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For Faculty and Staff of Emory University Tuesday, March 21, 2017

ACHIEVEMENT Match Day 2017 reveals residency destinations for medical students Opening their Match Day envelopes in unison at noon on Friday, March 17, graduating medical students of the Emory University School of Medicine learned where they will begin their careers as doctors. HONORS Anderson wins National Book Critics Circle Award for 'White Rage' Emory historian Carol Anderson received the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism for her book "White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide," lauded as "a searing critique of white America's systematic resistance to African American advancement." ANALYSIS 'Trump Talk' series seeks to open campus dialogue Top Emory scholars will lead "Trump Talk: First 100 Days," a three-part dialogue series that aims to advance conversations on religion, health care, immigration, race, economics and LGBTQ issues. SPORTS Emory Swimming & Diving sweeps NCAA Championships The Emory women's team claimed its eighth consecutive NCAA Division III championship as the men's team won its first NCAA title in school history. AWARDS Emory debate places first in national competition Viveth Karthikeyan and Kristen Lowe, both seniors at Emory, bested Harvard's team to win the American Debate Association National Championship. INNOVATION Female inventors contribute groundbreaking research From new treatment methods for life-threatening diseases to new techniques for health education, Emory women help shape the world in which we live. In honor of Women's History Month, the Office of Technology Transfer highlights the university's female inventors.

Photo Galleries   Atlanta Science Festival blasts off The Atlanta Science Festival began March 14 as astronaut Mark Kelly drew crowds to Glenn Memorial Auditorium. Events continue through March 25, including the popular Physics Live and Chemistry Carnival at Emory on Friday. Tibet Week begins Emory's annual Tibet Week kicked off Monday with an opening ceremony in the Michael C. Carlos Museum's Ackerman Hall. Daily events including discussions, meditation and mandala sand painting continue through Friday.

Take Note   A cappella groups unite for March 30 concert benefitting Emory Helpline Emory cardiothoracic surgery chief recognized with prestigious ACC award Conference celebrates 500th anniversary of Protestant Reformation

Emory Insider: Resources   Need help with childcare or chores? As you plan for summer, get help with babysitting, pet care, house sitting, lawn care and more through the Employee-Student Job Network. The network is exclusively for Emory faculty and staff looking to hire Emory students on a part-time basis.

In The News   French far-right National Front's Jean-Marie Le Pen basks in renewed populist fervor March 20 |  Deborah Lipstadt |  Washington Post Health care bill could harm CDC, Atlanta March 17 |  Jonathan S. Lewin and David Stephens |  Atlanta Business Chronicle Cancer immunotherapy: drug success factor found March 15 |  Rafi Ahmed |  Nature

Featured Events   Managing & Responding to Humanitarian Emergencies: Military & Civilian Perspectives Expert speakers examine the challenges of responding to global humanitarian crises. When: March 23, 1:00 p.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Jones Room Admission: Free Making Love: Sex-Positivity, Anti-Violence and the Building of Healthy Intimacies Women's History Month event features Men Stopping Violence director Ulester Douglas and sexuality educator Marla Renee Stewart. When: March 23, 6:00 p.m. Where: Oxford Road Building, Presentation Room Admission: Free Bandy Preaching Conference keynote address: Rev. Dr. William Barber The president of the North Carolina NAACP and architect of the Forward Together Moral Movement discusses "Preaching a Relevant Word: Politics, Policy and the People." When: March 23, 7:00 p.m. Where: Glenn Memorial Auditorium Admission: Free

22 March Kavli Brain Forum: The Cerebellum, Sensitive Periods and Autism When: March 22, 1:30 p.m. Where: Math and Science Center, Room E300 Admission: Free   22 March Writing Across Emory: Writing, Student Memory and Performance When: March 22, 3:00 p.m. Where: Callaway Memorial Center, Room N301 Admission: Free   22 March What Art Can Tell Us About the Brain When: March 22, 4:00 p.m. Where: Mathematics & Science Center, Auditorium Admission: Free   22 March A New Frontier in Brain Injury and Neuroethics: When Rights Come to Mind When: March 22, 5:00 p.m. Where: Rollins School of Public Health, Rita Anne Rollins Room Admission: Free   22 March Drama and Art as Instruments of Moral Philosophy When: March 22, 6:00 p.m. Where: PAIS, Room 290 Admission: Free   22 March Film Screening: "The Dorothy Day Story" When: March 22, 7:00 p.m. Where: Candler School of Theology, Rita Anne Rollins Building, Room 252 Admission: Free   22 March Eating Animals: Ethics and Innovation When: March 22, 7:00 p.m. Where: Center for Ethics Commons, Room 102 Admission: Free   22 March Film screening: "The Last Enemy" (2000) When: March 22, 7:30 p.m. Where: White Hall, Room 205 Admission: Free   22 March Education of Heart and Mind: The Dalai Lama's Vision for Education in the 21st Century When: March 22, 7:30 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: Free   23 March Volunteering in the Developing World: Health Volunteers Overseas and OMS When: March 23, 7:00 a.m. Where: Emory University Hospital, Auditorium Admission: Free   23 March Canvas 101 When: March 23, 9:00 a.m. Where: Online Admission: Free   23 March Ezili's Mirrors: Black Queer Genders and the Work of the Imagination When: March 23, 11:00 a.m. Where: Callaway Memorial Center, Kemp Malone Library Admission: Free   23 March Climate Change and the Church When: March 23, 12:00 p.m. Where: Candler School of Theology, Rita Anne Rollins Building, Room 102 Admission: Free   23 March Russian Economic Inequality in Comparative Perspective When: March 23, 4:00 p.m. Where: White Hall, Room 110 Admission: Free   23 March Creative Modes of Resistance in German Feminist Protest Cultures When: March 23, 4:15 p.m. Where: Modern Languages Building, Room 201 Admission: Free   23 March Marlboro Man's Journey from the U.S. to Argentina: Local and Global Dimensions in the History of Cigarette Smoking When: March 23, 4:15 p.m. Where: White Hall, Room 102 Admission: Free   23 March Learning to Live with Derrida and Levinas When: March 23, 4:15 p.m. Where: White Hall, Room 206 Admission: Free   23 March In a Glass Darkly: Jesuit Advice for a Mughal Prince When: March 23, 4:30 p.m. Where: Candler School of Theology, Room 360 Admission: Free   23 March For the Texas Bama Femme: A Black Queer Femme-inist Reading of Beyonce's "Lemonade" When: March 23, 5:00 p.m. Where: Callaway Memorial Center, Kemp Malone Library Admission: Free   23 March Phenomenality and Materiality in Le Corbusier or Ronchamp as Inscription When: March 23, 6:00 p.m. Where: PAIS, Room 290 Admission: Free   23 March Unveiling the Internet When: March 23, 6:30 p.m. Where: Mathematics & Science Center, Computer Lab, Room E308A Admission: Free   23 March Women Luminaries of Tibet When: March 23, 7:00 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: Free   23 March Open Expression Panel When: March 23, 7:00 p.m. Where: White Hall, Room 111 Admission: Free   23 March Emory Dance Program Honors Thesis Concerts: Program A When: March 23, 7:30 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Dance Studio Admission: Free   24 March Representation, Self-Care and Academia When: March 24, 9:30 a.m. Where: Callaway Memorial Center, Kemp Malone Library Admission: Free   24 March Baseball: Emory vs. Case Western Reserve When: March 24, 3:00 p.m. Where: Chappell Park Admission: Free   24 March Chemistry Carnival When: March 24, 3:30 p.m. Where: Atwood Science Commons Admission: Free   24 March Physics Live! When: March 24, 3:30 p.m. Where: Mathematics & Science Center Admission: Free   24 March Open Mic Night Benefit for Atlanta Taskforce for the Homless When: March 24, 6:00 p.m. Where: Grace Crum Rollins Building, Rita Anne Rollins Room Admission: Donation   24 March Emory Dance Program Honors Thesis Concerts: Program B When: March 24, 7:30 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Dance Studio Admission: Free   25 March Men's tennis: Emory vs. Rhodes College When: March 25, 11:00 a.m. Where: Woodruff PE Center Admission: Free   25 March Atlanta Science Festival Exploration Expo When: March 25, 11:00 a.m. Where: Centennial Olympic Park Admission: Free   25 March Billops-Hatch public event: "3+1: 'Older Women and Love' When: March 25, 12:00 p.m. Where: Spelman College, Camille Cosby Academic Center Auditorium Admission: Free   25 March Significance of Females Buddhas and Closing Ceremonies for Tibet Week When: March 25, 2:00 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum Admission: Free   25 March Concert: Morgan Rubin, soprano When: March 25, 3:30 p.m. Where: Performing Arts Studio Admission: Free   25 March Film screening: "Whiplash" When: March 25, 4:00 p.m. Where: White Hall, Room 105 Admission: Free   25 March Conversation with actor Harry Lennix and Dwight Andrews, Emory professor of music When: March 25, 7:30 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: Free   25 March Collegium Vocale Choral Concert: "Dance into Spring" When: March 25, 8:00 p.m. Where: Glenn Memorial Auditorium Admission: $15-$20   26 March Atlanta's Young Artists When: March 26, 4:00 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: Free   26 March Recital of Original Compositions by Michael Crawford When: March 26, 5:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall Admission: Free   27 March Contesting Non-Citizenship: African American Responses to Nativism, Immigration Restriction and Deportation, 1903-1939 When: March 27, 12:00 p.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Jones Room Admission: Free   27 March Activist Art When: March 27, 2:00 p.m. Where: Cannon Chapel, Brooks Commons Admission: Free   27 March My Last Lecture by Clark Lemons When: March 27, 7:30 p.m. Where: Oxford College, Tarbutton Performing Arts Center Admission: Free   28 March Emory Farmers Market When: March 28, 11:00 a.m. Where: Cox Hall Bridge Admission: Free   28 March Atlanta Studies @ Emory When: March 28, 11:00 a.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Jones Room Admission: Free   28 March Healthy Meals Talk When: March 28, 12:00 p.m. Where: Dobbs University Center, Room E332 Admission: Free   28 March Farmworker Awareness Week: Lunch Panel When: March 28, 12:00 p.m. Where: Candler School of Theology's Rita Anne Rollins Building, Room 252 Admission: Free   28 March Environmental Justice in America When: March 28, 12:00 p.m. Where: Claudia Nance Rollins Building, Room 1055 Admission: Free   28 March Madrassahs and 9/11: Studies between Knowledge and Politics When: March 28, 4:00 p.m. Where: PAIS, Room 290 Admission: Free   28 March Fran Brearton: Louis MacNeice and Mountains When: March 28, 4:15 p.m. Where: Callaway Memorial Center, Kemp Malone Library Admission: Free   28 March Emory Jazz Combos When: March 28, 8:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall Admission: Free   View the Full Emory Events Calendar

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