Monday Memo October 26, 2020
Announcements
Mandatory Flu Shots
This year, students, faculty, and staff who are coming to campus are required to receive a flu vaccination. As in years past, the University is providing these flu shots free of charge to all our students, faculty, and staff. To help decrease wait times at the vaccination sites, please complete and fill out the flu shot consent form ahead of your visit. (It’s under the Spotlight section on the Campus Health Services website.) We also encourage those who have not been coming to campus to receive the free shots, which will be available through Nov. 6 at the following locations and times (All sites are closed on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov, 3.):
Belknap Campus
Belknap drive-through (10/28 - 11/6)
Parking lot across from Reynolds Lofts
2545 South Third Street
9 AM - 3 PM, Monday-Friday
Student Activities Center (SAC)
First-floor hallway near Canon print shop
9 AM - 3 PM, Monday-Friday
Health Sciences Center
UofL Healthcare Outpatient Center
Conference Center Room 109
401 East Chestnut
9 AM - 3 PM, Monday-Friday
UofL Health drive-through
499 South Brook Street
8:30 – 11:30 AM; 1– 3:30 PM, Monday-Friday
8:30 – 11:30 AM, Saturday and Sunday
After Nov. 6, shots will be available at Campus Health Services on both the Belknap and HSC campuses.
Community of Care
November Professional Development Opportunities
- Trauma-Informed Management: How do we apply trauma-informed care to the workplace?
- Welcoming New Employees with a Strategic Onboarding Plan with a Strategic Onboarding Plan
- Leading from our Strengths
- Creating Inclusive Environments through Teambuilding
- Managing Holiday Stress
- Civility Training: Why Civility is so Important in the Workplace
#RaiseSomeL update
During the 2020 #RaiseSomeL annual giving campaign on 10/20-21, the College of Arts & Sciences raised $23,883 from 261 donors! Thanks to all who participated in this year's campaign and helped the College raise funds to support our students.
Missed out on this year's event? You can still make a gift here.
Remote work recommended 11/25 - 12/18
The Dean’s Office recommended that staff work 100% remotely during the period of November 25 through December 18 to all supervisors. If your supervisor has determined that you can work remotely during this time or your current schedule allows you to work remotely, please remember that non-exempt staff must complete the Excel or PDF track hours template and send to your supervisor and CC the A&S HR Service Account. If you are working on campus, you do not need to complete the track hours template.
Winter Session website is live
Registration is open for Winter Session courses. All Winter Session courses are offered 100% online in three intensive weeks. Enrollment is open to current, new, transfer, or visiting UofL students. Spotlights
Menze and students publish in PNAS
Kudos to Prof. Michael Menze and graduate students Clinton Belott and Brett Janis on the publication of "Liquid-liquid phase separation promotes animal desiccation tolerance" in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), one of the world's most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals. The team's findings "significantly advance our understanding of 'life without water' and promote transformative advancements in various fields, ranging from cell preservation technology to improvement of crop desiccation tolerance."
Meet the Professor - Andreas Elpidorou talks boredom, frustration
We experience boredom and frustration often. But what do those experiences mean? What can we do about our boredom? And how can we use our frustration? In this talk, Prof. Andreas Elpidorou (Philosophy) discusses the role of negative emotions in our life and argues that boredom and frustration, although both unpleasant emotions, can help us live a better and more fulfilling life. Register now to join this Zoom talk on October 28 at 6 PM. Sponsored by the Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society.
Gifford to be featured on The Academic Minute
Adjunct Professor Daniel Gifford (History) will be featured on NPR's The Academic Minute the week of November 2, 2020. Gifford will be talking about commemorating and memorializing dying industries, a topic explored in his recently published book, The Last Voyage of the Whaling Bark Progress (McFarland Press, 2020.
The Academic Minute -- which features a different professor each day - is broadcast on 70 stations around the US and Canada. This is the first time the University of Louisville has been a contributing institution to the program. Anti-Racism Agenda
14th Annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture with Loretta Ross
The 14th Annual (and first virtual) Anne Braden Memorial Lecture features legendary activist Loretta Ross, who will present "Calling In the Call Out Culture" on November 11 at 5:30 PM.
Loretta Ross is a longtime feminist, anti-racist leader with 45 years' experience in intersectional social movement-building, ranging from the National Anti-Klan Network to Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, which she co-founded.
Ross is a Visiting Associate Professor at Smith College in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender, where she teaches courses on white supremacy, human rights, and calling in the call out culture. Her passion transforms anger into social justice to change the world.
As always, this event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
In the News
When Police Violence is a Dog Bite (The Marshall Project, 10/2/20) Prof. Charlton Yingling (History) mentioned.
An ugly secret in Alabama: Police dog attacks (Al.com, 10/13/20) Prof. Charlton Yingling (History) quoted.
In QAnon-linked US candidates, populism meets conspiracy (Times of News, 10/16/20) Prof. Adam Enders (Political Science) quoted.
KPFA Evening News (94.1 KPFA Berkeley 10/17/20) Prof. Cynthia Ganote (Sociology) discusses people's responses and susceptibility to fear campaigns in times of crisis. (Begins at 6:20 mark)
I Was Just Thinking: Long Seen as a Rising Star for GOP, Kentucky AG Now Faces Heat for Handling of Breonna Taylor Case (Texas Metro News, 10/19/20) Prof. Ricky Jones (Pan African Studies) mentioned.
UofL to advance CO2 Reduction Research with DOE Grant (Ky AG Connection, 10/19/20) Prof. Craig Grapperhaus (Chemistry) mentioned,
'Anti-racism' is 'where the world is going,' University of Louisville president says (WDRB, 10/21/20) Prof. Ricky Jones (Pan African Studies) quoted.
How Donald Trump’s ‘America first’ agenda has damaged global human rights (The Conversation, 10/22/20) Co-authored by Prof. Rodger Payne (Political Science).
With coronavirus cases surging again, fears of pandemic fatigue emerge in Kentucky (Courier Journal, 10/22/20) Prof. Keith Lyle (Psychological and Brain Sciences) quoted.
