210, Ekstrom Library, Belknap Campus
Health and Wellness Get Healthy Now Wellness Center closed for Thanksgiving HolidayThe GHN Wellness Center will close early on Wednesday, November 22 at 2 p.m., and will be closed on Thursday, November 23, and Friday, November 24, in observance of Thanksgiving. Normal hours of operation will resume Saturday, November 25 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Free Faculty/Staff Day at the SRCDecember 1, 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Student Recreation Center
Get Healthy Now’s Cardio Kick & SculptFridays 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym; Free for GHN Wellness Center members
Burn calories with Get Healthy Now’s Boot CampTuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30-6:20 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym; Free for GHN Wellness Center members
Weekend group fitness classes availableGet Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym; Free for GHN Wellness Center members
Grand Rounds Pediatric Grand RoundsNovember 17, 8 a.m., Norton Hospital, 2nd Floor Auditorium
Neuroscience Grand RoundsNovember 16, 8-9 a.m., Baxter Building Auditorium (Lower Level) Family and Geriatric Medicine Grand RoundsNovember 17, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Jewish Hospital Bottigheimer Auditorium
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand RoundsNovember 17, 6:45-7:45 a.m., Baxter I Research Building, lower level auditorium
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