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EOctober 1, 2007m / volume 60, numbero 6 ry Reportwww.emory.edu/Em o r y _Re p o r t scholarship&research campusnews Archaeologist digs up secrets President’s address takes of a forgotten place in time stock of Emory’s strengths Bryan Meltz Bryan “Other institutions increasingly look at Emory as a leader,” said President Jim Wagner at the annual State of the University address.

By Carol Clark port this vision, Emory has developed internal indicators to measure their impact. Amnon Gutman “By most of those Oded Borowski (far left), leading the most recent dig at Tell Halif, Israel, says his fascination with “ learly and unequivo- measures, we’re doing quite archaeology began when he was a child growing up near Tel Aviv. cally, the state of Em- well,” Wagner said. He cited C ory University is not selectivity in admissions as merely good, it is very good,” By Carol Clark While much of archae- On his desk in Callaway, one example: Four years ago ology is focused on major a baseball-sized orb of flint President Jim Wagner told 43 percent of students who landmarks, grand tombs holds down a pile of scrap the crowd gathered in Cox applied were accepted. Each and precious works of art, paper. “It’s a ballista stone, Ballroom on Sept. 25. Wagner year, that percentage has be- istory is full of famous Borowski has dedicated three the same kind used in a sling outlined Emory’s myriad come increasingly refined; this people, great monu- decades to sifting through a by David to defeat Goliath,” achievements throughout year 27 percent of applicants Hments and burning mound of dirt known as Tell Borowski explains as a visitor the past year, and its bright joined the incoming class. questions. But if Oded Halif, tracing layers of modest picks up the ancient artillery prospects for the coming one, And Emory is making Borowski could visit any time human settlement that go back to weigh its heft. in his annual State of the and place, he would travel more than 5,500 years. “There Borowski was a founding University address. a measurable difference in back 2,200 years to a now is no glitter to be found there,” member of the archeological External indicators of terms of the number of pa- forgotten town in the Borowski says, matter-of-fact- team that started work on the Emory’s rising status include tients cared for in its medical former kingdom of Judah. ly. Tell Halif site in 1976, and he its movement up to No. 17 in facilities, faculty publications He’d like to meet a resident The site lies about a 90- now serves as director of the the U.S. News & World Re- cited by other scholars, major there and ask: What did you minute drive south of Tel Aviv, team. The project is one of port rankings of universities research projects, partnerships have for breakfast? What do Israel and adjacent to Kibbutz the longest-running and most and the boost of the Goizueta formed with communities and you do for a living? Lahav, which Borowski joined comprehensive excavations in Business School to No. 4 in organizations, students gradu- “I’m most interested in when he was 18. During the 10 Israel, involving Emory and a Business Week’s rankings. ating without enormous debt learning about the routine, years he spent at the kibbutz, consortium of nearly 10 other “You ignore these exter- loads, works of art created daily life of ordinary people Borowski worked in agricul- universities and institutions. nal rankings to your peril, and square-footage of green- in the past,” says Borowski, ture, but spent his spare time In recent years, the team but it would be absolutely certified buildings. professor of Hebrew and bibli- picking up shards of pottery has focused on uncovering wrong to use them to drive “In these areas, Emory cal archaeology in the Depart- and other relics at Tell Halif. the story of a border our University,” Wagner is having an impact,” Wagner ment of Middle Eastern and “You’re always bumping of an estimated 1,500 people said, stressing that Emory said. “We know this, in part, South Asian Studies. “They into history in Israel,” says that lived and prospered on aspires to its own vision of an because other institutions are the ones who paid the Borowski, who tagged along the site during the Iron Age inquiry-driven, destination increasingly look at Emory as taxes, did the work and made to archaeological digs even as II. Numerous ballista stones, university. Since the strategic a leader.” Last spring, for in- the great civilizations pos- a child growing up near Tel plan initiatives were launched sible.” Aviv. See Dig on page 7 in January of 2006 to sup- See St a t e o f Un i v e r s i t y on page 6

strategicinitiatives Report captures Year of the Faculty dialogues, outlines actions By Kim Urquhart levels of strategic resources to diversity. build and strengthen a faculty “The Year of the Fac- of excellence. ulty dialogues have helped to Culled primarily from underscore the importance aculty should have dis- a series of faculty dialogues and dimensions of pursuing covered in their mail- boxes last week a copy held throughout the 2006–07 continued faculty excellence,” F academic year — and con- writes Earl Lewis, provost and of a handsome blue book titled, “A Community of Excellence: tinuing a longer tradition of executive vice president for Reflections and Directions intense self-reflection and academic affairs and Claire from the Year of the Faculty.” engagement at Emory — the Sterk, senior vice provost for Contained inside are analyses report examines challenges academic planning and faculty of national and Emory trends and opportunities related to development, who produced and data; essays capturing an faculty recruitment and reten- the book with contributions tion; faculty roles; develop- from authors across the Uni- Bryan Meltz Bryan insider’s perspective; and sug- Provost Earl Lewis and Senior Vice Provost Claire Sterk pro- gested actions that express the ment, promotion and tenure; versity. duced the report “A Community of Excellence” to capture voice of the faculty as the Uni- balancing research, teaching the voice of the faculty. versity continues to invest new and service; and the pursuit of See Ye a r o f Fa c u l t y on page 5 2 October 1, 2007 Emory Report

AROUNDCAMPUS FIRSTPERSON paige parvin

Rep. Scott will keynote at EPIC conference Class note case is no joke The Emory Public Interest Com- mittee will host the 4th Annual in Manhattan; neither is gay. tory laws and policies that their universities’ policies — Public Interest Law Conference Hilarious, right? gay people at risk. have begun to include an- on Saturday, Oct. 13. Georgia’s But the highjinks don’t And just as troubling is the nouncements of same-sex 13th Congressional District Rep. stop there. The pair is so elevation of a class note into a committment ceremonies and David Scott will deliver the royally piqued at the prank court case. Class notes are a gay couples having or adopting keynote address at the confer- that they are suing their alma time-honored tradition in ence luncheon. Scott is author babies. So the announcement of mater for a total of $1.5 alumni magazines around the of the John R. Justice Prosecu- Weil and Royce’s nuptials would tors and Defenders Act of 2007, million, claiming magazine country, a kind of message not necessarily have raised an a bill promoting a loan repay- editors acted in “malice” and board where graduates can automatic red flag for editors at ment program for law school “gross negligence” by printing share their news: marriages, American Magazine, here, or graduates who commit to serve the announcement. It is unclear new babies, promotions, elsewhere. as criminal prosecutors or public who submitted it — but a safe professional and personal But abuse of the communal defenders. Hinton Kay guess it was someone with shal- achievements. They are a way good faith will send editors This year’s conference will Paige Parvin ’96G is editor of lower pockets than the univer- of staying connected to class- scrambling to cinch guidelines feature four panel discussions Emory Magazine and former sity. mates, friends and the univer- that will protect their universi- on topics related to public cochair of the Emory University It’s enough to keep an sity itself; many alumni readers ties and potentially rob class interest law, including “Na- President’s Commission on LGBT alumni magazine editor up at report that the class notes are notes of the warm, personal tion Building and Developing Concerns. night. the first section of the maga- content that makes them an Constitutions,” “Right to Die,” “Gay” has long been a zine they read. asset to broader alumni out- “Mental Health and Privacy aybe some people choice insult in locker rooms Distinct from the editorial reach efforts. Post-Virginia Tech,” and “Law hang on to college and frat houses, but it is deeply content of the magazine, class The pair’s attorney has told and the Media.” just a little too long. disturbing that educated adults note entries typically are M the press that the lawsuit “has Following the panels and Apparently an unknown still find the very notion of submitted by alumni them- nothing to do with homopho- luncheon, conference attendees acquaintance of two American homosexuality so embarrassing selves, by the hundreds. Emory bia.” In fact, it is a case of are invited to participate in one University alumni, Ross Weil that it is employed as the Magazine, for instance, aver- of two workshops: “How to raging homophobia from start and Brett Royce, decided he (or ultimate malicious joke. ages about 200 class notes in Fund a Public Interest Career” to finish, reinforcing negative she) wanted to play a funny Equally egregious is the idea each issue. It would be nearly and “Innocence Matters: Free- trick on them. So what to do? stereotypes and further ing Troy Davis from Georgia’s that to be incorrectly identified impossible for the editorial staff Short-sheet their beds? Put hindering the already agonizing Death Row.” An afternoon as gay is considered grounds at even a large, mainstream Ben-Gay in their underwear? progress toward social equality reception will follow the work- for a high-priced libel suit. publication to personally Oooh…I know. Dude. Let’s Substitute the name of any fact-check every single such for gay Americans. Talk about shops. gross negligence. The conference is free to tell everyone they’re gay. other minority group and submission, much less the small I’m sure the fake class attend and open to the public. According to reports, the consider whether “defamatory” staffs of most alumni maga- For more information, visit university alumni quarterly, would apply. zines. Such a burden might well note submission seemed an www.law.emory.edu/epic. American Magazine included in It is true that in most states, render class notes unsustain- inspired idea to the mystery its spring issue a class note including Georgia, one can be able. prankster(s), as he composed it Carlos Museum extends announcing that the 2002 fired for being gay; in some Instead, we necessarily rely over a few beers. But I hope he hours on First Thursday graduates are “life partners” states it can get you killed. But on alumni to respect class notes is sobered by the serious turn The Carlos Museum is extend- who got married in June. It also that’s exactly why this moronic for what they are: a community his little trick has taken. Dude, ing its hours Thursday, Oct 4. claimed Weil is chief operating hoax — and the targets’ service, regulated by the honor there is now $1.5 million at The museum will stay open officer of the “Gay Rights dramatic response — is so system. Fortunately, the vast stake. until 9 p.m. in conjunction with Brigade,” a made-up organiza- damaging. Widely accepted, majority does. As for Weil and Royce, I held at Emory Village’s First tion. derogatory attitudes about In recent years, Emory hope they don’t get enough Thursdays, held from 6:30 to As it turns out, none of this same-sex relationships advance Magazine and many others — money from American Univer- 10:30 p.m. is true. Weil, 29, and Royce, 28, insidious social homophobia in recognition of gay alumni, sity to buy even a six-pack of The Carlos Museum will be are former housemates who live and legitimize the discrimina- and usually in keeping with Amstel Light. handing out VIP tickets to the “Cradle of Christianity” exhibi- tion starting at 6 p.m. on First Thursday. Gradynews For more information, call 404-727-2635. Campus dialogues outline complex issues facing Grady Emory Report to fall into place — and soon, and fellows who deliver nearly Both Cagle and HealthSTAT takes fall break according to a recent report of 85 percent of the medical care panelist State Rep. Sharon Cooper, who heads the state Emory Report will not the Metro Atlanta Chamber of at Grady under contract with publish an issue on Oct. 8. Commerce task force on Grady. the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital legislators’ task force on Grady, Regular publication will In response, the Fulton- Authority. Cagle, too, stressed said that a new governance resume on Oct. 15. DeKalb Hospital Authority on the importance of “financial structure would not affect the Sept. 24 unanimously adopted stability” for Grady, and called hospital’s mission to care for a resolution to explore a new for a business model to be put Atlanta’s uninsured and indigent governing structure. Fulton into place, as it has been at population. “We must ensure Emory Report County Commissioner Lynn other Georgia hospitals, “that the right balance that will allow Riley, a panelist at an event ensures deliverables are met in us to offset the charitable care Executive Editor: later that day organized by the a timely manner.” that exists, but that doesn’t Nancy Seideman statewide, student-led nonprofit Grady faces a cash short- mean we will push non-paying

[email protected] Meltz Bryan HealthSTAT (Health Students fall projected at $120 million. patients away,” Cagle said. During a campus visit with Taking Action Together), used Without an infusion of capital The issues that plague Editor: Emory medical staff who her opening statement to share for the troubled hospital, North Grady reflect a larger ailment Kim Urquhart practice at Grady Memorial the news. Georgia could lose its only facing the health care industry [email protected] Hospital, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle “It was very encourag- Level I trauma center and the nationwide, such as the growing called for a “new business ing to see that we are making state could lose its only poison number of the uninsured. “How model” for Grady. Designer: forward progress on a col- control center, largest burn do we sustain Grady without laborative effort to retain the unit and other major centers looking at the health care crisis Christi Gray By Kim Urquhart [email protected] unique gemstone that we have of excellence in HIV/AIDS and in the state of Georgia? It’s not in the Grady Health System as infectious diseases, sickle cell, an isolate,” said HealthSTAT it serves not only the indigent stroke, mental health, cancer panelist Rita Valenti, a nurse Photography Director: he doctors, residents and of Fulton and DeKalb counties, and more, serving more than and 20-year veteran of Grady. Bryan Meltz health students who serve but also the trauma patients as 1 million inpatient and out- That Grady is a significant [email protected] on the front lines at Grady T well being a premier school of patient visits per year. issue on the minds of many Health System, providing care medicine for students of Emory Emory supports the gov- in the Emory community was Editorial Assistant: to the uninsured and underin- and Morehouse schools of erning structure the Grady driven home in President Jim Jessica Gearing sured every day, know how to save lives. They turned out in a medicine,” said Riley, underlin- authority has agreed to consid- Wagner’s State of the University Emory Report (USPS705- sea of white coats at two sepa- ing Grady’s significance. Riley er. A 501(c)3 nonprofit organi- address on Sept. 25. “We’re not 780) is published and distrib- rate events last week to learn was one of seven panelists zation will allow Grady to enter merely watching the situation uted free to faculty and staff what can be done to save the representing various stakehold- into new and significant rev- [at Grady] closely, but we’re of Emory University, weekly ers who offered their views on enue streams and reimbursable devoting enormous resources during the academic year, hospital that is critical to the semimonthly May-August; health of Georgia citizens and what they see as sustainable services. The Grady authority of time, energy and brainpower by the Office of University a linchpin of medical education, solutions to the significant chal- has agreed to consider such a to bring about a positive resolu- Communications, 1762 Clifton training one-quarter of all the lenges facing the hospital. plan, and will work with a new tion,” Wagner said. “Today we Road, NE, Plaza 1000, Atlanta, doctors in the state. Adding to the on-campus advisory group of civic, govern- are encouraged somewhat that GA 30322. Periodicals postage is With the financially dialogue on Grady was Georgia ment and business leaders to so many in the community are paid at Atlanta, GA. Postmaster: Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, who explore handing over daily con- working to be constructively Send off-campus address troubled hospital facing the changes to Emory Report, c/o very real prospect of closure, visited Emory earlier that day trol to a nonprofit board. The engaged to pursue solutions that Development Services, 795 new business models and new to show his support for the advisory group has 60 days to will lead not merely to allowing Gatewood, Atlanta, 30322. forms of financial support need faculty physicians, residents report back to the authority. Grady to survive, but to thrive.” Emory Report October 1, 2007 3 emoryprofile Tim Downes Class note case is no joke Practice makes perfect

by Laura Sommer Kay Hinton Kay

ristotle once said, way to conclude my playing Atlanta bound and hopefully an athletics influential person in his life. He “Pleasure in the job career.” Downes comes to Emory contest or two,” he says. “If we also finds great strength from his Aputs perfection in the having held high-profile don’t have any contests, I like to friends, who typically double as work.” That’s good news for Legal minded positions at universities around be home for dinner, a walk with former teammates. “You share a Emory Athletics. Tim Downes, Following graduation from the country, the most recent the family and to help Beth put lot with your teammates and so I the recently recruited director Dartmouth in 1988, Downes being Franklin and Marshall the kids to bed.” think it’s just natural that my of athletics and recreation, served as assistant coach for College, in Lancaster, Pa., Beth Downes says achiev- closest friends are former lives and breathes sports. He he lacrosse and soccer programs where he had served as director ing that delicate work-life teammates,” he says. “By has since he was a young boy. at Washington and Lee of athletics and recreation since balance comes naturally to her choosing a career in college University while attending August 2004. husband. “He’s fiercely loyal athletics, I’ve also been able to A natural athlete Washington and Lee School of Emory’s urban setting is a and has an amazing work ethic stay in touch with old coaches “As a 5-year-old I remember Law. welcome change. “I’ve been and will do anything in the and, more importantly, grow to batting four-for-four in my very That’s right. Downes is a struck by how mature and world for the people he cares appreciate how much they did first baseball game. Granted, I lawyer. cosmopolitan Atlanta is, as well about, whether that’s his wife, for me.” was hitting off of a tee and I “Even though I’m licensed as by the fact that it’s been a three children or every single don’t think there were any to practice in the state of month now and I’ve yet to see athlete at Emory,” she says. The circle of life infielders or outfielders, but it Maryland, the law degree has a horse and buggy,” says “The students at Emory, and And what goes around comes was a great, great feeling and never been officially put to use. Downes. especially me, are incredibly around. As an athletics director, kept me wanting to come back But my legal training comes in Despite the move, Downes’ lucky to have him in our lives.” Downes is now the person for more,” Downes recalls. handy on a daily basis and personal life has remained student athletes look up to — a And that he did. Downes would with just about any virtually the same. His family A family affair went on to play a multitude of profession,” explains Downes. still enjoys Mexican cuisine for Daughter Kelly and sons role he doesn’t mind one bit. In sports as an adolescent. His Downes’ career path takes on Sunday night dinner and bagels 4-year-old Drew and 19-month- fact, he says the most rewarding greatest love is lacrosse — a an almost comical feel in light on Saturday mornings. And old Will have a blast attending part of his job is when he can sport he played with tremen- of his family’s professional Downes continues to juggle a the Emory Eagles games. “Their “sit in the back of the stands and dous success in both high backgrounds. busy weekday schedule. He’s attention spans don’t necessarily watch our coaches and students school and college. “The half of my family up by 6 a.m. to walk the family allow them to sit through entire celebrate a big win.” “At the end of my last in the law profession told me dog, George. Then it’s time for a events, but they definitely love Downes goes on to say that season at Dartmouth I played in not to be a lawyer; the half jog. Afterward, it’s hurry up and running up and down the stands the opportunity to watch those an all-star game. I was on the of my family who are teachers get ready for work and drop and making a lot of noise,” says same student athletes walk same team with my best friend told me not to get into 7-year-old daughter, Kelly, off at Downes. across the stage at graduation is from high school and my best education. I similarly dis- school. Downes acknowledges that equally rewarding. “I have the friend from college,” he says. “I pleased both sides,” jokes “The rest of my day is family is important to him and best job in all of college athlet- couldn’t think of a better Downes. usually taken up with meetings says his father is the most ics,” he says.

eagleupdate campussustainability E-Team Rewards Program continues to grow Kingsolver urges consumers to step he Emory Athletics Department is reporting great success with its E-Team Rewards Program. When it up to the plate and eat locally T began three years ago 624 people enrolled. Last year 676 enrolled. Assistant Athletics Director Angie at Emory, specifically because Duprey expects both those figures to be surpassed this we’re so impressed with the year. “We’ve had about 400 people enroll in the program efforts of students, faculty and since Aug. 25. We expect the number to climb to possibly staff on this campus to engage 800 this year,” said Duprey. with your local food econo- The ultimate goal of the E-Team Rewards Program is my and with sustainability,” Kingsolver told the crowd that to create enthusiasm for student athletes and to get peo- filled Glenn Memorial audito- ple to recognize the success of Emory athletics. rium. She was referring to the University’s goal for 75 percent How it works: of the food served on campus to A $20 membership ($15 renewal) entitles the cardholder to come from local and/or sustain- an official E-Team T-shirt, membership card and prize pack. ably-grown sources by 2015. E-team members are given coupons to use at local restau- Ann Borden Kingsolver urged members rants and the Emory Bookstore. Members are also eligible Barbara Kingsolver and husband, Steven Hopp, sign copies of of the audience to educate for raffles, drawings and members-only tailgating parties. their new book, “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.” themselves about the food chain The purpose of the actual membership card is to and make thoughtful choices record the number of times an E-team member attends By Carol Clark Barbara Kingsolver and about how they eat. “Food is a qualifying Emory event. The more events a member her husband Steven Hopp cited one consumer choice we have attends, the more free merchandise earned. Members can these and other startling food to make day after day after day,” earn Emory Eagles items such as water bottles, hats and facts during their recent appear- she said. “So focusing on our bout 17 percent of our food economy is a good entry jerseys. ance at Emory, where they nation’s annual energy discussed their book “Animal, point to address a whole lot of “The first year, students could only use their E-Team Ause, or 400 gallons of oil Vegetable, Miracle.” Kingsolver, issues that are upsetting a whole card at athletic events. Now, we’ve expanded to include per citizen, goes into agriculture a best-selling novelist and lot of us, in terms of national the arts and some other events,” said Duprey. production and logistics. This essayist, teamed up with Hopp health crises, in terms of envi- Emory students are not the only ones eligible for a figure includes the use of gas- (who teaches environmental ronmental issues, and in terms membership card. Anyone can become an E-team member. guzzling farm equipment, syn- studies at Emory and Henry of corporate control over how This is something that parents and grandparents of stu- thetic fertilizers, pesticides and College in Virginia) and her we live.” dents have come to appreciate, said Duprey. herbicides, and transportation daughter Camille (a student at Sustainable food helps fos- To enroll in the program, visit www.go.emory.edu. from the farm gate to your plate: Duke University) to write the ter a sense of community and each food item in a typical U.S. nonfiction paean to sustainable develop your taste buds, she meal has traveled an average of food. added. “It’s wonderful. It’s deli- ­—Laura Sommer 1,500 miles. “We’re really happy to be cious. It’s fun,” Kingsolver said. 4 October 1, 2007 Emory Report

Q&A emile hirsch Campusnews

mile Hirsch stars as Did going to all the places Christopher McCandless McCandless visited help Emory’s cameo in ‘Into the Wild’ E in “Into the Wild,” a film you get into the character? adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s Hirsch: Sean says it best when becomes reality through staff efforts bestseller that chronicles the he said, “Everything was made true story of the Emory alum- more authentic because na- nus who journeys to Alaska to ture is relentlessly authentic.” live in the wilderness, where You can’t help but be affected he eventually perishes. Hirsch by that. There were times speaks with Emory Report when it felt so real. Where we about wanderlust, working were — it was such a tangible with director Sean Penn, and environment, so non-theoret- sharing a scene with a 9-foot- ical, it brought out the reality tall, 1,000-pound co-star. in all the situations. How did you approach play- ing Chris in an authentic What were the best and way but still remain enig- worst parts of the whole matic? experience? Hirsch: I tried to learn what I Hirsch: The best day and could about Chris: talking to his worst day were the same day. family; going over his journal The worst day was the day and the photos of him. It’s try- where I had to work with ing to absorb information and the grizzly bear — this was a give it interpretation. 9-foot-tall, 1,000-pound griz- zly bear. Even though he was How did you prepare trained, he was a method ac- physically for this role? tor —­ very prone to improvis- Hirsch: A lot of it is getting ing. The best day was the end your body in shape. In terms of that day, when I walked of [scenes such as kayaking the away with my limbs intact. Colorado River] rapids — that was more of just willpower Do you think Chris McCa- and learning to face challenges ndless was coming home? that are mentally daunting Hirsch: I won’t say that I

and fear-inspiring. One of know; no one knows where Meltz Bryan the things I took away from he was going. He was alone Brand Manager David McClurkin, who worked with Sean Penn to film a scene for “Into the the movie is that a lot of the in Alaska for 113 days. After Wild” at Emory, welcomes actor Emile Hirsch to campus. Hirsch, who plays Emory alumnus time you feel like you can’t do doing something like that, Chris McCandless, also made an appearance at the student premiere. something, but you really can. it could profoundly change It’s only your own fears that are you. I will say I think he would By kim urquhart fact that the film is about an recognized, and to move around holding you back. have gone back to society. Emory student,” said McClurkin, a bit more freely, then he was What was it like to work Has experiencing Chris’ who as brand manager is comfortable answering people’s with Sean Penn, who was responsible for fielding all questions about what he was journey rubbed off on you? hose who attended the with you every step of the Hirsch: Identifying with outside requests to shoot film, doing there. He answered gra- way — including boating 2006 Commencement video or photography on cam- ciously but briefly — he was so that need for wanderlust is ceremony will no doubt down the rapids? something I responded to, the T pus. The University has standard focused on filming,” McClurkin recall a familiar face moving Hirsch: He was the general urge for adventure, the “itchy guidelines for permission and said. inconspicuously around the with the mad glint in his eye. feet.” I think it’s the adven- pricing, McClurkin said, and During the campus film- Quad with movie cameras in He was really on a mission to tures that he had that sparks the primary criteria for accept- ing, the crew used only over- tow. It was soon evident that make this film authentically as people’s imaginations — what ing such a project is whether it the-head of the crowd shots this figure was Sean Penn, who pure and honest as he could can I accomplish, where can advances Emory’s mission and where no single person would make it. And he inspires people was on campus filming a scene I go? strategic plan. be recognized. So why was the around him to do their best. for “Into The Wild” which In the case of “Into the graduation scene with the actors —Kim Urquhart opens in Atlanta on Oct.15. Wild,” McClurkin said, “They filmed at Rice University? Emory students, however, gave me the preliminary script McClurkin suspects it’s so were treated to a sneak peek of written by Sean Penn to review the producers could have more campusnews the finished product that stars first, because I wanted to make control. “We thought it would Emile Hirsch as Christopher sure it was a neutral to posi- be disruptive to have William McCandless, the Emory gradu- tive portrayal of Emory. And Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden ate who donated his savings to Goizueta receives $10M it appeared to be positive, and sitting in the audience at gradu- charity, abandoned most of his ation,” he said. The filming was possessions and struck out on a a positive portrayal of the stu- to establish new center quest that eventually led to his dent.” also dependent on the stars’ After several weeks of schedules and various logistical By Victor rogers addresses the most important death in the Alaskan wilderness. questions. For example, are Penn did not make a return negotiation, led by Associate considerations. “We offered to investors getting good risk trip to campus, but Hirsch did General Counsel Chris Kellner, let them shoot the day before adjusted returns? Are capital — speaking to students at the the University agreed to allow graduation, but logistically they mory Goizueta Business filming at Commencement. could not.” School has received a markets more efficient? Are film’s special Emory premiere. markets more or less stable? Hirsch was introduced by “We were very restrictive The production company E major gift of $10 mil- about what they could do at wanted to rent Emory’s podium Are economies more efficient? David McClurkin, one of the lion from a private donor to Commencement, because we for the commencement shots, establish The Emory Center Do businesses improve funda- Emory staff members who mental performance when they helped further Penn’s goal to didn’t want there to be any “but we were reluctant, even for Private Equity and Hedge distraction from the ceremony,” with insurance, to ship this to Funds. are taken private? make the film as authentic as possible. The film is closely said McClurkin. “Throughout another place,” McClurkin said. “The explosive interna- “The Center will have a positive impact on the school’s based on the 1996 book of the the entire experience Penn and A replica of Emory’s podium tional growth of private equity programs,” said Klaas Baks, an same name by Jon Krakauer, River Road Entertainment were was eventually constructed at and hedge funds is causing a assistant professor of finance who first detailed McCandless’ gracious, cooperative, sensible Rice. sea change in the world’s finan- who teaches a private equity unique odyssey for Outside and helpful.” In an effort to make the cial markets,” said Goizueta course. “Student interest in Magazine in 1993. Emory requested that the movie as authentic as possible, Dean Larry Benveniste. “We alternative investments, includ- After securing the fam- film crew be as unobtrusive as the producers also asked for envision the Center becom- ing private equity and hedge ily’s blessings — Penn was so possible, and not a word was various Emory-branded com- ing the intellectual hub for funds, has grown in recent haunted by McCandless’ story mentioned that the famed actor- mencement paraphernalia such academic research, teaching years.” that he pursued the project for director would be on the prem- as, ribbons, robes and bedels. and outreach, and the nexus Through courses designed 10 years — the cast and crew ises. Penn donned a baseball Director of Convocation Tricia for scholars and practitioners in collaboration with Center crisscrossed North America to cap and sunglasses; two camer- Stultz received a request for sharing ideas related to pri- staff, students will gain invalu- shoot at 36 locations, including as on tripods and crew of about 2,000 gowns. The film also vate equity and hedge funds. able insight into the alternative Emory. eight moved quietly about the used footage of the traditional Through its work, the Center investment industry. Students Emory does not often allow Quad. Commencement bagpipes, and will contribute significantly to also will experience an filming on campus, especially “Over the course of the paid an honorarium to the the public understanding of this increase in mentoring, intern- not at an event as important ceremony, more and more Atlanta Pipe Band for a 12-sec- all-important industry.” ship and career opportunities as Commencement. But when people began to recognize Sean ond clip. The mission of the Center by interacting with industry River Road Entertainment Penn,” McClurkin recalled. “But McClurkin hopes the film will be to support academic leaders affiliated with the approached the University it became a positive experi- will also be an opportunity to research and education on the Center. about the project, a deal was ence. Penn was being so good introduce Emory to the world. important function hedge funds Pending the Center’s eventually brokered. about not taking away from the “Because of my position as and private equity play in allo- formal approval by Goizueta “This was an exceptional importance of the event.” brand manager, I think this cating financial resources. In Business School faculty, situation because of Sean Penn even attended a might be one of the most cost- that role, the Center will help Benveniste will begin search- Penn’s involvement, because reception with film studies grad- effective and extraordinary shape the public debate about ing for a candidate to lead the he’s well known and has a good uates. “After Penn got the sense opportunities to have Emory be this industry in a manner that Center’s initiatives. reputation, and of course the that it was okay for him to be seen all over the world,” he said. Emory Report October 1, 2007 5

campusevent informationtechnology Roches to rock ‘Cradle of Christianity’ Shared computing cluster By Carol Clark cial occasions, when we feel had a mind of its own and that the people who are put- our job was to be its midwife,” now available for University ting it on realize the sensitive said. “The land- n Sept. 3, the Office of Information Technology and he rich harmonies of The nature of the program. After all, scape of prayers is a rich and Roches singing group will the Research and Health Sciences IT division officially people entrusted us with their vulnerable place to work. The launched the Emory Life Physical Sciences cluster known fill Emory’s Michael C. prayers and we take that very surprise for me was that so O T as ELLIPSE, a 256 node, 1024 CPU, high-performance Sun comput- Carlos Museum on Thursday, seriously,” said Suzzy Roche, many people have been affect- ing cluster. ELLIPSE is the latest arrival in the Emory High Perfor- Oct. 11, when the songwrit- who will be performing with ed by it. Because the prayers mance Compute Cluster (EHPCC), a subscription-based, shared ing sisters perform music from her sisters Maggie and Terry are coming from individuals resource for the University community that is managed by the their Zero Church Project. The Roche. and not religions, I think it High Performance Computing (HPC) Group. concert, featuring prayers from The New Jersey singers tends to open the subject up.” The addition of ELLIPSE to existing campus computational around the world set to music, are known for complex harmo- The concert “is the perfect resources, such as those at the Biomolecular Computing Resource celebrates the exhibit “Cradle nies, quirky lyrics and folksy complement to an exhibition (BIMCORE) and Cherry Emerson Center for Scientific Computa- of Christianity: Jewish and live performances. The Zero that is exploring issues of inter- tion, moves the University into the top tier of institutions for Christian Treasures from the Church Project grew out of faith discussion and communi- conducting computational investigations in neural simulation, Holy Land,” continuing at the Suzzy Roche’s participation cation,” said Elizabeth Hornor, genomic comparison, biological sequence analysis, statistical Carlos Museum through Oct. in the Institute on the Arts director of education at the research, algorithm research and development, and numerical 14. Tickets for the concert, set and Civic Dialogue at Harvard Carlos Museum. analysis. for 8 p.m. in the museum’s University in the summer of “Cradle of Christianity” Computing clusters provide a reasonably inexpensive method Reception Hall, cost $20 and 2001. explores aspects of early Jewish to aggregate computational power and dramatically cut the time may be ordered via the exhib- She asked friends and life and the concurrent birth needed to find answers in research that require analysis of vast it’s Web site. strangers to share a prayer or of Christianity by presenting amounts of data. Eight and a half hours of ELLIPSE operation is Emory’s own No Strings meditation that she and her artifacts drawn from the Israel equivalent to an entire year of 24-hour days on a fast desktop, Attached, an all-male a cap- sisters could set to music. The Museum in Jerusalem, which and four to five days is equivalent to two months on its 128 CPU pella ensemble, will sing several result is an open-hearted col- houses the foremost collection predecessor, which is still in service. numbers with dur- lection of personal entreaties to of biblical archeology in the Dieter Jaeger, associate professor in the Department of ing the program. a higher power that transcends world. Emory students, faculty Biology and chair of the executive committee that oversees the “We only do the Zero boundaries of religious identity. and staff may view the exhibit cluster, is one of the faculty who has used the EHPCC extensively Church concert on very spe- “The Zero Church Project for free on Wednesdays. for computational neuroscience focused on two brain structures, the basal ganglia and the cerebellum in the mammalian system. Ye a r o f Fa c u l t y from page 1 dence mounted, we thought, sity life, from seeking tenure “The new cluster is a central piece of what we want to do in ‘We are about to experience a to embracing retirement. research,” Jaeger said. “Computational neuroscience is an essen- “This is really the facul- significant generational transi- “Having essays by graduate tial tool in understanding brain function. We could not handle ty’s voice,” said Sterk, Charles tion,’” Lewis explained. “We students symbolizes how it’s the amount of complexity, the interactions of different processes Howard Candler Professor of could wait for that transition not just about us, it’s about in the brain, without a platform to recreate those dynamics in Public Health. “Every topic to happen to us, or we could the next generation of faculty,” computer programs.” was generated by the faculty. plan for the transition.” said Sterk. Through the understanding of these processes and struc- Our goal was to capture the The report is organized “What the essays suggest tures, better treatments can ultimately be designed for diseases best of what faculty have into three central compo- is that this project is not fin- like Parkinson’s, schizophrenia and depression. urged and offered, while put- nents. “The first is a scholarly ished in one year,” said Lewis. about a year and a half ago, at Winship Cancer Institute, ting it into a larger context.” reflective analysis looking at “We have outlined a pretty researchers at the Medical Physics and Engineering Research The report is a “commu- this generational transition bold agenda for ourselves as Laboratories had some problems they wanted to solve with high nity product” that outlines and tying that transition to we attempt to tackle a range performance computing. issues that will shape the the normal frame of academic of issues. Last year’s exchang- “For many years a lot of work has been going on about how University’s future, said Lewis, life and structure,” said Lewis. es and initial action steps are much radiation the breast receives during mammography,” said Asa Griggs Candler Professor “Ultimately the question just the beginning.” Ioannis Sechopoulos, assistant professor in the Department of of History and African Ameri- became: How do we prepare Lewis hopes the report Radiology. “We weren’t able to find out how much the rest of the body indirectly receives from the mammogram. There were can Studies. Emory to continue to grow will serve as a “living docu- lots of estimates and calculations out there, but only one very Sections such as “The and develop as an institution? ment.” An online version will limited scientific study.” Graying Professoriate” ex- How do we make this a fine be updated to keep pace as analyzing data for research like this can take two, three or amine the national picture of place to work and a place that new steps emerge in the Uni- four years. The researchers created a scientific software program changing faculty demograph- attracts and develops people versity’s initiative to strength- themselves using Geant4, a scientific simulation package devel- ics. How this trend will impact of visible excellence? In other en faculty distinction. oped by an international consortium of scientists, but needed to Emory was one of several words, how do we move from Sterk and Lewis said the find the right technology environment to perform the computa- driving forces behind the Year strength to strength?” report helps set the stage for tions. of the Faculty conversations The second section details Emory to be a leader in fac- “The choices were very limited,” said Andrew Karellas, pro- and the creation of this report, faculty development actions ulty distinction, to tackle the fessor of radiology and director of medical physics at Winship. which makes a case for careful initiated during the Year of undergirding issues affecting “We could go out and spend $100,000 to develop a homemade and systematic preparation the Faculty dialogues and institutions around the nation mini-cluster, go out to a national laboratory and use something on the part of faculty, depart- outlines a series of new initia- while retaining the Emory remotely, use the EHPCC, or we could abandon doing this re- tives planned for this year. identity and culture. “Change ments, deans and the Uni- search completely because it would be too expensive.” The final section encompasses is difficult,” Sterk said, “but versity at large to handle the They opted for the EHPCC and in two months had their a series of essays from faculty expected increase in faculty it’s also an opportunity for us answers, which are being reported in a series of four papers by retirements over the next 10 and graduate students that of- to be in many ways the leader Karellas; Sechopoulos; and Sankararaman Suryanarayanan, Srini- years. fer an insider’s perspective on that faculty have expressed vasan Vedantham; and Carl D’Orsi in the School of Medicine’s “Last year, as the evi- important aspects of univer- they would like us to be.” Department of Radiology. Two of the papers, that analyze a new three-dimensional breast imaging method, were published in emorysnapshot emorysnapshot Medical Physics in January and February, and two on radiation to the body from breast imaging have been accepted for publica- Jena trip shows students’ O’Connor event includes tion in Radiology. All have the potential for very high impact. “One paper that will have an immediate impact in the clinic concern for social justice reading of author’s letters was the study to find how much radiation the body receives from a standard mammogram using standard scientific methodology to simulate the human body and scientifically measure radiation on different body organs,” Sechopoulos said. “I think it’s a phenomenal success story because of the overall chemistry between technology [and research], but more importantly the people behind it,” Karellas said. “We are very grateful to the administration and [Vice President and CIO for IT] Rich Mendola who, to their credit, recognized the need and invested in it.” “We haven’t seen the end of it,” continued Karellas. “I’m very confident that there will be big successes from other groups who discover the new cluster.” For orientation to ELLIPSE and help matching Emory’s HPC resources to computational research projects, contact Keven Tony Benner Tony

Special Haynes, senior manager, High Performance Computing; Steve Pit- Atlanta actress Brenda Bynum gave an tard, BIMCORE; or Jamal G. Musaev, manager, Cherry L. Emerson Thirty-two Emory students traveled to Jena, encore performance on Sept. 25 of her Center for Scientific Computation. La., to join thousands of others in support popular reading of Flannery O’Connor’s of the “Jena 6.” Members of Emory’s Black letters to Betty Hester. The reading Donna Price is coordinator for communications and marketing Student Alliance, Black Graduate Student As- was part of Emory’s two-day celebra- services for Academic and Administration Information sociation and its chapter of the NAACP coor- tion kicking off the first public exhibi- Technology. dinated the trip as a response to the ongoing tion of the correspondence between racial controversy. the famed author and her fan. 6 October 1, 2007 Emory Report

scholarshiP&research Barrier island is no barrier to science education for Martin’s class says Anthony Martin, senior Spanish, British, French, African Martin used this wide-open lecturer in the Department enslavement and post-Civil research lab to share knowledge of Environmental Studies, remains. and seek hypotheses from stu- who teaches this course and They proceeded then on dents every step of his metro- was accompanied by Steve foot toward the interior of the nomic and pedagogic way. Henderson, associate professor island where the evidence of The flow of water through of geology at Oxford College, human habitation leaves its the island isn’t merely pictur- and Environmental Studies centuries of traces, yet gives the esque landscape; it is a hydrol- Instructor Jessica Seares. island its state of preservation. ogy lesson about the ebbing and Senior Chandra Vonscherr “This is not a pristine rising of tides. A mudflat teem- found the scheduled rigors island,” Henderson notes, “it ing with fiddler crabs provides worthwhile: “This trip changes just appears that it’s pristine. biology instruction on the origin your perspective. It’s a lot more What we see here is not what it of the mud itself. Critters have exciting and efficient than just would have looked like in the to leave behind something after accessing this material in a 1800s.” they eat, he reminds everyone. book.” Where there now is dense The sand beneath his feet is a The stirrings of a scientific flora, he points out, there had geology lesson. Saturday began not long after been logging. Pines would have “You are looking at the dawn. The group traversed the been harvested for ships of their Appalachians here,” Martin tells sea to the opposite shore and day, and also the lives oaks the students, “bits of ground then climbed aboard the back seen draped with Spanish moss material at your feet” — the of a flatbed truck awaiting them — a botanical relative of the result of hundreds of millions of

Carrie Keough from the University of Georgia pineapple, the students learned years of pulverizing and being Marine Institute. This post pro- — would have been cleared for Environmental studies lecturer Anthony Martin transformed Sapelo washed down rivers out of the vided them with dorm-style and their naturally occurring contor- Island into a research lab for his environmental studies for students interiors of continents such as air-conditioned accommodations tions and strength that came in and colleagues. North America. equipped with kitchen facilities handy for the bows of sea-going The next day, the class that were a welcome sight come vessels. By Jerald Byrd the Georgia coast. This course- supper time. In the early 20th century moved to the more remote required field trip, which consti- Later, the student crew Sapelo became the private hunt- northern end of the island, tutes 30 percent of the students’ attended an introductory lec- ing grounds of white landown- where on a beach he points out grades, was for many their ture beneath a canopy of oaks ers. Aviator Charles Lindbergh a research marker at a sea tur- xplorers from Emory’s first taste of lab work where tle’s former nesting site. Martin Department of surrounding the stucco struc- landed a plane on the beach, the confines of study were the tures that 60 years ago were a and presidents Calvin Cooledge makes a rare find there as well: E Environmental Studies reserve’s salt marsh, surf and alligator tracks on the beach. A prized getaway shelter for the and Herbert Hoover were also traveled ashore on an undevel- creatures, both stinging and ghost crab darts by. The sea is oped barrier island recently and site’s wealthy patron, tobacco feted at the island. The owner creeping. magnate R. J. Reynolds. of the Hudson Automobile rough and waves crash against charted discoveries about the Flying to get to Sapelo is Then as now the hush that Company, Howard Coffin, had the shore. island’s ancient natural habitats not an option except for the is fortress from urban dwelling title to the island until 1933 “This is a much faster, and themselves amidst their many egrets, sandpipers and is essentially audible. and is responsible for the many easier and more imprintable embrace of environmental stud- turkey vultures, to name a few “Close your eyes, relax. buildings there today. At the way of learning about ecology ies. of the island’s avian species. Be quiet. Be still. It’s not only height of the Great Depression than reading chapter after chap- The course “Modern and Nor can visitors take their good for you, it’s healthy,” says and in need of cash, Coffin sold ter in a textbook,” says Emory Ancient Tropical Environments,” cars to this 17-square-mile Henderson. In his pointing to the retreat to Reynolds, who College student Mari Bales. along with a departmental wildlife sanctuary since there is a means of scientific observa- added a few more structures of A perhaps definitive les- endowment from benefactors no bridge from the coast. tion and cultural appreciation his own. He used his money to son this field trip left for future Edward and Frances Turner, For the visiting students, of Sapelo, from its Pleistocene help leave the island intact in nature explorers: “Bug spray — brought the 13 students, faculty textbooks are largely shut but origins and subsequent thaw- its present state of marine and I think everybody learned that and staff to the oak, pine and eyes are fully open. ing more than 40,000 years estuarine research. Public funds they need to bring a lot of bug moss-laden Sapelo Island off “Here the students get it,” ago to its pre-Columbian, did the rest. spray,” Vonscherr says.

lectureseries Emory’s strategic initiatives gained significant ground in 2006–07. Wagner gave some examples in the State of the University address: De Waal to discuss what we • His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama was named Presidential Distinguished Professor. can learn from primates • Emory established the Global Health Institute and the Institute for Developing Nations. rans de Waal • Ciannett Howett C’87 became the University’s first director of sustainability initiatives. will kick off • Ozzie Harris became Emory’s first vice provost for community and diversity. F the Life of the • An Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response was established, and Alexander Mind lecture series, Isakov was appointed its first director. discussing the sub- ject of his book “Our • The Center for Health Discovery and Well Being opened at the Crawford Long campus. Inner Ape: What • The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry was established. Primate Behavior Teaches Us About • The first “green” residence hall, Turman Hall, opened for freshman — the keystone of a Human Nature” on planned complex to enrich the freshman experience. Wednesday, Oct. 3 • The new School of Medicine building opened and construction begins this year on a host at noon in the Jones of other major projects, including the new Emory Clinic, a mixed-used development on Room, Woodruff Clifton, and expanded facilities for the School of Theology and department of psychology. Library. De Waal is a C. H. Candler Professor of Psychology and St a t e o f Un i v e r s i t y from page 1 Scholar and Aimi Hamraie and merely financial wealth,” director of the Living Julie Hoehn for winning the Wagner concluded. “What stance, after Emory launched

Kay Hinton Kay Links Center at the National Debate Tournament we are doing at Emory is the Emory Advantage finan- Frans de Waal Yerkes National Pri- — the first all-female team translating the value of our cial aid program, “universities mate Research Center. in the 61-year history of the endowment, the value of our His interests include food-sharing, social reciprocity and such as Stanford and Chicago contest to do so. human talent, creativity and conflict-resolution in primates as well as the origins of mo- began to emulate our lead,” he Wagner cited survey imagination into a sustained rality and justice in human society. In May, Time magazine said. results that reveal the success and powerful impact on named de Waal as one of its Top 100 People Who Shape “The list goes on and of the strategic theme “Prepar- the world of education and Our World. on,” Wagner said of Emory’s ing Engaged Scholars.” The society at large. And thus, to “‘Our Inner Ape’ focuses on human behavior by using year of growth and success. national average for under- fulfill the pledge embodied the bonobo and chimp as two provocative metaphors for He noted the Pulitzer Prize graduates who are engaged in in our vision statement, that ourselves and our evolutionary ancestry. Through these won by Natasha Trethewey, service projects is 59 percent, we aspire to make a posi- metaphors we are able to see vivid mirror images of our- Phillis Weatley Distinguished while at Emory it is 80 per- tive transformation in the selves. Our Inner Ape also explores to what degree we can Chair in Poetry, as one of the cent. The national average of world.” design human society to reinforce and encourage the most crowning achievements of the undergraduates who study Wagner’s complete ad- valued aspects of our nature,” de Waal said. faculty. abroad is 19 percent, while at dress is archived and can be For more information, visit www.emory.edu/PRO- It was a good year for Emory that figure exceeds 40 accessed at: http://realau- VOST/docs/global/lifeofthemind.pdf. Emory students as well, he percent. dio.service.emory.edu/ —Jessica Gearing said, praising Zachary Manfre- “We at Emory are blessed ramgen/EVENTS/SOTU/ di for becoming a 2007 Rhodes with a genuine richness, not sotu2007.rm. Emory Report October 1, 2007 7

campusconstruction By David Payne Trees to be replanted near new psychology building s the realignment of Eagle Row South nears completion, con- in a “science commons” area of campus. (Check upcoming issues of struction will begin later this month on Emory’s new psychol- Emory Report for more about the new psychology building.) A ogy building. The building will be located between Dowman in order to construct the new building, the existing trees adjacent and Dickey drives, adjacent to the Atwood Chemistry Center. It is to the Atwood chemistry building will be removed. Under Emory’s expected to be completed in the spring of 2009. “No Net Loss of Tree Canopy Policy,” all trees removed must be ac- This new building will consolidate the psychology department’s counted for and replaced with equal tree canopy. Any trees that teaching and research into one central facility allowing the psycholo- cannot be either moved or replaced immediately on campus will be gy faculty to work near the departments of mathematics and comput- earmarked in Emory’s tree bank fund that is set aside solely to fund er science, environmental studies, physics and chemistry departments and restore Emory’s tree canopy.

Emory will replace the lost trees with native canopy trees throughout the psychology building site and on adjacent properties. Several locations have been identified for tree replanting when the new psychol- ogy building nears completion.

When the new psychology build- ing is complete, the existing parking lot located behind the former Gil- bert and Thomson residence halls will be replaced with approximately 30 to 40 trees, creating a future forested area between Eagle Row and the power substation.

Eagle Row closed from Oxford Road during fall break During Emory’s fall break, beginning on Friday evening, Oct. 5 through Tuesday, Oct. 9, Eagle Row South near Dowman and Dickey drives will be closed as Eagle Row is paved. Drivers who want to access Peavine Parking Deck should enter campus from Clifton Road at the WHSCAB building, and travel via Eagle Row to the parking deck.

alumninews Dig from page 1 served as a regional center. paintbrush and dental pick Borowski dreams of finding to remove dust and dirt from University alumna receives iron arrowheads and collapsed the gate to the outer wall, artifacts. “The floor of the walls indicate that the town since the materials and style of pit was littered with pottery MacArthur ‘genius’ grant was destroyed by a military the entranceway would reveal and you couldn’t step on it or campaign, possibly the As- important clues about the move it, so you had to be in mory alumna Lisa Cooper has been named a 2007 Mac- syrian attack on Judah in 701 status and culture of the town. incredibly awkward positions,” Arthur Fellow and is the recipient of the MacArthur B.C. “I think I know where the Woodliff says. E Foundation’s so-called “genius” grant, which includes Battering rams were prob- gate is,” Borowski says. It’s One day, he was asked to $500,000, no strings attached, over five years. She was one of ably used to collapse the stone clear from the gleam in his eye remove dirt from a wall in a 24 winners this year who are chosen for their creativity, the dwellings, the archeological that he would prefer to be back pit, to make the wall more ver- originality of their work and their potential to make impor- evidence shows. Beneath the in the desert digging, instead tical. “I was shaving off mate- tant contributions in their fields. rubble of some of the build- of sitting behind his desk in rial with my trowel and I came Cooper received her bachelor’s degree from Emory in ings, the archeologists have Atlanta. onto a stone that was carved,” 1984. She is currently a professor in the Division of General unearthed large amounts of Each summer, a group he recalls. “I started hollering. Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of crushed storage jars — evi- of Emory students goes to It was really exhilarating to Medicine, and holds a joint appointment in the departments Israel to work on the dig dence that people knew the find something so cool.” of epidemiology and health policy and management in the with Borowski, who has been attack was imminent. “They The carved stone was a Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins. teaching at Emory since 1977. were likely preparing for a simple altar for burning in- Cooper is an internationally recognized physician and “When I tell them they have to ,” Borowski says. cense — one of two that were public health researcher whose scholarship on clinical com- This past summer’s dig get up at 4:30 a.m., the group munication is improving medical outcomes for minorities in uncovered during the recent yielded proof that a fairly always gets smaller,” he says. the United States. A native of Liberia, she brings an inno- dig. “There’s a lot of evidence large-scale weaving and dying “Archaeology is hard work. vative perspective to American medical care. As the result for similar altars in Mesopota- enterprise was operating in You have to move a lot of dirt of her research, Cooper has developed culturally tailored mian archaeology, going back the town at the time of the in the hot sun, and you have education programs designed to improve the diagnosis and into the Bronze Age. The Isra- attack. Borowski pulls out to be willing to get dirty. It treatment of hypertension and depression among African elites had adopted a lot of their photos of a dirt pit, its floor requires patience. You’re put- Americans. littered with bone implements, ting together a giant jig-saw culture from the Assyrians, vice President and Secretary of the University Rosemary spindle whorls and clay loom puzzle, but you don’t have the and probably some of their Magee taught Cooper while she was at Emory in a writing weights. The loom weights lie box with the picture.” religious practices,” Woodliff course, and said she “vividly” remembers a student who early in rows on the ground — as Dylan Woodliff, a junior says, explaining one scenario on demonstrated an interest in public health in her writings. they would have landed if the majoring in anthropology, was suggested by the discovery of “At the time, she was one of a few international students upright wooden looms had one of six Emory students who the altars. at Emory. Through her class writing assignments, all of us burned when the town was accompanied Borowski this “I went on the trip to see in the class learned about Liberia,” Magee said. “Her work destroyed. summer. He recalls the three if archaeology is something continues to speak to the values of Emory University, and we An elaborate system of days he spent working on the I could really do and not just take enormous pride in who she is and what she has accom- cisterns and the sophisticated floor of one pit as especially something I have a fantasy plished.” ­—Beverly Clark nature of the dwellings indi- challenging. As temperatures about,” he says. “I found out cate that the town may have climbed past 100, he used a that I really do like it.” 8 October 1, 2007 Emory Report

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@ Thursday, Oct. 4 presenting. “The Making presenting. “From House Boys.” Mike Sager, author, Performing Film and Food of Erpenus, Grammer of Church to Basilica: The presenting. 4 p.m. 207 White arts Evening Sessions Arabic.” Devin Stewart, Evolution of Christian Hall. Free. 404-727-4221. Thursday, Oct. 4 “Maat Tamrika: ‘Trouble Middle Eastern and South Architecture and Liturgy.” Jazz Demonstration Behind.’” 6:30 p.m. 207D Asian studies, presenting. L. Michael White, University Storytelling for Conference Room, Candler and Lecture 4:30 p.m. Bowden Hall. of Texas, presenting. Teachers Workshop Library. Free. 404-727-6847. [email protected]. Yellowjackets, performing. 3 p.m., Reception Hall. Jim Weiss, storyteller, RSVP required. 10 a.m. Rehearsal 404-727-2635. presenting. 5 p.m. Hall, Schwartz Center. Wednesday, Oct. 10 Reception following. Reception Hall, Carlos Free. 404-727-5050. Tibetan Film Festival Museum. $15; $12, Also, “Perspectives “Dreaming Lhasa.” 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2 Religion on Performance: 205 White Hall. Free. Pharmacology Lecture Museum members. Yellowjackets,” at 404-727-5050. “From the Gene to Drugs Sunday, OCt. 7 404-727-4282. 2:30 p.m. in Emerson and Back Again: ADHD, University Worship Registration required. Concert Hall. Carlos Museum Amphetamines and the Shonda Jones, theology, Exhibition Dopamine Transporter.” preaching. 11 a.m. Cannon First Thursdays Theater “Cradle of Christianity: Randy Blakely, Center for Chapel. Free. 404-727-6225. 6:30 p.m. Emory Village. “The Trojan War: Jewish and Christian Molecular Neuroscience, pre- Free. 404-687-0395. Treasures from the Holy ‘Iphigenia and Other senting. Noon. 5052 Rollins www.emoryvillage.org. Daughters.’” Janice Akers, Land.” Carlos Museum. $15; Research Center. Free. 404- Museum members and chil- 727-5982. Special director. 7 p.m. Theatre Saturday, Oct. 6 Laboratory, Schwartz dren, free; On Wednesdays, Wednesday, Oct. 3 students, faculty and staff, 5K Race Judicata Center. $18, $14, discount Thursday, Oct. 4 EndNote Web Workshop free. 404-727-4282. 10 a.m. Lullwater Preserve. categories; $6 over 65, Art History Lecture 10:40 a.m. 310 Woodruff Through Oct. 14. $20, includes T-shirt, food, under 18 and students. “The Substance of Things Library. Free. 404-727-0147. beverages. 305-297-8698 or 404-727-5050. Hoped For: Art as the Shield jason.puckett@emory. Schatten Gallery Also, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. of Faith.” Herbert Kessler, edu. 206-295-5533. Breakfast Exhibition Johns Hopkins University, served before race, food “Pictures Without Friday, Oct. 5 presenting. 5 p.m. Lecture Human Relations Area and keg after the race. Theater : Revisiting Bosnia Hall, Carlos Museum. Free. Day of race sign up at Photographs by Steve Horn.” Files Workshop “The Trojan War: 404-727-6352. 2 p.m. 310 Woodruff Library. 8:30 a.m. at Law School. ‘The Final Hours of Troy’ Schatten Gallery. Free. 404-727-6861. Through Free. 404-727-0115. and ‘The Trojan Women.’” Scientific Medical Friday, Oct. 12 Oct. 15. [email protected]. Tim McDonough and Lecture Emory Alliance Brenda Bynum, directors “Transplantation: New Novelist Reading Credit Union Car Sale respectively. 7 p.m. Theatre Schatten Gallery Strategies to Promote Shay Youngblood, 1 p.m. 1237 Clairmont Road. Hall, Schwartz Center. $18, Exhibition Acceptance and Expand novelist, reading. 6:30 p.m. Free. 404-486-4318. $14, discount categories; $6 “Women at Emory: Past, Application.” Christian 310 Woodruff Library. Free. over 65, under 18 and stu- Present and Future.” Larsen, surgery, presenting. Also, Oct. 13 at 9 a.m. 404-727-6847. dents. 404-727-5050. Schatten Corridor Gallery. Emory Hospital Auditorium. Also on Oct. 4, a Also, Oct. 5, 11, 13 at 2 Free. 404-727-6861. 7 a.m. Free. 404-778-1903. Storytelling with p.m. Through Oct. 15. colloquium at 2 p.m. at Jim Weiss Kemp-Malone Library, Religious Studies 4 p.m. Reception Hall, Monday, Oct. 1 Callaway Center. Concert Lecture Carlos Museum. Free. Philosophy Lecture Yellowjackets, performing. “Wide Open Spaces: The “Selfhood and Personhood.” Thursday, Oct. 4 404-727-5050. www. 8 p.m. Emerson Concert Trail of Tears, the Lewis and Douglas Berger, University Book Chat carlos.emory.edu/cradle. Hall, Schwartz Center. $48; Clark Expedition and Gaps.” of Southern Illinois. 7 p.m. “Revenge of the Donut $36 discount categories; $5 Michael Zogry, University Tarbutton Theater. Free. over 65 and students. of Kansas, presenting. S221 770-784-8389. 404-727-5050. Callaway Memorial Center. 4 p.m. Free. 404-727-7566. performingarts Thursday, Oct. 11 Concert Lectures Business Lecture Coca-Cola Artist in Residence to The Roches, performing. “The Environment in Law Monday, Oct. 1 8 p.m. Reception Hall. $20. and Business.” Allison perform with Emory ensembles www.carlos.emory.edu/ History Lecture Burdette, business, present- ichard Stoltzman, a preemi- cradle/program_october. “From the Palace in Cairo ing. 7 p.m. Tarbutton Theater. nent jazz, classical and new php#roches. to the Synagogue in Fustat: A Petition to a Woman at Free. 770-784-8389. R music clarinet player who is the Fatimid Court.” Marina credited with expanding the range Rustow, history, presenting. Sunday, Oct. 14 of clarinet repertoire, will be on Visual arts 2 p.m. 323, Bowden Hall. Carlos Museum Lecture campus as an Emory Coca-Cola “Constructing Sacred Space: Artist in Residence from Oct. 17 to Wednesday, Oct. 3 Free. 404-727-6555. Church and Synagogue Oct. 22. Tibetan Film Festival in Late Antiquity From During his residency, Stoltzman “Yogi Who Built Iron European Studies Community Center to will perform with the Emory Bridges and Music on Lecture a Diminished Temple.” Chamber Music Society of Atlanta, Wheels,” and “Music on “Style and Judgment: On Wind Ensemble, Symphony Wheels.” 8 p.m. 205 White Boccaccio and the Early Lee Levine, The Hebrew Orchestra, Concert Choir, and Hall. Free. 404-727-5050. Italian Painter.” C. Jean University of Jerusalem, Campbell, art history, Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, Reception following. Richard Stoltzman as well as lead a lecture/ demonstration and masterclass. Emory Healthcare hosts breast health events Schedule: Emory is partnering with local businesses and organizations to promote Breast Cancer Oct. 17: Emory Wind Oct. 21: Vega String Quartet, Awareness Month. The series of events throughout the month of October will emphasize Ensemble. 8 p.m. violinist Cecylia Arzewski, cel- prevention and early detection of breast cancer. Emerson Concert Hall. list Christopher Rex, and pia- nist Laura Gordy. 4 p.m., $20; Oct. 18: Perspectives on $15 discount categories; Free, Free Breast Health Screening Whole Foods Breast Health Seminar Performance lecture/demon- students. Oct. 2: 4 to 6 p.m. 2nd Floor, Oct. 17, 6:30 p.m. Whole Foods, 650 Ponce de stration. 2:30 p.m. Emerson Winship Cancer Institute. Free. Leon Ave. Free. Join a discussion group with Concert Hall. Oct. 22: Atlanta Youth Wind Emory radiologist Mary Newell and nurse prac- Symphony. 8 p.m. Emerson Le Petit Elegance Sports Car Race Masterclass. 7 p.m. titioner Christine McCarthy. Concert Hall. Oct. 4: 5 to 9 p.m. Road Atlanta. Tharp Rehearsal Hall. For information, call 706-654-2983 or Spa Sydell Breast Health Seminar Oct. 19: Emory Chamber Music visit www.americanlemans.com. Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m. Spa Sydell Midtown. Free. Society. Noon. Reception Hall, All performances are free Receive a complimentary mini-massage and unless otherwise noted. Celebration of Living Carlos Museum. join a discussion group with Emory radiologist For tickets or additional Oct. 13: 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Georgia Oct. 20: Emory Symphony Mary Newell and nurse practitioner Christine information, visit International Convention Center. Free. Dan Orchestra, Emory Concert McCarthy. To register, call 404-778-7777. www.arts.emory.edu. Reeves, former coach of the Atlanta Falcons, Choir, and Emory Wind speaking. For more information or to register, For more information on these events, Ensemble. 4 p.m. Emerson call at 404-778-7777 or visit cancer.emory.edu. call 404-778-7777. Concert Hall. —Jessica Moore