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For Faculty and Staff of Emory University Tuesday, April 4, 2017

INSPIRATION Small world, big impact: Emory Global Health Institute aids those in need Founded 10 years ago, Emory Global Health Institute is a university-wide organization comprising 200 faculty members representing every college across campus with the expertise to create lasting global change. COMMUNITY Emory joins second amicus brief against President Trump's executive order on immigration Emory University has joined 30 other universities around the country in filing an amicus brief opposing President Trump's second executive order restricting immigration. LEADERSHIP Search for Emory's next provost narrows to select group of finalists The search for Emory's next provost and executive vice president of academic affairs has narrowed a highly competitive field of promising candidates to a small group of finalists who visited campus over recent weeks. HEALTH Spring allergy season is here: Q&A with an Emory allergist With spring allergy season well underway, Emory Healthcare allergist Marissa Shams demonstrates how to properly use a nasal steroid spray and discusses when to see an allergist, what to expect and the purpose of allergy shots. SUPPORT Financial Literacy Month offers events, new online program For Financial Literacy Month, Emory students and alumni can join Salt, a new online tool that promotes financial literacy, and attend an array of campus events. EVENTS April arts events feature Theaster Gates, recitals, family favorites This month's calendar includes spring recitals from several Emory arts groups, including the Emory Dance Company performing "What Once Was," featuring work from seven student choreographers.

Photo Galleries   The last DUC Day The Emory community gathered Friday, March 31, to celebrate the very last DUC Day, the annual festival at the Dobbs University Center. The facility will be replaced by the new Campus Life Center. Dooley's Week blasts off Bad weather couldn't dampen the fun as Dooley's Week 2017 got underway Monday with "Blast Off," complete with photos, treats and, of course, an appearance by Emory's resident skeletal spirit. Events continue through Sunday.

Take Note   Submit nominations for new Tenure and Promotion Advisory Committee by April 10 'Meet the Editor and Agent' brings publishing experts to campus April 11-12 Town hall meetings scheduled for current and prospective OnBase users Emory Heart & Vascular Center opens advanced heart failure clinic in Johns Creek

Emory Insider: Amenities   Go for a swim: Take a dip in the outdoor pool at the Student Activity and Academic Center on the Clairmont Campus. The pool reopened April 1 and is heated to a minimum of 78 degrees. Membership in the SAAC is free for full-time students. Faculty and staff may purchase discount memberships or use the $10 daily walk-up pass.

In The News   On campus, embracing feminism and facing the future March 31 |  Alexa Dantzler |  New York Times Effects of Atlanta's overpass collapse will rock Southeast for months March 31 |  Tom Smith |  NPR This Emory student won $100K -- and he's donating it all March 29 |  Rostam Zafari |  USA Today

Featured Events   National Walking Day Join a walk and bring sneakers to donate for a chance to win great prizes, including a new pair of shoes from Big Peach ($120 value). When: April 5, 9:00 a.m. Where: Various sites and start times around all Emory campuses Admission: Free Jazz on the Green Celebrate National Jazz Appreciation Month with outdoor performances by Emory Jazz Ensembles. When: April 6, 6:00 p.m. Where: Goizueta Business School, Patterson Green Admission: Free Pajama Concert Wear pajamas and bring your stuffed animal to hear nighttime stories performed by the Vega String Quartet. When: April 7, 7:30 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: Free

05 April Peace Lessons from Northern Ireland When: April 5, 11:00 a.m. Where: Candler School of Theology, Rita Anne Rollins Building, Room 252 Admission: Free   05 April Local Disaster Medical Operations and First Aid Exercise When: April 5, 12:00 p.m. Where: Claudia Nance Rollins Building, Room 4001 Admission: Free   05 April China's "One Belt, One Road" Initiative and its Implications for Sino-African Relations When: April 5, 4:00 p.m. Where: Grace Crum Rollins Building, Rita Anne Rollins Room Admission: Free   05 April The Idea of the Book When: April 5, 4:30 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: Free   05 April Dutch Hunger Winter: Prenatal Exposure and Long-term Health When: April 5, 5:30 p.m. Where: PAIS, Room 290 Admission: Free   05 April Educated=Empowered: 100 Years of Emory Women as Change-Makers When: April 5, 6:30 p.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Jones Room Admission: Free   05 April Lord Elgin and His Artistic Mission When: April 5, 7:30 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: Free   05 April Film screening: "Jerusalem Is Proud to Present" (2007) When: April 5, 7:30 p.m. Where: White Hall, Room 205 Admission: Free   05 April Theater Emory: "Ravished" When: April 5, 7:30 p.m. Where: Mary Gray Munroe Theater Admission: Pay-what-you-will performance. Full price tickets are $22; $18 discount categories; $6 students   06 April AntiquiTEA: Lord Bryon and Greece When: April 6, 4:00 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: Free   06 April Applicative Justice, Race and Mixed Race When: April 6, 4:00 p.m. Where: Cannon Chapel Admission: Free   06 April The 24 Filial Paragons in China: Forms and Capacities, Hierarchies of Power When: April 6, 4:00 p.m. Where: PAIS, Room 290 Admission: Free   06 April Towards a Literary Aesthetics of Violence: Bolya's La Polyandre and Yasmina Khadra's A quoi revent les loups When: April 6, 4:15 p.m. Where: Candler Library, Room 212 Admission: Free   06 April Georges Bataille's Prehistoric Modernism: Reinventing the Sacred for the 21st Century When: April 6, 4:30 p.m. Where: Atwood Chemistry Building, Room 360 Admission: Free   06 April Memorial Drive: Site-Specific Dance in Atlanta When: April 6, 7:00 p.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Jones Room Admission: Free   06 April Gallery talk and film screening: Noble Marbles, Enter Dionysus and "Medea" (1969) When: April 6, 7:30 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Exhibition Galleries Admission: Free   07 April Digs and Lodging Houses: Literature, Ruins and Survival in Post-War Britain When: April 7, 11:30 a.m. Where: Callaway Memorial Building, Kemp Malone Library Admission: Free   07 April Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa When: April 7, 12:00 p.m. Where: Tarbutton Hall, Room 120A Admission: Free   07 April 10th Annual Women's Studies Student Research Symposium When: April 7, 12:45 p.m. Where: Oxford College, Student Center, Hossain-Kabir Room Admission: Free   07 April Softball: Emory vs. Brandeis (double-header) When: April 7, 2:30 p.m. Where: Emory Softball Field Admission: Free   07 April Women's tennis: Emory vs. Sewanee When: April 7, 3:00 p.m. Where: Woodruff PE Center Admission: Free   07 April Wayang Kulit art of Java performance When: April 7, 7:00 p.m. Where: Performing Arts Studio Admission: Free, donations requested   07 April Concert: Derrick Montgomery, trumpet When: April 7, 8:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall Admission: Free   08 April Concert: Samantha Frishling, soprano When: April 8, 5:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall Admission: Free   09 April Emory Chamber Ensembles When: April 9, 4:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall Admission: Free   10 April Annual Service Awards Luncheon When: April 10, 12:00 p.m. Where: Cox Hall Ballroom Admission: Free   10 April Whose Atlanta Studies?: A Black Queer Feminist Intervention When: April 10, 12:00 p.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Jones Room Admission: Free   10 April The Right Treatment for the Right Patient (at the Right Time): Precision Medicine Through Treatment Regimes and SMARTs When: April 10, 4:00 p.m. Where: Claudia Nance Rollins Building, Lawrence P. and Ann Estes Klamon Room Admission: Free   10 April Negotiated Truths, Disorienting Encounters: Neoliberal Ethos in a Mexican Psychiatric Hospital When: April 10, 4:15 p.m. Where: Modern Languages Building, Room 201 Admission: Free   10 April Oxford Instrumental Ensemble Concert When: April 10, 8:00 p.m. Where: Oxford College, Williams Hall Admission: Free   11 April Graphic Design 101 for Canvas When: April 11, 9:30 a.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Room 312 Admission: Free   11 April Emory Farmers Market When: April 11, 11:00 a.m. Where: Cox Hall Bridge Admission: Free   11 April "And There's the Humor of It": Shakespeare and the Four Humors When: April 11, 11:00 a.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Jones Room Admission: Free   11 April Meet the Editors and Agent panel discussion When: April 11, 4:00 p.m. Where: Dobbs University Center, Winship Ballroom Admission: Free   11 April The United States in South Asia: Friends, Foes and Flawed Policies When: April 11, 4:30 p.m. Where: White Hall, Room 208 Admission: Free   11 April Technology and Aging: State of the Science When: April 11, 5:00 p.m. Where: Claudia Nance Rollins Building, Lawrence P. and Ann Estes Klamon Room Admission: Free   11 April Concert: Shakespeare and Beethoven When: April 11, 7:00 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: $20; free for Emory students   View the Full Emory Events Calendar

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