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Campus

Helping Haiti
The Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response is serving as Emory’s central clearinghouse for the many volunteers pitching in on this effort to help victims of the earthquake there.

Hardship fund set to support employees
A community fund to provide grants to help Emory employees experiencing financial hardship will be rolling out in February.

University Governance Roundup
The Faculty Council and University Senate are embarking on the major initiative of discovering and delineating the University’s centers of excellence while the Employee Council continues with programs related to its theme on diversity.

Report From: Health Sciences
The recently released 2009 Community Benefits Report shows that last year the Woodruff Health Sciences Center provided millions of dollars in compassionate, cutting-edge and high-quality care to those who need it most.

Take Note
· Loans transition to Direct Lending
· Second class takes leadership program
· Volunteers matched for clinical trials

Discovery

Distinguished Teaching Scholars share know-how
The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence’s new program is designed to honor Emory’s leading teachers and create a university-wide conversation around pedagogy.

Emory to lead national study on brain injury
Emory researchers will lead national trials in a ground-breaking study for the treatment of traumatic brain injuries using the hormone progesterone.

Celebrating holidays, culture with February concerts
The month is packed with music for Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year, American, Javanese, Spanish and French cultures, the Chopin/Schumann Bicentennial and more.

Day off was ‘Day On’
More than 350 volunteers turned out for Emory’s Day On, an expanded day of service that kicked off the University’s King Week observance.

Advance Notice
· Poet laureate to read for library
· Exploring decisions at end-of-life
· Oxford celebrates Rosenbaums’ art

Plan your week
Tuesday, Jan. 26
"Creating Sustainable Health Care: Medical Progress and Health Care Costs." Daniel Callahan, Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy, presenting. 4 p.m. 102 Center of Ethics.

Wednesday, Jan. 27
Blood Drive. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Woodruff P.E. Center. Donors will be entered into a drawing for a $1000 gift card.

Thursday, Jan. 28
2010 Diversity@Emory Reception. 4 p.m. Tull Auditorium.

Friday, Jan. 29
Women’s and Men’s Basketball vs. University of Chicago. 6 and 8 p.m. Woodruff P.E. Center.

Saturday, Jan. 30
Emory Arts Competition Gala. 8 p.m. Schwartz Center.

Sunday, Jan. 31
Raymond Danowski Poetry Series. Robert Pinsky, poet, presenting. 4 p.m. Glenn Memorial.

For all campus events, visit the Emory Events Calender.

First Person: William Ransom
The Emerson Professor of Piano notes his 25th anniversary at Emory and his front-row seat to the tremendous growth of music at the University.

Soundbites
· Work-life conflict issues hit home
· King-size words can change world
· How-to shows eating best for less

Emory Profile: Allison Gilmore
The director of admissions and student services for the doctoral program at Goizueta Business School uses her experience with improvisational comedy to train prospective and current leaders in the art of intuitive and spontaneous thinking.

Emory welcomes three new trustees
Kathelen Amos, president of the Aflac Foundation; Facundo Bacardi, chairman of Bacardi Limited; and Muhtar Kent, CEO of The Coca-Cola Company will begin their appointments on Emory’s Board of Trustees.

Acclaim
Honored this issue are:
· Susan Youngblood Ashmore
· E. Brooks Holifield
· Sara Markowitz
· Lisa Tedesco
· Jacob Wright

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