December 10 and 11: Lawn Bowling with Leaders

A goal of the CFDE Leadership Academy is to create space for faculty to learn from one another. What better way to learn from a leader than to play bocce with them? Lawn Bowling with Leaders invites faculty to join another faculty leader for an hour of fun and learn about their career path, what brings them joy, and more! We hope this brings a little bit of fun, fresh air, and conversation for all of us.

Upcoming Games

December 10, 2:00 – 3:00 pm with Pearl Dowe, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. Sign up to play bocce with Pearl Dowe.

December 11, 12:30 – 1:30 pm with Bill Eley, Executive Associate Dean for Medical Education & Student Affairs, Graduate Medical Education and Continuing Medical Education. Sign up to play bocce with Bill Eley.

For more information, visit this link.

Twelve Emory Faculty Recognized Among World's Most Influential Researchers in 2025 

Twelve Emory faculty were named to Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers list for 2025. Clarivate compiles its list based on a worldwide search for scientists and academics with the highest level of scholarly activity, including research papers ranked among the top 1 percent most cited in their field. They also use a multilevel method to gauge a scholar's recognition, looking for a lengthy, continuous record of new findings rather than reviews of past discoveries. Their analysis is based on a rolling eleven-year period of citations.         

Emory’s highly cited researchers join a roster of more than 6,800 individuals worldwide, hailing from 61 countries and regions — including 2,669 awards in the United States, the world leader in highly cited researchers. China came in second with 1,408 highly cited researchers, and the United Kingdom was third with 570.

Emory's highly-cited researchers are: 

• Rafi Ahmed, professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and director of the Emory Vaccine Center
• Terry A. Jacobson, professor of medicine
• Haydn T. Kissick, assistant professor of urology, Cancer Immunology Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute
• Frances Eun-Hyung Lee, professor of medicine and director of the Emory Asthma, Allergy, Immunology Program
• Yang Liu, Gangarosa Distinguished Professor and chair, Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health
• Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Emory Empathetic AI for Health Institute
• Vineet D. Menachery, associate professor of pediatrics
• Andrew H. Miller, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences
• Suresh S. Ramalingam, professor of hematology and medical oncology and executive director, Winship Cancer Institute

Three other researchers were listed as highly cited researchers at other institutions but subsequently joined Emory:

• Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, chief administrative officer and associate director for research administration at the Winship Cancer Institute, formerly with the National Institutes of Health)
• Letian Dou, professor of chemistry, formerly with Purdue University
• Stacey Fedewa, assistant professor of hematology and medical oncology, formerly with the American Cancer Society)

A Word on Words: The Power of the Word in African American Oral Tradition   

I'd like to begin by focusing specifically on the concept of the spoken word as a tool in the construction of African American identity. The significance of the word, in other words, verbal dexterity and the oral tradition in the African American speech community is made evident by the many words about words that exist in the African American lexicon or vocabulary. . . . The expression "that's a word," which is used to praise someone for saying something deep or inspiring, equates roughly to "Amen" and arrives from the Black church tradition of offering up expressions of praise for a powerful word or sermon. . . . The African American oral tradition is rooted in a belief in the power of the Word.         

-- Tracey Weldon (professor of English, University of South Carolina), "Now That's a Word! Middle Class African American English and the Strategic Construction of Identity," James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference Colloquium, December 1, 2025

Review Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Applications 

Undergraduate Research Programs is recruiting reviewers to rate applications for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE). Each year, hundreds of talented students from Emory's College of Arts and Sciences apply to spend their summer conducting independent research with a mentor. Faculty are invited to join the SURE application review committee to help select a strong and diverse cohort for this summer's program. If you would like to join the committee, please complete the SURE application reviewer form.

For more information, contact diana.wrenn.rapp@emory.edu.

Anna Wehrwein, Assistant Professor in Visual Arts

Anna Wehrwein makes paintings and drawings that consider the shared language of personal and color relationships. Originally from the Boston area, she received her BS in art and BA in English/creative writing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her MFA in drawing and painting from the University of Tennessee. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings, Przekroj, West Branch Literary Journal and ArtMaze Magazine, among others. She has exhibited widely, with recent exhibitions at Pentimenti Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), Thierry Goldberg online (New York, NY), Troost Gardens (Kansas City, MO), Charlotte Street Foundation (Kansas City, MO), and Kniznick Gallery at Brandeis University (Waltham, MA) as well as being featured on Platform Art and the White Columns Artist Registry. She has been an artist in residence at the Cloud House at Dreamsong Gallery, VCCA, Vermont Studio Center, Anderson Ranch Art Center, and MacDowell, for which she was awarded the 2019 Josephine Mercy Heathcote Fellowship. From 2021 to 2025 she was the co-founder/director of stop-gap projects, an artist-run gallery in Columbia, MO, which is now an ongoing curatorial project.

Monday, December 8                                      

At 1 p.m. at the Health Sciences Research Building II room N600 and on Zoom, the Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines Seminar presents Mojahidul Islam, postdoctoral fellow, who will give a talk. For more information, please visit this webpage. 

Tuesday, December 9                                   

At 10 a.m. on Zoom, the Academic Production Team presents a Video Production Team Drop-In. For more information, please visit this webpage. 

At noon at the Health Sciences Research Building II room N457, the Children's Heart Research and Outcomes Center Research in Progress Seminar presents Margarito Hernandez Fuentes (Davis Lab) and Nahum Arefeayne (Kwong Lab). For more information, please visit this webpage.  

At noon online, Emory Human Resources presents Caregiver Conversations, a virtual meet-up to discuss caregiving strategies. For more information, please visit this webpage.  

At noon at the Health Sciences Research Building II lobby, the Office of Technology Transfer presents Office Hours. For more information, please visit this webpage.

At 6 p.m. at the Goizueta Business School room 130, the Center for AI Learning presents AI.Data Lab Showcase. For more information, please visit this webpage. 

At 6 p.m. at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Dance Studio, the Emory Dance Program presents an Informal Dance Showing. For more information, please visit this webpage.

Wednesday, December 10

At 8 a.m. at the Arthur M. Blank Hospital South Tower, 16th floor room 403 and on Zoom, the Children's Heart Research and Outcomes Center presents a Research Round-Up. For more information, please visit this webpage. 

At 9 a.m. at the Health Sciences Research Building I Auditorium, the School of Medicine presents a symposium titled "Maximizing Emory Core Resources for NAMs in Grant Proposals." For more information, please visit this webpage.  

At noon online, the Emory Latinx Employee Resource Network presents Conversa & Aprende (Speak & Learn), a virtual session to practice Spanish. For more information, please visit this webpage.

At 2 p.m. on the Emory Quadrangle in front of Candler Library, the CFDE Leadership Academy presents Lawn Bowling with Leaders with Pearl Dowe (vice provost for faculty affairs. To sign up, please visit this webpage. 

Thursday, December 11

At noon at the Health Sciences Research Building I, room E160 and on Zoom, the Children's Heart Research and Outcomes Center Career Conversations Seminar Series presents Stacy Heilman, associate professor and the vice chair for research operations in the Department of Pediatrics, who will give a talk. For more information, please visit this webpage.  

At noon at Whitehead Auditorium, the department of biochemistry presents Vicki Wysocki, professor and cair of School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, who will give a talk titled "Native Mass Spectrometry: A Structural Biology Tool." For more information, please visit this webpage.  

At 12:30 p.m. on the Emory Quadrangle in front of Candler Library, the CFDE Leadership Academy presents Lawn Bowling with Leaders with Bill Eley, executive associate dean for medical education & student affairs, Graduate Medical Education and Continuing Medical Education. To sign up, please visit this webpage.

At 2 p.m. at the Health Sciences Research Building I room E260, the Center for Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, & Nutrition Innovation and the Emory Digestive Disease Initiative Seminar presents Corby Martin, professor, ingestive behavior, Louisiana State University, who will give a talk titled "Weight Management and Health Promotion over the Lifespan: Leveraging Empirically Supported Methods across Populations." For more information and to register, please visit this webpage.  

At 4:30 o.m. on Zoom, the Emory Faculty Staff Assistance Program presents a webinar titled "Holiday Grief and Loss Support Session." For more information, please visit this webpage.

Friday, December 12 

At 8 p.m. at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Emerson Concert Hall, Music at Emory presents Christmas with Atlanta Master Chorale. For more information, please visit this webpage.

Saturday, December 13

At 10 a.m. at the Carlos Museum, the Carlos Museum presents Relaxed Mornings for anyone who would appreciate a calmer visit to the museum. For more information, please visit this webpage.     

At 2 p.m. at the Carlos Museum Level One Galleries, the Carlos Museum presents Student Guide Tours: Insistent Presence. For more information, please visit this webpage.

At 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Emerson Concert Hall, Music at Emory presents Christmas with Atlanta Master Chorale. For more information, please visit this webpage.

Sunday, December 14   

At 2 p.m. at the Carlos Museum Rotunda, the Carlos Museum presents Sunday Public Tour, a drop-in docent-led tour. For more information, please visit this webpage. 

At 4 p.m. at the Carlos Museum Ackerman Hall, the Carlos Museum presents Lawless Family Concert: Santa's Favorite Chamber Music. For more information, please visit this webpage.

Monday, December 15

At 3 p.m. online, Emory Human Resources presents Goodnight, You!, a webinar on simple and effective tools to improve your ability to rest, relax, and sleep.  

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

Monday, December 8, 2025, Volume 26, Issue 16

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