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

Forefront

Dec 5-6: NEH Regional Application Writing Workshop

On December 5-6 in the Woodruff Library Jones Room, the 2024 Emory University Regional Workshop for NEH Application-Writing will bring together humanities scholars and practitioners from the Southeast to learn about funding opportunities that can support humanities-centered research, education, preservation & access, public programming, and more. This workshop includes an overview of all NEH programs and special initiatives, a mock review panel offering strategies for writing competitive applications, a Q&A session, and individual consultation opportunities with an agency program officer. 

For the full schedule of this event and to register, please visit this webpage.  

From Excellence to Eminence

Ten Emory Nurses to be Inducted into American Academy of Nursing  

Ten members of the Emory Nursing community were among the distinguished nurse leaders inducted into the American Academy of Nursing 2024 Class of Fellows. The inductees include faculty members and a doctoral student from the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and nursing leaders from Emory Healthcare.

With over 3,000 Fellows, the Academy represents nursing’s most accomplished leaders in policy, research, administration, practice and academia. Induction into the Academy is a significant milestone that marks extraordinary contributions to improving health.

For a list of the Emory inductees, please visit this webpage.  

Heard on Campus

Savvy Caregiver: A Program Supporting Caregiving

Those who care for people who are affected with illnesses that produce dementia symptoms usually do so for a remarkably long time, and often at a great cost to their own well-being. Savvy Caregiver is a program that is designed to provide caregivers with the knowledge, the skills, and the sense of mastery that they need or that will be beneficial for them as they carry out this really remarkably generous task of caregiving.   

-- Kenneth Hepburn, professor, Nell Hodgson School of Nursing, Emory, BrainTalk Live, November 12, 2024

Resources for Faculty

The Female Founders Forum

The Office of the Senior Vice President for Research is launching the second cohort of The Female Founders Forum (TF3) to support the entrepreneurial development of female faculty at Emory who are launching a startup company to license and develop their invention. To be considered, applicants should already have plans for their startup or have a startup underway. 

Eligible Emory faculty must 

  • Be Emory faculty, including tenured, tenure-track, tenure-eligible, clinical track, and non-tenure-track research scientists. 
  • Identify as female, a woman, or other gender identity that aligns with the intent of this program. 
  • Must have disclosed an invention to the Office of Technology Transfer that has been evaluated and have IP protection (patent or copyright) pending. 
  • Have plans for their startup or have a startup underway (the target technology for the startup should be an Emory-owned technology(s).

The deadline to apply is December 4.  

For more information and to apply, please visit this webpage.  

New to the Faculty

Matthew Grennan, Acting Associate Professor of Economics

Matthew Grennan is an economist who studies competition and innovation. Much of his research and teaching focus on life science and health care markets, using empirical and theoretical models from industrial organization. His work examines how complex incentives and imperfect information affect how health technologies are developed, adopted, priced, and ultimately deliver value for society. It also informs recent business strategy and policy debates regarding price transparency, relationships between physicians and industry, regulation of new products, and antitrust. His research has been published in the top general interest journals in economics, management, and policy, including the American Economic Review, Management Science, and Health Affairs; and funded through leading institutions such as the National Science Foundation and National Institute for Health Care Management.

Grennan is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an editor at the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics. He is currently acting associate professor of economics at Emory, on leave from the Haas School of the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Robinson Chancellor’s Chair and was faculty co-director of the Robinson Life Science, Business, and Entrepreneurship Program. He was previously on the faculty at Wharton and Toronto and received his PhD from NYU Stern.

Grennan teaches in the areas of industrial organization, cost-benefit analysis, health care entrepreneurship, data analytics, and technology strategy. He has received teaching awards from Berkeley, Wharton, Toronto, and Poets & Quants.

Events This Week

Monday, November 18

At 10 a.m. in Woodruff Library room 314, Emory's celebration of International Education Week kicks off with a Libraries Open House hosted by the International and Area Studies Librarian Team titled "Languages and Foods of the Middle East and South Asia." To view all the International Education Week events, please visit this webpage.   

At 10 a.m. in the Health Sciences Research Building II room N100 and on Zoom, the Experimental Pathology Special Seminar presents Nathalie Grandvaux, principal investigator, University of Montreal, who will give a talk titled "Decoding Redox Control in Interferon-Mediated Antiviral Pathways at the Molecular Level." For more information, please visit this webpage.

At 11:30 a.m. at the Luce Center room 130 and via Zoom, the Emeritus Lunch Colloquium series presents Danielle Jung, associate professor, political science) who will give a talk titled "Rebel Governance in the Age of Climate Change." For more information, please visit this webpage

At noon in the Woodruff Library Jones Room, the James Weldon Johnson Institute Colloquium presents Jemar Tisby, professor of history, Simmons College of Kentucky, who will give a talk titled "The Spirit of Justice and the Black Christian Political Witness." For more information, please visit this webpage.

At noon in the R. Randall Rollins Building room 809, the Rollins School of Public Health presents Linelle Blais,professor of practice, Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Emory University School of Public Health, who will give a talk titled "The Diabetes MATCH Initiative: Mobilizing Access Through Capacity Building & Health Equity." For more information, please visit this webpage

At 1 p.m. in the Health Sciences Research Building II, room N457 and on Zoom, the Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines Seminar presents Smita Verma, postdoctoral fellow, who will give a talk titled "Distinct Restriction Phenotypes of Enveloped Virus Fusion by Interferon-Induced Transmembrane Proteins in Virions vs Target Cells." For more information, please visit this webpage

At 3 p.m. in the Jones Room of Woodruff Library, the CFDE presents an Open House: Teaching and Learning in a Global Context as part of International Education Week. For more information, please visit this webpage.

At 4 p.m. on Zoom, Emory Libraries presents a Zotero Workshop, presented by Keeza Hameed, science librarian for biology and neuroscience). For more information, please visit this webpage

At 4 p.m. in the Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences Building room 561, the Quantitative and Digital Humanities Speaker Series presents Kate Elswit, professor of performance and technology and head of digital research, University of London, who will give a talk titled "Dance-Based Knowledge and Data Praxis." For more information, please visit this webpage

At 4 p.m. at the Computing Center in Cox Hall, Emory Libraries presents "Learn to Use Inkscape: Creating Vector Graphics." For more information, please visit this webpage.   

At 4:30 p.m. in the Convocation Hall Community Room, the Office of Global Strategy & Initiatives presents an International Education Week Reception, with a special welcome by provost Ravi V. Bellamkonda. For more information, please visit this webpage

At 5 p.m. in the Carlos Museum 3rd floor special exhibition galleries, Emory International Education Week presents "Daily Compassion Meditation." For more information, please visit this webpage.

Tuesday, November 19      

At 9 a.m. on Brainer, Emory HR presents "Crucial Conversations - Day 2" a career development course. For more information, please visit this webpage

At 9 a.m. via Zoom, Academic Technology services presents a workshop on Poll Everywhere. For more information and to register visit this link.

At 11:30 a.m. in Rita Anne Rollins Building room 102, the departments of environmental sciences, political science, and sociology presents Kimberley Thomas, associate professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Urban Studies, Temple University, who will give a talk titled "Accumulation by Adaptation." For more information, please visit this webpage

At 11:30 a.m. on Zoom, the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics presents a webinar titled "Educating the Heart & Mind." For more information, please visit this webpage

At noon in the Rollins Research Center room 5052, the department of pharmacology and chemical biology presents Anthony Downs (research assistant professore, department of pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) who will give a talk titled "Neurobiological Mechanisms of Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome." For more information, please visit this webpage

At 2 p.m. on Zoom, Emory Library & Information Technology Services presents a webinar titled "Using Canvas's New Quizzes Tool." For more information, please visit this webpage

At 2 p.m. on Zoom, the Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center presents Emory BrainTalk Live, a weekly webinar of discussions led by expert faculty clinicians. For more information and to register, please visit this webpage

At 2:30 in the Math and Science Center E300, the Physics Department Colloquium presents Joerg Rottler, professor, The University of British Columbia, who will speak on The nonequilibrium physics of driven amorphous materials. For more information, visit this link.

At 4:30 p.m. in Tarbutton room 106, the Program in Linguistics presents Yun Kim, associate teaching professor, linguistics, Emory, who will give a talk titled "'Rise' and 'ryes': Where's the 's'? Acoustic and articulatory understanding of morphologically simple and complex homophones." For more information, please visit this webpage.  

At 7:30 p.m. in the Carlos Museum Ackerman Hall, the Carlos Museum presents Daniel Caño, Q'anjob'al poet and scholar, who will give a poetry reading. The program will be presented in Q’anjob’al Maya, Spanish, and English, followed by a conversation with Professor of English and Indigenous Studies Emil' Keme, K'iche' Maya Nation.

Wednesday, November 20

At 8 a.m. on Zoom, the Jay E. Berkelhamer, M.D., Pediatric Research Grand Rounds presents Adam Ostendorf,associate professor of pediatrics, Ohio State University, who will give a talk titled "Let's Shake A Leg: Using Improvement Science to Speed Up Status Epilepticus Treatment." To register, please visit this webpage.      

At 10:30 a.m. on Zoom, the Academic Production Team presents a Drop-In for faculty and staff to ask questions about online video: lighting, audio, equipment, storyboarding, flipped classroom projects, graphic design, visual aids, and other media-related needs. For more information, please visit this webpage.   

At 11 a.m. at the Oxford Campus Dining Hall, the Office of Global Strategy and Initiatives presents Emory Passport Day, during which faculty, staff, and students can register online to access a convenient, on-campus appointment to register for a passport. The Atlanta campus Passport Day will be at the Emory Bookstore on 11/21 and 12/5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. To register, please visit this webpage.     

At noon in Asbury Circle, Emory International Education Week presents International Wonderful Wednesday, a celebration during which you can connect with international and cultural organizations and enjoy global candy and snacks. For more information, please visit this webpage

At 1:30 p.m. at Carlos Museum Ackerman Hall and on Zoom, the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics presents "Learning Across Cultures: Sciences, Monastic Wisdom, and Student Experiences." For more information, please visit this webpage.   

At 2 p.m. in Woodruff Library room 314, Emory Libraries presents "Introduction to MAXQDA for Qualitative Data Analysis," a seminar presented by Amber Prentiss, sociology and development studies librarian, Emory. For more information, please visit this webpage.        

At 2:30 p.m. at the Ridge, Emory International Education Week presents Windows to the World: United Kingdom. For more information, please visit this webpage

At 3:00 p.m. in Mathematics and Science Center, N_215, the physics department presents a Special Condensed Matter Seminar, with Wladimir Benalcazar, assistant professor of physics, Emory, who will speak on Topological treks through non-orientable spaces and noisy landscapes. For more information, visit this link.

At 4:30 p.m. in the R Randall Rollins School of Public Health and on Zoom, the Cafecitos Series presents "Somos Emory: Leadership & Community." For more information, please visit this webpage.   

At 5:30 p.m. MSC E300, the physics department presents Ilya Nemenman (theoretical biophysics) and Tankut Can (AI, cognitive science, and neuroscience), who will discuss the results leading up to the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics. For more information, visit this link.

At 6 p.m. in the Carlos Museum Ackerman Hall, the Carlos Museum presents a lecture, demonstration, and workshop titled "Fluidity of Gender through Embodiment: Rianto and Lengger Lanang." For more information, please visit this webpage

At 6 p.m. in Rich room 301, the Economics Women's Leadership Program presents a Networking Event, featuring guest speaker Leslie Guggenheim, product management, Home Depot. For more information, please visit this webpage

At 7:30 p.m. in White Hall 208, Emory Cinematheque presents a screening of Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012). For more information, visit this link.

Thursday, November 21

At 9 a.m. on Brainer, Emory HR presents a webinar titled "Situational Leadership." For more information, please visit this webpage

At 11:30 a.m. at O. Wayne Rollins Research Center room 1052, the Biology Seminar Series presents Katherine Nagel, associate professor, neuroscience and physiology, New York University, who will give a talk titled "Mechanisms of working memory and evidence integration during olfactory navigation." For more information, please visit this webpage.

At noon at the Marcus Autism Center in the 3rd floor conference room and on Zoom, the Marcus Autism & BMH Center Series presents Patricia Aguayo, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavior sciences, Emory, who will give a talk with the topic "Lost in Transition." To register, please visit this webpage

At 12:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Studio, the Emory TangoFest presents the "Tango in the Humanities Conference," a global tango conference and festival for scholars, practitioners, students, and aficionados. For more information, please visit this webpage.   

At 1 p.m. at the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence, the CFDE presents a Leadership Academy session titled "Leading From Where You Are." For more information, please visit this webpage

At 4 p.m. on Zoom, the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center Seminar Series presents Andras Heczey, physician-scientist at Texas-Christian Hospital, who will give a talk titled "Genetically Engineered Effector Cells to Treat Cancer." For more information, please visit this webpage

At 4 p.m. in the Health Sciences Research Building II, the School of Medicine presents a Tour of Emory's SOM Innovation Center. For more information, please visit this webpage

At 4 p.m. in Carlos Museum Ackerman Hall, the Carlos Museum presents "Decolonizing Knowledge: A Conversation with Felwine Sarr," economist, philosopher, novelist, musician, and publisher. For more information, please visit this webpage

At 5:30 p.m. in Callaway S420, the Institute of Liberal Arts presents "Memes & Mandates: Unpacking the Political Moment." For more information, please visit this webpage

At 7:30 p.m. at Mary Gray Munroe Theater, Theater Emory presents The Other Shore, an experimental and improvisation-based minimalist production by Gao Xingjian. Additional performances Friday-Saturday. For more information, please visit this webpage.  

At 7:30 p.m. at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Dance Studio, Emory Dance Program presents the Emory Dance Company Fall Concert. Additional performances Friday-Saturday. For more information, please visit this webpage.  

Friday, November 22

At 11:30 a.m. in Cannon Chapel, Emory International Education Week presents International Community Friday Lunch. For more information, please visit this webpage

At noon at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Emerson Concert Hall, the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta  John and Linda Cooke Noontime Series presents the Danielle Hahn Piano Trio in concert. For more information, please visit this webpage.

At 4 p.m. in Atwood room 360, the philosophy department presents "In My Own Time: Black Poets on Paradox and History," in which poets Bettina Judd, Opal J. Moore, W.J. Lofton, E. Hughes, and Maya Marshall will offer a reading and discussion of collective memory and historical dispossession. For more information, please visit this webpage

At 6 p.m. at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum and the James Weldon Johnson Institute presents "Public Dialogue: Election 2024 - What Happened?" For more information, please visit this webpage

Saturday, November 23

At 1 p.m. in the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Tharp Rehearsal Hall, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Master Class Series presents Danielle Hahn (piano). For more information, please visit this webpage

At 8 p.m. in the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts: Emerson Concert Hall, the music department presents Emory University Symphony Orchestra, Emory Wind Ensemble, and Tango Artists. For more information, please visit this webpage

Sunday, November 24

At 4 p.m. at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts: Emerson Concert Hall, the music department presents Jack Mitchener (organ), who will present a concert titled "Global Bach." For more information, please visit this webpage.  

Monday, November 25

At noon in the Woodruff Library Jones Room, the James Weldon Johnson Institute Colloquium presents John “Jay” Arena, associate professor, sociology, CUNY College of Staten Island, who will give a talk titled "Expelling Public Schools in Newark: Lessons for Building Another City, Country and World." For more information, please visit this webpage

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

Monday, November 18, 2024, Volume 25, Issue 13

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