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Message from the Dean
Dear Colleagues:
On this beautiful snowy Monday, I’m sending out the list of research activities as it has evolved with input from nearly all departments. Recall that this list will be continually evolving, and we’ll use it in many ways. First, we’ll use it to respond to the Provost’s three questions about our existing strengths, opportunities for growth, and involvement across disciplines. Second, we’ll use it generally to raise our profile and to highlight the strengths of Arts and Sciences faculty in websites, publications and outreach. Third, and most immediately, we want to use it to identify 3-5 areas that might tie in with the current research pilot areas of Cancer, Restorative Medicine, and Advanced Manufacturing. We will want to recommend those to the Provost and President.
Please download and review the current list (in Excel). I’d like all tenure-track and tenured faculty to vote for 5 areas that you perceive represent the strengths of Arts and Sciences research and creative activities. Please include your name and department in your vote and either hand it to me at the Assembly meeting on Friday or send it to asdean@louisville.edu. Be sure to vote by Friday afternoon at 4 p.m.
I also must convey some disappointing news. In the past few weeks, A&S offices and classrooms have experienced a rash of thefts. In eight separate incidents, we’ve lost several computers and projectors. Please make sure to secure your offices and close the doors on classrooms when you leave them.
Thanks, and I appreciate your input and support regarding these very important matters.
Sincerely,
Kimberly Kempf-Leonard
Dean
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Important Reminders
GHN Enrollment Deadline
The enrollment deadline for the Get Healthy Now health insurance premium incentive program ($40/month or $480/year) is tonight at 12 midnight. Download instructions and enroll now by clicking: Get Healthy Now. At the username prompt, enter your 7 digit employee ID number.
 Spring 2015 Book Orders
Chairs, directors and faculty colleagues: please complete book orders for the Spring 2015 term. By federal regulation, these orders are supposed to be submitted in advance of the opening of registration, which was Nov. 6.
Failure to comply with the order schedule risks federal financial aid that the university awards, much of which is returned to the institution in tuition payments. View the Belknap list of courses without books.
 Drawings for Free Tickets
The Dean’s Office is giving away tickets to Wednesdays performance of Freedom Days, written by Steve Friedman and directed by Prof. Russ Vandenbroucke, as well as to several upcoming basketball games. If interested, email Jackie Gutterman so that she can add your name to the pot.
Fund for UofL
Your annual support of the Fund for UofL helps keep the university affordable for students, provides opportunities for learning and discovery, and ensures UofL's progress as a major metropolitan research university. If you wish, you can designate your gift to the Fund for UofL for the College of Arts & Sciences, which is used where the school's needs are greatest. If you prefer, you can select a specific department or other priority to which to give.
Teaching, Service and Research/Creative Activity
Undergrads present at National Collegiate Honors Council
Four students from UofL’ s Honors Program presented competitively selected papers at the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council in Denver. The students and their paper topics were:
Prof. Ehrick to advise on Library of Congress Collections
In recognition for her research on the History of Radio, Christine Ehrick, Associate Professor, History, has been invited to serve as Research Associate for the Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Board's "Radio Preservation Task Force."
Prof. Ehrick will advise the project on the collection and preservation of radio materials in the border South/Midwest.
 Prof. Dugatkin on being “good” and “mate choice”
On Nov. 4, Prof. Lee Dugatkin, Associate Professor, Biology, gave the Stone Endowed Lecture at Boston University.
Additionally, Prof. Dugatkin will travel to Wageningen University in Holland on Nov. 20 to give a university-wide seminar on "The interaction of genes and culture in shaping mate choice.” He will also teach a master class on social networks in nonhumans. Learn more.
Third-year Ph.D. student publishes research
Andrew Denney, a third-year Ph.D. student in Justice Administration, recently published “Transactional and transformational leadership: An examination of the leadership challenge model,” co-authored with Profs. Gennaro Vito and George Higgins.
Professor addresses minimum wage at Metro Council meeting
Prof. Karen Christopher, Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, with a secondary appointment in Sociology, addressed the Louisville Metro Council on Oct. 9 on the need to raise the minimum wage in Louisville to $10.10 an hour. Watch here.
In the News
Get help writing at The Writers Block Festival (WHAS-11, 11/13/2014) – Director of Creative Writing Kiki Petrosino, with a group from Louisville Literary Arts, promotes the Writer's Block Festival in Louisville.
Election coverage:
Urban Design Studio and ReSurfaced in the News!
Kudos and Congratulations
UofL grad first female to win Ky. outstanding military veteran award
A Kentucky organization that recognizes outstanding military veterans has named a University of Louisville graduate as its first female honoree. Air Force veteran Lindsay Gargotto used her military benefits to earn a bachelor’s degree in women’s and gender studies from UofL in 2008. Read more.
Opportunities/Items of Note
Apply for the Bingham Fellows Class of 2015 by Friday, November 21
Topic: "United We Stand: A New Model for How City Collaborates with State." Apply or contact Jennifer Stevens at Leadership Louisville with questions – (502) 561-0458. Limited scholarships available.
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In this Issue
Message from the Dean
Important Reminders
Teaching, Service and Research/Creative Activity
A&S in the News
Kudos and Congratulations
Opportunities/Items of Note
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