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Forefront

TODAY: Integrating the Identity Toolkit Workshop

CO-SPONSORED WITH THE OFFICE OF GLOBAL STRATEGY AND INITIATIVES

Monday, April 22, 2:00-4:00 pm (hybrid)

Jones Room Woodruff Library and Zoom

CONVENERS: Jason T. Ciejka, Nitya P. Jacob, and Kenya Casey

The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence, in partnership with The Office of Global Strategy and Initiatives, presents a training session for faculty leading study abroad programs. Discover how to integrate the Identity Toolkit into your pre-departure orientations, fostering a supportive environment for addressing identity-related challenges that may arise during students' study abroad experiences.

This session is open to faculty, staff, graduate students, and post-doctoral scholars.

Please let us know if there are any accommodations that we can provide to facilitate your participation in this workshop.

From Excellence to Eminence

Three Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards

Three of Emory’s early career faculty have received the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) most prestigious award—the CAREER award. Raphael Ribeiro, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, will be developing new theoretical approaches and computational methods for investigating chemical phenomena in microenvironments that confine light and interact strongly with matter. Jennifer Rieser, assistant professor in the Department of Physics, will use experimental and computational techniques to establish links between architecture and functionality of complex nest structures created by red imported fire ants. And Emily Wall, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, will investigate ways to help analysts reduce biases through the development of tools that help them critically assess their thought processes using metacognition.

All three prepared their proposals for the award through the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence and the Emory College Office of Research’s NSF CAREER Academy in spring 2023. The Academy will be offered again beginning in May 2024. See cfde.emory.edu for more details.

The NSF CAREER Award supports junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education, and the integration of these endeavors in the context of their organizations' missions. The awards, presented once each year, include a federal grant for research and education activities for five consecutive years.

Heard on Campus

Keeping Language Supple

What's bad politics? Bad politics is cliche, it's sloganeering, it's the dehumanizing language that's sort of dead but can actually also be murderous. . . . What we can do as poets is keep language supple and open and ambiguous and capable of doing something that politicians don't do in the hope that maybe reality will want that ambiguity at some point, will want that subtlety at some point--may not want to listen to it now.

--Fintan O’Toole, award-winning author, during the third of the 2024 Richard Ellmann Lectures "Creativity Conversation with Natasha Trethewey and Fintan O’Toole," hosted by the Rose Library and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry March 5, 2024

Resources for Faculty

Help Emory Libraries Change Harmful Subject Terms to More Inclusive Language

Emory students and faculty are invited to help change library cataloging language for the better.

The libraries are asking you to share your feedback about library subject terms now considered offensive or outdated and to let them know how to make the terms more inclusive. Below is a link to a blog post with background on the project that will connect you to a form to share your feedback.

Please respond by Tuesday, April 23.

To read the blog, please visit this Scholar Blog webpage.

New to the Faculty

Erica Britt, Associate Teaching of Professor Linguistics, College of Arts and Sciences

Erica Britt completed her doctorate in linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011. Prior to joining Emory in 2023, Britt held the position of associate professor of sociolinguistics in the Department of Language and Communication at the University of Michigan-Flint. Britt is a sociolinguist and discourse analyst, and her work focuses on the use of African American language in public and political life. Her work has been published in a number of leading journals and scholarly volumes, including Language in Society, The Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, and The Oxford Handbook of African American Language. She has also developed an oral history project, the Vehicle City Voices Project, that explores the intersections of language, history, and everyday life in Flint, Michigan.

Events This Week

Monday, April 22

At noon in Jones Room in the Woodruff Library Building, the James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference (JWJI) Colloquium presents Tyson King-Meadows, associate professor of political science (University of Maryland Baltimore County). The title of this lecture is "Willing to Risk It All? Black Linked Fate and Support for Racial Redistricting in Post-Obama America." For more information and to register, please visit the JWJI events calendar.

At noon in Emory University Hospital 2nd floor auditorium, the Pathology Grand Rounds will host Susan F. Ely, associate professor, New York University Grossman School of Medicine. The title of this talk is "Foundational Concepts In Forensic Pathology Practice." For more information, please visit the events calendar.

At 1:00 p.m. in HSRB II Room N457 and via Zoom, the Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines Seminar Series presents Benedicth Ukhuedua, post-doctoral fellow, Chahroudi Lab. The topic of this session is "Combination cIAP and BCL-2 Inhibition to Induce Latency Reversal and Apoptosis in SIV-infected, ART-suppressed Rhesus Macaques." For more information, please visit this Children's Healthcare of America webpage.

At 4:00 p.m. at the Candler School of Theology, Pitts Theology Library presents a lecture by Damien P. Williams, assistant professor of data science and philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The topic of this talk is "Religious Belief and Practice in the Age of AI." For more information and to register, please visit this webpage.

At 6:00 p.m. at the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, the Great Works Seminar will continue its focus on Matsuo Bashō's "Narrow Road to the Interior" in an Era of Environmental Change. The moderator is Cheryl Crowley, associate professor of Japanese literature and cultures. For more information and to register, please visit this link.

Tuesday, April 23

All day online, Human Resources and Learning Services will host Crucial Conversations - Day 2. For more information, please visit this link.

At 7:00 a.m. at 6325 Hospital Pkwy, Human Resources presents the John's Creek Well-being Expo. For more information, please visit the events calendar.

At 8:45 a.m. in the Health Sciences Research Building Auditorium and Cafe, the Children's Center for Immunity and Applied Genomics Symposium will focus on "Bridging Immunity to Genomic Advances for a Healthier Tomorrow." For more information and to register, please visit this link.

At 11:00 a.m. in McDonough Field, the Emory Farmers Market will take place. For more information, please visit this Sustainability webpage.

At 11:00 a.m. in Asbury Circle, the Emory National Primate Research Center presents Biomedical Research Awareness Day. For more information, please visit this link.

At noon in 5052 Rollins Research Center, Pharmacology and Chemical Biology presents Ryan Purcell, assistant professor, Department of Cell Biology, who will speak on "Progress toward Understanding Neurobiology of Schizophrenia Risk Variants: Convergence at Mitochondria?" For more information, please contact Olga Rivera (otrambl@emory.edu).

At 1:30 p.m. via Zoom, Teaching and Learning Technologies presents a Canvas Gradebook Workshop. For more information and to sign up, please visit this webpage.

t 2:00 p.m. via Zoom, the Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center presents Emory BrainTalk Live, a weekly webinar via Zoom featuring engaging discussions led by faculty clinicians who are experts in their fields. For more information, please visit this webpage.

At 3:00 p.m. in Woodruff Library Suite 216, the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence will host a Research Network Coffee Hour on the National Science Foundation's 10 Big Ideas—Harnessing the Data Revolution. For more information and to register, please visit the events calendar.

At 3:00 p.m. in Tull Auditorium third floor of Gambrell Hall (School of Law), The Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry and the Michael C. Carlos Museum present the first of a series of discussions that highlight the issues surrounding the use of collections and objects in teaching and research, titled Question My Museum. For more information and to sign up, please visit this link.

Wednesday, April 24

At 10:30 a.m. via Zoom, Teaching and Learning Technologies will offer Video Production Team Drop-In. For more information and to sign up, please visit this webpage.

At 1:30 p.m. via Zoom, Teaching and Learning Technologies presents a Canvas Gradebook Workshop. For more information and to sign up, please visit this webpage.

At 4:00 p.m. in WBRB 400 Cell Biology Seminar Room, Matthew Jennings, postdoctoral research fellow, Columbia University Motor Neuron Center, Department of Neurology, will speak on "A Multiplexable in Vivo Perturbation Toolkit to Define Genes Affecting Neurodegeneration in Parkinson's Disease And Spinocerebellar Ataxia." For more information, please visit this link.

At 4:30 p.m. in Phi Gamma Hall, the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion presents Equitable Dinners Atlanta at Oxford. For more information and to RSVP, please visit the events calendar.

At 7:30 p.m. in White Hall 208, the Emory Cinematheque: From HAL to Her: AI in Film presents Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One (Christopher McQuarrie, 2023). For more information, please visit this Film and Media webpage.

At 7:30 p.m. in Ackerman Hall, the Carlos Museum presents a Curatorial Conversation: Miranda Kyle and Nicholas Galanin. For more information and to sign up, please visit this link.

Thursday, April 25

At 9:00 a.m. online, Human Resources, Learning Services, presents a training on Fantastic Service Behaviors. For more information and to register, please visit the events calendar.

At 11:00 a.m. via Zoom, Teaching and Learning Technologies presents Canvas Studio - Embedding Quizzes in Video. For more information and to sign up, please visit this webpage.

At 11:30 a.m. in in O. Wayne Rollins Research Center 1052, the Biology Seminar Series will feature Kerry Bloom, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The title of this talk is "Building Centromere Springs for Chromosome Segregation." For more information, please contact Malia Escobar (malia.escobar@emory.edu).

At 11:30 a.m. in Convocation Hall Conference Room 208, Emory College Honor Council, Office for Undergraduate Education, and CFDE present "Empowering Learning with Integrity in the GenAI Era," with Tricia Bertram Gallant, director of the academic integrity officer and Triton Testing Center, University of California, San Diego. For more information, please visit this webpage.

At noon in the Claudia Nance Rollins Building Rm. 5001 and via Zoom, the CFDE presents Bruce G. Weniger, adjunct associate professor in Rollins School of Public Health, for part 2 of "Tips from the Other Side of the Peer-Review Process to Help Get Your Scientific Manuscript Published." For more information and to register, please visit this link.

At noon in Whitehead Auditorium, Heather Feaga, assistant professor, Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, will present a lecture titled "The E-site makes an entrance: new factors that prevent ribosome stalling." For more information, please visit the events calendar.

At noon in Marcus Autism Center Bellsouth Conference Room and via Zoom, the Marcus Autism Center / Behavioral Mental Health Grand Rounds will host Shannon Gourley, associate professor, director of graduate studies, Neuroscience program, Emory Medicine, who will speak on "How Social Isolation Affects Brain Development and Behavior." For more information and to RSVP, please visit this link.

At 12:30 p.m. at the Center for Ethics, the Center for Ethics and Emory Libraries will host Tough Topics, Free Food, and Civil Conversation. For more information, please visit the events calendar.

At 2:00 p.m. online, Human Resources will present a training on Addressing Microaggressions. For more information and to register, please visit this Human Resources webpage.

At 6:00 p.m. in in front of the Carlos Museum, Jazz Appreciation Month will be celebrated with Jazz on the Quad. For more information, please visit the events calendar.

At 6:30 p.m. in Jones Room, Woodruff Library Level 3, the Rose Library will host Benny Andrews: The Man From Plainview. For more information and to register, please visit the events calendar.

At 7:00 p.m. in Oxford College Oxford Chapel, the Oxford Chorale Spring Concert will take place. For more information, please contact Jennifer Brown (jennifer.beatrice.brown@emory.edu).

Friday, April 26

All day in Convocation Hall 204, the Department of Art History presents the 2024 Lovis Corinth Colloquium on "Art & the Difficulty of Expressing the Truth." The colloquium will continue into Saturday, April 27. For more information please visit this link.

At 9:00 a.m. in HSRBII N100 and via Zoom, the Experimental Pathology Seminar Series will host Joseph B. Prescott, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany, who will speak on "Of (Flying) Mice And Men: Studying Highly Pathogenic Viruses In Natural Reservoirs And Human Stem Cells." For more information, please visit the events calendar.

At noon in White Hall Room 111, First Fridays at 12 will feature Emil' Keme, professor of English and Indigenous studies, who will speak on "We Are Also Here. Maya Migrant Stories from Turtle Island." For more information and to register, please visit this link.

At noon via Zoom, Teaching and Learning Technologies will offer Canvas Drop-In. For more information and to sign up, please visit this link.

At 1:00 p.m. in Emory Student Center Multipurpose Rooms 5 and 6, the Department of Economics at Emory University will host its inaugural Economics Student Research Fair. For more information, please visit this Economics webpage.

At 2:00 p.m. in Oxford Road Building Presentation Room, the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence presents "How Did the SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision Impact Admissions at Emory?" For more information, please visit this link.

At 7:30 p.m. in Schwartz Center Dance Studio, Emory Dance Arts Fellow presents a Showing: Annalee Traylor. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the events calendar.

At 8:00 p.m. in Emerson Concert Hall, the Emory University Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus will be in concert. For more information, please visit this link.

Saturday, April 27

At 7:30 p.m. in Schwartz Center Dance Studio, Emory Dance Arts Fellow presents a Showing: Annalee Traylor. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the events calendar.

At 8:00 p.m. in Emerson Concert Hall, the Emory University Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus will be in concert. For more information, please visit this link.

Sunday, April 28

At 2:00 p.m. via Zoom, the Carlos Museum presents Scrutiny: Mummies and Museums. For more information and to register, please visit this webpage.

Monday, April 29

All day in Woodruff Library, you are invited to join the Center for AI Learning for its first AI.DIVE (AI Discoveries, Innovations, and Ventures at Emory). For more information and to register, please visit the events calendar.

At 11:30 a.m. in The Luce Center/Room 130/825 and via Zoom, the Emeritus College Lunch Colloquiums will feature Ron Gould, Goodrich C. White Professor Emeritus, who will speak on "Math and Marriage – Don't Call the Lawyers Yet.” For more information, please contact Dianne M. Becht (dianne.becht@emory.edu).

At 11:45 a.m. in Dobbs Common Table Private Dining Room 1, the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence will host a Teaching Table. For more information and register, please visit this link.

At noon at the School of Nursing and hybrid for Oxford, Center for Faculty Development and Excellence will host a presentation on Neurodiversity in Nursing by Cristy Tower-Gilchrist. For more information, please contact Liesl Wuest (liesl.wuest@emory.edu).

At 6:00 p.m. at the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, the Great Works Seminar will continue its focus on Matsuo Bashō's "Narrow Road to the Interior" in an Era of Environmental Change. The moderator is Cheryl Crowley, associate professor of Japanese literature and cultures. For more information and to register, please visit this link.

At 7:30 p.m. in Oxford College Williams Hall, the Oxford Dance Company will present a peformance. For more information, please contact Jennifer Brown (jennifer.beatrice.brown@emory.edu).

ThoughtWork: Emerging Knowledge and News in Emory's Intellectual Community

Monday, April 22, 2024, Volume 24, Issue 33

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