Stone Age Hand Axe Shaped by Complex Brain Emory University 2024-10-22 | Stone Age Hand Axe Shaped by Complex Brain
The Many Lives of Andrew Young: A Conversation with Andrew Young and Ernie Suggs (Emory University) Emory University 2023-03-08 | Ambassador Andrew Young and Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Ernie Suggs visited Emory University for a conversation at the Emory Student Center on Feb. 22, 2023, hosted by Emory Libraries, to celebrate the recent publication of the book “The Many Lives of Andrew Young,” written by Suggs. Young, a civil rights icon was a two-term mayor of Atlanta, US ambassador to the United Nations, and served in the US House of Representatives. A prominent civil rights leader alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s, the 90-year-old Young shared stories from his youth, his time at the forefront of the civil rights movement alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., his days as a U.N. ambassador during the Carter administration, and as mayor of Atlanta during its transformative years. Suggs has been a reporter at the AJC since 1997 and has written many stories about Young. He currently covers race and culture and serves as the publisher of the paper’s weekly Black-oriented newsletter, Unapologetically ATL.The conversation, part of Emory's observance of Black History Month, was followed by a Q-and-A session. The event was sponsored by Emory Libraries; Emory University Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Decatur Book Festival, and the Michael C. Carlos Museum.For other Emory Libraries events videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2B761DAA9CBF5AD9
Shirley: The Audacious Life of Shirley Graham Du Bois Emory University 2023-03-06 | "Shirley: The Audacious Life of Shirley Graham Du Bois," a First Friday at 4 talk by Karida L. Brown, Professor of Sociology, Emory University [March 3, 2023]."First Fridays at 4: Emory Faculty Scholarship on Race" is sponsored by Emory College and the James Weldon Johnson Institute. Emory professors share their latest research on topics related to race, difference and equity. The James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference supports research, teaching, and public dialogue that examine race and intersecting dimensions of human difference including but not limited to class, gender, religion, and sexuality.http://www.jamesweldonjohnson.emory.edu
Emeritus College 20th Anniversary Celebration Emory University 2023-03-06 | Members celebrate the 20th anniversary of of Emory University's Emeritus College.
Coaching Skills for Managers Emory University 2023-03-03 | Being an effective leader can be challenging. It can be difficult to manage a wide range of employees with different backgrounds, skill sets, and ages without these additional challenges. And as we enter a post-COVID marketplace, it's critically important that managers manage their teams effectively in a new hybrid model of in-person and remote work and work towards engaging their employees to maintain a high retention rate.
Women in Leadership Panel: Mentorship Emory University 2023-03-02 | Join us from where you are to tune in to this wonderful conversation. The purpose of this virtual Women in Leadership: Mentorship Panel is to give recent female graduates direct access to female leaders/mentors who will provide guidance on professional development work, work-life balance and other areas regarding navigating the various paths to success. We wanted to highlight women who are recognized as leaders in their industries, with backgrounds that exemplify the strong character and commitment to achieving success and how mentorship fits into that success on both ends (having a mentor and being a mentor). We want to create a space where attendees can engage, listen to impactful experiences and ask questions from a panel of highly successful women in leadership.
The Generic Closet: Media Industries, Black Audience Imaginations, and Black Gay Reception Practices Emory University 2023-03-01 | "The Generic Closet: Media Industries, Black Audience Imaginations, and Black Gay Reception Practices"Alfred L. Martin, Jr., University of MiamiThe James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference supports research, teaching, and public dialogue that examine race and intersecting dimensions of human difference including but not limited to class, gender, religion, and sexuality.http://www.jamesweldonjohnson.emory.edu
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón reading at Emory University Emory University 2023-03-01 | U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón gave a public reading to a full house at Glenn Auditorium on the Emory University campus on Feb. 11, 2023, hosted by Emory Libraries. Known for her engaging style, Limón writes poems that often focus on the beauty of nature and how it centers and grounds the soul. She is the author of six poetry collections, including her most recent, “The Hurting Kind” (2022), and “The Carrying” (2018), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. The reading was sponsored by the Hightower Fund; Emory Libraries and the Rose Library; Emory’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Creative Writing Program; the Decatur Book Festival, and the Michael C. Carlos Museum. Her reading was part of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading Series by the Rose Library at Emory University. Read articles about her visit:U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón to give a reading at Emory University https://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/01/er_public_reading_limon_17-01-2023/story.htmlJumping Fences with Ada Limonhttps://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/02/er_ada_limon_recap_15-02-2023More from the Emory Libraries playlist, including other Danowski series guest poets: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2B761DAA9CBF5AD9Emory Libraries website: https://libraries.emory.edu/
Emory 60 Plus: How Will You Write Your Story? Emory University 2023-02-27 | Susan Soper is an Atlanta native who graduated from The Westminster Schools and Oglethorpe University where she graduated with a BA in English and later served on the board. Join us as Susan speaks about the importance of sharing stories – everybody has them – and will suggest ways to write and share them in unpredictable, non-chronological ways. She will also provide some of her copyrighted prompts – whimsical, funny, highlights-lowlights, maybe dark and all designed to be provocative that might get you going on your own stories. Susan was a reporter for Newsday newspaper on Long Island, and in Washington, D.C. where she was part of a team that won a 1974 Pulitzer Prize for The Heroin Trail, a series tracing heroin from opium fields overseas to New York.
Race and Anti-Semitism Emory University 2023-02-24 | The James Weldon Johnson Institute, in partnership with the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, presents our Spring 2023 talk in the JWJI Public Dialogues in Race and Difference Series (Feb. 23, 2023).Moderators: Andra Gillespie and Miriam Udel, Emory UniversityPanelists:Marc Dollinger, San Francisco State UniversityRabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder, Be'chol LashonCheryl Greenberg, Trinity CollegeTerrance Johnson, Harvard Divinity SchoolCandice Jenkins, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignThe James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference supports research, teaching, and public dialogue that examine race and intersecting dimensions of human difference including but not limited to class, gender, religion, and sexuality.http://www.jamesweldonjohnson.emory.edu
Bruce Lee: Martial Artist in Pacific Currents Emory University 2023-02-23 | "Bruce Lee: Martial Artist in Pacific Currents"by Daryl Joji Maeda, University of Colorado BoulderFebruary 20, 2023The James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference supports research, teaching, and public dialogue that examine race and intersecting dimensions of human difference including but not limited to class, gender, religion, and sexuality.http://www.jamesweldonjohnson.emory.edu
Emory Pre College Program Emory University 2023-02-20 | Did you know that Emory has a pre-college program for teens? Our summer academic program gives current high school sophomores and juniors a glimpse of residential and/or academic life. With over 60 noncredit and credit courses all taught by Emory faculty, each summer students are immersed into the Emory community along with their peers and current Emory students. Visit our website for more program details, eligibility requirements, tuition, financial aid, course list, and to apply. www.precollege.emory.edu
Race, Adolescence, and the Traumatic Effects of Policing in Communities of Color Emory University 2023-02-16 | Weaving together powerful narratives and persuasive data, Kristin Henning of Georgetown University Law Center explores the criminalization of normal adolescence and makes a compelling case that racial disparities in the juvenile and criminal legal systems are rooted in America's unfounded, and sometimes intentionally manufactured, fears of youth of color. Unlike White youth, who are afforded the freedom to test boundaries and figure out who they are and who they want to be, youth of color are seen as a threat and denied the privilege of healthy adolescent development. Professor Henning highlights the criminalization of Black adolescent play and identity, the demonization of Black adolescent culture, and the discriminatory impact of police in schools. She lays bare the long-term consequences of racism and trauma that youth of color experience in contact with police and others who fear them and explains how discriminatory and aggressive policing has socialized a generation of young people to fear and resent law enforcement. She offers practical insights for serving youth of color and transforming systems that harm young people. [February 13, 2023]The James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference supports research, teaching, and public dialogue that examine race and intersecting dimensions of human difference including but not limited to class, gender, religion, and sexuality.http://www.jamesweldonjohnson.emory.edu
Calliope’s Cabinet ep. 9: Graphic novels and comics collections at Emory Libraries Emory University 2023-02-15 | Chris Palazzolo, head of collection management and social sciences librarian, discusses selected graphic novels from Emory Libraries’ vast collection of comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels.Throughout their 200-plus-year history, these media have endured periodic critiques that they represent a lower level of literacy. Today, there is growing appreciation for the complex visual and text-based “double literacy” that these media help readers to develop, and for the ways they enable the exploration of emotionally charged topics, underrepresented narratives, and marginalized points of view. For these reasons, graphic narratives are a rapidly growing field of study, and Emory Libraries has curated an exhibit that provides an overview of the genre and takes a deep dive into the topics of Afrofuturism, LGBT, and experiences of colonialism. For more information on this exhibition visit http://emorylib.info/GraphicNovelsComicCollections.Calliope’s Cabinet—an exploration of curious innovations through the ages—is a collaboration between The Hatchery, Emory Center for Innovation and Emory Libraries. More from the Emory Libraries playlist, including other Calliope’s Cabinet videos: emorylib.info/playlistThe Hatchery, Emory Center for Innovation website: https://hatchery.emory.edu Emory Libraries website: https://libraries.emory.edu/
Empowering Latinx Georgia in 2022 and Beyond Emory University 2023-02-15 | Empowering Latinx Georgia in 2022 and BeyondModerator: Bernard Fraga, Department of Political Science, Emory UniversityPanelists: Gilda Pedraza, Executive Director of the Latino Community FundLeslie Palomino, Poder LatinxAndres Parra, Community Organizer for Galeo Impact FundPanelists discuss the rising impact of Latinx voters in Georgia and the work state organizations are doing to fully engage this community in political and civic affairs. This talk is sponsored by The Latinx Studies Initiative at Emory.
Student Flourishing at Emory Emory University 2023-02-09 | The Student Flourishing initiative reimagines and connects Emory’s curriculum, extracurricular activities, and residential and campus life to create an integrated experience that embraces the whole student.By making strategic improvements and investments across their educational journey, we’re creating a uniquely purposeful path to help students find not only academic and professional success, but a fulfilling and meaningful life.Learn more: https://studentflourishing.emory.edu/
The Crossroads of AI and Humanity Is At Emory Emory University 2023-02-09 | Emory can lead the development of AI as an interdisciplinary approach between technologists, humanists, and social scientists. Applications of future AI technologies involve many areas of Emory strengths, including health care, business, and social sciences. Learn more: https://aihumanity.emory.edu/
2023 Global Health Hackathon Focuses on Mental Health Technologies Emory University 2023-02-08 | February 8, 2023: Registration is open for students to compete in the 2023 Emory Global Health Institute and Georgia Institute of Technology Hackathon. Undergraduate and graduate students from all majors and disciplines are eligible. Register before the February 24th deadline – https://www.globalhealth.emory.edu/students/hackathon/index.html
What is Our City Doing for Us?: Placing Collective Care into Atlanta’s Post-Public Housing Movements Emory University 2023-02-02 | Throughout the 20th century, housing movements in Atlanta were anchored by public housing tenant associations and a politics that materially and spatially addressed intersectional issues of discrimination in employment, welfare, education, and housing. Akira Drake Rodriguez of the University of Pennsylvania argues the strategies and outcomes of these movements collectivised, embedded, and placed Anneli Anttonen and Jorma Sipilä’s “care capital”— or an expansion of resources for care—in bell hooks’ “homeplaces”, for those marginalized both in social welfare policies and urban politics. Following the loss of over 7,000 public housing units in Atlanta, tenant associations’ care politics and the residents served were displaced and disembedded from the revitalised city. Using archival data, semistructured individual and group interviews, and observation of tenant organising meetings, this work examines how care politics are materially and spatially situated across housing movement geographies through Black resistance strategies to collectivise and embed care capital for a broader public. (January 30, 2023)
Compassion Fatigue and Burnout: Reignite Your Resiliency Emory University 2023-02-01 | In this workshop, Marcy Victor 01PH, a private practice psychotherapist and board certified life and career coach of Heartway Healing Center®, will help increase your understanding of what compassion fatigue and burnout look like and how to prevent it, such as vicarious resiliency. She will share with you how to develop personal resiliency along with other ways to cope. Ending with a take away of the components of a self-care plan that include setting healthy boundaries to prevent or lessen compassion fatigue and burnout.
The Value of a Religion Major Emory University 2023-02-01 | We all know the study of religion is interesting, but what about important in your career—especially if your career isn’t going to be directly related to religion?Hear what some of the Religion department alums have to say about how their studies in the humanities at Emory led to a variety of exciting and fulfilling career pursuits. Ovadia Harary, 16CSoftware EngineerStytch Meghann Timmins, 110x 13CSr. Manager Corporate CommunicationDelta Airlines Francisco Santamarina, 090x 11CPhD Student Public Policy & ManagementNorthwestern University
Whats Next in Your Career? Emory University 2023-01-24 | The hard truth is that we live in tumultuous times and the future of work is being rewritten every day. New ways of living are creating new industries and work functions. It’s also changing the fabric of our day-to-day culture. This means new types of roles are being created every day along with many previous roles disappearing.This workshop will provide you with a tool that walks you through developing your own personal journey map and also writing your story (Marketing Portfolio - bio, networking letter, resume, cover letter) to be confident and clear and finding and engaging with the right What’s Next for you!
“Staying Alive in Little Five” Emory University 2023-01-23 | Emory University postdoctoral fellow Sarah Febres-Cordero discusses how the community of service industry workers—bartenders, servers, baristas, clerks, etc.—are on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic and uniquely positioned to intervene in opioid-related overdose.
Emory Libraries Preservation Department Emory University 2023-01-20 | Emory Libraries Preservation staff conserve and digitize special and circulating collections in all Emory Libraries. Staff are experts in the conservation and digitization of books, manuscripts, photographs, and audiovisual recordings. Please consider supporting this important work with a donation to the Emory Libraries Preservation Endowment Fund. For more information on supporting Emory Libraries:https://libraries.emory.edu/about/support-emory-librariesTo make a gift to the fund:http://emorylib.info/preservation-fund
How to Record, Preserve, and Share Your Life Story 60+ Emory University 2023-01-12 | Join us and watch Sue VerHoef, Director of Oral History and Genealogy at the Atlanta History Center, for a workshop designed to provide you with tips, techniques, and effective strategies for recording, preserving, and sharing your story. Author Margaret Atwood once said, "In the end, we'll all become stories."
“The Transpacific Turn in American Religions” Emory University 2023-01-10 | How does employing a transpacific and Asian American lens change the understanding of American religions? In addressing this question, Helen Jin Kim, assistant professor of American religious history at Emory’s Candler School of Theology, examines the nonreligious, the history of evangelicalism, and the development of the so-called “prosperity gospel.”
“Innovation AGEnts at Emory: Uncovering the Secrets to Health in Aging” Emory University 2023-01-10 | Geriatrician Camille Vaughan, director of the Emory Woodruff Health Sciences Center for Health in Aging, discusses the first cohort of pilot projects funded through the center, projects that span disciplines from anthropology to ophthalmology.
“Reconsidering Resilience: Response to Crisis or Responsible for Crisis?” Emory University 2023-01-10 | Moving through a variety of case studies, Alix Olson, assistant professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Emory’s Oxford College and co-director of the Emory Studies in Sexuality Program, calls attention to the stakes of uncritically deploying resilience, particularly for those interested in a more just and emancipatory future.
Emory University Student Flourishing Initiative Emory University 2023-01-06 | Emory Provost Ravi Bellamkonda explains this distinctive vision for the student experience at Emory.Learn more at https://studentflourishing.emory.edu/index.html.
Southern Jewish collections program Emory University 2023-01-05 | The Southern Jewish collections event was held Oct. 19, 2022, to celebrate the launch of the Geffen and Lewyn Family Southern Jewish Collections Research Fellowship and the opening of the newly processed Southern Jewish History Collections in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archive, and Rare Book Library at Emory University.The celebration opened with remarks by Emory President Gregory L. Fenves. He introduced a talk by journalist Melissa Fay Greene, author of the 1998 award-winning book “The Temple Bombing,” who talked about using the Jacob M. Rothschild papers in the Rose Library archives to write her book.Following Melissa, Rabbi David Geffen (a 1959 graduate of Emory’s College of Arts and Sciences) detailed the influential Geffen family that was established in Atlanta by his grandfather Rabbi Tobias Geffen, an American Orthodox rabbi who served as the leader of Congregation Shearith Israel from 1910 to 1970 and who is well known for his 1935 decision that certified Coca-Cola as kosher. Marc Lewyn, a former Emory Board of Visitors member, closed out the event by connecting all of the stories to broader themes in the Jewish experience. Marc is the son of Bert Lewyn, a Holocaust survivor and author of the book “On the Run in Nazi Germany,” whose family papers are held in Rose Library.This program was made possible with thanks to the Geffen and Lewyn families whose vision it is to provide students and other researchers better access to the human experiences documented in Rose Library's Jewish collections, supporting new generations of scholars.More information: https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/woodruff/news/rose-library-southern-jewish-collectionsRose Library website: https://libraries.emory.edu/rose
Happy Holidays from Oxford College - 2022 Emory University 2022-12-16 | A holiday message from Interim Dean Ken Carter and the rest of the Oxford community.
Happy Holidays from Emory University Emory University 2022-12-15 | President Greg Fenves, Provost Ravi Bellamkonda and Swoop wish a Happy Holidays to all students, faculty, staff and the entire Emory community this holiday season.
Southeast Woodlands Stickball Summit Panel Emory University 2022-12-14 | The Southeast Woodlands Stickball Summit concludes with an evening panel discussion about one of the oldest sports in North America, historically played by multiple Indigenous Nations. Both men and women enjoyed the game for sportsmanship, mental health, medicine, and even political resolution. Gameplay and stickball sticks have been handed down from generation to generation, and the game continues to be played by native nations around the country. [October 15, 2022]The discussion is moderated by Dr. Natalie M. Welch, Ph.D. (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), sport management professor. Panelists include:Addison Karl (Chickasaw/Choctaw), artist, creator of the Itti’ Kapochcha To’li’ sculpture currently on display on the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside TrailCasey Bigpond (Choctaw), artist, singer, traditionalist and lifelong ball playerAce Greenwood (Chickasaw/Cherokee), coach, teacher, and playerTosh Welch (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), educator and player Dr. Monte Randall (Muscogee Nation), President of the College of the Muscogee Nation
Reflections on Dr. Stephen T. Warren’s legacy Emory University 2022-12-12 | On November 29, 2022, the Stephen T. Warren Memorial Symposium was held at Emory University School of Medicine. The symposium honored the late Stephen T. Warren, the founding chair of Emory's Department of Human Genetics and a leader in the study of fragile X syndrome. More information about Warren and the symposium here. This talk is from Gail Heyman, co-founder of the Fragile X Association of Georgia, who had a long association with Warren. Heyman was introduced by Emily Allen, PhD, assistant professor of human genetics, who studied with Warren.
SCA1: A Collaborative Research Journey to Understand a Neurodegenerative Disease Emory University 2022-12-12 | On November 29, 2022, Harry Orr, PhD, delivered the keynote talk at the Stephen T. Warren Memorial Symposium at Emory University School of Medicine. Orr's topic: spinocerebellar ataxia, an inherited neurological disorder. Orr is Professor and James Schindler and Bob Allison Ataxia Chair in Translational Research in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Minnesota. He was the winner of the 2022 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience.The symposium honored the late Stephen T. Warren, the founding chair of Emory's Department of Human Genetics and a leader in the study of fragile X syndrome. More information about Warren and the symposium here.
Skip the Resolutions and Create Your Vision for 2023 Emory University 2022-12-09 | Most of the organizations we work for and volunteer with have a vision statement. Do you? Did you know that 92% of new year's resolutions fail?! Instead of setting new year's resolutions, create your vision for 2023 instead. Grab your vision board supplies and join us as we learn how setting a vision can set you up for success with your goals for the new year. Materials needed: Poster board, random magazines, glue stick, scissors, and markers/crayons/colored pencils. Added bonus: Maureen will randomly choose 3 participants to each receive a free coaching session to make a specific plan to support their 2023 vision.
How to Find Your Dream Job in 2023 Emory University 2022-12-01 | In this webinar, Hallie Crawford, Certified Career Coach and national career expert will teach you how to: 1) Tap into what's most fulfilling for you and begin to design your career around that 2) Develop greater clarity and direction to achieve your career goals 3) Determine if you are in the right career fit 4) Overcome the obstacles that hold you back from taking the next step in your career. Don’t end up at the end of 2023 unsure or unhappy, wondering where the time went!
Blackout: A Frame for Seeing Anti-blackness in a Purportedly Colorblind Society Emory University 2022-11-29 | Barbara Harris Combs of Kennesaw State University outlines a concept she terms "Blackout," a cornerstone of her new book, “Bodies Out of Place: Theorizing Anti-blackness in U.S. Society.” The term is used to convey a contemporary pattern she describes where Black bodies are welcome in physical and social space but only under certain conditions. These caveats on acceptance effectively foster, maintain, and promote continuing racial segregation and a racialized hierarchy amid the illusion of a purportedly open, post- racial society. “Blackout” describes a provisional and limited acceptance that rejects, denies, or ignores the continuing existence of a long- established White supremacist racial order. She provides illustrative examples of this pattern for the audience in order to demonstrate that anti-Black racism is not better than it used to be; it is just performed in more nuanced ways. The James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference supports research, teaching, and public dialogue that examine race and intersecting dimensions of human difference including but not limited to class, gender, religion, and sexuality.http://www.jamesweldonjohnson.emory.edu
Emory Global Health Institute: Building bridges to better health Emory University 2022-11-23 | EGHI unites students, faculty, and partners across disciplines in research, programs, training, and discourse to empower communities and improve global health.
Jeffrey P. Koplan Global Health Award: Inaugural recipient announced Emory University 2022-11-23 | November 16, 2022: Emory Global Health Institute announces the inaugural recipient of the Jeffrey P. Koplan Award at the InFocus: Emory Excellence in Global Health event. Emory’s Dr. Manoj Jain accepts the award from India where he is conducting the work for which he is honored.
Can the Black Banjo Speak? Notes on Our Native Daughters Emory University 2022-11-17 | JWJI Colloquium (Nov. 14, 2022) by Francesca T. Royster, DePaul UniversityThe James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference supports research, teaching, and public dialogue that examine race and intersecting dimensions of human difference including but not limited to class, gender, religion, and sexuality.http://www.jamesweldonjohnson.emory.edu
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream Presented by 60 Plus Network Emory University 2022-11-17 | Join us as Donald L. Bliwise, Ph.D., leads a program on sleep and sleep disorders. He will discuss what people report about their sleep habits and how they contrast with objective data derived from the sleep laboratory. Additionally, he will discuss behavioral and pharmacological approaches to improving sleep and provide an overview of common sleep disorders that affect older populations.
Shifting from 9-5 to Entrepreneurship Emory University 2022-11-15 | In this entrepreneurship workshop, Lundyn Carter 17B and Ifrah Khan 14Ox 17B will share their experiences leaping into entrepreneurship while providing advice, challenges and empowerment about making the transition. Following their powerful conversation, Sanoop Luke 04C, founder coach, independent advisor, and investor in startups will present a series of questions you will need to consider before transitioning from a full-time 9-5 to a full time entrepreneur. For those who are pondering starting a business, Sanoop will also take you through a startup scorecard model, which will help you evaluate any new startup idea and decide if you should move forward with it. This workshop will get participants asking, thinking, reflecting, sharing and taking appropriate action to be on the path to entrepreneurship. Come with an open mind and a notebook!
Calliope’s Cabinet Episode 8: Apollo 15 lunar mission cue cards Emory University 2022-11-14 | In this episode of Calliope’s Cabinet, Tracy L. Scott, associate professor of teaching in the Department of Sociology at Emory University, discusses the 1971 Apollo 15 mission—the first “J” mission that enabled a longer stay on the moon in order to conduct extensive lunar surface and lunar orbital experiments. Scott, daughter of Air Force colonel and Apollo 15 mission commander David Scott, discusses an important innovation invented by the flight crew to overcome technical limitations of the time and the “startup culture” of NASA’s early years, and shares personal anecdotes that provide insights into the lives of these great innovators whose “moonshots” will never be forgotten. An exhibit of materials from the Apollo 15 mission, curated by the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, are currently on display in the Robert W. Woodruff Library at Emory, including several items from the David R. Scott and Anne Lurton Scott papers housed in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. A wealth of these materials have been digitized by ECDS and can be viewed at https://apollo15hub.org. For more information on this exhibition and the work of ECDS, visit: https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/09/er_libraries_apollo_15_exhibit/campus.htmlCalliope’s Cabinet — an exploration of curious innovations through the ages — is a collaboration between The Hatchery, Emory Center for Innovation and Emory Libraries. More from the Emory Libraries playlist, including other Calliope’s Cabinet videos: http://emorylib.info/playlist The Hatchery, Emory Center for Innovation website: https://hatchery.emory.edu Emory Libraries website: https://libraries.emory.edu/
Inside The Classroom: Death and Dying with Prof Gary Laderman Emory University 2022-11-14 | Take a look inside the Emory College classroom with a special public webinar session of Professor Gary Laderman’s “Death and Dying” course featuring guest speaker Bruce "BJ" Miller, MD, renowned hospice and palliative medicine physician, author, and speaker.Gary Laderman, the Goodrich C. White Professor of American Religious History and Cultures, has taught the legendary “Death and Dying” course for nearly 30 years at Emory and it is consistently among the most popular classes in Emory College.Join us for what will be a lively and thought-provoking discussion on one of life’s most difficult subjects.
