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For Faculty and Staff of Emory University Thursday, April 1, 2021

🎙 Check out today's episode of Emory: In Case You Missed It, a new audio update of the biggest news from the past week, now available on your favorite podcast app. Listen and subscribe at Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also listen and view with our interactive Giide.

COMMUNITY Rising to the challenge: Inside Emory’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic See how Emory Healthcare transformed a former department store at Northlake Mall into a bustling COVID-19 vaccination clinic, thanks to a dedicated team of hundreds of health care professionals and volunteers, and learn how Emory faculty, staff and students can register for vaccines. CAMPUS Report issued by Task Force on Untold Stories and Disenfranchised Populations The Task Force on Untold Stories and Disenfranchised Populations, reappointed in October 2020 by President Gregory L. Fenves and Interim Provost Jan Love, has delivered its report to the president. The executive summary is available on the president’s website IN MEMORIAM Remembering Dr. Charles R. Hatcher, founding chair and CEO of Emory University System of Healthcare Cardiothoracic surgeon Charles R. Hatcher Jr., former Emory vice president for health affairs and director of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, died March 27. He was the founding chair and CEO of the Emory University System of Healthcare. INSIGHT Emory experts discuss life after the pandemic Hear Emory faculty address key questions about the road ahead, including global drug and vaccine development, COVID-19 long haulers, and the economic impact of the pandemic. DISCOVERY Screams of 'joy' sound like 'fear' when heard out of context People are adept at discerning most of the different emotions that underlie screams, such as anger, pain or fear. Screams of happiness, however, are more often interpreted as fear when heard without any additional context, new Emory research shows. RESEARCH Emory participating in Moderna COVID-19 variant vaccine study Emory is participating in a clinical trial testing a vaccine against the B.1.351 variant of SARS-CoV-2. The first doses were administered at the Hope Clinic of Emory Vaccine Center on Wednesday.

STAY SAFETY-MINDED   Safety tips: All of Emory stands united against violence targeting Asian and Asian American communities. Please download and share the Emory Police Department safety tip sheet that includes resources to help you stay safe on and near campus, or get information about additional safety resources.

TAKE NOTE   Dooley’s Week returns for students April 5-11 with a throwback to childhood fun in the 2000s Scholarly Writing and Publishing (SWAP) funding grants still available; apply now

EMORY IN THE NEWS   COVID-19 led to a global increase in stillbirths, maternal mortality and depression, review finds April 1 |  Denise Jamieson |  CNN Guilt, regret, helplessness: Watching George Floyd die had a 'profound' impact on witnesses March 31 |  Nadine Kaslow |  USA Today Out of my mind: Advances in brain tech spur calls for 'neuro-rights' March 29 |  Karen Rommelfanger |  Reuters

EVENTS   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

05 April Photography at Emory: Vesna Pavlović When: April 5, 7:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free   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   07 April McDonald Lecture: "Beyond Imagining to Resurrection" with M. Shawn Copeland When: April 7, 4:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required   09 April Candler Concert Series: Camille Thomas, Cello When: April 9, 8:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center Virtual Stage Admission: Free; registration required   View the Full Emory Events Calendar

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