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For Faculty and Staff of Emory University Thursday, April 11, 2019

SUSTAINABILITY Emory University Hospital Tower awarded LEED Silver certification for healthy, green building design The Emory University Hospital Tower has been awarded LEED Silver certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) by the U.S. Green Building Council. It is the first Emory Healthcare building to be LEED certified at Emory. Learn how it meets high standards for air quality, energy efficiency and locally sourced materials. INSIGHT Young children alter behavior to please others, Emory grad student's research finds In a new TEDxAtlanta talk, psychology PhD student Sara Botto explains her experiments showing how children develop sensitivity to others' evaluations even before they learn to speak in simple sentences. HONORS Podcast by Emory professor nominated for Peabody Award "Buried Truths," a podcast led by Emory professor Hank Klibanoff based on his work with students in Emory's Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project, is nominated for the Peabody Awards, which celebrate compelling stories in broadcast and digital media. CAMPUS Emory Community Police Academy offers inside look at EPD's service The Emory Police Department's Community Police Academy recently graduated its third class of participants interested in learning more about EPD and the officers who serve and protect the Emory community. COMMUNITY Emory's Denim Day supports survivors of sexual assault, violence Emory students, faculty and staff are encouraged to wear denim on Wednesday, April 17, for Denim Day, an annual event intended to show support for ending sexual violence.

EMORY INSIDER   Get subsidized back-up emergency care: When your caregiving arrangements fall through, you have an Emory benefit that will help. The Back-Up Care Advantage Program provides university-subsidized emergency back-up care for infants through elderly, available to benefits eligible faculty and staff, and to students of the Laney Graduate School.

TAKE NOTE   Goizueta Business School's Start:ME program awards 47 promising entrepreneurs in metro community Emory Integrity Project hosts two-day symposium on "Reimagining Culture: Integrity in Higher Education" Innovation Showcase features inventions, ideas, technologies Apply for a Classroom Mini Grant by April 26 to fund guest presenters, class travel, outside course materials

IN THE NEWS   Would 'Medicare for all' save billions or cost billions? April 10 |  Kenneth Thorpe |  New York Times Listen up: Four poets have something to say about race, gender and violence April 8 |  Jericho Brown |  Washington Post New program offers meals for those recovering from congestive heart failure April 7 |  Emory Healthcare |  Associated Press

FEATURED EVENTS   Seamus Heaney 80th Birthday Reading Emory's Irish Studies Program presents a reading by Irish poets Vona Groarke and Nick Laird in honor of the late Nobel Prize-winning poet's 80th birthday. When: April 13, 5:00 p.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Jones Room Admission: Free Birdfest Birds in art, in the night sky, in the museum, in theater and in concert are all included in the Michael C. Carlos Museum's festival for the birds. When: April 14, 11:00 a.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory Planetarium, Woodruff Library Admission: Free; museum admission if applicable Bound with History: Encounters with the Rose Library's Collections: "History of the Early Book" Hear two book historians discuss books from the 15th and 16th centuries and see rare items in the Rose Library collection. When: April 17, 5:00 p.m. Where: Woodruff Library, Rose Library Admission: Free

12 April WaterHub Tour When: April 12, 9:30 a.m. Where: WaterHub on Peavine Creek Drive Admission: Free   12 April Crossroads: Anti-Racism Training When: April 12, 10:30 a.m. Where: Candler School of Theology, Rita Anne Rollins Building, Room 102 Admission: Free   12 April Webinar: Homebuying 101 When: April 12, 12:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free   12 April Take Better Photos: How to Avoid 5 Common Mistakes When: April 12, 12:00 p.m. Where: Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Room 203 Admission: Free   12 April Chamber music concert: Inna Faliks, piano When: April 12, 12:00 p.m. Where: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Ackerman Hall Admission: Free   12 April Talk: "Psychoanalytic Reflections on Immanence, Finitude and Emancipation" When: April 12, 4:00 p.m. Where: PAIS, Room 290 Admission: Free   12 April Theater: "The Tatischeff Café" When: April 12, 7:30 p.m. Where: Mary Gray Munroe Theater Admission: $15, $5 all students   12 April Concert: Emily Brebach, English horn When: April 12, 8:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall Admission: Free   14 April Emory Chamber Ensembles When: April 14, 7:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall Admission: Free   15 April Donna J. Brogan Lecture in Biostatistics: "Precision Discovery of Neuroimaging Biomarkers for Parkinson's Disease" When: April 15, 4:00 p.m. Where: Claudia Nance Rollins Building, Room 8030 Admission: Free   15 April Colloquium: "And The Flesh Was Made Word" When: April 15, 4:00 p.m. Where: Anthropology Building, Room 206 Admission: Free   16 April Seminar: "Watershed Level Impact of Septic Water Systems on Water Quality in Metro Atlanta" When: April 16, 12:00 p.m. Where: Claudia Nance Rollins Building, Room 1000 Admission: Free   16 April Nochera: An Evening of Lorca's Ballads When: April 16, 7:00 p.m. Where: Campus Life Pavilion Admission: Free   17 April Conversations on UMC LGBTQIA+ Decision When: April 17, 11:00 a.m. Where: Candler School of Theology, Rita Anne Rollins Building, Room 252 Admission: Free; register by noon April 12   17 April Meet Me @ Lullwater or the Tunnel When: April 17, 12:00 p.m. Where: Lullwater Preserve OR the Emory University Hospital Tunnel Entrance Admission: Free   17 April Boris Richir Master Class: Paris Opera Ballet Technique When: April 17, 7:30 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Dance Studio Admission: Free   17 April Film screening: "The Aviator" (2004) When: April 17, 7:30 p.m. Where: White Hall, Room 208 Admission: Free   View the Full Emory Events Calendar

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