Campus

Board approves FY11 budget
When combined with other University resources and with Emory Healthcare’s budget, total operating funds will show a very modest increase from this year, amounting to an estimated $3.2 billion for the new fiscal year.

Ranking Emory’s graduate programs
A number of Emory’s graduate schools and programs are ranked among the best in the nation in "America's Best Graduate Schools" guide from U.S. News & World Report.

Enterprise risk management serves as a model
Emory is engaging in an annual risk assessment process to identify and plan for the most critical risk scenarios that could affect the institution.

Hospitals turn food waste into compost
New pilot programs in composting food waste at Wesley Woods and Emory University hospitals showed how much waste could be diverted from disposal and converted into compost.

Take Note
• Apply for grants for innovative teaching
• What's new at FSAP?
• Undergrads present research projects
• Sign up for Staff Fest tables

Research

Digitizing early Emory documents
Documents from Emory’s 19th century beginnings are being transformed into 21st century availability through an innovative collaborative class at Oxford College.

Google taps marketing professors to study influence of online media
Two Goizueta marketing professors have won a $55,000 grant from Google and WPP Marketing Research Awards Program for their proposal on brand perceptions and sales communications.

Book|Report podcast: Truly mad, or sexually deviant?
Queer theorist and professor of women’s studies Lynne Huffer talks about connections historically made between people labeled “mad” and “sexually deviant.”

Video: Yiddish revival sets stage for survival
Started by a student-led initiative, Emory Yiddish classes preserve the history and culture of this language, keeping Yiddish alive in an interesting way.

Barkley Forum wins two national debate titles
Juniors Stephen Weil and Ovais Inamullah have won the national debate title as the top two-person debate team in the country based on their season-long records.

Emory attracts leading HIV scientist
Guido Silvestri, one of the nation's leading investigators in the field of HIV/AIDS, will join Yerkes National Primate Research Center and School of Medicine.

National honors for several undergraduates
Emory College of Arts and Sciences' undergraduates have received several highly competitive national scholarships and honors this spring.

Campaign Emory: 'Gratitude' motivates Candler gift
The Sheets Endowment strengthens Candler School of Theology’s United Methodist identity and supports students preparing for ministry.

Emory Dance presents new student work
The Emory Dance Company presents the work of nine student choreographers in “I Prefer to Call It a Nudge,” April 22-24.

Learning’s digital future
The ongoing Knowledge Futures series is sponsoring an April 26 forum on campus on how technology is shaping and will continue to affect learning, teaching and scholarship.

Advance Notice
• Provost’s lecture looks at community
• Taste of India at the Carlos
• Ellman Lectures to feature Margaret Atwood

Plan your week
Monday, April 19
Earth Week Film: "No Impact Man." 9 p.m. Asbury Circle. Free.

Tuesday, April 20
"Declarations of Dependence: Labor, Personhood, and Welfare in South Africa." James Ferguson, presenting. 4 p.m. 323 Bowedn Hall. Free.

Wednesday, April 21
"Prosocial Primates: The Altruism Question." Frans de Waal, presenting. 4 p.m. 308 Dental School Building. Free.

Thursday, April 22
Biology Undergraduate Symposium Keynote. Victor Corces, presenting. 3 p.m. Dobbs Center. Free.

Friday, April 23
Poetry Reading: Christina Baik, Joseph Wood, Daniela Olszewsk. 8 p.m. Malone Library. Free.

Saturday, April 24
Emory Guitar Ensemble. 8 p.m. Performing Arts Studio (1804 N. Decatur Rd.) Free.

Sunday, April 25
Atlanta’s Young Artists. 4 p.m. Reception Hall, Carlos Museum. $4; Museum Family-level and above members receive 4 free tickets.

For all campus events, visit the Emory Events Calender.