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CAMPUS NEWS
Did You Know?
Pitts Theology Library is the second-largest theological library in North
America.
The Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital in downtown Atlanta was deeded
to the University in 1940 by Dr. Luther C. Fischer (co-founder with Dr.
E. C. Davis). The transfer of its management, however, did not take place
until Fischer's death, in 1953.
Fall 1997 marks the 15th anniversary of The Carter Center. President
Carter was named University Distinguished Professor in the spring of 1982
and assumed the position the following fall.
The name 'Emory' pays tribute to a popular young Methodist bishop of
Maryland-John Emory-who lost his life in a carriage accident shortly before
the college was founded. Bishop Emory defined education broadly, as embracing
the scope of the character, condition, and interests of man, physical, mental,
moral, and religious, for time and eternity."
Sources: Candler School of Theology 1966-1997 Handbook; Emory College,
1994-1997 Handbook.
This column is compiled by the Employee Council to help increase awareness
of Emory's history.
Alzheimer's Disease Center taking applications
Emory's Alzheimer's Disease Center is soliciting applications for one-year
pilot projects to be funded from July 1, 1998, through June 30, 1999.
These projects will allow investigators to develop preliminary data to
provide the basis for subsequent independent research. Each approved project
will receive a non-renewable award of up to $20,000, and the center encourages
applications from junior investigators as well as more established researchers.
Basic and clinical scientific proposals related to Alzheimer's disease in
any discipline will be considered.
Interested investigators should submit the following using NIH format:
- description of work proposed;
- detailed budget and justification, direct costs not to exceed $20,000;
- biographical sketch of project leader and all investigators;
- other support for project leader and all investigators.
- description of resources and environment;
- research plan, limited to two pages.
Proposals must be submitted by Feb. 27 to the Emory Alzheimer's Disease
Center: Pilot Grant Application, at P.O. Drawer AJ. For more information,
call Linda McGuire at 404-728-6950 (fax 404-778-7771) or send e-mail to
<lmcguir@emory.edu>.
Correction
Emory Report incorrectly referred to honorary degree recipient
Bruce Alberts as Bruce Roberts in last week's issue. We regret the error.
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PERSPECTIVES
SCHOLARSHIP & RESEARCH
IA establishes tax fund
The Office of International Affairs has established a $25,000 tax fund
to help defray the costs of short-term stays for international faculty and
visitors.
Federal tax must be paid on all honoraria as well as living and travel
expenses for visitors from other countries. To apply for a grant from the
tax fund, applicants must submit the following:
- name, home country and specialty of visitor;
- names of the sponsoring University entity, faculty member and staff
contact (including e-mail addresses and telephone numbers);
- complete information on the visitor's activities while on campus (including
dates and times of appearances and presentations);
- total amount paid to or on behalf of the visitor, with expenses itemized.
Applicants should submit grant information to the Office of International
Affiars, Box 52/Administration Building, by March 16. For more information,
call 404-727-7504 or send e-mail to <oia@emory.edu>.
Ground broken for new vaccine center
Yerkes broke ground on its new Vaccine Research Center Dec. 30, beginning
construction on what promises to be one of the country's leading centers
for the study of AIDS and other infectious diseases.
Yerkes staff, health sciences administrators and contractors attended
the groundbreaking, made adjacent to Yerkes' on-campus facility. The new
three-story building should be completed in 18 months and will bring together
leading scientists in viral disease and immunity. Rafi Ahmed will be the
center's director, and Harriet Robinson will head the Yerkes division of
micobiology and immunology.
Other new researchers will soon join Ahmed and Robinson. Harold McClure
and Frank Novembre are two Yerkes researchers also doing work in AIDS.
Wallace unmasks 'origins of women' in Jan. 27 speech
Ever since his discovery in the late 1980s that diseases could be inherited
through the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), Doug Wallace has devoted his career
to uncovering a series of stunning surprises about mitochondrial genetics
that have changed the way scientists view disease and have provided fascinating
insights into the very origins of humanity.
Wallace, who is Woodruff Professor of Molecular Genetics and director
of the Center for Molecular Medicine at the School of Medicine, will discuss
"The Origins of Women: The Mitochondrial Perspective" as part
of the Great Teachers Lecture Series on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in
Cannon Chapel. The lecture is free.
Since receiving his PhD from Yale University in 1975, Wallace has demonstrated
that not only is mtDNA, or the "other" DNA in the body, the basis
for a growing list of inherited diseases, it also can be used to trace the
origins of human beings. "Perhaps more than any other system, the mtDNA
has shown us that our past and our present are one," said Wallace.
IA office announces new fund guidelines
The Office of International Affairs announced its guidelines for the
$250,000 Internationalization Fund for the 1998-99 academic year.
The new guidelines are similar to the 1997-98 regulations, but some changes
were made to allow for special funding of graduate and undergraduate student
projects. The fund granted $50,000 to the graduate school for support of
dissertation-related research; a committee appointed by Dean Donald Stein
will award the grants, and proposals should be submitted directly to this
committee.
The fund also granted $15,000, matched by Emory College, to the Center
for International Programs Abroad to facilitate undergraduate study abroad
for students in need of financial support. CIPA will make awards from this
fund in cooperation with the Financial Aid Office, and proposals should
be made directly to CIPA.
Proposals for the remaining $185,000 should be sbumitted to the University
Fund for Internationalization, Box 52/Administration Building, no later
than Feb. 27. Full details of submission guidelines are available on the
OIA web site at <www.emory.edu/OIA/oia_
news.html>. For more information, call 404-727-7504 or send e-mail
to <oia@emory.edu>.
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