Monday Memo June 20, 2016

Teaching, Service, Research & Creative Activities

Prof. Edna Ross (Psychological & Brain Sciences), Prof. Michael Losavio (Criminal Justice) and Nisha Gupta (i2a specialist for Culminating Undergraduate Experiences, Delphi Center) presented via Skype "Problems, Messy Problems, Wicked Problems: Issues of Intercultural Communication in Community Engagement and Community-Based Learning,” at the “Education. Language. Intercultural Communication” Conference June 17 at Perm. The presentation was on their collaborative community-based learning project of teaching computer skills to homeless residents at Wayside Christian Mission's Hotel Louisville.

Items of Note

Take wing: Butterfly counters sought for Oldham outing
University of Louisville biology professor emeritus Charles Covell and other butterfly specialists will lead the annual local count for the national butterfly census. Children and adults are welcome to join the volunteer effort in the fields and woods of UofL's Horner Wildlife Sanctuary in Oldham County. The count will be done in a specified area from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., although volunteers are not required to stay the entire time. Covell suggests that participants wear hiking shoes, hats, long pants and long-sleeved shirts and bring lunch, water and insect repellent. Volunteer counters of all ages should meet at 9:30 a.m. June 25 in the parking lot of Sugar Babe Antiques, 7511 Highway 329 in Crestwood, about one mile northwest of Interstate 71’s Exit 14 and about 20 miles north of Louisville.

Webinar on NIH grant applications
Free webinar, “What's New at the NIH? Requirements to Address Rigor and Reproducibility in Research Grant Applications” on June 22 at 2pm, in Room 124, Clinical & Translational Research Bldg. The webinar will go over revisions to NIH proposal content requirements and peer review criteria to include assessment of rigor and reproducibility in research. You will also become familiar with diverse resources available to help investigators meet new requirements to address key aspects of rigor and reproducibility in grant applications. Contact Carla Jones, or call 852-2454 for more info.

Burroughs’ Collection on display for release of new Tarzan
UofL Archives and Special Collections will display a portion of its enormous Edgar Rice Burroughs collection beginning July 1, just in time for the release of the new The Legend of Tarzan film. Burroughs famously created the original Tarzan character and stories. To synchronize with the movie’s release, the exhibit includes editions of Tarzan in 37 different languages. It will be on the first floor of Ekstrom Library, in the west wing across from the circulation desk, and run until Sept. 2, one day after Burroughs’ birthday.

A&S faculty, staff exhibit work in Open Walls
The Sixth Annual Open Walls participants from the College of Arts & Sciences include: Holly Hogue (administrative associate, A&S Research Office), Sarah Carter (director of the Bridwell Art Library and assistant professor), Lora D. Haynes (associate professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences), Tracy Heightchew (coordinator, Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society), Kimberly Kempf-Leonard (dean, A&S), Keith Mountain (professor and chair, Geography and Geosciences), and Selene Phillips (professor, Communication). Celebrate the work of your colleagues by visiting the exhibit June 13 to 30, in the Photographic Archives Gallery, Ekstrom Library, East Wing, and Lower Level.

In the News

Before Orlando: A History of Modern Anti-LGBT Violence (National Geographic, 6/13/16) – Prof. Kaila Story (Women’s & Gender Studies) on violence against LGBT people.

Children of Louisville Say Goodbye to Muhammad Ali (NBC News, 6/11/16) – A&S undergraduate Natasha Mundkur, a volunteer at the Muhammad Ali Center Council of Students, on Muhammad Ali.

30+ must-see art exhibits in Louisville – (The Courier-Journal, 6/15/2016) – On exhibitions at the Cressman Center and the Hite Art Institute.

Kentucky Bourbon Affair, WHISKY LIVE launches in Louisville (The Lane Report, 6/14/16) –  On a 2013 study by the Urban Studies Institute found that Louisville is one of the biggest winners in the Bourbon renaissance, with distillers providing 4,200 jobs, $263 million in payroll and $32 million in tax revenue each year.

Volunteers sought to count butterflies for annual census (Lexington Herald-Leader, 6/16/16) and The University of Louisville is seeking volunteers to help count butterflies for a national census (The Daily Journal, 6/16/16) – On the annual butterfly count led by Prof. Emeritus Charles Covell (Biology).

Here’s What To Expect From U of L Theatre’s New Season (WFPL, 6/19/16) – On the 2016-2017 season form the Theatre Arts Department.

SPOTLIGHT ON FACULTY RESEARCH

Public Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization
Learn more about  Prof. Maggie Walker and Prof. Carol Hanchette (Geography & Geosciences), and their 2015 study, “Residents’ experiences in the aftermath of a HOPE VI revitalization project: A three-pronged, grounded visualization approach,” published in Applied Geography.

Summer Breaks: Labor, Leisure, Lust

Cool off this summer with a Hite Art Institute exhibition exploring 20th Century depictions of American consumption in relation to traditional codes of viewership. Breaks—whether from work, to the beach, or into a good book—diverge from the quotidian into the unconventional and even the erotic. Curated by Ashley Braunecker, Hunter Kissel, and Madison Sevilla as part of the Critical and Curatorial Studies methodologies seminar.