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For Students of Emory University Wednesday, March 16, 2022

ACCOMPLISHMENT Four Emory students selected as 2022 Bobby Jones Scholars Emory College students Sean Woo, Sojourner Hunt, Bryn Walker and Channelle Russell will spend a year studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland as recipients of the prestigious Robert T. Jones Scholarship. CAMPUS Alumna Avis Williams to speak at Oxford Commencement 2022 Rev. Dr. Avis Williams, an Emory alumna and community leader, will deliver the keynote address at Oxford College’s 177th Commencement, set for May 7. creativity Reimagining Emory courses through arts and social justice The Arts and Social Justice Fellows Program adds new dimensions to existing courses through collaboration with Atlanta artists. Learn about last semester’s courses and how students translated their learning into creative activism in the name of social justice. CONNECTIONS Emory’s inaugural John Lewis Chair, Darren Hutchinson, addresses ‘anti-antiracism’ “Martin Luther King Jr. was a critical race theorist before the term existed,” Darren Hutchinson posited in his recent lecture titled “Anti-Antiracism: Fighting Backlash, Building Justice.” INNOVATION Out of the ‘Shark Tank’ and into the market: Where are they now? Appearing on “Shark Tank,” although daunting, is often an entrepreneur’s dream. Go behind the scenes with Emory entrepreneurs who made the cut and find out what happened after their shows aired.

RESEARCH NEWS   DISCOVERY Inside the high-stakes race to test the COVID tests A March 15 article in The New York Times features Emory professor Wilbur Lam and more than 200 colleagues devoted to “testing the tests” through the RadX program. Their work “has been absolutely heroic,” an NIH director tells the Times. RESEARCH Emory, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta seek volunteers to help test COVID-19 tests Adults and children showing symptoms of COVID-19 can participate in a study helping to test COVID-19 tests. To be eligible, individuals must have symptoms and not have been tested for the virus during their current course of illness. COMMUNITY Inaugural Science Gallery Atlanta research fellows named As Science Gallery Atlanta Faculty Research Fellows, Emory faculty members Eri Saikawa and Madeleine Hackney will build on their community-based research to strengthen public engagement in the sciences and the arts.

TAKE NOTE   Participate in a community engagement discussion for the Twin Memorials Project on March 17 Expand your knowledge with an online summer course through Goizueta Research roundup: Recent grants and publications for Emory faculty and staff

FEATURED EVENTS   "The Deafblind Woman that Conquered Harvard Law" with Haben Girma The first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben Girma is a human rights lawyer advancing disability justice who has been named a White House Champion of Change, among other honors. Girma believes disability is an opportunity for innovation, and she teaches organizations the importance of choosing inclusion. Sponsored by the Emory Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. When: March 17, 12:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required Oxford Spring Festival Oxford College junior and senior continuees in Atlanta can reconnect with their Oxford roots with festivities featuring a welcome Coke toast by Dean Hicks, a social mixer, carnival, food trucks, free swag and more. Buses will run from the Atlanta campus every 30 minutes. When: March 18, 2:00 p.m. Where: Oxford College Quadrangle Admission: Free; registration required Tenenbaum Family Lecture: "Judaism and Climate Change: Environmental Ethics and Social Activism" with Hava Tirosh-Samuelson Drawing on her broader work on the intersection of Judaism and ecology, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson will explore how, along with other world religions, Judaism has recognized the challenges posed by climate change and has inspired its own forms of religious environmentalism. Special attention will be paid to the relationship between religious and secular dimensions of Jewish climate advocacy that links ecological justice to social justice. When: March 21, 7:30 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum (Ackerman Hall) and online Admission: Free; registration required

18 March Performance: Cooke Noontime Concert When: March 18, 12:00 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: Free; registration required   18 March Webinar: Emory Climate Talks with Kim Stanley Robinson When: March 18, 12:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required   18 March Candler Concert Series: Kittel & Company When: March 18, 8:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall Admission: $45; Emory students $10   20 March Performance: The Buddhist Bug When: March 20, 12:00 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Level Three Exhibition Galleries Admission: Free   23 March Swoop's Spring Break When: March 23, 2:00 p.m. Where: McDonough Plaza Admission: Free; registration required   23 March Student Night at the Carlos Museum When: March 23, 6:00 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum Admission: Free   View the Full Emory Events Calendar

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