What's
New
Lipstadt
faces off with C-Span
Emory
scholar of Holocaust studies rescinds permission to broadcast an interview
with her after network plans also
to
air a speech by Holocaust denier
March 28, 2005
Strategic
planning open meetings
Participate
in community input sessions in March and April
March 17, 2005
New
vaccine reduces pneumonia and antibiotic resistance
Emory-based
study findings reported in March 5 Lancet
March 17, 2005
Help
for newcomers
New
website provides resources for new faculty
March 9, 2005
Relocating
the Transnational African Artist
Art
historian Sidney Kasfir will deliver a talk on Thursday, March 10,
at 4:00 p.m.
March 7, 2005
Training
nurses in Iraq
Nursing
professor works to enhance the clinical practice of the Kurdish nurses
February 22, 2005
Drugs
over the airwaves
Increased
direct-to-consumer advertising by pharmaceutical companies disproportionately
targets women and older viewers, according to a study conducted by Emory
researcher Erica Brownfield
February 17, 2005
Reading
Reading Lolita?
Are
you one of those who kept insisting others read Azar Nafisi's memoir
when it was first published?
February 9, 2005
Sense
of fairness among chimpanzees
The
evolution of the sense of fairness may have involved the quality of
relationships, according to Yerkes behavioral researchers.
February 7, 2005
Faculty
Forum on the Humanities and Race
The
Center for Humanistic Inquiry invites faculty to join in a January 26
roundtable discussion on the role of the humanities in contemporary
culture
January 24, 2005
King
Week concluding event
This
Friday, the faculty and students affiliated with Emory's language departments
and the Emory College Language Center will read from the writings of
human rights activists around the world
January 18, 2005
To
market, to market
Emory's
new Venture Lab is set up to identify potentially marketable university
research discoveries in their early stages and help find the funding
necessary for scientists to establish the “proof of principle”necessary
to bring the technologies to market.
January 14, 2005
The
virtual reality of the heart
Emory
cardiologists recommend VR-based training as new paradigm for endovascular
procedures
January 4, 2005
2004
Emory faculty books
A
compilation of titles authored or edited by Emory faculty
December 14, 2004
A
place for poetry and the poetry of place
Emeritus
Professor of Medicine John Stone, also a noted poet, was commissioned
to write a poem for the inauguration of Emory President Jim Wagner last
spring. Here is the composition.
December 13, 2004
Patents
and revenues on the rise
In
2003, colleges and universities filed for more patents, identified more
scientific discoveries with commercial potential, and signed more licensing
agreements than ever before.
December 8, 2004
Chimps
lend a hand
Researchers
at the Yerkes Primate Research Center use chimpanzee MRI scans to show
that hand preference is not associated with the language area of the
brain, as the accepted scientific explanation has long been. Their
findings appear in the Dec. 6 issue of Behavioral Neuroscience.
December 6, 2004
Celebration
of 2004 Emory Authors
Faculty
are invited to join us on Thursday, December 2, 2004, at 4:00 for wine
and cheese in the Druid Hills Bookstore to celebrate faculty authors
and editors of 2004 books.
November 29, 2004
Irish
Poet Kerry Hardie to Deliver Reading
Irish
poet Kerry Hardie will read from her work Tuesday evening, November
16, at 6:00 p.m., in the Jones Room of the Woodruff Library.
November 15, 2004
Virtual
Reality Training Could Reduce Medical Errors
According
to Emory researcher Christopher Cates in a recent
article in the British medical journal The Lancet,
many medical errors could be avoided by training physicians with interactive,
three-dimensional visualization technology instead of on patients.
November 5, 2004
Town
Hall on Strategic Plan
On
November 4, steering committee chairs Dr. Earl Lewis, Executive Vice
President for Academic Affairs and Provost, and Dr. Michael M.E. Johns,
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, will report on the Strategic
Planning Processand respond to questions.
October 27, 2004
Strategic
Planning at Oxford
A
detailed Q&A with David Gowler, Pierce Professor of Religion and
member of Oxford's strategic planning committee.
October 25, 2004
Institute
of Medicine elects Emory faculty to membership
The
Institute of Medicine (IOM) has elected three Emory University faculty
members and two adjunct/clinical faculty members to its new class. This
brings Emory's total IOM membership to eighteen, including adjunct professors—an
increase from one member a decade ago.
October 18, 2004
Seeking
Emory authors of 2004 books
The
Academic Exchange, the Office of the Bookstore Liaison, and Druid Hills
Bookstore would like to host a celebration of 2004 Emory authors (or
editors) of books. We know, however, that our list of such authors is
incomplete. Please take a look at this list and let us know what's missing.
October 13, 2004
Stringer
receives rare board certification
Anthony
Stringer, director of neuropsychology in Emory’s Department of
Rehabilitation Medicine, has attained board certification in neuropsychology
from the American Board of Professional Psychology
October 6, 2004
Flannery
to be featured on "Thistle and Shamrock"
James
Flannery’s book/recording Dear Harp of My Country: The Irish
Melodies of Thomas Moore will be featured in October on National
Public Radio’s “The Thistle and Shamrock.”
October 1, 2004
Theologian
comments in New York Times on hip-hop and the church
Long-standing
antagonism has diminished to the point where the blunt rhythms are heard
more frequently during services
September 17, 2004
Presidential
Powers of Recall
President
Bush provides a case-in-point of the plasticity and imprecision of memory
of major events
September 15, 2004
The
Poetry of Memory
Poet
Natasha Trethewey explores "what gets written down and what gets
written out"
September 9, 2004
New
Associate Editor of the Academic Exchange
Steve
Frandzel joins AE staff
September 3, 2004
