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For Faculty and Staff of Emory University Thursday, March 14, 2019

CAMPUS Tibet Week explores compassion in action in the world Focused on "Engaging Compassion in Our World," Tibet Week 2019 features a packed slate of activities March 18-23, including opportunities to learn about Emory's new Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics. INSIGHT Campus free speech, academic freedom focus of conference Set for March 21-23, "Academic Freedom and Free Speech on Campus" includes a keynote address by Emory professor Deborah Lipstadt and will explore issues ranging from academic freedom and free speech to campus protests, dissent and the role of "safe spaces." HEALTH Cast your vote to help Emory research advance in #STATMadness Vote for Emory in STAT Madness, the bracket competition for biomedical research. Emory's 2019 entry covering a sepsis prediction technology beat Vanderbilt in the first round and is now up against a project from the University of Virginia; second-round voting ends tonight. RESEARCH From Stone Age chips to microchips: How tiny tools made us human Anthropologists have long made the case that tool-making is one of the key behaviors that separated our human ancestors from other primates. A new paper by an Emory anthropologist, however, argues that it was not tool-making that set hominins apart — it was the miniaturization of tools.

EMORY INSIDER   Tools for managing your work life: Emory partners with WorkPlace Options to provide access to an interactive online resource library covering topics such as parenting, aging, living and working. To sign in to the library, use "emory" as the username and "eagle" for the password.

TAKE NOTE   Earth Festival at Emory Farmers Market on March 26 to showcase campus sustainability organizations New website to complement library's Environmental Humanities exhibit Submit posters by April 8 for the 2019 Emory Quality Conference

IN THE NEWS   Deaths from dementia have more than doubled in the US, report says March 14 |  Chad Hales |  CNN HIV prevention is the part of Trump's budget Congress might pass March 12 |  Rollins School of Public Health |  Washington Post 'Hobbit' human story gets a twist, thanks to thousands of rat bones March 12 |  Elizabeth Veatch |  National Geographic

FEATURED EVENTS   Workshop: "Get Your Money Right: Building Your Strategy" This workshop will show you how to create a real plan and timeline to manage and grow your money. When: March 15, 12:00 p.m. Where: Goizueta Business School, Room 204 (east wing) Admission: Free Bach Birthday Recital Hear Emory organist Timothy Albrecht play selections by Bach on the piano, organ and harpsichord. When: March 17, 4:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall Admission: Free Film screening: "Denying Access: From NoDAPL to NoNAPL" Filmmaker Jason Corwin presents his new documentary that chronicles the water protectors at Standing Rock and Seneca Territory working to oppose the Dakota Access and Northern Access Pipelines. When: March 19, 7:00 p.m. Where: White Hall, Room 103 Admission: Free

16 March Atlanta Master Chorale: Spirit Songs When: March 16, 8:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall Admission: $30; $10 all students   17 March Student Recital: Kathy Li, violin, and Martin Schreiner, tenor When: March 17, 7:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall Admission: Free   18 March WaterHub Tour When: March 18, 10:00 a.m. Where: WaterHub, Peavine Creek Drive Admission: Free   18 March JWJI colloquium: "Black Food Geographies in Washington, DC" When: March 18, 12:00 p.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Jones Room Admission: Free   18 March Lecture: "Communities of Care: Ethics, Discourses, Fictions" When: March 18, 4:00 p.m. Where: Callaway Memorial Center, Room N301 Admission: Free   18 March Rollins Speaks panel: "Food Justice and Insecurity" When: March 18, 6:30 p.m. Where: Grace Crum Rollins Building, Rita Anne Rollins Room Admission: Free   19 March Canvas Open Q&A Session When: March 19, 10:00 a.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Room 314 Admission: Free   19 March Emory Farmers Market When: March 19, 11:00 a.m. Where: Cox Bridge Admission: Free   19 March Workshop: "Survival Skills for Parents: Manage Stress Before it Manages You" When: March 19, 12:00 p.m. Where: Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Room 201 Admission: Free   19 March Discussion: "Non-Violent Struggle: Norm and Technique" When: March 19, 12:00 p.m. Where: Candler School of Theology, Rita Anne Rollins Building, Room 421 Admission: Free   19 March Seminar: Grey Literature When: March 19, 3:00 p.m. Where: Online via Zoom Admission: Free   19 March World Water Day 2019 seminar: "Safe Water in Health Care Facilities: A Neglected Crisis" When: March 19, 4:00 p.m. Where: Claudia Nance Rollins Building, Klamon Room Admission: Free   19 March Poetry Reading by Leontia Flynn When: March 19, 4:00 p.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Rose Library, Teaching & Learning Studio Admission: Free   19 March New York Times conversation: "Obstacles Veterans Face in the Civilian Workplace" When: March 19, 6:30 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall Admission: Free   19 March Lecture: "50 Years After Stonewall: Reflections from the Front Lines of Queer Organizing" When: March 19, 7:30 p.m. Where: Oxford College, Williams Hall Admission: Free   20 March Workshop: Milestone-driven Translational Research When: March 20, 8:00 a.m. Where: School of Medicine Building, Room 153A Admission: Free   20 March Office of Equity and Inclusion panel discussion: Equity Exchange When: March 20, 9:00 a.m. Where: Harland Cinema Admission: Free   20 March Workshop: Advanced Tableau When: March 20, 1:00 p.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Room 312 Admission: Free   20 March Lecture: "Shared Decision Making" When: March 20, 5:30 p.m. Where: Emory University Hospital, Auditorium Admission: Free   20 March Recording Queer ATL: Archives of The American Music Show When: March 20, 6:00 p.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Rose Library Admission: Free   20 March Creative Writing Program Reading Series: Eula Biss When: March 20, 6:30 p.m. Where: Cox Hall, Ballroom Admission: Free   20 March Film screening: "Cries and Whispers" When: March 20, 7:30 p.m. Where: White Hall, Room 208 Admission: Free   20 March Concert: Elizabeth Fayette, violin, with David Fung, piano When: March 20, 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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