Monday Memo September 21, 2015
Message from the Dean
Dear Colleagues,
Many thanks to the faculty and staff who attended the State of the College address on Friday. The huge number of high achieving high school students we welcomed to campus on Saturday also shows the recognition throughout Kentucky of our campus and our continuing advancement.
It is a delight to be able to brag about our many achievements, and a real help in recruiting future students. Thank you for your good work.
Sincerely,
Kimberly Kempf-Leonard
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Announcements
IT’s new service management tool goes live Oct. 1
You will see several changes, beginning with IT's emails. Outgoing emails will now be sent from UofL HelpDesk. Clickable links in the emails allow you to respond or take you to our IT service catalog. UofL Employees may still contact the HelpDesk via helpdesk@louisville.edu, (502) 852-7997 and helpdesk.louisville.edu.
Drawing for Dean Leonard’s football tickets
Dean Leonard would like to share her football tickets for Sat., Sept. 26th against Samford. If you would like to win two tickets, please send an email to: asdean@louisville.edu by 9 a.m. Fri., Sept. 25. The drawing will occur 10 a.m. Fri., Sept. 25, and the winners will be notified via email. Thanks and good luck!
Teaching, Research, Creative Activities & Service
Prof. Hammond advancing opportunities for Hispanic-American students through panel discussions, seminars
As part of efforts to advance the opportunities of Hispanic-American students in Kentucky during Hispanic-Latino Heritage month, Prof. G. B. Hammond (Chemistry) is promoting Hispanic-Latino student initiatives with guest speakers in chemistry and panel discussions with students at duPont Manual High School and with UofL. Dr. Miguel Garibay spoke on Sept. 18 with students from Manual and presented a seminar in chemistry.
In addition, On Sept. 25, Dr. Luis Echegoyen will participate in a panel entitled “Successful Latinos” to discuss the opportunities of Hispanic-American students in Kentucky. Dr. Echegoyen is the former director of the chemistry division of NSF. Co-sponsored by the Cultural Center.
Publications
Prof. Ridge interviewed about latest fiction work
Prof. Ryan Ridge’s (English) latest novel American Homes was published by University of Michigan press in 2014. To read and listen to a Sept. 15, 2015 interview with him about the book, visit New Books in Literature.
Kudos and Congratulations
Prof. Kielkopf receives Navy Contract award
Prof. John Kielkopf (Physics) received a Navy Contract award of $449,997 in collaboration with Spectral Sciences, Inc., and Aurora Flight Sciences research center. The title of the project is “A Rapid Optical Approach to Quantitative Composite Bond Quality Assessment,” and its goal is to develop an optical non-destructive technique of assessing the quality of bonds in the composite materials for state of the art commercial and military aircraft, automobiles, and boats. It is a Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II funded by the ONR (Office of Naval Research).
Prof. Zhang invited to serve on NSF advisory panel
Prof. Charlie Zhang (Geography & Geosciences) has been invited by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to serve on its Geography and Spatial Sciences Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (GSS-DDRI) Advisory Panel for a two-year term (2015-2017).
In the News
U of L Lecture Focuses On Rohinga Muslims In Myanmar (WFPL, 9/16/2015) – Human rights activist Wai Wai Nu gave a talk entitled “Reflections on Myanmar’s Political Crisis: Buddhist nationalism and ethnic violence” at the Brown & Williamson Club Sept. 16 for the Annual Lecture in Asian Democracy.
Did You Know?
In its fourth year (2014-15), the PRIMES grant (Promotion of Retention in Math, Engineering and Science) administered by Prof. Christine Rich (Chemistry) supported and provided support as UTAs to 161 students for the following departments: Bioengineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering Fundamentals, Geography/Geosciences, Mathematics, and Physics.
