4 Trustees support university’s momentum 5 Catch Cliff with less wait 6 Dolphin therapy a ‘dangerous fad’

Emory December 10, 2007 / volume 60, number 14 Reportwww.emory.edu/Em o r y _Re p o r t Holidaytips newpublication How to make the season How Emory advances healthy, merry and bright the common good Ann Borden At a makeshift clinic, South Georgia farm workers and family members receive free medical care from Emory volunteers. A new Web site and booklet shows what is possible when faculty and students connect scholarship and learning with service to the community. Bryan Meltz Bryan Dressed as an elf, Vice President Gary Hauk demonstrates the spirit of giving as he hands out pres- ents to students at Wonderful Wednesday. He was joined by Santa, joyfully played by Santa Ono, By kim urquhart occur in pockets all over the vice provost for academic initiatives. University. The book will help faculty, staff and students By Elizabeth Elkins ing more for a Christmas tree, Howett offers these understand the breadth of what it more importantly should pointers to make your holi- mory is committed to Emory does in each school as be a constant reminder of the days eco-friendly: community. It under- much as it will educate Emory’s need to honor our environ- • Avoid purchasing petroleum- stands the importance of friends, neighbors and partners ment and live each day with E ecember can quickly based products (plastics). partnership and the potential about its community service. sustainability in mind. Geor- “Emory is a place where become one of the • Make purchases from local for transformation that occurs gia’s power plants are ranked students, faculty and staff busiest, most stressful sources, such as farmer’s when people and communities D No. 1 and No. 3 in the nation make a daily commitment times of the year. Here are a markets. work together toward shared for greenhouse gas pollution, goals. Just ask the employee to learn from and contribute few ways to successfully navi- and have remarkably high • Take your own tote bag who donates a portion of her to the world around them,” gate the season, keeping heart, outputs of ozone and mercury when you’re holiday shopping. paycheck to Emory’s workplace said Senior Vice Provost for health and the world around that have a measurable local • Give “experiences” as gifts giving campaign, the faculty Community and Diversity you intact. public health impact. — things that don’t require member whose research address- Ozzie Harris. “When you learn “This is very sobering in consumption, such as tickets es local concerns, the student and work in communities, Remember the light of the holidays. But you to the theater or movie passes. whose community service activi- sometimes it’s hard to tell who environment can make a difference in a ties prove that learning goes are the students and who are Atlanta and much of the very simple way: reduce, reuse, • Shop at vintage and antique beyond the classroom. the teachers.” Southeast is in the throes of recycle,” explains Ciannat stores. The University has produced “What I love about this an exceptional drought. While Howett, director of the Office “Emory in the Community” to book is that it refutes the that may mean you’ll be pay- of Sustainability Initiatives. See Ho l i d a y Ti p s on page 8 share its story with those who conventional wisdom that may not know the extent to Emory is a bubble. This is which Emory applies engaged a stunning example of how alumnispotlight learning and scholarship to ser- Emory is working everywhere,” vice in the community — from said OUCP Senior Program its neighbors in Druid Hills and Associate Sam Marie Engle. DeKalb County to Georgia’s From improving the health Songs for Kids makes hospitals rock philanthropic, public and private of Georgians to ways in which sectors. DeKalb County’s largest By Carol Clark “I usually go with them rocking out to the song. These The booklet describes some employer is enriching the com- and perform, too, just because kids are cool, hip and incredibly of the many ways in which munity, the book highlights the it’s so much fun,” says Rifkind, brave,” Rifkind says. Emory’s students, faculty and myriad ways Emory advances who has overcome his fear of A health care worker at staff are reaching out to partner the common good. As part- hen Josh Rifkind hospitals by bringing joy to another facility informed with communities all over the ners in educational excellence, ’95C was growing up young patients. Rifkind that a 14-year-old girl, state. Organized into themes and Emory’s programs touch school in Manhattan, he was W At a November perfor- who had just undergone a bone issues, the publication provides children at all levels of their terrified of needles, tubes and mance for Children’s Health- marrow transplant, loves the a snapshot of the investments of education by providing profes- hospitals. “My father was a care of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, Georgia R&B group B5. Rifkind time, intellect and effort faculty, sional development for teach- trauma surgeon,” he says, “and Rifkind strummed away on his brought all five of the young students and staff have made ers, volunteers for afterschool these medical magazines would guitar, leading the kids through male band members to the in Georgia’s communities. Each programs and summer academ- come to the house with the usual repertoire of songs hospital. “They put on gloves, example of community service ic and sports camps. Preparing horrifying pictures of open- such as “The Wheels on the masks and gowns to go into the is prefaced by how the work is engaged scholar-leaders and heart surgery on the cover. I isolation unit to see her,” he central to Emory’s mission, and strengthening neighborhoods was so afraid of seeing those Bus,” when 5-year-old Brady says. “It lifted her spirits the book concludes with a guide are among the other areas high- images.” Cole took the stage. He wore immensely to have her favorite to offices across campus that lighted. Rifkind graduated from leg braces, a catheter, and was band walk into her room.” devote resources in support of The book also includes Emory in 1995 with a degree in attached by needles to some Rifkind also arranges for such projects. profiles of alumni to show that sociology and stayed in Atlanta kind of machine, Rifkind musicians and recording Critical elements of the student engagement doesn’t to build a career as a music recalls. engineers to visit children growing infrastructure of com- end with graduation. “These are manager and promoter. In Janu- “He had to be helped up undergoing kidney dialysis. munity resources include examples to show how alumni ary, he used his music network so he didn’t trip over all the “The kids can sing along and the Office of Community are living the values that they to launch a charity called the tubes coming out of him. He’s record a song while they’re and Diversity and the Office learned at Emory,” Engle Songs for Kids Foundation, clearly going through a lot, but having dialysis,” he says. “We of University-Community explained. which brings musicians to he just got up on stage, took can burn a CD for them at their Partnerships, who coordinated Engle and Harris empha- pediatric hospitals and to the microphone and started production of the booklet. bedside.” size that the booklet is not camps for children with chronic jamming, dancing and singing. Teaching, learning, research illnesses, where they perform He wasn’t thinking about the and service opportunities that and record with the kids. tubes in his body, he was just See So n g s f o r Ki d s on page 3 have benefits beyond campus See Co m m u n i t y on page 3 2 December 10, 2007 Emory Report

AROUNDCAMPUS FIRSTPERSON Charles Raison AROUNDCAMPUS

Survivor speaks out on David Stephens appointed Gulag prison system P.E. core component of an optimal education VP for research in WHSC On the eve of the opening of a Emory has named David King Center exhibit tracing the Stephens vice president for — or would it have? mandate to take root and history of the Soviet Union’s research in the Woodruff Health Remarkably, recent studies forced labor camp system and flower later as activities Sciences Center. In this newly its impact on Russia and the suggest that exercise “gets you embraced by free choice. established position, Stephens world today, human rights ac- in shape” not just in terms of Moreover, as I know from my will oversee the WHSC research tivist Sergey Adamovich Kova- physical endurance, but also in own difficult experience, it is enterprise and lead planning lev will speak at Emory. The terms of how you handle precisely the students whose activities that enhance Emory event, organized by Emory’s psychological stress. Indeed, mental and physical health research programs and collabo- Center for Russian and East people who exercise regularly would be most likely to rations. European Studies, the Depart- can run further than those benefit from exposure to P.E. Previously, Stephens was ment of Russian and East Asian who don’t, but they also show who are often least able to the executive associate dean for Languages and Cultures and reductions in the types of access an exercise program research in Emory School of others, is set for Tuesday, Dec. deleterious emotional respons- through their own volition. Medicine. He directs the Divi- 11 at 7:30 p.m. in White Hall es to psychological stress that As a result of my studies, sion of Infectious Diseases in 205. set people up for depression, as I have worked with approxi- the Department of Medicine. Kovalev will also speak well as the types of deleterious mately 150 Emory freshmen “This new research position with former U.S. President Jon Rou Jon physical responses to stress over the last two years. One is a critical part of our strategy Jimmy Carter on Wednesday, Charles Raison is an assis- that promote the development of the bittersweet aspects of to achieve the WHSC vision of Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. “Conversa- tant professor in the Mind- of obesity, diabetes, heart this experience has been the transforming health and heal- tions at the Carter Center ” Body Program, Department disease and dementia. realization that I was far from ing,” said Fred Sanfilippo, execu- will be webcast live on www. of Psychiatry and Behav- It is with these consider- alone in struggling with tive vice president for health cartercenter.org and will ioral Sciences. He serves as ations in mind that I want to depression during my first affairs, CEO of the Woodruff clinical director of Mind-Body feature a panel of human rights voice concern over a plan year of college. Health Sciences Center and leaders discussing the Gulag Program and co-director of currently being considered by We recruit a cross-section chairman of Emory Health- prison system’s impact, as well the Emory Collaborative for Emory College that seeks to of freshmen, and yet in some care. “Dr. Stephens has been a as offer comparisons to the Contemplative Studies. reduce general education semesters up to 30 percent of remarkably productive member American Civil Rights Move- t took me a while to get requirements, in part, by our students have depressive of the WHSC research and ad- ment. there, but it is no accident cutting the current undergrad- symptoms significant enough ministrative teams. His numer- A survivor of Soviet per- that I ended up spending uate P.E. requirement. I think that they would qualify for ous and notable successes in secution, Kovalev is president I garnering major research grants, much of my professional life doing this will vitiate a entry into an antidepressant of the Moscow-based Human his proven ability to collaborate Rights Initiative and a leading studying links between mental program at Emory that, rather drug trial. And many students and physical well-being in Emo- than being assailed, should be who are not struggling with within the University and with member of Russia’s demo- external research partners, his cratic opposition. As both a ry freshman students. We are celebrated as an important clinical depression nonethe- all drawn to the things that potential resource in the less show signs of sadness, groundbreaking research discov- cofounder of Memorial, a civic eries, and his local, regional and have impacted our anxiety and organization devoted to the national leadership make him own lives, and my insecurity that memorializing of the victims of the ideal person to hold this key freshman year in make my heart political persecution, and the It is my sincere hope that the new position.” Moscow branch of Amnesty In- college left an ache, not only enduring imprint College elects to continue being for them, but for ternational, Kovalev has been Learn more about Emory’s on me. an open critic of the Yeltsin and a standard bearer among its the freshman I community, diversity plans Putin administrations. Kovalev I had crafted once was. The Emory community is will be joined at the Emory my high school peers in holding that physical On the other invited to attend an informa- event by his son Ivan, who was identity around hand, because tional session with diversity also imprisoned at the Gulag. being a top student education is a core, indeed el- we conduct our consultants on Monday, Dec. 10 from a tiny farm research in at 9 a.m. in 400 Administration town where the emental, component of an opti- collaboration Building. Discuss ideas that will average graduating with the Depart- help Emory create community Happy Holidays senior read at less mal education for students des- ment of Health, and diversity plans. from Emory Report than sixth-grade Physical Educa- For more information, call Emory Report has conclud- level. Suddenly tined to tackle the unknowable tion and Dance I 404-727-2616. ed its weekly publication tossed in with the have had the schedule for 2007. Look rich, powerful and stresses and challenges of the chance to Dec. 28 last day to request for a redesigned Emory brilliant at an elite repeatedly see a library items from storage Report on Jan. 14, 2008. university, it took 21st century. potent antidote Woodruff Library’s Level 6 less than a couple to this situation materials will be returned from of weeks to separate me from University’s stated — and in action. You can see it, too. storage and inaccessible to staff the grandiose self-assessment strategic initiative-backed — Just take a walk through the and users Dec. 28 through Jan. that had kept me afloat back commitment to preventive Woodruff Physical Education 27. Items classified HN-KZ and home. With the loss of that health. Does it not seem Center and observe the N-NX must be requested before Emory Report illusion I sunk into depression disingenuous for the University activities and demeanors of noon, Dec. 28, or before Dec. Executive Editor: and spent much of that year to invest millions in extending the students inside. You will 19 for reserve requests. Level 6 Nancy Seideman sleeping through class, sleeping the concept of education to see young people full of life, will reopen Jan. 28, 2008. [email protected] all afternoon and moving include optimizing life-long full of confidence, talking, For more information, visit across the landscape like a health, while at the same time laughing, working together in http://web.library.emory. Editor: frightened ghost. Eventually, I cutting a program that is teams or conquering physical edu/stacksmove/. Kim Urquhart recovered. But the experience enacting that goal now in the challenges on the solitude of [email protected] soured me on college. most tangible and important the rock wall or in the silence Faculty, staff can save on I often wish I could go back way possible? of the pool water. If you could cars with Ford discount Designer: and apply what I know now to One argument advanced in juxtapose this vision with a Emory faculty and staff are Christi Gray what I needed then. One of the favor of gutting the P.E. snapshot of the more repre- eligible to receive a discount at [email protected] lessons that I would most insist requirement seems to me to be sentative students we see in most Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, upon for my adolescent self especially spurious, despite our study, you, like me, would Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover and Mazda stores, through Dec. 31. Photography Director: would be to engage in a seeming reasonable enough on be powerfully converted to Made possible by the law Bryan Meltz program of regular exercise, the surface: that P.E. should be the notion that physical firm of Borda, Lorenz and [email protected] preferably in the (self-selected) an elective opportunity instead exercise holds almost unlim- Geggie, the Ford X‐Plan offers company of others. of a requirement. Why? ited potential to improve the faculty and staff a fixed, “no‐ Why? Because data have Because — the argument goes lives of college students. Editorial Assistants: hassle” price on select vehicles Jessica Gearing been piling up for over a — students would exercise It is my sincere hope that at a substantial savings. The X‐ Margaret Harouny decade now showing that without the requirement, so the college elects to continue Plan pricing is available whether regular exercise improves nothing would be lost. Really? being a standard bearer a purchase is made outright, Emory Report (USPS705- mood if you are down and If it was so easy to adopt a among its peers in holding financed or leased. 780) is published and distrib- works as an antidepressant if regular health-promoting that physical education is a To sign up for the program, uted free to faculty and staff you are depressed. Moreover, exercise program most adults core, indeed elemental, of Emory University, weekly Emory employees must obtain during the academic year, given that young adults are at would be doing it, because, component of an optimal an X Plan PIN number from semimonthly May-August; increased risk for adverse after all, we all know how education for students Fran Kleabir at fkleabir@ by the Office of University reactions to antidepressants, crucial exercise is to health. destined to tackle the un- ford.com or Jane Regan at Communications, 1762 Clifton exercise is especially relevant The fact that this is not the knowable stresses and [email protected], and Road, NE, Plaza 1000, Atlanta, for people like the student I case highlights how important challenges of the 21st century. reference the Borda, Lorenz and GA 30322. Periodicals postage is used to be. Of course, such an it is that we build exposure to paid at Atlanta, GA. Postmaster: Geggie firm. Send off-campus address exercise program wouldn’t physical education into the Present the PIN to a Ford, changes to Emory Report, c/o have saved me from all that curriculum early enough in life Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo, Jaguar, Development Services, 795 freshman psychosocial stress for good habits established by Land Rover or Mazda dealer- Gatewood, Atlanta, 30322. ships to qualify for X‐Plan pric- ing. Emory Report December 10, 2007 3

emoryprofile Justin Gallivan

extends into other areas of his life, including the kitchen — where it is possible to “do experiments, eat your mistakes, and yield does not matter.” Quiz whiz When he is not watching a University of Illinois basketball game, Gallivan admits he tunes into Food Network. His creativ- ity in cooking can often lead to full days preparing complex dishes, his favorite kind. He takes a similarly innova- tive approach to teaching through the use of technology in the classroom. When Gallivan noticed many of his undergradu- ate biochemistry students bringing tape recorders to class Bryan Meltz Bryan and even trying to barter with There is no question that Assistant Professor of Chemistry Justin one another to listen to those Gallivan is an innovative teacher: he draws on his interest in trivia to write exams, podcasts his lectures, and engages his students with tapes, he decided to make his humor. lectures available free of charge via podcast. The podcasting not By leila borders science. Gallivan manages an only connects Gallivan to his active research group in the new classes, he says, but also allows area of synthetic biology, where Emory the opportunity to show his lab engineers biological the world the excellence that n a typical Wednesday systems to solve problems in happens in University class- night, assistant professor chemistry and materials science. rooms. Gallivan’s podcasting Special of chemistry Justin His efforts in research and allows interested people around Brady Cole, who will turn 6 this month, spontaneously took O the stage with Songs for Kids founder and Emory alumnus Josh Gallivan can be found playing teaching have earned several the world the opportunity to prestigious national awards, Rifkind, during a recent visit by the musical charity to Children’s trivia in his Virginia Highland listen to his lectures. He says Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite. neighborhood, perhaps even including a Beckman Young many have sent e-mails thanking Investigator Award and a hosting the game at Moe’s and him for the added instruction. “When you’re younger, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar So n g s f o r Ki d s from page 1 Joe’s. Writing questions for Only audio was available in your dream is to be someone Award. his original podcasts. Later, still trivia is not much different than In May, Rifkind brought with a lot of money, but the Teaching is not a trivial pictures of his blackboard notes writing exams, Gallivan says: together 1,500 musicians for older you get, the more you they both challenge him to matter for Gallivan, who settled joined the audio. Today, viewers what he called “500 Songs for realize that it’s better to create questions that are at Emory in 2002. His favorite can see what Gallivan writes in Kids,” a 10-day event which contribute something to the sometimes difficult, but still course is undergraduate bio- real time video while listening to raised $20,000 for pediatric world,” Rifkind says. His main engage the expectations of the chemistry — a class which at the lecture. Though he can’t be charities. paying gig is managing the audience. Emory averages more than 200 seen physically running into a “I’m lucky to have such a rising Athens rock band “The Gallivan says he first students. How does he keep the wall while demonstrating a wide network of people who are Whigs,” but he has worked for became interested in trivia interest of that many students? complex concept, a dull thud can willing to give their time free,” free to build Songs for Kids. while working toward his All it takes is a sense of humor. be heard by those who listen Rifkind says, adding that the doctorate in chemistry at The body is the most visible closely. musicians who volunteer end up “It’s been economically Caltech. Caltech lacked the object on a stage in a large It is easy to imagine this thanking him because they challenging but emotionally major sports activity of his auditorium, Gallivan says, and increased access to lectures enjoy the experience so much. rewarding,” he says. “This has undergraduate alma mater, the he uses it to act out the concepts would decrease attendance, but The response to Songs for been probably the best year of University of Illinois, so the discussed in class. He runs into this is not the case for Gallivan. Kids has been overwhelmingly my life and it’s been almost all fervent sports fan pursued a new walls, tells jokes, and uses other The students still want the positive and Rifkind hopes to focused on giving. I feel very competition. forms of physical comedy to dialogue and interaction, he expand the program in 2008 to blessed.” There’s no question that keep his students engaged. insists. Besides, who could resist include adult patients in Emory Learn more at songs Gallivan is passionate about Gallivan’s chemistry the comedy? hospitals. forkidsfoundation.org.

Co m m u n i t y from page 1 satisfying.” A forthcoming survey, facil- Nanotechnology presents intended to be exhaustive, but itated by Senior Vice Provost Making a rather indicative of what is pos- Lynn Zimmerman, will help difference obstacles, opportunities sible when faculty and students shape the new Web site. “The connect scholarship and learn- in Georgia he next decade’s opportunities to apply nano- survey is an opportunity to ing with service to the local • 88 percent of graduat- technology in detecting and treating cancer re- develop a comprehensive list,” community. “Emory in the ing seniors have vol- T semble “a giant candy store,” chemistry professor Community” is available in print said Harris. unteered in the local Dennis Liotta told participants in a Dec. 4 workshop. and online at The OUCP will use data community. Liotta’s work with pediatrics professor Ray Schinazi www.emory.edu/emory from the survey to inform the has produced anti-HIV drugs taken by millions to stave • 22,000 Georgia school- inthecommunity. overhaul of its Community off AIDS and sparked the creation of several start-up children took part in Em- In addition to offering the Partnerships database, which companies. most recent and accurate infor- tracks all of the University’s ory-sponsored activities. But scientists hoping to follow in Liotta’s footsteps mation that can be updated at community-based and commu- • $5.7 billion is the esti- face a long road ahead. Challenges include obtaining any time, the Web portal serves nity-focused efforts in teaching, mated annual economic patents, recruiting capable management and securing several functions for both inter- research and service. The Web impact on Georgia’s funding to last through the “marathon” of clinical tri- als, he said. nal and external audiences. “The site and OUCP database will economy by Emory the Emory-Georgia Tech Center of Cancer Nano- vision is to group like efforts grow as creative faculty, dedicat- University and Emory together in one central spot on technology Excellence’s workshop was the CCNE’s first ed staff and energetic students Healthcare. the Web,” said staff member on the topic of turning medical inventions into viable Alexander Christian, who devel- continue to contribute to the • $22 million worth of products. oped the new site. community. health care was pro- nanotechnology refers to microscopic objects larg- It will strengthen Emory’s Harris hopes the project vided to those without er than conventional drugs that scientists think could ability to obtain funding and will ultimately help Emory, insurance or an ability be used to target tumors more specifically than harsh support for community projects, which sees itself “as a partner to pay. chemotherapy agents. However, because the proper- while allowing potential partners among other partners,” develop • $4 million in need- ties of such “nanomaterials” within the body are poorly to connect and develop synergy. closer relationships with the based financial as- understood, they may have to jump more regulatory “The idea is to have a business community and other sistance, including hurdles. “Today, students and investigators can learn what portal that will allow people colleges and universities to bet- $250,546 from Emory are the obstacles, what are the procedures for commer- to deepen their understanding ter coordinate partnerships in Advantage, frees Emory cialization,” said Emory-Georgia Tech CCNE co-director of what is already being done teaching and research. undergraduates from and to see examples of how Shuming Nie. “The intention when we Georgia to worry about others are working in the com- the workshop’s panel of industry experts agreed talk about engaged scholars is to learning, not money. munity,” said Harris. “Over time that nanotechnology will find its way into commercial I am hopeful the Web site will provide obvious and meaning- use first in laboratory tests and diagnostic imaging, and become a place where anyone ful opportunities for people to Data based on then possibly as a way to deliver existing drugs more who asks the question of how serve,” said Harris. “The idea is 2006 statistics. effectively. Emory is engaged in the com- to partner in learning and share — Quinn Eastman munity will get an answer that is knowledge.” 4 December 10, 2007 Emory Report

governancematters Board of Trustees wraps up year with eye to the future retire. “We’ve tried to come “Flexibility in the number up with very strategic and of trustees and regular assess- focused ways to make sure our ment of strengths and needs wonderful, young and dynamic of the Board will help assure senior administrative team is an appropriate balance for well supported after we are the most effective governance long gone,” said Johnson, who as Emory continues to thrive chairs the task force. and to excel,” said Trustee “These changes provide Laura Jones Hardman ’67C. the opportunity for strong Another component of succession planning for our the strategic plan is to pro- Board,” added Vice President mote effective governance and Secretary of the University practices, enhance opportuni- Rosemary Magee, whose office ties for informed advocacy is working closely with the and expand opportunities for Board to develop short- and meaningful engagement. long-term succession plans that One such opportunity ensure continuity and cohesion. for engagement was a pre- In a move that enables it sentation at the recent Board to meet the heightened needs meeting by professor Frans of the institution during trans- de Waal about his teach- formational periods, the size of ing and research on primate Board will change from a fixed behavior at Yerkes National number of 39 trustees to a des- Primate Research Center, and ignated range of 39 to 45 trust- a discussion with Pulitzer ees. As a result, its membership Prize-winning author profes- may increase up to 15 percent sor Natasha Trethewey at over the next decade, building the previous meeting. Reilly on the full range of intellectual said the presentations “help

Kay Hinton Kay and professional expertise of ground trustees and remind For future generations of graduates, trustees George Overend ‘64C, Laura Jones Hardman ‘67C, and the Board with appointments them what the University J. David Allen ‘67C–‘70D–‘75DR are committed to supporting the changing needs of the institution. that reflect the diversity of is all about. What makes a perspectives and backgrounds University interesting is the trustees: Teresa Rivero next decade, the Board’s of the alumni body. Planning research and the teaching that By KIM URQUHART ’85Ox–’87B–’93MPH, senior Governance, Trusteeship for succession involves identi- take place.” It’s one of the program officer at the Bill & and Nominations Committee fying and cultivating a strong, opportunities for engagement Melinda Gates Foundation; established a Governance Task diverse pool of candidates who the Board plans to be more and C. Robert Henrikson ’72L, Force to help it plan for the will serve Emory with dedica- intentional about providing in he November meeting of chair, president and CEO of future. The task force’s report, tion and distinction. “Everyone the future. Emory’s Board of Trustees Metropolitan Life Insurance “Preparing for the Board of in the community can contrib- Johnson believes it is capped a productive year Company. the Future: Succession and ute to that process,” Magee important to begin building T Strategic Planning,” details said. the Board of the future today of engagement and planning. To lend another voice “We have great leadership to decisions affecting the from the administration and a University, five new faculty terrific spirit among trustees; counselors joined existing “I serve on Emory’s Board out of a sense of giving back, consequently, we’re enjoying a counselors from across the and being able to make sure that the quality of educa- lot of institutional momentum,” campus. Faculty counselors tion and caliber of experience I’ve had at Emory is some- said Trustee Wendell Reilly serve three-year terms as non-voting faculty repre- thing that we keep improving and share for the next ’80C. generation of students.” Trustees reviewed the sentatives on the Board’s progress of key initiatives, major committees. “We evaluated current issues and add a faculty perspective — Trustee Teresa Rivero ’85Ox–’87B–’93MPH, on why she planned for the future. on matters and issues being serves on the Board of Trustees. As the implementation of discussed so the Board gets the strategic plan continues a sense of what’s happening Jon Rou Jon to move forward, the Board on the ground,” said profes- reviewed progress of strategic sor Nadine Kaslow, who as initiatives and assessed key president of the University indicators of the University’s Senate and chair of the “Trustees have the benefit of the big picture that comes performance. Faculty Council serves as along with oversight responsibilities, but at the same an ex officio member of the As Emory continues to time, we also have the opportunity to roll up our sleeves Board’s Academic Affairs enhance its physical environ- and work on specific projects with faculty, staff and stu- Committee. ment through the campus mas- To further strengthen dents.” ter plan, the Board approved the connection between several important construction trustees and faculty, Kaslow — Trustee Wendell Reilly ’80C, on why he finds serving as projects this year, including has invited Board of trustee “gratifying.” new buildings for psychology, Trustees Chair Ben Johnson Candler School of Theology III ’65C and Trustee Chilton

and the Rollins School of Special Varner ’76L to upcoming Public Health. meetings of the Faculty The public phase of the Council and University University’s comprehensive Senate. The Board hears “Emory must have a Board that is committed, know- fundraising campaign is also regular reports from ledgeable and enthusiastically engaged as it provides coming into focus, and is an Emory’s governance groups, issue that will engage the guidance for sustainability and excellence based on including the Student sound values and thoughtful vision.” trustees on several levels. “It’s Government Association not all about raising money,” and the Emory Alumni Reilly noted, but about sup- Board. “The more you bring — Trustee Laura Jones Hardman ’67C, on her vision for porting the University’s vision together different constitu- the future of the Board of Trustees. and strategic plan. “The com- ency groups who all care prehensive campaign is really about Emory but through about finding people to invest different lenses, and figure in that vision.” out how to work together, Ann Borden The Board also discussed you’ll move further forward at length current issues such as when there are areas of differ- The length of the terms to support the long horizon the future of financially trou- ence,” Kaslow said. a number of governance- will be recalibrated from the of Emory’s senior leadership bled Grady Memorial Hospital. related initiatives to address current eight-year renewable team. “When we rotate off, Preparing for the future the evolving needs of the term. Term trustees will move it will be with our heads New voices To preserve the traditional University. to a six-year initial term, and a held high knowing that we The Board was further stability and deep commitment By 2015, more than two- four-year renewable term may left a better board behind,” strengthened this year with of the existing Board while thirds of the Board’s member- follow. Alumni trustees will he said. new appointments. Emory preparing for major changes ship will turn over as terms continue to serve one six-year welcomed two new alumni to its membership over the expire and current trustees term. Emory Report December 10, 2007 5

campusnews GPS technology tracks Cliff’s moves to reduce the wait

The technology allows this route included 20,000 commuters to choose when commute trips on Cliff shuttle to arrive at bus stops while buses (more than 500 daily minimizing their wait. The round trips). With such a high Web site continuously displays the location of the buses and demand for ridership, this shows their real-time move- route also picks up commut- ment against a map of recog- ers at the same stops as the nizable buildings and land- Northlake shuttle. marks familiar to riders. The Emory’s third park-n-ride shuttle locations shown on the lot at The Gallery at South map are approximately five DeKalb counted 4,700 com- seconds behind its actual live muters in September. location, giving riders enough Although not a park-n-ride time to arrive at the bus stop. shuttle, the Executive Park “This eye-in-the-sky view route is influencing traffic in of Cliff shuttles will help us the Clifton community as well. increase ridership and deliver Making more stops than any better service to our customers other route in the system, the who are coming to and get- ting around the campus,” said Executive Park route picks Special Clements. up neighborhood commut- Cliff shuttles are now equipped with GPS technology to help riders better manage their com- All of the shuttle routes ers at various businesses and mute. Increasing shuttle ridership is also helping to improve traffic on local roads. except for the Oxford and apartment complexes along its Lenox routes are equipped course. By kelly Gray of the shuttles and routes in to a map on the Internet or a with the new tracking technol- Cliff park-n-ride routes real-time from ridecliff.org or mobile phone in a matter of ogy. are positioned along major a Web-enabled cellular phone seconds. In November, Cliff marked thoroughfares throughout the (a Java applet is required to “This new technology will its first anniversary at the community and shuttle stops Northlake Mall park-n-ride ommuters using view the map). The Web site help commuters better man- are conveniently located near lot. Many of the more than Emory’s shuttle system, also features shuttle announce- age their commute, allowing MARTA bus stops. In all, Cliff 5,000 riders on the morn- C Cliff, no longer have ments and updates like traffic anyone with Internet access shuttles are helping to reduce ing and afternoon route use to wonder when or where short trips on and around delays, weather conditions and or a cell phone to coordinate the 30-minute trip to read or their next ride is coming from, Emory’s campus and in the construction-related interrup- with the system,” said Adele relax and enjoy the ride into thanks to newly installed tions. Clements, Emory’s transporta- Emory’s campus. community. technology on the University’s Cliff buses are equipped tion director. “It also helps to However, the greatest For specific stop informa- shuttle Web site, www.ride with global positioning sys- manage day-to-day operation impact can be felt on the tion and schedules visit cliff.org. tem units that transmit their of the system so that we can North DeKalb Mall park-n- www.ridecliff.org or call The new equipment allows location to a central server. minimize the impact to our ride route where ridership has Emory’s Transportation Office riders to view the location That data is then broadcast riders when disruptions occur.” grown steadily. In September at 404-727-1829.

Constructionupdate communityPartnerships Visions for Clifton corridor Periodic pathway detours Watch your step near WoodPEC possible from 11/12/2007Æü to 3/1/2008

Green line represents open pathways and detour DEPOT Eagle Row

Freshman Residence hall Sigma Asbury Cir. Sigma Chi Construction site Nu Red line represents Stairs behind Sigma

a closed walkway Chi will be closed and Special Eagle Row during the project replaced McTyeire Hall ommunity members joined Emory and the Clif- Peavine Section closed ton Community Partnership on Nov. 27 to view Parking beside tennis courts newly drafted urban design guidelines. Fol- Deck Tennis Courts over winter break 2007 C lowing a year of public input, the guidelines will help McDonough Field Emory and other local landowners create dynamic pub- lic spaces and streets around the Clifton Road campus. P DUC Dobbs Univ. Ctr. The draft guidelines are based on the design ex- Orange line represents pertise of design firm Goody Clancy. This collaborative Pathway Through PE Center the chilled water line effort, with input from Emory and local community trench line members, included a series of workshops. The goal of Woodruff PE Center Woodruff the guidelines is to illustrate how pedestrian access, Peavine Medical transportation and improved design elements could Parking complement each other and improve the quality of life Dobbs Hall Research Deck Ala. in the greater Clifton community. Hall Building P First section of trench View the guidelines and visuals, comment by began 11/12/07 Dec. 21, and see the comments of others by visiting www.cliftoncommunitypartnership.org. Cox Hall Special Core principles of urban design mory is adding chilled water lines in order to accommodate several new developments • Creating places of greater civic value; on campus, including Freshman Residence Halls 2 and 3. Chilled water provides the • Promoting environmental sustainability; E necessary cooling required for most of the air conditioning in Emory’s campus buildings. • Expanding housing, recreation and retail choices; Each building that ties into the system — nearly every building on campus — uses the chilled • Improving accessibility and connectivity of CONSTRUCTION ACCESS MAP CHILLED WATER LINE ADDITIONS NOVEMBER 9, 2007 P-1 water to operate their individual mechanical systems. During installation of the first phase commercial areas, natural areas and neighborhoods; of the water line, pedestrian routes will be altered near WoodPEC. Visit www.construction. • Enhancing well-being; emory.edu for updates. • Fostering community-wide engagement. 6 December 10, 2007 Emory Report

scholarship&research Dolphin therapy is all wet, Emory scientists conclude

will feature another article especially egregious, because by Marino and Lilienfeld, the people who are being titled “Dolphin-Assisted exploited are the most vulner- Therapy for Autism and Other able — including desperate Developmental Disorders: A parents who are willing to try Dangerous Fad.” anything to help a child with a “We want to reach psy- disability. chologists with this message, Many people are under the because DAT is increasingly impression that dolphins would being applied to children with never harm a human. “In real- developmental disabilities, ity, injury is a very real possibil- although there is no good ity when you place a child in evidence that it works,” said a tank with a 400-pound wild Lilienfeld, a clinical psycholo- animal that may be traumatized gist. “It’s hard to imagine the from being captured,” Marino rationale for a technique that, says. at best, makes a child feel good Dolphins are bred in cap- in the short run, but could put tivity in U.S. marine parks, but the child at risk of harm.” in other countries they are The Emory scientists often taken from the wild, she have timed their campaign says. Marino describes an annu- to coincide with a recent call al “dolphin drive” in Japan, Special by two UK-based nonprof- when pods of dolphins are Dolphins are beautiful, intelligent animals, but they do not have healing abilities, says Lori Marino, senior lecturer in the Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Program. its — the Whale and Dolphin herded into coves, where they Conservation Society and are killed for food or captured Research Autism — to ban the for marine parks. By carol clark er. “We want to get the word Their conclusions were pub- practice of DAT. “If people knew how these out that it’s a lose-lose situation lished recently in Anthrozoös, DAT started in the 1970s, animals were captured, I don’t — for people and for dolphins.” the journal of the International when Florida researcher Betsy think they would want to swim While swimming with Society for Anthrozoology, in a Smith began experimenting with them in a tank or par- dolphins may be a fun, novel paper titled “Dolphin-Assisted with interactions between ticipate in DAT,” Marino says. re you depressed? experience, no scientific evi- Therapy: More Flawed Data dolphins and autistic chil- “During the dolphin drives Suffering from a chronic dence exists for any long-term and More Flawed Conclusions.” dren. Smith later stopped her hundreds of animals are killed, A illness? Do you have a benefit from DAT, Marino “We found that all five research, citing ethical reasons, or panicked and die of heart child with a severe mental or says. She adds that people who studies were methodologi- and has since denounced the attacks, in water that’s red with physical disability? spend thousands of dollars for cally flawed and plagued by commercialization of DAT. their blood, while trainers from Don’t turn to a dolphin for a dolphin “healing” experience several threats to both internal Florida remains the strong- facilities around the world pick help, warns Lori Marino. don’t just lose out financially and construct validity,” wrote hold of dolphin-assisted therapy, out young animals for their Marino, senior lecturer — they put themselves, and Marino and Lilienfeld, who but the trend has spread around marine parks. They hoist them in the Neuroscience and the dolphin, at risk of injury or conducted a similar review in the world, fueled by the growth out of the water, sometimes by Behavioral Biology Program, infection. And they are support- 1998. “We conclude that nearly in marine parks and aquariums. their tail flukes, and take them has teamed with Scott ing an industry that — outside a decade following our initial “DAT facilities are popping up away.” Lilienfeld, professor of the United States — takes review, there remains no com- all over — there are now hun- Each live dolphin can bring of psychology, to launch an dolphins from the wild, in a pelling evidence that DAT is dreds of them, and no end in a fisherman $50,000 or more, educational campaign counter- brutal process that often leaves a legitimate therapy, or that it sight,” Marino says. “DAT is a she says. “The marine parks ing claims made by purveyors of several dolphins dead for every affords any more than fleeting big money-making venture and make millions off of dolphins, dolphin-assisted therapy. surviving captive. improvements in mood.” it’s merged with the swim-with- so that’s a drop in the bucket. “Dolphin-assisted therapy Marino and Lilienfeld An upcoming issue of the dolphins industry.” It’s an irony that dolphins are is not a valid treatment for any reviewed five studies published newsletter of the American While Marino is against among the most beloved, and disorder,” says Marino, a lead- during the past eight years Psychological Association’s taking dolphins from the wild the most exploited, animals in ing dolphin and whale research- and found that the claims for Division of Intellectual and and holding them captive for the world,” Marino says. efficacy for DAT were invalid. Developmental Disabilities any purpose, she finds DAT

scholarship&research McCall uses history, humor and realism to tell local story

“Them” combines the title is an ambiguous refer- realm of their experiences and and race. McCall’s knowledge of ence to the tendency of whites perceptions,” he says. As it relates to gentrifi- Atlanta’s past with snippets of and blacks to regard each other In an effort to “use the city cation, however, he is quick his own family’s stories to cre- as “them.” as a laboratory,” McCall often to attribute the difference ate a fictional, yet realistic tale McCall has seen both takes his students on field trips to something less obvious. of our state’s rocky journey sides of the reporter’s notepad. throughout Atlanta, especially The perception is race, but from segregation to gentrifica- He wrote for The Washington to the mostly black Southside, McCall’s sense is that it’s tion. Post and the Atlanta Journal- where Emory students seldom mostly about class. Ever the McCall’s debut novel tells Constitution and got his start venture. There the groups make journalist, he cites the example the story of Barlowe Reed, a with the Virginian Pilot-Ledger observations about issues relat- of Cabbagetown, a white, single, forty-something African Star. He says his literary calling ed to his courses. working-class neighborhood American whose relative con- did not crystallize during his McCall is working on other nestled between Memorial tentment is shattered by the troubled youth: “I was more writing projects that explore Drive and the Old Fourth Ward. sudden appearance of whites inclined to throw a rock and America’s racial divide. He While the Ward has seen gentri- abandoning the suburbs for the break a window than to read inner city. When a white couple a book.” He eventually discov- delves into one aspect of that fication uprooting generations moves in next door, Barlowe ered writing as an outlet for divide by conducting forums of African Americans, white Special develops a reluctant, complex pent-up rage against a system while on tour. Cabbagetown residents actu- Nathan McCall friendship with Sandy Gilmore, he felt was racist and unjust. “The issue of gentrification ally voice the same grievances. the woman of the house, as His own journey has needs to be aired with more Both races feel “outsiders” are they hold probing — and often helped him connect with Emory public dialogue. People don’t coming into their area, taking By Amye Walters frustrating — conversations students. Students fill McCall’s know what to make of it,” he over and imposing new values. over a backyard fence. inbox with stories they think says. From California to New Race relations are a subject McCall says he didn’t will spark his interest, and York, the Mid-Atlantic to here that perplex and sometimes in Atlanta, it’s a “hot issue.” shame us. However, McCall athan McCall’s inter- want the book to be too seri- Emory alumni often turn up Locally, he points to the has an ability to put us at ease est in race relations ous, even though it addresses a at his book signings across the serious topic. He injects humor country. One element of teach- varying treatment of vagrants when discussing our color dif- N has drawn the African in Woodruff Park, who are ferences. Whether sitting across throughout the tome — for ing he most enjoys is that “stu- American Studies lecturer instance, he creates a scene dents come into class with open considered a public nuisance, a table from him or reading on a bi-coastal book tour for where a group of whites dance minds.” He confronts issues of compared to vagrants in Little his latest novel, it only takes a “Them,” a novel about the to Motown music after a din- race head-on in the classroom. Five Points, who are character- brief time to realize that life is gentrification of Atlanta’s Old ner party. “I love the challenge of encour- ized as eccentric. The difference, not black and white, but a col- Fourth Ward. He also reminds readers aging them to think outside the he says, stems from perception orful shade of gray. Emory Report December 10, 2007 7 scholarship&research health&wellness From religion to reggaetón, A new model of health immigrants reshape Atlanta care for a new year — and for years to come

magine what it would be like to be healthy well into your 80s and even into your 90s — to maintain your I health throughout your entire life rather than being treated for various and sundry diseases. that’s the idea behind the Emory/Georgia Tech Predic- tive Health Institute, which combines scientific research with a new Center for Health Discovery and Well-Being. The insti- tute will serve as a clinical testing ground for new predictive biomarkers of health, disease risk and prognosis aimed at keeping people healthy. As you can see, this is a new and innovative model of health care that focuses on maintaining health rather than treating disease.

Translating knowledge into health New discoveries in science and technology are making it possible to understand health and how to maintain it at a level that we could not imagine even a decade ago. We are learning more about human biology than ever. Translat- ing that knowledge into health in the context of the entire

Bryan Meltz Bryan human experience requires changes in how health care is practiced by health professionals, and how health and its Senior Brendan Dolan, a music buff, is researching how Latino immigrants are influencing Atlanta’s music scene for an American Studies class, “New Immigrants in the New South.” care are understood by everyone. to accomplish this, the institute’s researchers and clini- cians will use new tools to identify and measure your risks By carol clark growth rate of any major met- how sports help immigrants and deviations from health to promote health maintenance ropolitan area and the trend build a community. “I’ve and to restore faulty processes to healthy ones before dis- shows no signs of stopping, played soccer my whole life eases occur. Odem says. “The ’90s and the and I wanted to do a project More than 20 research projects already are under way first part of 2000 were peri- that combined my personal in predictive health, including biomarkers to predict risk of aurice Shelton ods of tremendous economic interest,” he says. cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases and cancer, browses through growth for metro Atlanta and Brendan Dolan, a senior drug treatment toxicity and predictive health modeling in Mthe selections of a immigrant labor has been criti- who is director of Emory’s early infancy. Vietnamese music and video cal to that.” “No Strings Attached” a cap- this conceptually — and architecturally — unique and store at Asian Square on Atlanta is not a traditional pella group, is researching innovative Center for Health Discovery and Well-Being is Buford Highway. It’s not a store immigrant gateway, and immi- how Latino immigrants are located at the Emory Crawford Long campus in Midtown. that Shelton — a junior his- grants here have not followed affecting Atlanta’s music scene. tory major from College Park the traditional pattern of set- Through visits to Buford’s La Encouraging healthy habits — would likely have entered tling in the inner city. Instead, Rumba nightclub, and inter- Hoping to further encourage each member of the Emory if he hadn’t enrolled in the their impact is being felt in views with immigrant disc community to embrace this fresh view of health, the Uni- American Studies course “New suburban areas. While many jockeys and musicians, he has versity is now offering a new medical plan aimed at help- Immigrants in the New South.” people find the ethnic mix learned that a Caribbean music ing employees improve and maintain their health now and The Vietnamese-American enriching, others find it intru- known as reggaetón is taking in years to come. Through financial incentives, the Aetna store clerk, Linh Luong, hopes sive. on an entirely new, pan-Latino HealthFund encourages participants to seek preventative to attend Emory next year and “Georgia has become a hot flavor in Atlanta. care before disease sets in, set up their own personal fitness is happy to discuss Vietnamese spot of the immigration resis- “It’s really cool. Some plan, and even participate in healthy living programs — pro- culture with visitors from the tance movement,” Odem says, Latino musicians here are even grams aimed at improving and maintaining their health. University. “The Vietnamese citing the state’s 2006 Security being influenced by Atlanta’s likewise, just last spring the University launched Step Up movie industry is having a and Immigration Compliance own ‘crunk’ movement,” Dolan Emory, created to provide employee education and aware- tough time right now,” he says. Act, one of the strictest state says, referring to a form of hip- ness of health promotion and wellness opportunities in the He points to the rows of glam- laws in the nation aimed at hop pioneered by Atlanta rap- workplace. Step Up Emory began with a “Take the Stairs” orous actresses smiling on the undocumented residents. pers. program, which encouraged faculty and staff to increase covers of the videos. “A lot of their physical activity throughout the workday by skipping them are here working in nail Soccer, church, nightclubs Tortillas and tacos the elevator and taking the stairs. The initiative also focuses salons.” The van rolls past a bus station The class stops for lunch at on nutrition and prevention. advertising non-stop tickets Plaza Fiesta, where a food Political hot potato to Monterrey and Matamoras, court is nestled amid booths Upcoming symposium Shelton and his fellow students and a 10-foot-tall green, plastic selling alligator-skin cowboy The community is also invited to attend this year’s third an- who have been exploring Asian Statue of Liberty. boots and bandanas printed nual national symposium on predictive health. The theme Square pile back into a van to The students talk about with multi-colored Madonnas. of this year’s symposium is “Predictive Health — State of the continue their field trip through the research papers they Dolan sits at the coun- Art: A Story in Four Parts,” with a first-day focus on defining metro Atlanta’s Buford corridor. are working on for the class. ter of a taqueria, beneath and measuring health and discovering optimal biomarkers A hodge-podge of new immi- Shelton wants to delve into the dangling plastic skulls left of health. On day two, presenters will discuss interventions grants have built up a dizzying effects that the surge of immi- over from November’s Day- to optimize health and ways to apply new knowledge to individuals and populations worldwide. array of small businesses along grants is having in the African- of-the-Dead celebration. The the highway through Doraville American neighborhood where server does not speak English Find out more and Chamblee. he grew up. “The barbershop so Dolan, who is majoring in For more information on the Predictive Health Symposium, Although she is an Atlanta talk is that people are con- Latin American and Caribbean visit http://whsc.emory.edu/phi/symposium2007.cfm. native, Kristen McLean says cerned about job competition, Studies, orders in Spanish. As she has rarely set foot in the political power and economic a woman pats out tortillas by For more information about enrolling in the Center for Buford corridor. “Immigration loss,” he says. “When immi- hand, the server tells Dolan Health Discovery and Well-Being, visit http://whsc.emory. is such a political hot potato,” grants come here and are suc- that he has lived in the United edu/phi/enrollment.cfm. says the junior linguistics major. cessful, where does that leave States for 10 years, but has not The class “is a chance to see, a community that’s already been able to visit his parents in For more information about the Emory/Georgia Tech Predic- on the ground, the impact it’s Tabasco, near Acapulco, due to here and still struggling to find tive Health Institute, visit http://whsc.emory.edu/phi/ having.” its niche in the mainstream?” the expense of the trip. aboutus.cfm. The new course is team Rachel Rosenberg, a reli- The mall, which serves as a taught by Mary Odem, associ- gion major, is looking at how community-gathering place for ate professor of history, and immigration has affected Latinos, as well as a shopping Regine Jackson, assistant pro- Catholicism. The Catholic center, is relatively empty. “It’s fessor in the Institute of Liberal demographic has shifted in usually packed on a weekend,” Ken Brigham is director of the Emory/Georgia Tech Predictive Arts. Jackson’s research has Atlanta to a Hispanic major- Odem says. She asks some of Health Institute. focused on Haitian immigrants, ity — although many of the the merchants why there are while Odem has been exploring Hispanic practitioners are not so few customers. They tell Hispanic immigration in metro officially on the church rolls, her that people are afraid to Atlanta and the South. Odem says. go out: since the new state law Cory Patrick, a senior eco- went into effect, arrests and Anti-immigrant hot spot nomics major, plans to attend deportations of immigrants Beginning around the 1996 practices of soccer clubs for have increased and the police Olympics, Atlanta has expe- refugee youth — including the have been more aggressive in rienced the fastest immigrant Fugees of Clarkston — to learn stopping Latinos in the streets. 8 December 10, 2007 Emory Report

For online event information, visit www.events.emory.edu. emory Events for the Emory Community

@ Carlos Museum in Drugs, Salt and Acid.” Performing Exhibition Rajini Rao, Johns Hopkins arts Visual arts “Robert Rauschenberg’s University, presenting. Special Monday, Dec. 10 ONGOING: Currents: Features and 9 a.m. 600 Whitehead Tuesday, Dec. 11 Concert Schatten Gallery Surface Series.” Carlos Building. Free. Pre-Kwanzaa Atlanta Youth Wind Exhibition Museum. 404-727-4282. 404-727-7401. Celebration Through Feb. 17. 4 p.m. Harris Parlor, Free. Symphony, performing. “Cartooning for Peace.” Biochemistry Lecture 404-727-6847. Scott Stewart, directing. Schatten Gallery, Woodruff "Mutations that Reduce the 8 p.m. Emerson Hall, Library. 404-727-7504. Fidelity of Transcription." Sunday, Dec. 16 Schwartz Center. Free. Through Dec. 15. Jeffrey Strathern, National Lectures Hindi Urdu 404-727-5050. Cancer Institute-Frederick, MARBL Exhibition Poetry Night Wednesday, Dec. 12 presenting. Noon. Ground “Dear Miss Hester: Letters 6 p.m. 208 White Hall. Saturday, Dec. 15 Psychoanalytic Floor Auditorium, From Flannery O’Connor to Free. 404-727-2108. Concert Studies Lecture Whitehead Building. Free. Betty Hester, 1955–1964.” “15th Annual Atlanta “The Incest Prohibitions: 404-727-5960. Celtic Christmas Concert.” MARBL, Woodruff Library. Anthropological Monday, Dec. 17 Free. 404-727-6887. Predictive Health 8 p.m. Emerson Hall, and Psychoanalytic Thursday, Dec. 20 Through Dec. 28. Symposium Schwartz Center. $25; Perspectives.” Bobby Paul, Physiology Lecture “State of the Art: A Story $20 discount categories; Emory College presenting. Ron Harris, Cornell Theology Library in Four Parts.” 8–5 p.m. $10 students. 404-727-5050. 4:30 p.m. 110 White Hall. University, presenting. Exhibition Emory Conference Center. Also Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. Free. 404-727-1444. 9 a.m. 600 Whitehead “Singing Faith: A $100; $25 Emory and Ga. and 8 p.m. Building. Free. Tercentenary Celebration of Tech employees; $10 stu- Thursday, Dec. 13 404-727-7401. Sunday, Dec. 16 Charles Wesley.” Durham Medical Science dents. 404-686-6194. Also Concert Reading Room, Pitts Lecture on Dec. 18. Register at “Messiah Sing.” The Theology Library. Free. “Surgical Grand Rounds: http://whsc.emory.edu/ Chancel Choir of Glenn 404-727-5094. Update on Mechanical Religion phi/symposium2007. Memorial, performing. Through Jan. 1. Ventilation.” Rabih Bechara, cfm. 4 p.m. Glenn Auditorium. medicine, presenting. 7 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 Free. 404-634-3936. Public Visual Arts Gallery Emory Hospital Auditorium. University Worship invited to sing along. Exhibition Free. 404-778-1903. Rev. Susan Henry-Crowe, “New Work by Sang-Wook religious life, preaching. Lee.” 5:30 p.m. Visual Arts Physiology Lecture 11 a.m. Cannon Chapel. Gallery. Free. 404-727-5050. “Na+/H+ Exchangers from Free. 404-727-6225. Through Jan. 26, 2008. Yeast to Human: Trafficking

experience joy and delight, the flu is much more Ho l i d a y Ti p s from page 1 and focus on peace. Blevins serious. Contracting encourages you to ask the flu can lead to • Recycle your Christmas tree yourself what holiday hospitalization. ‘Tis the season for giving (visit www.earth911.org practices make you Banks strongly for a recycler near you). Open your heart and empty your closet. There focus on peace. “So many recommends get- are many ways to give this holiday season that • Purchase LED holiday lights, things over the holidays ting a flu shot. “The don’t require boxes or bows. Here is a sampling which are 90 percent more can keep us from that. We shot is very safe, and of holiday giving opportunities around campus. energy efficient. If you’re not find ourselves exhausted and there is no shortage this year,” using LED lights, minimize frazzled by the demand to she says. Atlanta Children’s Shelter Charity Drive: The Office of the time your lights are on. celebrate. We must find the Other ways to stay Communications & Marketing is holding a holiday charity • If you purchase elec- balance and make sure the healthy include eating right. drive Dec. 3-14. Bring children’s items, bed and bath sup- tronics, consider how stress level doesn’t outweigh “Fresh fruits and vegetables plies such as sheets and towels, and kitchen items as well as much that product the happiness.” are the best source of vita- general household items to 1762 Clifton Drive, Plaza 1000. increases your power mins — the chemicals our Contact Monica Partlow at 404-727-0334 or visit consumption. Consider Stay healthy through bodies must have for cell www.AtlantaChildrensShelter.com for more informa- offsetting that consumption in the holidays repair and operations,” tion. another way (begin carpool- Washing your hands regularly Banks says. ing to work, turn your ther- is the most important thing Make time Books for Africa Collection Drive: Volunteer Emory, in mostat down another degree). you can do to prevent to exercise. “This conjunction with Alpha Phi Omega and others, are collect- getting a cold or the flu, lowers your stress ing used books to benefit literacy efforts in Africa. Collec- tion boxes are located at the Dobbs Center, Cox Hall, Eagle Keep the spirit of says Shirley Banks, Health level, which can Row and other areas of campus until Dec. 21. the season intact Educator in the Health get high this time of It’s easy to get caught up Education and Promotions year,” she says. Campus Life Pet Supply Collection: Campus Life is col- in the stress of the season area of Student Health and Banks also suggests Counseling Services. Wash getting fresh air whenever lecting donations for PAWS Atlanta at its annual holiday and forget exactly why we luncheon Thursday, Dec. 13 from noon to 2 p.m. in the Cox celebrate. It’s important to them anytime you’ve possible when travelling touched your face, via plane or car, and Hall ballroom. Requested items include dog and cat food, find time to take a deep newspapers, cat litter, bleach, dog leashes and dog and cat breath and remember mouth or nose, as avoid exposure to well as before cigarette smoke, toys. Non-Campus Life employees are welcome to drop off what this time of the donations at Cox Hall from 11 a.m. to noon. year is about: joy, peace eating and after which can exac- handling things erbate symptoms and love. Emory College Food Drive: In conjunction with the At- that get handled by a if you’ve already “It’s important to lanta Community Food Bank, the College will continue its lot of people (such as been exposed to a decouple the holidays from food drive through Dec. 19. Collection barrels are located money and serving spoons at cold. consumerism,” says John on the second floor of White Hall, first floor of the Rich If all else fails and you do Blevins, visiting assistant potlucks). According to Banks, Building and first floor of the Candler Library. professor of pastoral care at hand sanitizer is a good thing, get sick, there’s a golden rule, all contributions of canned goods or other packaged Candler School of Theology. but it’s not a substitute for old- Banks says: Stay home. “No staples are being accepted. The Food Bank is particularly “Don’t fall into the trap that fashioned soap and work, no parties, no family in need of peanut butter, canned tuna, canned beans, the holidays are about stuff.” water. gatherings,” she says. “Avoid- canned soups, stews, pastas, 100 percent fruit juice, canned Blevins is also careful “When I say ing contact with a sick person fruits and vegetables, macaroni and cheese, and whole about what activi- wash your hands, is a pretty straight-forward grain, low sugar cereals. ties he partici- I mean really lather way to avoid getting sick.” pates in during up, get in between Nurturing your body, ‘Think Pink’ by giving Emory Eagles merchandise: the holidays. your fingers, and use a fresh spirit and the natural world The Emory Eagles and the Emory Breast Health Center He suggests towel or paper towel to dry,” are easy ways to make the have teamed up to sell “Think Pink” merchandise to ben- choosing activities she advises. This remains holidays less stressful. Taking efit breast cancer research at Emory. Just in time for the that reflect what you want out doubly true if you have or time out to reflect on what’s holidays, the special edition merchandise is now available of the season. “It’s okay to say work with children. Children’s important to you and how you at a new online store. Visit www.ezpromostore.com/ ‘no’ to events that add stress. immune systems are not as celebrate with sustainability emory_eagles_think_pink to buy. Say ‘yes’ to the ones that af- developed as adults, causing in mind can reduce stress and firm your beliefs,” he advises. germs to congregate. keep you happy and healthy This should be a time to Unlike the common cold, throughout the season.