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For Faculty and Staff of Emory University Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020

ACHIEVEMENT Outstanding students selected as new cohort of Woodruff Scholars Five nationally ranked high school debaters are among the 29 members of the extraordinary class of Woodruff Scholars joining Emory College of Arts and Sciences and Oxford College this fall. Recipients of the university’s top merit scholarships also include a playwright, a poet, science researchers, musicians and community advocates. COLLABORATION Yerkes genomics research will help predict COVID-19 disease severity Emory’s Yerkes National Primate Research Center has received a $4.1 million grant supplement to track gene expression from 1,000 COVID-19 patients. The data will help a multi-center effort to develop COVID-19 biomarkers for predicting disease severity and informing treatment decisions. DISCOVERY Research roundup: Recent grants and publications for Emory faculty and staff Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings. COMMUNITY Help slow the spread of COVID-19 'For You. For Us. For Emory.' A new public health campaign encourages members of the Emory community to take care of each other by continuing to wear face coverings, wash hands and follow physical distancing guidelines.

COVID-19 Q&A   Communication tips: How can you communicate more clearly while wearing a protective mask? Emory speech and voice expert Amanda Gillespie shared advice during a Facebook Live Q&A earlier this week. Watch the video here.

Take Note   2020-2021 Candler Concert Series begins Sept. 25 with virtual performances FSA special enrollment through Oct. 31 allows you to start or adjust accounts due to COVID-19 effects Emory Law alum named one of Billboard's top music lawyers for 2020

Emory In The News   There is a path out of America’s COVID-19 mess — if we choose to take it Aug. 27 |  Colleen Kraft |  National Geographic U.S. faces long road on COVID-19 amid signs of improvement Aug. 27 |  Robert Bednarczyk |  The Hill Banks target Black and Latino communities for sub-prime mortgages, says Emory professor Aug. 25 |  Dorothy Brown |  Bloomberg

Featured Events   Webinar: "COVID: The Mental Health Toll to Society" Carol Worthman of Emory’s anthropology department joins others to discuss the mental aspects of how COVID-19 is affecting all our lives. When: Sept. 1, 2:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration requested Virtual Book Club: "Antisemitism: Here and Now" Hear acclaimed historian Deborah Lipstadt discuss her book and share her responses to questions related to the past decade's uptick in antisemitic rhetoric and incidents. When: Sept. 3, 7:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration requested AJC Decatur Book Festival Keynote Jericho Brown, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Emory's Creative Writing Program director, kicks off the festival discussing his book, “The Tradition.” When: Sept. 4, 2:30 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required

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