9 February
2000 Novelist and Short Story Writer Frederick Busch. Colloquium at 2:00 p.m and reading at 8:15 p.m.,
Joseph W. Jones Room, 311 Woodruff Library. Busch is author of
the stories "The Night Inspector" and "Rounds"
and a collection of essays, A Dangerous Profession: A Book
about the Writing Life. Call 727-4683 or e-mail pvitari@emory.edu.
4 February
2000 Conversation with Gordon Parks. 7:00
p.m., Glenn Memorial Auditorium. This discussion with Parks,
photographer, filmmaker, novelist, poet, and musician, will kick
off a retrospective exhibition of his work in the Carlos Museum.
Presidential Distinguished Professor Johnnetta Cole will be moderator,
and Director of African-American Studies Rudolph Byrd will be
convener. Call 727-6847 or e-mail rbyrd@emory.edu.
10 February
2000 Book Signing with Mikhail N. Epstein. 4:00 p.m., Druid Hills Books. Epstein, Emory
professor of Russian literature and philosophy, will sign his
latest book, Transcultural Experiments: Russian and American
Models of Creative Communication. Call 727-6427 or e-mail jbyrd01@emory.edu.
10 February
2000 Millennium Bugs: Fighting Disease in 2000 and Beyond.
7:00 p.m., Day Chapel, Carter Center.
Don Hopkins, associate executive director of The Carter Center
health programs, will lead a discussion with Stephen M. Ostroff,
associate director of epidemiologic science, National Center
for Infectious Diseases, cdc, and James W. Curran, dean and professor
of epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health. Call 404-420-3804
or
e-mail nwade@emory.edu.
13 February
2000 Tenenbaum Family Lecture Series in Judaic Studies.
8:00 p.m., Carlos Museum Reception
Hall. Charles S. Liebmann, professor of
religion and politics, Bar Ilan University, Israel, will speak
on "Prospects
for Religious Pluralism in Israel." Call 727-6301 or e-mail
arobie@emory.edu.
24 February
2000 Blending Research, Business, and Ethics. 7:30 p.m., WHSCAB Auditorium. Roy Vagelos,
M.D. and retired CEO of Merck & Co., will speak. When Merck
pharmaceutical researchers discovered a treatment for river blindness,
Vagelos made the decision to supply the drug for free to developing
nations. Call 727-3064 or e-mail mbroo03@learnlink.emory.edu.
9 March 2000
Animal Use in the Bronze and Iron Age Levant. 8:00 p.m., 110 White Hall. Brian Hesse and Paula
Wapnish, University of Alabama-Birmingham, will discuss sacrifical
systems, food as symbol, pig consumption, and Asheklon dog burials.
Call 727-7951 or e-mail oborows@emory.edu.
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University
Research Committee February 15, 2000. Guidelines
at www.urc.emory.edu/