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DID YOU KNOW?
John L. Ramsey Middle School in Fern Creek is named for the father of UofL President James Ramsey. A story about the history of the Ramsey family in Fern Creek appeared recently in a blog for The Parklands of Floyds Fork.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Open Enrollment: We’ve Got You Covered!
1.) Benefits Tip: Open Enrollment starts next week
2.) Annual Corn Island Storytelling Festival is Oct. 23 at UofL
3.) Thank a Donor Day is today on Belknap
4.) Gustavo Arellano gives 3 LALS presentations on Belknap Wednesday
5.) Forum: Opening the Door to the Future of Fair Housing
6.) 9th Annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture
Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary
7.) Mysteries of Human Memory
8.) Last chance for on campus flu shots at Speed School today
9.) Get Healthy Now offers mindfulness programs
10.) Open your mind. Manage your stress.
11.) Join Health Promotion at the National Eating Disorder Awareness Walk
12.) Title IX Mandatory Reporter training is Thursday
13.) Animals in Art, exhibit and photo contest
14.) PLAN offers workshop on managing conflict through effective communication
15.) Free training ends today: Commercializing Innovations in the Healthcare Market
16.) Physiology Seminar scheduled
17.) CGeMM Seminar
18.) Endocrinology
19.) Neuroscience
20.) Children 8 to 13 years needed for anxiety and worry study
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Open Enrollment: We’ve Got You Covered!
1.) Benefits Tip: Open Enrollment starts next week
Save the Date! Employees will have the option to choose their 2016 benefits online between Oct. 19 and Oct. 30, 2015. To learn more about your benefits, attend one of the following upcoming benefits fairs: Clinical and Translational Research Bldg. 1st floor, Oct. 20-21, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or Get Healthy Now Wellness Center, 601 Presidents Blvd., Oct. 27-28, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Be watching for more helpful benefit tips!
2.) Annual Corn Island Storytelling Festival is Oct. 23 at UofL
Oct. 23, 6 to 10 p.m., Lutz Hall Lawn
Free
UofL, Blackacre Historic Homestead and the International Order of E.A.R.S. present the Corn Island Storytelling Festival Oct. 23-24. The Oct. 23 date is at UofL and is free and open to the public. A fall festival for children runs 6 to 7:30 p.m. with crafts, games and a native American drum circle. Storytelling begins at 7 p.m. Concessions will be available for purchase from Boss Hog’s BBQ. Sponsors include Fifth Third, Louisville Metro Government, Vice Provost for Diversity and International Affairs and Kentucky Homefront.
Additional Information: Brandy Warren, 852-8025. See calendar for additional information about the free Oct. 23 event at UofL. For information on the ticketed event Oct. 24 at Blackacre Historic Homestead, which will also feature storytellers and kids activities, go here.
3.) Thank a Donor Day is today on Belknap
Oct. 13, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Humanities Quad
All faculty, staff, and students are invited to stop by between 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Humanities Quad to participate in the fun and festivities. Thank a Donor Day gives the UofL community an opportunity to publicly thank our many benefactors. As funding from public sources has decreased, private donations now and in the future are critical for UofL to remain competitive in attracting the finest students, faculty and staff.
Additional Information: Eileen Chapoton, 852-5064, website.
4.) Gustavo Arellano gives 3 LALS presentations on Belknap Wednesday
Oct. 14 Room 139, Shumaker Research Building & Elaine Chao Auditorium
An advanced screening of an episode of Bordertown, a new animated series on FOX which will air in January 2016, will be shown from 12:00-1:00pm in SRB 139. (Mr. Arellano is one of the consulting producers.) Free Mexican lunch will be served. From 2-3 p.m. in SRB 139, Mr. Arellano will have a Q&A session about his newspaper column ¡Ask a Mexican! and from 4:30-5:30 p.m., he will present the LALS Heritage Lecture in the Elaine Chao Auditorium.
Additional Information: Rhonda Buchanan 852-2034; http://louisville.edu/latinamericanstudies
5.) Forum: Opening the Door to the Future of Fair Housing
Oct. 26, 4:15 to 6 p.m., Brandeis School of Law, Room 175
Free. Open to the public.
This forum includes four professors and local advocates of fair and affordable housing. It will explore implications for Louisville regarding the recent Supreme Court ruling on fair housing. This event will be held twice. The second community forum will be at Louisville Free Public Library downtown, Main Branch, on Oct. 27 at 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Centennial Room.
Additional Information: A&S Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, 852-6142.
6.) 9th Annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture
Nov. 4, 5:30 p.m., The Playhouse
Free. Open to the public.
Dr. Carol Anderson, Emory University historian, will deliver the 9th Annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture, titled “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide.” Anderson’s work garnered attention outside of academia in the past year with her op-ed in the Washington Post about Ferguson and white rage. A reception and book signing will follow.
Additional Information: Dionne Griffiths, 852-6142, louisville.edu/braden.
Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary
7.) Mysteries of Human Memory
Oct. 27, 7 p.m., Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, Bomhard Theater
Free, but tickets are required
“Mysteries of Human Memory,” part of the Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary Celebration, features short lectures, a panel discussion and question-and-answer session with former Grawemeyer Award in Psychology winners and prominent scientists Elizabeth Loftus, James McGaugh and Lynn Nadel. Free tickets are available at the Belknap Campus West Information Center, HSC Abell Administration Center and the Kentucky Center box office.
Additional Information: Website.
Health and Wellness
8.) Last chance for on campus flu shots at Speed School today
Oct. 13, 10 am – 3 pm Duthie Hall Commons
Free
Follow the yard signs to find us! Flu shots are free to students, faculty, and staff ($5 for retirees). This will be the last flu shot clinic offered on campus. Flu shots will continue to be available through the spring at the Campus Health clinics on both campuses. For full schedule and to download a consent form, go to www.louisville.edu/campushealth.
9.) Get Healthy Now offers mindfulness programs
Drop in: 5:30 to 5:55 p.m. (every Tuesday); MBSR: dates vary, see website, Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Drop in: Free to UofL employees, retirees, and their spouse/QA; MBSR: Prices vary
Experience Get Healthy Now’s mindfulness offerings in collaboration with Dr. Paul Salmon, faculty member in Clinical Psychology with extensive experience in mindfulness-related practice, teaching, and research. Experience the many health-enhancing benefits of reflection, stillness and being fully present. Come to a free Tuesday evening session or deepen your practice with a future session of the MBSR program ($80).
Additional Information: Website; ghn@louisville.edu; Stephanie Weldy, 852-2636.
10.) Open your mind. Manage your stress.
3:30 to 4:45 p.m. for four Thursdays starting 10/29, Location TBD
Free: employees, spouses, QAs
Beyond simply decreasing your stress, this evidence-based KORU workshop will help you learn skills to find more satisfaction in your daily life. The course is designed to help you learn mindfulness through the practice of specific skills that calm and focus your mind and through the practice of meditation. If you are feeling pressured and stressed, or are just interested in learning a new skill that can enrich your life, these classes are for YOU! Beginners and experienced meditators welcome.
Additional Information: To register, UofL employees please email Paula.Kommor@louisville.edu; UofL students, please click here and go to “Services,” “KORU.”
11.) Join Health Promotion at the National Eating Disorder Awareness Walk
Oct. 17, 9 a.m., Bellermine University Quad
Registration: $25
Register with our team: UofL Health Promotion Team! Online Registration open until Oct. 16 at 3 p.m. or register on-site at the walk! If you are unable to attend please consider donating! As many as 30 million Americans struggle with eating disorders at some point in their lives. Despite the unprecedented growth in the past two decades, eating disorders research continues to be under-funded, insurance coverage for treatment is inadequate, while societal pressure to be thin remains rampant.
Additional Information: Website.
12.) Title IX Mandatory Reporter training is Thursday
Oct. 15, 3 to 4 p.m., Abell Building Room 109
Free
Are you aware that as a UofL employee, you are likely a mandatory Title IX reporter? Do you understand the responsibilities and requirements included in this role? There are two federal laws, Title IX and the Clery Act, that establish responsibilities for employees of universities to report certain types of crimes and incidents, especially sexual misconduct. To learn more about these laws, including the reporting requirements of “responsible employees,” and how to report, please register.
Additional Information: staffdev@louisville.edu.
13.) Animals in Art, exhibit and photo contest
From the barnyard to the zoo, artists have incorporated a wide spectrum of species into a variety of mediums, including ceramics, painting, and graphic novels. We are celebrating this with our Fall 2015 exhibit, Animals in Art. Come to the Bridwell Art Library in Schneider Hall to see a variety of books featuring the wild world of animals throughout art in our display cases.
Additional Information: www.louisville.edu/library/art.
14.) PLAN offers workshop on managing conflict through effective communication
Oct. 14, 2 to 3 p.m., Room 300, Bingham Humanities
Grad students need to be able to communicate with a variety of audiences – peers, mentors, committee members, and external audiences – but often conflict may arise from differences in styles, expectations, or personalities. At this session, participants will learn effective communication strategies to preempt conflict or manage it in-the-moment, while maintaining a positive and productive relationship. Grad students interested in attending can register and find more info on the PLAN website.
Additional Information: Event Page.
15.) Free training ends today: Commercializing Innovations in the Healthcare Market
Oct. 13, 4 to 6 p.m., Clinical Translational Research Building, Room 123
Free
All are invited to attend the Trifecta Training Program for Life Science Technologies TODAY (10/13), 4 – 6 p.m. in Room 123 of the CTRB. This exciting session is the last of five weekly training sessions and is open to the UofL community; don’t miss out! These sessions are designed to help you prepare Coulter, ExCITE and I-Corps applications as well as other translational grant opportunities. Our experienced speakers will present topics related to health-based innovations and entrepreneurship.
Additional Information: RSVP to Monique Kuykendoll, 852-4152.
16.) Physiology Seminar scheduled
Oct. 13, 11:45 a.m., Baxter I Auditorium
Free
The Department of Physiology Seminar Series presents, “Stress, corticosteroids and blood pressure regulation,” by Deborah Scheuer, PhD, associate professor, Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida.
Additional Information: Website.
17.) CGeMM Seminar
Oct. 13, noon, BXT II, 038
Holly Brown-Borg, PhD, Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND. “Impact of Growth Hormone on Metaboism and the Epigenome in Aging”
Additional Information: janice.burkett@louisville.edu.
18.) Endocrinology
Oct. 14, 4 p.m., Baxter II Research Building, lower level, Room 038
Please join us as Robert F. Kushner, MD, professor of medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, director, Center for Lifestyle Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, presents Pharmacotherapy for obesity: Why are these drugs seldom prescribed?
Additional Information: Kelly Galiette, 852-5237.
19.) Neuroscience
Oct. 15, 8 to 9 a.m., Baxter Building Auditorium
As part of Neuroscience Grand Rounds, the Department of Neurology is pleased to announce that Karen Skjei, MD, will present “Cerebellar Epilepsy.”
For more information, including how to watch live on the web and receive CME credit, please go to: http://louisville.edu/medicine/departments/neurosurgery/cme/grs and follow instructions.
20.) Children 8 to 13 years needed for anxiety and worry study
Room 363, Life Sciences Building
IRB #13.0923 Are you stressed? Is your child stressed, anxious, or worried? We can help! The UofL Developmental Psychopathology Lab is conducting a study examining the nature of worry and anxiety in parents and children. Parents and their children between the ages of 8 and 13 years are eligible to participate. Participants will be compensated $20 for their time and receive free diagnostic interviews, detailed feedback and a report outlining the results of our assessment.
Additional Information: 852-2351, nwaffr01@louisville.edu or embort01@louisville.edu.
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