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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Oct.5, 2015:
· PHOTOS: Author Jonathan Haidt was last week’s inaugural speaker at the new John H. Schnatter Center for Free Enterprise in the College of Business. Schnatter was on hand for the talk on capitalism. View here.
· PHOTOS: The College of Business sponsored Thrivals 8.0 as part of the IdeaFestival last week. The topic was “Humans and the Rise of Artificial Intelligence.” View here.
· Law professor Marcosson named Ally Award winner. Read more.
· Activist Rosa Clemente to lecture Oct. 27. Read more.
· Community nurses selected for Florence Nightingale Awards. Read more.
· Staff Senate Meeting Overview, Sept. 2015. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
UofL has a goal of achieving climate neutrality by the year 2050.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Open Enrollment: We’ve Got You Covered!
1.) Verify Social Security numbers
Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary
2.) Symposium: Innovative Approaches to Education
3.) Diane Ravitch to hold discussion
4.) Student Recreation Center Faculty/Staff Open House
5.) Thursday: Title IX Mandatory Reporter training to be held
6.) Department of Medicine issues new NIH spreadsheets with new GRA fringe rate
7.) Why Black Lives Matter: Focus on Louisville
8.) Change in provost designee for international travel
9.) Interested in learning more about how to care for an adult patient with an intellectual or developmental disability?
10.) Research!Louisville: Call for judges
11.) Green Tip: Campus tree-huggers wanted!
12.) McConnell Center examines America at the end of the Civil War
13.) Educator: Dr. Rowan Chlebowski presents ‘Lifestyle and Breast Cancer: Incidence and Outcome’
14.) Neuroscience
15.) Endocrinology
16.) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Open Enrollment: We’ve Got You Covered!
1.) Verify Social Security numbers
The university must request dependent Social Security numbers to meet new IRS reporting requirements. Please take a moment to update or add the Social Security numbers for each of your dependents. To verify, visit Ulink, go to the Faculty/Staff tab, Employee Benefits, Dependent Update.
Additional Information: Human Resources, 852-3167.
Grawemeyer Awards 30th Anniversary
2.) Symposium: Innovative Approaches to Education
Oct. 15, 5 p.m., Comstock Hall, School of Music
Innovative approaches to education will be explored as former Grawemeyer Award in Education winners Carol Gilligan, Pasi Sahlberg and Vanessa Siddle Walker—all internationally renowned experts—come together to share their thoughts, ideas and research. UofL alumnus and journalist Bob Edwards will moderate.
Additional Information: Christine Payne; website.
3.) Diane Ravitch to hold discussion
Oct. 20, 5 p.m., Ekstrom Library, Room W104
“The Death and Life of the American School System,” takes a look at how testing and choice are undermining education. Based on Diane Ravitch’s 2010 book of the same name that earned her the 2014 Grawemeyer Award in Education, she will join the talk via Skype.
Additional Information: Christine Payne; website.
Health and Wellness
4.) Student Recreation Center Faculty/Staff Open House
Oct. 7, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., Student Recreation Center
Free
Faculty and staff who are not current members of the Student Recreation Center are invited to use the facility at no cost on Wednesday, Oct. 7. Get in a workout, play some golf on the indoor simulator, step into a group fitness class, slam a racquetball or shoot some hoops, it’s all there for you from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Just bring a valid UofL ID with you. Locks and towels are available at no cost as well. Guided tours of the facility will be available between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Additional Information: John Smith, 852-6707.
HR
5.) Thursday: Title IX Mandatory Reporter training to be held
Oct. 8, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Human Resources Building, Room 103A
Free
Are you aware that as a UofL employee, you are likely a mandatory Title IX reporter? Do you understand the responsibilities & requirements included in this role? There are two federal laws, Title IX & 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.
6.) Department of Medicine issues new NIH spreadsheets with new GRA fringe rate
The Dept. of Medicine has revised its NIH R01 and R03/R21 budget spreadsheets to include the new GRA insurance rate and has posted them here.
Additional Information: Jamie Rittenhouse.
7.) Why Black Lives Matter: Focus on Louisville
Oct. 15, 6 p.m., Shumaker Research Building, Rm. 139
Free
What is the Black Lives Matter movement? Should it matter to me? Join the Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace & Justice discussion with local community leaders and activists about the Black Lives Matter movement and what it means for our city and our community. Find out how to get involved and learn about the participatory action research at the University of Louisville.
Additional Information: Erika DeSha; 852-6372; Mikal Forbush, 852-1493.
8.) Change in provost designee for international travel
Beginning, October 12, Dr. Xuijie Sun will be the provost designee for all faculty, staff, EAM, community, individual students traveling for non-credit, and all group international travel. Sun will be working at 514 Stevenson Hall. She can be reached by phone at 852-0297 or email: fasit@louisville.edu.
November 14, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., ACB Auditorium
Free
Please join us for a free half-day collaborative seminar to stimulate interest by physicians, dentists, nurses, social workers and all other healthcare providers in the evaluation and management of health conditions frequently encountered in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, with an emphasis on the adult population. CME and CE credits offered for physicians, nurses and social workers. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Registration is open at: http://bit.ly/disabilities15.
Additional information: Karen Napolilli, 852-5329.
10.) Research!Louisville: Call for judges
October 27-30 Kosair Charities Clinical & Translational Research Building
Health Sciences Center faculty and post-docs are needed to judge posters at Research!Louisville. Sign up here for judging.
Additional Information: Anne.noe@louisville.edu, 852-2553.
11.) Green Tip: Campus tree-huggers wanted!
Oct. 7, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Ekstrom Library, Room W210
Free
Every year since 2010, the Arbor Day Foundation has recognized UofL as a Tree Campus USA. With over 2,500 trees representing dozens of species, UofL has developed a Belknap Tree Tour and Tree Inventory to help you use our campus as an educational tool and a Campus Tree Care Plan to ensure responsible management. All of this was developed by the Sustainability Council’s Campus Tree Advisory Committee which welcomes you to participate in our fall meeting on Wednesday 10/7 at 2 p.m. in Ekstrom W210.
More about UofL Trees and Sustainable Grounds Management here.
Talks
12.) McConnell Center examines America at the end of the Civil War
Oct. 8, 7 p.m., Chao Auditorium
Free, open to the public
Texas A&M history professor Lorien Foote, PhD, will discuss the long road to recovery for Civil War prisoners. For both Yankees and Rebels, recovering prisoners of war was an extended and uneven process. Foote is the author of The Gentlemen and the Roughs: Manhood, Honor, and Violence in the Union Army (2010), which was a finalist and honorable mention for the 2011 Lincoln Prize. This event is part of the McConnell Center’s three-part lecture series on America at the End of War.
Additional Information: Website; GlyptusAnn Grider Jones, mcconnell@louisville.edu, 852-1473.
Grand Rounds
13.) Educator: Dr. Rowan Chlebowski presents ‘Lifestyle and Breast Cancer: Incidence and Outcome’
Oct. 16, 8 to 9 a.m., School of Medicine Instructional Building Room 215
Dr. Rowan Chlebowski, MD, PhD, is chief of the Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and investigator, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute. Dr. Chlebowski will share updated results from the Women’s Intervention Nutrition Study, and the Women’s Health Initiative.
Additional Information: Sponsored by the Undergraduate Medical Education Office. RSVP by Oct. 14. CME credit offered.
14.) Neuroscience
Oct. 8, 8 to 9 a.m., Baxter 1 Auditorium, Donald Baxter Building
This week’s Neuroscience Grand Rounds will be presented by Dr. David Magnuson, professor and Friends for Michael Endowed Chair, departments of neurological surgery, anatomical sciences & neurobiology, and biomedical engineering, KSCIRC, UofL. Dr. Magnuson’s presentation is titled What is ‘Clinically Relevant’ in Spinal Cord Injury Research Using Animal Models. 1 CME and 1.2 CEU credit will be given to MDs, DOs and RNs who attend. Continental breakfast will be served.
Additional Information: Emily Rollins, 407-3226; Website.
15.) Endocrinology
Oct. 7, 4 P.M., Baxter II Research Building, lower level, Room 038
Please join us as Michael B. Flynn, MD, UofL professor of surgery, division of surgical oncology, presents “Thyroid Cancer Update: 2015.”
Additional Information: Kelly Galiette 852-5237.
16.) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
Oct. 7, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Bingham Clinic conference room, 2nd floor of Norton Hospital
Melissa Currie, MD, medical director and chief, Kosair Charities division of pediatric forensic medicine, associate professor, department of pediatrics, UofL School of Medicine, will present Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Role of Behavioral Health in Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse.
Additional Information: Jan Schoen, 588-0816.
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