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For Faculty and Staff of Emory University Tuesday, April 6, 2021

ACCOMPLISHMENT Emory senior helps develop COVID-19 Health Equity Dashboard Emory College senior Star Liu has been an integral part of Emory’s COVID-19 Health Equity Interactive Dashboard, a visualization of the pandemic’s impact on communities nationwide. CAMPUS University Committee on Naming Honors creating roadmap for future The University Committee on Naming Honors, which is reviewing contested historic names and examining new historic names, will issue its report to Emory’s president in May. COLLABORATION Emory part of consortium developing model of care plan for future pandemics The National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center – a consortium of three teaching hospitals that successfully treated patients with Ebola in 2014 – will help create and implement a nationwide plan to care for patients in future pandemics. LEADERSHIP Emory announces search for vice provost for libraries and museum The university’s first vice provost for libraries and museum will unite Emory Libraries and the Carlos Museum and support future planning for both, including advancing the digitization, cataloging and conservation of the university’s extraordinary collections.

EMORY'S OPERATING STATUS   Operating status now "yellow": Emory University's operating status has moved from "orange" to "yellow." The new status allows for more activities, while still requiring strict adherence to COVID-19 prevention measures. Learn more here.

TAKE NOTE   Submit a proposal to teach a university course in spring 2022; deadline is April 23 Scholarly Writing and Publishing (SWAP) funding grants still available; apply now

EMORY IN THE NEWS   How will you remember the pandemic? April 6 |  Robyn Fivush |  The Atlantic A great admissions year, for some April 5 |  Mark Butt and John Latting  |  Inside Higher Ed Vaccine passports: What they are and why you may need one soon April 5 |  Henry Wu |  Healthline

EVENTS   Facebook Live: "COVID-19: Keeping the Emory Community Safe" Amir St. Clair, associate vice president and executive director for COVID-19 response and recovery, will take questions about COVID-19 safety on Emory's campus. When: April 7, 11:30 a.m. Where: Emory University Facebook Page Admission: Free McDonald Lecture: "Beyond Imagining to Resurrection" with M. Shawn Copeland M. Shawn Copeland, Candler’s 2020-2021 Alonzo L. McDonald Family Chair on the Life and Teachings of Jesus and Their Impact on Culture, will speak on Jesus’s ministry and message. When: April 7, 4:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony Join Rabbi Jordan Braunig and student leaders for a time of poetry, prayer and reflections on Yom HaShoah, the day in the Jewish calendar for remembering the unfathomable destruction of the Holocaust. When: April 8, 12:30 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required

08 April Virtual Screening: Mark Morris Dance Group and Silk Road Ensemble's "Layla and Majnun" When: April 8, 7:30 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required   08 April Dance Performance by George Staib When: April 8, 7:30 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free   09 April Candler Concert Series: Camille Thomas, Cello When: April 9, 8:00 p.m. Where: Schwartz Center Virtual Stage Admission: Free; registration required   13 April Panel Discussion: "Reflections and Resiliency: The Future of American Democracy in 2021" When: April 13, 6:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required   14 April Emory Community Conversation: "The Evolution to Latinx" When: April 14, 12:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required   View the Full Emory Events Calendar

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