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For Faculty and Staff of Emory University Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016

HONORS Emory ranked among Top 20 national universities by U.S. News Emory University has been ranked 20th among the nation's top universities in the new 2017 Best Colleges guidebook from U.S. News and World Report. CELEBRATION Emory community welcomes President Sterk Emory students, faculty and staff turned out Friday for a block party in Asbury Circle to officially welcome new President Claire E. Sterk. ACHIEVEMENT Goldwater Scholarship winners focus on number theory Emory College math majors Noam Kantor and Ethan Alwaise are recipients of the Goldwater Scholarship, the nation's premier scholarship for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering. OUTREACH Symposium encourages students to seek STEM graduate degrees from Emory Convened by the Laney Graduate School, the annual STEM Research and Career Symposium welcomes more than 100 students from underrepresented groups to the Emory campus Sept. 18-20. COMMUNITY Campus vigil remembers black lives lost to violence Sharing songs, poetry and personal stories, members of the Emory community gathered at Cannon Chapel for "Know Justice. Know Peace: Lifting Our Voices for Black Lives." RECOGNITION Trethewey awarded Academy of American Poets Fellowship Natasha Trethewey, Emory professor and former U.S. poet laureate, has been awarded the 2016 Academy of American Poets Fellowship. Past recipients include Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Frost and Ezra Pound.

Take Note   Hospital disaster exercise planned for Friday Rollins Foundation makes second $5 million donation to Emory's Seavey Clinic Register for the Winship Win the Fight 5K, stepping off Oct. 1 Scholarly Writing and Publishing Fund accepting grant proposals

Emory Insider: Traditions   Carter Town Hall: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will be on campus tomorrow for the 35th annual Carter Town Hall, an Emory tradition since he became University Distinguished Professor in 1982. The beloved event gives first-year students an opportunity to hear from the Nobel Peace Prize winner in an informal, question-and-answer format.

In The News   The Politico 50 Sept. 11 |  Carol Anderson |  Politico Pneumonia is serious but Clinton should bounce back, say doctors Sept. 11 |  Sharon Bergquist |  Associated Press Disability is 'fundamental to being human' Sept. 9 |  Rosemarie Garland-Thomson |  Georgia Public Broadcasting

"Most of us will move in and out of disability in our lifetimes, whether we do so through illness, an injury or merely the process of aging. Still, most Americans don't know how to be disabled." Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Sept. 9, 2016

Featured Events   Financial Wellness: Building Good Credit The Emory WorkLife Resource Center hosts a live online discussion about building credit to help reach financial goals. When: Sept. 14, 1:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free Conversation with Tibetan artist Gonkar Gyatso Gonkar Gyatso, photographer Zhadui and Tara Doyle of the Department of Religion hold a discussion related to the "Family Album" exhibit. When: Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: Free for Emory faculty, staff, students Gary Motley Jazz Trio Jazz pianist and composer Gary Motley, Emory's director of jazz studies, performs with his trio. When: Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m. Where: Oxford College, Williams Hall Admission: Free

14 Sept. Candler School of Theology Dean's Lecture: Dwight N. Hopkins discusses "Black Liberation Theology and Global Cross-Cultural Leadership" When: Sept. 14, 11:00 a.m. Where: Candler School of Theology, Rita Anne Rollins Building, Room 252 Admission: Free   14 Sept. Inclusive Classrooms: Teaching International Students When: Sept. 14, 12:00 p.m. Where: Center for Ethics, Room 102 Admission: Free   14 Sept. Canvas 101 When: Sept. 14, 2:00 p.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Room 312 Admission: Free   14 Sept. Reading Euripides' Troades Against Athenian Civic Ideology When: Sept. 14, 4:00 p.m. Where: Candler Library, Room 101 Admission: Free   14 Sept. Can Conservative Religion Save Us? Thoughts on the Media, Faith and Democracy When: Sept. 14, 6:00 p.m. Where: Candler School of Theology, Rita Anne Rollins Building, Room 252 Admission: Free   14 Sept. A Century of America's National Parks When: Sept. 14, 7:00 p.m. Where: The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Seminar Room Admission: Free   14 Sept. Closing the Gates, Building a Wall: What the History of Immigration Restriction Against Jews Can Teach Us About American Nativism When: Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m. Where: Oxford Road Building, Presentation Room Admission: Free   14 Sept. Southern Circuit Film Series: "Art of the Prank" When: Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m. Where: Oxford College, Williams Hall Admission: Free   14 Sept. Film screening: "Barbarella" (1968) When: Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m. Where: White Hall, Room 208 Admission: Free   15 Sept. Evening MBA Information Breakfast When: Sept. 15, 7:45 a.m. Where: Goizueta Business School Admission: Free   15 Sept. Exhibit: "Still Raising Hell: The Art, Activism and Archives of Camille Billops and James V. Hatch" When: Sept. 15, 10:00 a.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Schatten Gallery Admission: Free   15 Sept. Scaffolds for the Sacred: Interrogating the Role of Architecture in Generating Spiritual Experiences When: Sept. 15, 12:00 p.m. Where: Georgia Tech's Ferst Center, West Lobby Admission: Free   15 Sept. Update on Events in Syria When: Sept. 15, 12:00 p.m. Where: Claudia Nance Rollins Building, Room 5001 Admission: Free   15 Sept. Webinar: Pursuing Entrepreneurship After 40 When: Sept. 15, 12:30 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free   15 Sept. AntiquiTEA: Pacific Northwest Coast whale stories and basketry When: Sept. 15, 4:00 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: Free   15 Sept. The Three-legged Stool: Adventures While Keeping Creative Writing & Humanities at the Center of Environmental Studies When: Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m. Where: Oxford College, Williams Hall Admission: Free   16 Sept. 14th Annual California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race When: Sept. 16, 10:00 a.m. Where: Emory Conference Center and Hotel Admission: Free   16 Sept. The Vega String Quartet When: Sept. 16, 12:00 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: Free   16 Sept. SmartPath I: Get Your Money Right When: Sept. 16, 12:00 p.m. Where: School of Medicine, Main Auditorium Admission: Free   16 Sept. Global Mental Health Network Launch When: Sept. 16, 12:00 p.m. Where: Grace Crum Rollins Building, Room 115 Admission: Free   16 Sept. Creativity Conversation with Dante Brown When: Sept. 16, 1:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Dance Studio Admission: Free   16 Sept. Green Apple Day of Service When: Sept. 16, 2:30 p.m. Where: Lullwater Preserve Admission: Free   16 Sept. "Family Album" Lecture: "Photography in Contemporary Tibetan Art: Method, Memory and Modernity" When: Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: Free   18 Sept. Beethoven's Seventh When: Sept. 18, 4:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall Admission: Free   19 Sept. Race & Difference Colloquium Series: Gender, Garveyism and the Racial Geographies of Belonging in Costa Rica When: Sept. 19, 12:00 p.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Jones Room Admission: Free   20 Sept. How Events During Adolescence Shape the Brain and Behavior: Insights from Animal Studies When: Sept. 20, 12:00 p.m. Where: O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, Room 5052 Admission: Free   20 Sept. Rollins Speaks: Social Responsibility and Gun Violence When: Sept. 20, 12:00 p.m. Where: Claudia Nance Rollins Building, Room 1000 Admission: Free   20 Sept. Parenting Your Child with Special Needs: Record Keeping When: Sept. 20, 1:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free   20 Sept. Placing Time: The Power of Mapping Technology for Historical Analysis When: Sept. 20, 4:00 p.m. Where: Oxford Road Building, Auditorium Admission: Free   20 Sept. The Second Coming of the Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s When: Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m. Where: Oxford College, Tarbutton Performing Arts Center Admission: Free   View the Full Emory Events Calendar

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