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Lunch Colloquium -- Monday, November 28, 2022

“Innovation AGEnts at Emory: Uncovering the

Secrets to Health in Aging”

Camille Vaughan

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics &

Gerontology, Department of Medicine

Director, Emory Woodruff Health Sciences Center for Health in Aging

By 2050, Atlanta will boast more than a million citizens over the age of 75, citizens for whom Emory will continue to lead the way in research and healthcare innovation. As a geriatrician leader at Emory, Camille Vaughan was selected to lead the Emory Woodruff Health Sciences Center for Health in Aging in 2021. The Center is a hub for collaborative work to discover, design, and test programs that promote the health and wellbeing of older adults. Dr. Vaughan will discuss the first cohort of pilot projects funded through the Center, projects that span disciplines from anthropology to ophthalmology, as well as describe opportunities for Colloquium attendees to engage in the Center’s future efforts.

About Camille Vaughan:

E. Camille Vaughan is Director of Emory’s Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology as well as the newly relaunched Emory Center for Health in Aging. She currently serves as Atlanta Site Director of the Birmingham/Atlanta VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center. Her research centers on optimizing care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions with a focus on urinary symptom management in persons with Parkinson disease and interventions to promote safe prescribing for older adults seen in the Emergency Department. She currently receives funding from the VA, NIH, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

In announcing four new pilot projects which have been funded at the Emory Center for Health in Aging, Dr. Vaughan noted: "Emory is leading the way in research and health care innovations aimed at optimizing the well-being of older adults, understanding the interactions between multiple chronic conditions, and promoting caregiving mastery in a variety of settings.”

A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Dr. Vaughan received her MD and MS degrees from Emory, where she also completed her residency in internal medicine and her fellowship in geriatrics.



Lunch Colloquium -- Monday, December 12, 2022

“Re-considering Resilience: Response to Crisis or

Responsible for Crisis?”

Alix Olson

Assistant Professor, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Oxford College,

and Co-Director, Emory Studies in Sexuality Program

Calls to bolster the resilience of vulnerable individuals and communities have become ubiquitous across social, political, and economic life. In this talk, Alix Olson calls attention to the stakes of uncritically deploying resilience, particularly for those interested in a more just and emancipatory future. Moving through a variety of case studies, from self-help books to plans to "Occupy Mars," she shows how discourses of resilience are at work in shaping a specific understanding of

ourselves and the world around us. Ultimately, this talk will pose the question whether resilience-building is a “common-sense” response to a world of escalating crisis or is it a central strategy for sustaining and extending deeply threatening ways of life?

About Alix Olson:

Dr. Olson graduated with a BA from Wesleyan University in 1998 and holds a PhD in Political Science and a Graduate Certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies from the University of MA- Amherst. Olson's research interests include contemporary social and political thought; feminist, queer, and anti-racist politics; and the history of social movements. Dr. Olson is currently at work on a book project called In the Age of Resistance. Olson's second book manuscript The Promise(s) of Resilience: Governance and Resistance in Complex Times offers a critical examination of the rise and circulation of the concept of resilience within 21st Century political life.

Prior to Olson's academic life, she toured internationally for over a decade as a spoken word artist, regularly appearing in media outlets like HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Air America (with Rachel Maddow), and NPR. She was the recipient of OutMusic's Outstanding Artist-Activist of the Year, the DC Rape Crisis Center's "Visionary Award," and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. Dr. Olson has published widely within popular media. Her poems have been featured in over a dozen anthologies and scholarly journals, and on Showtime's "The L Word."  Olson has produced three spoken word albums and poetry books, and the award-winning documentary film Left Lane: On The Road.



20th Anniversary Celebration

Sapere Aude

A (Delayed) Celebration of the 20^th Anniversary of the Emeritus College

The Emory University Emeritus College was formally established in 2001, and so our 20^th Anniversary celebration should have been held in 2021. It was decided that it was still too dangerous for our population to meet in person because of COVID-19. Although we have done well in hosting our Lunch Colloquiums and even our Awards Ceremonies via Zoom, there was a strong feeling that we really wanted to gather in person for our 20^th Anniversary, and so that celebration was delayed until November 4 of 2022.

I think everyone who attended (and there were a lot of us) would agree that the wait was worth it. The setting itself was lovely—the Klamon Room is on the top floor of the Claudia Nance Rollins Building and has a great view of the Atlanta skyline. We even had a pianist playing for us: Jim Gibson, who is the go-to professional pianist for special occasions in the Emory area and well beyond. There was a bar with wine supplied by our own Wine Connoisseur, Mike Kutner, and an assortment of finger foods in another area. Three screens at the front of the room showed a rotating series of pictures covering 20 years of EUEC that were shown before and after the formal part of the program (and put together by Dianne Becht, our wonderful Program Coordinator).

The Planning Committee for this celebration (Brenda Bynum, Marianne DeHaan, John Ford, Mike Kutner, and Holly York) did a great job, not only in the arrangements for the location, food, drink, and music, but in putting together a program that celebrated the history of the Emeritus College and its accomplishments.

The Program Booklet itself is a wonderful summary of much that the Emeritus College has done, including lists of the many people who have participated in its programs and who have received various awards. The booklet may be viewed by clicking here.

The formal program began with a reflection by Brenda Bynum on the history of the Emeritus College. It was so appropriate that Brenda did this, as she has been with the Emeritus College from its founding. You can read her remarks by clicking here.

The remainder of the program consisted of brief overviews by several different members (Marilynne McKay, Denise Raynor, Marianne DeHaan, and Pat Miller) of the accomplishments and activities of the Emeritus College. Truly a cause for Celebration!

We ended by singing Gaudeamus Igitur led by Don Saliers. This had particular resonance because our beloved Gretchen Schulz, who died recently, was always wanting us to sing this. It was an appropriate time for us to remember the many members of the Emeritus College who were no longer with us.

Gaudeamus Igitur

Gaudeamus igitur, Let us therefore rejoice

Juvenes dum sumus; While we are young;

Post icundum juventutem, After our youth,

Post molestam senectutum After a troublesome old age

Nos habebit humus The ground will hold us

Vivat academia, Long live the university,

Vivat professors, Long live the teachers,

Vivat membrum quodlibet, Long live each male student,

Vivat membra quaelibet; Long live each female student;

Semper sint in flore! May they always flourish!

Vivat nostra societas, Long live our fellowship,

Vivat studiosi! Long live the studious!

Crescat una veritas, May truth and honesty thrive,

Floreat fraternitas, Flourish with our fraternity,

Patriae prosperitas. And our homeland be prosperous.

Thanks to all of the organizers for a great celebration!

--Gray Crouse

--Photos by Dianne

Member Activities

Ron Gould

Goodrich C. White Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

The ever busy Ron has recently published another paper.

Results and Problems on Chorded Cycles: A Survey, Graphs and Combinatorics, November 2022.

Please click here to view the article.



Marshall Duke

Charles Howard Candler Professor Emeritus of Psychology

Alumni Honor Dr. Marshall Duke

In October, Emory College celebrated the career and retirement of Dr. Marshall Duke, Charles Howard Candler professor of psychology. Over 75 alumni and faculty, spanning 51 years at Emory, shared fond memories about how Dr. Duke influenced their education and careers. View the video here.

If you would like to honor Dr. Duke, you can make a contribution in his name to the Department of Psychology here.

In Memoriam

Martin J. Buss

Professor Emeritus of Religion

Martin Buss passed away on November 8, 2022. To view his obituary, please click here.

The beautiful space from our last walk is the newest addition to the Rollins Public Health Plaza -- The R. Randall Rollins Building. The official ribbon cutting for the building was on November 3 and was accompanied with a dedication and reception. I'm looking forward to further exploration of this building.

For more information and a short video, please click here.

Let's go from something new to something that's been around for quite a while on our campus. We've looked at this place before but it's so pleasant and pretty, I can't help but revisit.

Where will you find this on the Emory campus?