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For Faculty and Staff of Emory University Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020

HEALTH Returning to sports after COVID-19: cardiologists’ recommendations In a set of guidelines published in JAMA Cardiology, a group led by sports cardiologists at Emory School of Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital offers guidance for athletes’ return to play after they have recovered from COVID-19. LEADERSHIP Keiko Price named new athletics director, assistant VP of Campus Life Emory has appointed Keiko Price as assistant vice president of Campus Life and Clyde Partin Sr. Director of Athletics. She will oversee an intercollegiate athletics program with a long record of excellence in NCAA Division III, including 27 national championships. CLASSROOM 'Sacred Drugs' aims to blow Emory students’ minds with scholarly analysis In religion professor Gary Laderman’s "Sacred Drugs" course, students examine how psychoactive drugs — from caffeine and wine to peyote and LSD — are intimately related to religious life historically and how they remain connected today. PERSPECTIVE Emory scholars reflect on the legacy of the 19th Amendment Three Emory events this fall examined the 19th Amendment, celebrating its success in extending women the right to vote but simultaneously acknowledging that the fight for women’s suffrage was divided along racial lines. INSPIRATION Long road home The Emory Healthcare Veterans Program marks five years of healing invisible wounds following military service. Learn more about the program, then join the Emory community tomorrow at 11 a.m. to commemorate Veterans Day with an online panel of alumni service members discussing leading through crisis.

TAKE NOTE   Celebrate Emory's First-Gen community this week Nominations for the 100 Senior Honorary being accepted until Nov. 13 University Research Committee accepting funding proposals for 2021-22 University school in India renamed in honor of Goizueta professor Jagdish Sheth

EMORY CARES   Help your community: While the official Emory Cares Day is Nov. 14, Advancement and Alumni Engagement is offering more than 70 service projects as part of Emory Cares throughout the month of November. These projects are open to all Emory faculty, staff, students and alumni, so find your project today.

Featured Events   Discussion: "Leading Through Crisis" This online program will open with a recorded ceremony on Emory’s Quadrangle honoring veterans. A live panel discussion will follow, with Emory alumni service members discussing what it means to lead through crisis, especially in 2020. When: Nov. 11, 11:00 a.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required Discussion: "Women Veterans: Race, Marginalization and Service" This program will feature a panel discussion along with speaker BriGette McCoy, CEO and founder of Women Veteran Social Justice Network. McCoy also is a 2020 Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation Community Service Medal recipient and Army veteran of the Gulf War era. When: Nov. 11, 4:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required Lecture: "Framing Shadows: African Americans in Domestic Portraiture" Kimberly Wallace-Sanders speaks about an exhibit she curated of photos from the 1840s to the 1920s that encourages viewers to consider the lives of African American women who spent years raising the children of white families. When: Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required Virtual Concert with Third Coast Percussion This Grammy Award-winning Chicago-based percussion quartet is known for constantly redefining the classical music experience. They perform from Chicago in this exclusive concert for the Schwartz Center. When: Nov. 13, 8:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required

ELECTION EVENTS

12 Nov. Election Results Analysis with the Barkley Forum When: Nov. 12, 5:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required   19 Nov. JWJI 2020 Election Forum: What Happened and Why? When: Nov. 19, 6:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free   View the Full Emory Events Calendar

EMORY IN THE NEWS   Flattening the emotional distress curve of COVID-19 Nov. 9 |  Nadine Kaslow |  Psychology Today Business lessons in the war of the presidential ad campaigns Nov. 9 |  David Schweidel |  Forbes A close presidential election deepens the nation's divide. How do we live together now? Nov. 6 |  Pearl Dowe |  USA Today

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