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For Faculty and Staff of Emory University Tuesday, March 30, 2021

ACCOMPLISHMENT Emory’s graduate, professional schools ranked among best by U.S. News Emory University’s graduate and professional schools and programs are ranked among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2022 edition of the “America’s Best Graduate Schools” guide. CAMPUS Art history professor Bonna Wescoat named interim director of Michael C. Carlos Museum Bonna D. Wescoat, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Art History and current interim chair of the Art History Department, will become interim director of the Carlos Museum this summer, following the retirement of director Bonnie Speed. HEALTH CARE Emory Healthcare administers 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine Emory Healthcare celebrated administering 100,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to its patients and employees who have met criteria as defined by the Georgia Department of Public Health. RESEARCH Heritable traits that appear in teen years raise risk for adult cannabis use Part of the risk for repeated cannabis use into adulthood can be attributed to the genetic effects of neuroticism, risk tolerance and depression that can appear during the teen years, a new study at Emory finds. IMPACT Emory Lens: The historic election of Vice President Kamala Harris "This is someone who looks like me, who was in the same organization as me, who is my sister." As Women's History Month draws to a close, Krysten Nedd, president of Emory's chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, reflects on Kamala Harris' historic election.

COVID-19 VACCINE TOWN HALL   Stay informed: Emory’s next community update on the COVID-19 vaccine will be Thursday, April 1, at 11:30 a.m. Join the live town hall or watch it later on the COVID-19 vaccine page of the Emory Forward website.

TAKE NOTE   Congratulations to faculty recognized as part of National Doctors' Day 2021 Watch the recording of U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo reading her works for Emory Learn from or contribute to webinars and workshops from “Looking Forward with 2020 Vision: Lessons Learned From Last Year”

EMORY IN THE NEWS   Best in show: Our favorite college podcasts March 30 |  Brian Le |  Georgia Public Broadcasting Black voters showed they matter in Georgia. Here’s how activists are trying to keep it that way March 28 |  Bernard Fraga |  Los Angeles Times Coronavirus FAQ: To travel or not to travel? Plus, tattoos and vaccines can mix March 26 |  Henry Wu |  National Public Radio

EVENTS   COVID-19 Facebook Live with Aneesh Mehta Aneesha Mehta from the School of Medicine’s Division of Infectious Diseases will take questions about COVID-19 safety after vaccination becomes more widespread. Hosted by Jodie Guest of Rollins School of Public Health. When: April 1, 2:30 p.m. Where: Emory University Facebook page Admission: Free JWJI Distinguished Lecture: "History in the Face of Slavery: A Family Portrait" with Evelyn Higginbotham Evelyn Higginbotham of Harvard University will present photographs related to her own family from the slavery era into the first two decades of the 20th century, focusing on the role of photographs as sources of history. When: April 1, 4:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required Webinar Series: "First Fridays at 4: Emory Faculty on Race" with Rocio Zambrana In the next session of the First Fridays at 4 series, Rocio Zambrana, associate professor of philosophy, will address “On Debt: Neoliberal Coloniality in the Colony of Puerto Rico.” When: April 2, 4:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required Webinar: "Switching Off: Preventing Digital Burnout" Gain powerful insight into the impact of living and working in a reactive, fully connected world and how failing to switch off both digitally and mentally poses a very real risk to mental health. When: April 6, 12:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required

31 March Discussion: "Sacred Work: Science, Religion and Human Health" When: March 31, 1:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required   31 March Lecture: "Identity Is a Poor Substitute for Relating" with Kim TallBear When: March 31, 8:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required   01 April Wondrous Worlds Lecture: "Reflections of the Past in Modern Islamic Gardens" with D. Fairchild Ruggles When: April 1, 7:30 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required   06 April Grace Towns Hamilton Lecture: "Grace, Power and Politics: How Black Women Are Still Overcoming Obstacles to Ballot" with Errin Haines When: April 6, 4:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required   View the Full Emory Events Calendar

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