Newsletter Volume 10 Issue 14 - March 27, 2024 | |
Lunch Colloquium -- Monday, April 1, 2024 | |
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Roxana Chicas
Assistant Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Monday, April 1, 2024
11:30am-1:00pm
"Climate Canaries: Farmworkers"
Heat can be deadly. But how does chronic heat exposure affect health? What are the long-term implications of chronic heat exposure? In this presentation, we will go on a research journey to understand the physiological response of chronic heat exposure in farmworkers and interventions to protect farmworkers from extreme heat health effects.
About Roxana Chicas:
Roxana Chicas is an Assistant Professor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University, where she researches occupational and environmental health disparities, investigating the physiological effects of chronic heat exposures among agricultural workers through community-engaged research. In collaboration with the Farmworker Association of Florida, she has led two intervention studies using real-time biomonitoring equipment among farmworkers. Dr. Chicas’s work is shaping the future of climate and occupational health science, two pressing fields of scientific inquiry. Her methodologies are unique and effective due to direct partnership with farmworker communities, who are now bearing the brunt of life-threatening and dehumanizing extreme heat health effects—which more communities will face as climate change worsens. As a bilingual bicultural nurse scientist, she is committed to conducting research that informs policy to advance environmental justice.
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Jagdish Sheth
Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing
Goizueta Business School of Emory University
Thursday, April 18, 2024
11:30am-1:00pm
Miller-Ward Alumni House
Alumni Hall (Governors Hall)
“The Journey of an Accidental Scholar”
Jag Sheth will narrate the story about how he became an accidental scholar against all odds. He was born in Burma (now Myanmar), became a refugee during World War Two, and found his calling after coming to the United States. It is a story of an academic Horatio Alger.
About Jag Sheth:
Jagdish N. Sheth, Ph.D, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Business, Goizueta Business School, Emory University is globally known for his scholarly contributions in consumer behavior, relationship marketing, competitive strategy, and geopolitical analysis. He has over 50 years of experience in teaching and research at University of Southern California, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Columbia University, MIT, and Emory.
Dr. Sheth is a recipient of the 2020 Padma Bhushan Award for literature and education, one of the highest civilian awards given by the Government of India. He is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB); the Association of Consumer Research (ACR); the American Psychological Association (APA); and the American Marketing Association (AMA), a Distinguished Fellow of the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) and the International Engineering Consortium and the recipient of all four top awards given by the American Marketing Association (AMA). He has been advisor to numerous corporations all over the world. He has authored or coauthored more than three hundred papers and numerous books.
He is the Founder of Center for Telecommunications Management (CTM) at USC, Founder and Chairman of India, China, and America (ICA) Institute, and Founder and Chairman of the Academy of Indian Marketing (AIM). He and his wife, Madhu Sheth, established the Sheth Family Foundation and the Madhuri and Jagdish Sheth Foundation.
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MedShare -- Volunteer Opportunity | |
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We are looking for additional volunteers to join us at MedShare!
The schedule for the EUEC service project at MedShare has shifted to the second Thursday of each month. The next dates are April 11 and May 9. Sessions are from 1:00 to 4:00 pm with a snack break at the midpoint. Most of us bring snacks to share. The address is 3240 Clifton Springs Rd, Decatur GA 30034.
We are required to register in advance using the instructions below. Please use the link specific to the Emory University Emeritus group even if you are not officially affiliated with Emory. Feel free to invite friends who may be interested.
Thank you for your interest. We each have complex commitments and will not be able to participate each month, but hopefully we can have a half dozen or so for each session.
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Visit the MedShare event registration page at: https://www.cervistech.com/acts/console.php?console_id=0319&console_type=event&ht=1&res_code=EmoryEmeritus
- Click the "Sign Up" button for your event and enter your email and first name. If you don't have a MedShare volunteer account, you'll be prompted to create one.
- Select the listed event and click "Register."
If you have any questions, please contact Jane Mashburn jmashbu@emory.edu or Marianne Skeen marskeen@comcast.net
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Member Meet Up -- Athens Pizza | |
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Alex Wagenaar
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Professor Emeritus
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Emeritus member, Alex Wagenaar, has written a book published by Wiley, “Legal Epidemiology: Theory and Methods." The summary ran in Epi Monitor, the main newsletter of the field of Epidemiology in the US and internationally.
Epidemiology and related fields conducting scientific evaluations of the population health effects of public policies typically report studies with major limitations. Studies are often atheoretical, without a clear articulation of the underlying theory on the expected mechanisms of effect between a legal change and health outcomes. When random assignment to treatment conditions is not possible, studies often do not include a full complement of other important research design elements available to strengthen causal inference. Finally, studies often pay little or no attention to measurement consistency, reliability and validity, especially for independent variables designed to measure changes in laws or policies.
To read the entire summary within the Epi Monitor, please click here.
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Frans de Waal
Charles Howard Candler Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Emory University primatologist and Emeritus member, Frans de Waal passed away March 14, 2024 from stomach cancer.
To view a tribute from Emory News, please click here.
To view an excellent article in the Washington Post, please click here.
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Bederman Lecture -- "The Rise of Counter-Terrorism: The Limits of Human Rights in a Post-9/11 World"
Tull Auditorium and Hunter Atrium
Gambrell Hall - School of Law
Thursday, March 28, 2024, 4:00-5:15pm EST
Fionnuala D. Ní Aoláin will be delivering her lecture, “The Rise of Counter-Terrorism: The Limits of Human Rights in a Post-9/11 World” at Emory University School of Law, Tull Auditorium, Gambrell Hall, on March 28, 2024, at 4:00 PM EST, followed by a reception in Hunter Atrium.
Fionnuala D. Ní Aoláin is Honorary King's Counsel (KC Hon) by His Majesty The King of England; Former Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights; University Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota; holder of the Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society; Faculty director of the Human Rights Center at the University of Minnesota Law School; and Professor of Law at the Queen’s University of Belfast, School of Law.
Registration for this conference is free, but your RSVP is requested. All registrants will receive the Zoom link prior to the conference.
To register please click here.
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African American Studies Presents: The Grace Towns Hamilton Distinguished Lecture
Woodruff Library
Jones Room
Friday, March 29, 2024, 4-6:00pm EST
BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL is founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center (since 1981) and Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies at Spelman College. She is also an adjunct professor at Emory University’s Institute for Women’s Studies where she teaches graduate courses in their doctoral program. She is currently President of the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA).
She has been involved with the national women’s studies movement since its inception and provided leadership for the establishment of the first women’s studies major at a historically Black college. Beyond the academy, she has been involved in a number of advocacy organizations which include the National Black Women’s Health Project, the National Council for Research on Women, and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, on whose boards she has served. In her role as Director of Spelman’s Women’s Center, she has also been involved with the development of student activism around misogynist images of Black women in hip hop as well as a broad range of social justice issues, including reproductive rights and violence against women. She teaches women’s studies courses, including feminist theory and global Black feminisms.
To register please click here.
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Healthy Emory Campus Tour
Woodruff Circle - Main Campus
Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 2:30-3:30am EST
Would you like to see more of Emory's beautiful campus and learn its history? Join us for the Healthy Emory Campus Tour! This is an opportunity for you to see the campus at a closer view. During this tour, we will pass by a few of Emory's historical sites, point out important locations that can be of use to you, and highlight the ease of walking on our beautiful campus. Walks are offered monthly and last for approximately one hour at a leisurely pace. Each will begin at Woodruff Circle in front of the Woodruff Memorial Research Building. Please bring comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather.
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Candler Concert Series: Randall Goosby, violin
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Emerson Concert Hall
1700 North Decatur Road
Friday, April 5, 2024, 8:00pm EST
2023–2024 Candler Concert Series
$35 | Emory Students $10
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
“Extraordinary grace. . . Goosby plays like an angel with nothing to prove.” —Los Angeles Times
A protégé of legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman, 26-year-old violinist, Randall Goosby has performed with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and London Philharmonic. This recital performance with pianist Zhu Wang will highlight the artist’s sensitivity of interpretations and intensity of tone; his determination to make music more inclusive and accessible; and his dedication to bringing the music of under-represented composers to light.
Program:
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR | Suite de Pièces, Op. 3
BRAHMS | Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 “Thun"
STILL | Suite for Violin and Piano
PRICE | Two Fantasies
STRAUSS | Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18
LISTEN TO RANDALL GOOSBY
ON SPOTIFY!
LISTEN TO RANDALL GOOSBY'S INTERVIEW
ON "CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS"
Recommended parking: Fishburne Parking Deck or Lowergate South Parking Deck
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Details and other information, as well as additional campus events, can be found on the Emory Events Calendar.
If you'd like to share an event/program of interest before the next newsletter
please contact Dianne Becht Dianne.becht@emory.edu
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Walking the Campus with Dianne | |
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The marble figure discovered during our previous walk was Asa Griggs Candler, and naturally, his likeness can be found in the Asa Griggs Candler Library on the main campus quad directly across from the Administration Building.
As you can read on a plaque near the bust (pictured below), Asa Griggs Candler was a pharmacist and founder of The Coca-Cola Company. He was also a real estate developer, and founder and president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Lay Leader in the Methodist Church and first great benefactor of Emory University.
The Asa Griggs Candler Library was named in his honor on the day of the library's dedication, February 25, 1926.
After a renovation and expansion in the early 2000s, the main stair, lobby, and reading room were all restored to historic condition and appearance. The remainder of the building houses classrooms, office spaces, and a third level lobby. Key exterior elements include marble exterior cladding, marble stairs, dashed stucco base, original doors and entranceways, and a Spanish tile roof.
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I'm feeling a little nostalgic and would like to visit a place that doesn't exist on campus anymore. It was an interesting-looking building and a busy place for students, faculty and staff. The interior of the structure was always colorful, thanks to the many flags hanging from the ceiling, as you can view in the photo below. This place offered food, meeting spaces, housed many departments and campus organizations, and I spent many hours here in my earlier days at Emory.
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Do you remember this place on the Emory campus?
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