Sample This: Farmers Market Tips Passing the Torch at ‘09 Ceremony

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first person CAMPUS PEOPLE: A father-son celebration 2 Oxford’s East Stacy Bell brings CAMPUS: Walkways open paths 4 Village follows back lessons from LEED to get gold. Sing Sing. Page 7 DISCOVERY: ‘Mother of all fears’ 6 Page 5 FORUM: Rising risks of epidemics 7 EVENTS: Staff Fest geared for fun 8 Sample this: Farmers market tips Passing the torch at ‘09 ceremony

By Carol Clark

Emory’s 164th Commence- ment begins at 8 a.m. sharp, on Monday, May 11. Physicist Ray DuVarney, who has served as chief marshal for more than a decade, is retiring from Emory, but will lead in the Atlanta Pipe Band one last time, for the class of 2009. The keynote will be delivered by Vicente Fox, president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006, and former president of Coca-Cola Mexico. Fox established Centro Fox in 2007, the first presidential library and museum in Mexico. Its activities include a “center for the advancement of democracy” modeled loosely after the work of The Carter Center. Fox will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during the ceremony, along with Nancy Cantor, chancellor and president of Syracuse University. David Satcher, director of the Satcher Health Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine, will be awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science, and Robert Spano, music director of the Early arrivals enjoy the plum picks at the Emory Farmers Market. Bryan Meltz Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, will receive an honorary Doctorate of Music. By Kelly Gray many other enjoyable delicacies. farmland and green space in to the growers about what will Oxford College will stage its Free parking is available in the your community. be coming to market in upcom- commencement on Saturday, Cropping up around the Fishburne and Peavine decks Getting around your local ing weeks. May 9, at 10 a.m. on the College farmers market may seem city are local farmers markets, after 4:30 p.m. Green. The keynote speaker daunting. With the following offering direct access to locally The fruits, vegetables and Shop early will be James Laney, president tips, your next trip to the open- grown, farm-fresh produce and other wares found at these mar- Get a jump on the competi- of Emory from 1977–1993 and air market will be a breeze. the opportunity for farmers to kets are locally grown and have tion by arriving as the mar- former dean of Candler School develop personal relationships been picked and packed at the ket opens for the best selection. of Theology. Laney served as Know what’s in season with their customers. peak of perfection, often within Since farmers plan to sell out by U.S. ambassador to South If you know what to expect Emory’s weekly farmers mar- hours before making it to the the end of the day, the early bird Korea after leaving Emory. when you get there, making ket, held on Tuesdays from 2 to market. On average, food trav- always gets the worm. 6 p.m. on the Cox Hall Bridge, els 1,500 miles before it reaches decisions at each booth is much offers locally grown produce, your table. By buying food local- easier. Learn what grows in cheeses, salsas, pastries and ly, you are helping to maintain this area and when, and talk Please see Market page 5 Please see commencement page 8

Alice Walker’s visit brings art and archives alive

By Kim Urquhart Color Purple,” unpublished mary source herself. Walker, at she went through to get to the little things that had changed. poems and correspondence with Emory for events surrounding printed word — and then to It was so enjoyable, to look at Students in Rudolph P. Byrd’s family, friends and colleagues. the opening of her collection, have the honor of having her it and say, I know what came African American literature Stapled to the front of a manila made a surprise visit. The stu- there with us in the archives — before,” said Coffman. “It’s like class were the first to use the file folder containing the first dents were able to learn first- was a real treat.” discovering a little secret about Alice Walker archive when the draft of Walker’s landmark hand from what Byrd calls a Later, at the James Weldon Alice Walker’s process as a writ- Manuscript, Archives, and Rare essay “In Search of Our Mothers’ “living archive.” Johnson Institute’s symposium er.” Books Library opened the col- Gardens” was a photograph of a “I’ve gained a sense of impor- “A Keeping of Records: The Visitors to the Woodruff lection to the public on April 23, garden. tance in primary documents Art and Life of Alice Walker,” Library can get their own giving scholars unprecedented The students wondered: Was through my coursework at Coffman had another moment of behind-the-scenes look at access to the Pulitzer Prize win- this her mother’s garden? Emory,” said Candace Coffman, scholarly discovery. Walker’s creative process at ner’s life and work. The answer was no — the a history and women’s stud- “I was looking at the final copy an exhibition that highlights The young scholars sifted flowers pictured, brightly-colored ies major. “So getting to touch of ‘In Search of Our Mothers’ the major periods, events and through papers, journals, mem- cosmos, were grown in Walker’s these living documents of hers, Gardens’ and was thinking of orabilia and letters, including own garden in California — but to see her handwriting on the the first drafts we had looked drafts of writings such as “The they were able to ask the pri- manuscripts, to see the process at in her archives, and I noticed Please see Walker page 4 EMORY REPORT MAY 4, 2009 2 People NEW onLine at Emory.edU EMORY PROFILE Wai and Nathaniel Poon www.emory.edu/president/ www.emory.edu/secretary/ The offices of President Strong work ethic a familial trait Jim Wagner and University Secretary Rosemary Magee are among the earliest to adopt the University’s Standard University a path for employment, achievement Templates for their Web sites. Their offices worked with University Marketing’s By Margie Fishman Web Office to redesign the sites, which now feature Nathaniel Poon hasn’t won an award streamlined navigation and since kindergarten. His family, who cross-links to highlight separate emigrated from Hong Kong, is not much and shared responsibilities. for compliments, preferring to show love in Photos, quick links and callout other ways. graphics reflect the individual But when the technical project manager initiatives and interests of these at Goizueta Business School won the University leaders. University’s Award of Distinction last month, For information about the Nathaniel’s father, Wai Poon, couldn’t help Standard Templates, visit Emory but broadcast the news. WebGuide at webguide.emory. And word traveled fast. edu. Poon, incidentally, is a mail clerk at the Office of Undergraduate Admission. ER BI-WEEKLY “It is a big achievement, a great achievement,” he said. “We are proud of IN SUMMER him.” Nathaniel is among a dozen employees This issue concludes Emory Report’s weekly selected for the University’s highest staff print publication schedule honor, recognizing outstanding contributions for the 2008–09 academic to the Emory community. A key player in year. Following a special upgrading Goizueta’s first wireless network Commencement edition, the and expanding the school’s global platform next print issue will be June 8, to encompass 70 countries, “Nathaniel when Emory Report switches has consistently solved problems through to a bi-weekly summer technological innovation,” his supervisor, publication schedule. Visit Barbara Maaskant, wrote in his nomination Emory Report online for news letter. updates and extras all summer. Nathaniel was formally recognized at a reception attended by President Jim Wagner and received a $1,000 award. He is using the Wai Poon, mail clerk in the Office of Undergraduate Admission, celebrates Special WANTED: YOUR money to take his parents to Disney World, with his son Nathaniel, technical project manager at Goizueta Business his first vacation in two years. School. OPINIONS ON ER The Poons and Emory go way back. Have you participated in At age 16, Nathaniel moved to the U.S. Emory Report’s Reader Survey to live with an aunt and take advantage yet? Your candid feedback is of the educational opportunities. When more important than ever as he was scouting for universities as an Emory Report evolves to better undergraduate, his father encouraged him meet community needs. to look at Emory based on its reputation for Visit Emory Report online strong pre-health offerings. (www.emory.edu/EMORY_ Then when Poon and his wife moved REPORT) to take the short to Atlanta from Hong Kong — following survey, and share your views a 10-year separation from their son — on your news. 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RDB_emoryreport_Mar09rev.indd 1 2/20/09 9:21:43 AM EMORY REPORT MAY 4, 2009 People 3 ACCLAIM No argument: Detweiler Conference Room Abdullahi Ahmed An- Debate team best Na’im has been named a 2009 in national rankings Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie remembers ILA leader’s legacy Corporation The Barkley Forum, Emory’s of New York. award-winning debate team, The By Kim Urquhart perspectives, served as ILA of religion to telling a joke.” concluded their competitive Charles director from 1973 to 1982. Dana White, Goodrich C. season as the top-ranked Howard The dedication ceremony Though he retired in the mid- White Professor of Liberal varsity squad in the nation, Candler was informal, intimate and 1990s after a stroke, he con- Arts, shared several memories along with other substantial Professor filled with fond memories and tinued to be part of Emory’s of his “valued and joyful col- honors. Emory finished ahead of Law was humor, just the way Robert scholarly and creative commu- league,” and said that it was of Wake Forest, Northwestern, selected for Detweiler would have liked it, nity. At the time of his death, the twinkle in Detweiler’s eye the University of Kansas and his ideas his colleagues and friends in on Aug. 31, 2008, Detweiler he remembers most. the University of California at and commitment to enriching the the Graduate Institute of the was in the process of writing At the April 28 dedica- Berkeley. quality of the public dialogue on Liberal Arts noted. his 10th book, “Falling to Nil,” tion, ILA Director Walt Reed In the national coaches’ Islam. Thanks to a generous gift through the Emeritus College’s announced that the family’s poll, seniors Nick Miller and The program allows from his family, the ILA confer- Heilbrun Distinguished generous gift would fund a Chip Schwab and sophomores independent-minded thinkers to ence space in Callaway Center Emeritus Fellowship. cash prize, to be offered for Stephen Weil and Matthew pursue original projects oriented is now named the Robert “Bob Detweiler in many the first time next year. The Senghas were named the fifth toward catalyzing intellectual Detweiler Conference Room. ways epitomizes the spirit of Robert Detweiler Essay Prize and sixth best individual teams discourse and guiding more “Bob Detweiler presided over what ILA was and is today,” will be awarded to the best in the nation for their year- focused and pragmatic policy this space,” recalled long-time said Paul. While Detweiler interdisciplinary essay by an long tournament successes. In discussions. ILA faculty member and Emory was internationally known for Emory graduate student, with addition, nine Emory debaters College Dean Robert Paul. “He his work at the intersection the criteria involving litera- were named First Team Mort Aronson received a created and sustained a space of literature and religion, “to ture and religion. The selection Academic All-Americans, along Lifetime Achievement Award on this hallway,” where his those of us who knew and loved committee will include faculty with four on the second team from the American Association of door was always open for stu- him, what was most important from the ILA, Comparative and six on the third-team. Franchisee and Dealers. Aronson dents and colleagues alike. “He was the charisma he radiated, Literature and Religion, the The number of Academic is an adjunct professor at the was a great citizen of Emory.” the sense of excitement. He programs most important to All-Americans is a record for School of Law where he has been Detweiler, who taught lit- has an incredible joie de vivre Detweiler in his 25 years of intercollegiate debate and far teaching franchise law for the past erature, religion and other that allowed him to go from teaching and 38 years of schol- exceeds any other program. 15 years. subjects from interdisciplinary the most serious contemplation arship at Emory. In all, more than 40 Emory AAFD said Aronson is students competed in more being recognized for a lifetime than 1,800 debate rounds. of embracing collaborative —Staff Reports relationships in franchising. Giving opportunity Mahlon R. DeLong, A fund has been established in Robert Detweiler’s memory, honoring his interdisciplinary neuroscientist and neurology scholarship in his research and his teaching, in the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts. Those professor, is the recipient of interested in contributing to the fund may contact Jeff Prince, senior director of development for the new Emory College, at [email protected] or 404-727-4494. Gifts may also be made online at campaign. “Courage emory.edu/ways-to-give/index.php. Regardless of how you choose to make your gift, please clearly to Inspire” indicate that it should be designated to the Detweiler Fund. Award presented by Emory’s Compre- hensive Neurosciences Center. He also has received the Campaign Emory American Academy of Neurology’s 2009 Movement Disorders Research Award, which annually recognizes an individual for Endowment will fund outstanding work in the field of Parkinson’s disease or other movement disorders. medical school degrees DeLong’s work has facilitated understanding of basal ganglia From Staff Reports function and resulted in discoveries of better treatments for basal A $1 million commitment ganglia disorders and Parkinson’s in honor of an Emory medical disease. school graduate and physician will establish the Dr. G. Keith Ronald Schuchard, Goodrich Pilling Scholar Endowment at C. White Professor of English, has Emory School of Medicine. won the Robert Rhodes Prize for Named for the late Keith his recent Pilling ’92M, the scholarship book, “The was established by Pilling’s Last Minstrels: father, Garet Pilling. Keith Yeats and Pilling practiced as an interven- the Revival tional radiologist in New Jersey of the Bardic before his death in 2001 from Senior Maria Town, speaking at an April 29 BRYAN MELTZ Arts” (Oxford a rare pancreatic tumor at age ceremony celebrating the University’s 2008 Presidential University 35. He is survived by his wife, Award for General Community Service, was among the Press, 2008). Jennifer Kraus ’92M, and two Emory students who last year completed nearly 150,000 The Robert hours of service with more than 200 community partners on Rhodes Prize, for an outstanding sons. Garet and Keith Special projects related to poverty, homelessness, chronic disease, book on Irish literature in 2008, Once fully funded, the schol- Pilling at Emory’s ‘92 medical services and environmental conservation. is awarded by the American arship will cover four years of Commencement. medical education for one stu- Conference for Irish Studies and dent in each incoming medical School of Medicine’s state-of- will be presented at the annual school class who demonstrates the-art medical education build- meeting in Galway, Ireland, in merit and need. ing and innovative curriculum, Database for partnerships June. Keith Pilling was regarded the Pilling Scholars Endowment Provost Earl Lewis has commissioned the Office of as an excellent clinician, diag- will improve Emory’s ability to University-Community Partnerships (OUCP) to compile an nostician, teacher and mentor attract the best students, train inventory of Emory’s teaching, research and service activi- by his patients and colleagues in medical leaders, advance the ties that directly and immediately benefit local, national and and around Medford, N.J. field of medicine and influence international communities. “Acclaim” recognizes the “I hope I will be able to help health care practice exponen- This inventory will populate a new interactive, online accomplishments of faculty and those who have the same pas- tially. Community Partnerships Database that will interface with staff. Listings may include awards sion about medicine as Keith did. This gift is part of the pri- the Development and Alumni Relations’ ACE database, mak- and prizes; election to boards and Sadly, he was taken from us too vate support being sought for ing it easier to identify, plan, sustain and celebrate communi- societies; and similarly notable early, and he could not fulfill all Campaign Emory, a $1.6 billion ty-engaged scholarship, learning and service University-wide. accomplishments at Emory or of his dreams. I hope that those fundraising endeavor that com- An online survey to collect inventory will be sent to all fac- in the wider community. Emory who receive this gift will be bines private support and the ulty and staff via e-mail this month. Please direct questions Report relies on submissions for able to fulfill theirs,” says Garet University’s people, places and to Sam Marie Engle in the OUCP at [email protected]. this column. Contact: ltking@ Pilling. programs to make a powerful emory.edu. In conjunction with Emory contribution to the world. EMORY REPORT MAY 4, 2009 4 Campus TAKE NOTE Walker: Literary voice to rights’ struggle Training goes online for PeopleSoft The first PeopleSoft Finan- Speaking on life and choice cials training course is avail- “I think the gift of life is so incredible. I don’t intend to miss able online now. This course one second of it and I hope you won’t either,” Alice Walker can be taken incrementally told a packed Glenn auditorium April 24 in “Reflections on the and is a prerequisite to all Turning of the Wheel: Living a Life of Freedom and Choice.” other PeopleSoft Financials “I want to talk a little about how the world has changed. training. I’ve traveled a lot since I last saw you,” the author said, referring The goal of Project Com- to her visit a year ago when she came to place her archive of pass training is to provide writings, journals, photographs and memorabilia at Emory. “And an efficient and effective I was telling you about going off into this new life of meditation training program that and wandering.” prepares Emory University In fact, she noted, “The path that I am on seems to be and Emory Healthcare staff attached to my foot.” And she told the audience some of the to be proficient in using the things she’d discovered about herself on that path, including new software prior to Sept. 1, her life at her house in Mexico and helping turtles get into the when PeopleSoft 9.0 goes live sea after birth; her political activism past with the American at Emory. Indian Movement and her contribution in creating present-day Visit www.compass.emory. “Obamaland”: (“The only English-American word they know edu/training to get started on in a lot of places is ‘Obama.’”) And how “writing in seclusion the PeopleSoft Fundamentals all those years I missed a lot. You do when you focus. And you online training course. understand that whatever the task is, it’s yours.” About the exhibition: “I’m totally delighted and happy to be here. I love the exhibition. I want it to be something that is Join TCP summer nourishing.” dialogues on race —Leslie King Sign up by May 8 for one of three groups in the Summer 2009 Community Dialogues, Alice Walker made a surprise visit to the first Emory kay Hinton part of the Transforming class to use her MARBL archives. Community Project. These small study groups Continued from the cover leged to have the opportunity ity, as well as the quest for inner the leading scholars, artists and of students, staff, faculty and to take part in the range of the and world peace. For nearly activists who discussed and cel- alumni will share a meal and activities surrounding Walker’s three hours, she explored many ebrated Walker’s life and art at discuss issues of race and rac- projects in Walker’s life in chron- campus visit. “I’m a part of this of these issues with the audi- the symposium. ism in the United States, how ological order; explores her per- dialogue that I’ll remember for ence gathered for her public talk Perhaps presenter femi- the rest of my life.” “Reflections on the Turning of these issues have impacted sonal and professional life roles; nist icon Gloria Steinem, who The public also had the oppor- the Wheel.” the Emory community, and and establishes the cultural and spoke of shared friendship and strategies to transform the tunity to engage in dialogue Walker’s activism and com- historical context in which she feminist-activist ideals, best University. on important dimensions of the mitment to social justice were worked. “A Keeping of Records” summed up Walker’s influ- Groups, which are open Georgia-born artist’s life and shaped by her childhood in seg- to all members of the Emory is on view in the Schatten work through the symposium regated Putnam County, Ga. ence: “It’s not about imitating community, discuss short Gallery through September. and a free lecture April 24. and her involvement in the Civil or admiring Alice. Having seen readings, films or other Coffman, who planned to Walker has given literary Rights Movement as a student Alice, whether on the page or in relevant materials. Meals return to the archives to pre- voice to the struggle for human at Spelman College. Her teacher real life, helps all of us to be our and reading materials are pare her final research paper for rights, environmental issues, and mentor at Spelman, histo- own unique selves.” provided free to participants. Byrd’s class, said she felt privi- social movements and spiritual- rian Howard Zinn, was among To participate, visit transform.emory.edu.

Emory at BIO 2009 Atlanta hosts the 2009 BIO Sidewalks to connect Clifton, Old Briarcliff International Convention, the annual meeting of the Biotechnology Industry Orga- nization, May 18-21. As one 6’ concrete sidewalks 1762 Clifton Road ofﬁces of Georgia’s premier academic research universities, Emory is joining with BIO’s sponsors, Georgia BIO and the Geor- gia Department of Economic Candler Field parking lot Development, along with the Clifton Road Georgia Research Alliance, to show the world the enormous impact of the state’s research and biotechnology enterprises. Wesley Candler Field Yerkes National Primate Woods Research Center and the Office of Technology Trans- fer will have a prominent 8’ pervious granite path presence in the exhibit hall. Old Briarcliff Way Future covered sidewalk Emory’s tech transfer staff under railroad trestle and biotech researchers will spend the week making con- nections and forging potential 5’ concrete collaborations with partners sidewalks throughout the world. Emory research also will be featured in sessions on vaccine delivery Peavine Creek technologies, nanotechnology and global health. Emory is working with Old Briarcliff Road the Georgia Department of Economic Development to help promote Georgia biotechnol- In anticipation of the opening of Campus The new sidewalks will be completed by June ogy; and Emory research labs Crossings, the new graduate housing complex on 1, and are designed to facilitate pedestrian access will host visiting delegations Briarcliff Road, Emory is adding sidewalks along between the nearly-complete student housing com- from India, Japan and China. Clifton Road, Old Briarcliff Way and Old Briarcliff plex, the shopping center and Emory’s campus. All Find out more at www.bio. Road. A path will also be installed along Candler trees removed in conjunction with this project will org. Field connecting Peavine Creek Drive to Old be accounted for under Emory’s No Net Loss of Briarcliff Road, and another component of side- Tree Canopy policy. walk will connect the housing complex directly with the Sage Hill Shopping Center. —David Payne EMORY REPORT MAY 4, 2009 Campus 5 Market: When to go, what to bring, why to buy

Continued from the cover to ask than to assume. Know that often times the prettiest peach or apple may not be the Shop late tastiest. Also, if anything is Some of the best deals are bruised or wilted, don’t buy it. made just before closing time because farmers don’t want to Get more than green goods take their rations back home. Think farmers markets are Just remember that the selec- just for fruits and veggies? tion will be limited at this time Think again. At most farmers and some vendors may be sold markets, you will find more out. fodder to tantalize your taste buds, like warm baked breads, Come prepared fair trade beverages and other Bring your own reusable treats. Many markets also offer bags to carry purchases home Bryan Meltz — plastic, paper or canvas all specialty foods like gourmet Ask vendors questions and you’ll soon have more market secrets in your bag. work well. If you are not going cheeses as well as choice meat, directly home from the farmers like grass-fed beef. market, pack an ice chest or Doing your weekly grocery Emory Farmers Market special events cooler in your vehicle to keep shopping at a farmers market Berry Bash May 19 everything fresh. Most impor- means that you will get the A celebration of Georgia berries on May 19 from 2-6 p.m. On sale are strawberry shortcakes made by tantly, don’t forget to bring best, freshest produce that is H&F Bakery and strawberries and blueberries from Miles Berry Farm in Baxley, Ga. Blueberry cobbler will small bills and plenty of change in season, while supporting be served inside Cox Dining. Proceeds will benefit the Emory Farmers Market. as most vendors work on a cash local farmers at the same time. or check basis. Dollar for dollar, shopping at Tomato Time Aug. 25 your local farmers market is A celebration of a classic summer favorite, Aug. 25, 2-6 p.m. will feature chef and cookbook author Ask questions one of the best investments you Virginia Willis demonstrating how to use delectable summer tomatoes in a variety of ways. The chef Not sure when something can make for you, your family demo will be at 2-4 p.m. on the Cox Hall Bridge. was picked or packed? It’s better and your community. Oxford’s East Village brings home the gold UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE ROUNDUP Employee Council

Work on creating a hardship fund contin- From a series of updates on University pro- ued at the April 15 meeting with Council Pres- grams, Robert Nadolski, from the Office of ident Matt Engelhardt’s update on the project. Critical Event Preparedness and Response, A survey of 250 people showed 55 percent sup- told Council members that departments that port it and would be willing to contribute; an- don’t know their emergency plans should con- other 33 percent supported it but for various tact the fire marshal. Eddie Gammill with the reasons, such as the loss of a spouse’s job or Faculty Staff Assistance Program outlined family illness, would be unable to contribute; ways to cope with stress, especially in the and 11 percent were negative on the proposal, current financial environment. Vivian Bright Engelhardt said. “There was an overwhelm- gave a talk on executive presence for the non- ingly positive reaction to having the Council executive, including how to project confidence continue efforts to implement” such a fund, he and how to be effective in meetings. Bryan Meltz said, noting that it is still in rough, embryonic President-elect Nina Long, IT engineer in East Village is Emory’s first newly constructed building form. “But the word on the street is people are the School of Medicine, takes over leadership to achieve the gold level of LEED certification. pretty supportive.” next year.

By Cathy Wooten ic catchments. These include granite-cobble splash pads, Just a stone’s throw from which direct the water into Emory’s oldest campus build- areas where a special soil mix- Faculty Council ing — Phi Gamma Hall, built ture and selected vegetation fil- in 1851 and a symbol of the uni- ter contaminants and allow the Input from the Faculty Council was sought, Human Resources’ Katherine Hinson, who versity’s beginnings — stands a water to percolate back into the at their April 21 meeting, on the issue of an demonstrated a prototype of a University-wide new building that is emblematic ground, recharging the aquifer. open access policy for disseminating research. Web site for news employees can use, sought Rainwater from the roof of the of Emory’s 21st-century goals for A series of meetings is expected to be held in input from the group. The Council, Culler sustainable design and construc- main lobby flows from a rain the fall to discuss this issue. “It’s the whole is- said, sees the need for a calendar of scholarly tion. East Village, an Oxford leader into a decorative basin, sue of how to walk a fine line of disseminating presentations throughout the University. College residential complex that which quickly fills and cascades information. You need to do it in a way that The meeting concluded with a discussion opened in fall 2008, was recently into a circular pool in East awardeda a LEED (Leadership Village’s central wooded court- you get credit for tenure and promotion,” said on the aspects of conflict of interest and poli- in Energy and Environmental yard, where it is then piped to Council President Steve Culler, noting that cies to address it. Design) Gold rating. an underground cistern. The technology is changing what that means. East Village is Emory’s first cistern, which holds 20,000 gal- newly constructed building to lons, is used to irrigate the sur- achieve the gold level of cer- rounding grounds during dry tification; in 2005 Goizueta periods. Business School received a As a LEED Gold building, University Senate gold-level LEED-EB, which is East Village is a living lesson in awarded to existing buildings. sustainable practices for its res- Music composition professor Steve Everett by creating a tracking system in PeopleSoft LEED designation is award- idents and other students, but will lead the University Senate next year. At where people could enter their service projects ed by the U.S. Green Building its design also includes space the March 31 meeting, alumni association and works and it would come back to the fac- Council, a nonprofit organiza- for literal classrooms. A mod- staff spoke on networking and career oppor- ulty chair to be weighed in the performance tion that certifies sustainable ern kitchen facility in the com- tunities in this economy. Steve Culler, Senate appraisal,” Culler explained. businesses, homes, hospitals, mons area is large enough to president, noted, “The Career Center is mak- The meeting concluded with small-group schools and neighborhoods. accommodate cooking classes, ing a huge effort to improve its services.” discussions on what the Senate could do to im- LEED candidates must apply where sustainable food choices The Senate continued its efforts to “en- prove morale in light of the economic climate for consideration and undergo and healthy preparation can hance the value of service,” Culler said, “as it change the University is experiencing. These a rigorous review of their con- be demonstrated. Other fea- relates to tenure and promotion.” Past Presi- included a desire for more communication and struction and design. tures include the use of natu- dent Nadine Kaslow led a discussion on how explanation and more involvement in the early A highlight of East Village’s ral daylight, low-flow plumbing to put some teeth into the concept, “perhaps stages of change to respond to the economy. green design is an innovative fixtures and a highly efficient storm-water system. Rainwater heating and cooling system. — Leslie King is collected from the roof and East Village opened in the surrounding streets using fall 2008 and accommodates a series of artful and aesthet- approximately 350 students. EMORY REPORT MAY 4, 2009 6 Discovery JUST PUBLISHED OXFORD SEMINAR Blushing babies and the reasons Resident writer busts why we become self-conscious myths about South

see us, and how we have evolved By Cathy Wooten “The seminar,” said Hood, this propensity to manipulate “aims to interrogate received how others see us,” Rochat says. A poet reads aloud from her ideas and bust ghosts of the Old “The worst thing that can hap- work as the audience listens South and myths and romance pen is to have a feeling of being and snacks on biscuits spread of the Lost Cause, to confront transparent — ‘The Invisible with butter and kudzu jelly. iconic media images of the Man.’” This isn’t open mic night or an South in film and literature — The need for affiliation has experimental food tasting. This from Caldwell’s sharecroppers long been recognized as an is an English class; the poet is to Faulkner’s bear and Dickey’s inherent human trait. Rochat a noted Georgia author; and the suburbanites and banjo-picker argues that this basic affiliation setting is Oxford College. — and find ways to honor them need fuels a fear of rejection and The first Oxford College as well as test for truth.” a struggle for recognition that is Southern Writer-in-Residence The students studied imag- central to cognitive psychology. program inaugurated this es of the South as depicted in This emphasis “gives a subtly spring. Oxford has long had poetry, fiction and film, and different perspective on human such a program in its sights as a explored the region through nature,” Rochat says, adding way of further enriching its lib- music and food. In a series of Jon Rou eral-arts-intensive curriculum. writing assignments, they were “Our own nature is revealed by a child,” says psychology that it helps explain everything A 2008 grant from the Watson- challenged to develop their own professor Philippe Rochat, shown at home with his daughter. from the common phobia of public speaking to the Facebook Brown Foundation made the memoir of contemporary life in By Carol Clark nomenon — I think it’s probably fad. program’s founding possible. the South. even stronger than the drive Rochat is also the author of Mary Hood, the 2009 writ- Lucas Carpenter, Charles Put on some music and for sex. It helps define us as a “The Infant’s World,” published er-in-residence, is a lifelong Howard Candler Professor of invite a rambunctious 2-year- species, and it cuts across all in 2001, which explores what Georgian. An award-winning English, oversees Oxford’s old to dance, and you’ll likely cultures.” babies know, and how they come poet and fiction-writer, her writer-in-residence program. get an unabashed show. But Rochat’s latest book, “Others to understand what’s happening short stories have been widely “Mary’s presence on campus this an intriguing transition occurs in Mind: The Origins of Self- around them. While both books selected for inclusion in literary semester has been invaluable in between the ages of 2 and 3, Consciousness,” was recent- draw from research on infants anthologies and short-story col- providing freshmen and sopho- says Philippe Rochat, professor ly published by Cambridge and children, they are really lections. mores with the opportunity to of psychology. Three-year-olds University Press. He drew on about the adult mind. In a reference to a well-known interact with a prize-winning are more likely to hesitate before nearly two decades of research “Our own nature is revealed Southern fast-food chain, Hood author,” Carpenter said. “She’s moving to the music. They may into infant and child develop- by a child,” Rochat says. “We has titled her Oxford College been a wonderful resource.” refuse and seek refuge in the mental psychology to write the can’t fully understand the adult course “Writing the South: A search is under way for bosom of their mothers. Those book, which integrates scientific mind if we don’t understand the Scattered, Smothered, Covered the second Oxford College who dance may blush — espe- findings with his personal intu- root of this irrepressible drive to — Having It Our Way, Keeping Southern Writer-in-Residence. cially if someone laughs at the ition about why we behave the manipulate how people see us. It Real.” Some of the 17 students An announcement of the selec- performance. way we do. It’s something that emerges at who participated in the seminar tion is expected in the fall. “The fear of social rejection is “This book is about how we about age 3 and keeps growing are from the South, but many thePulteEmory10x7ad mother of all fears,” 4/2/09 Rochat 6:30 become PM Page this species1 that is essen- and defining who we are as a are not. says. “It’s a very powerful phe- tially preoccupied by how others species.” * OWN FROM $1,291/MONTH! (1st year)

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I arrived by Educational programs for incarcerated men and women shared and preserved. train from midtown Manhattan Lewis described his April in time to observe the waking have been disappearing from prisons for decades as a result 27 talk, “Wading in the Wa- Bronx neighborhood. Every face ter: Building a 21st Century was brown; every body was in of funding cutbacks and increas- ingly punitive attitudes toward Academic Commons” as “an motion. The streets were lined invitation and a directive” with bodegas and take-out lawbreakers. The program is competitive — 16 men out of on “the challenges we face places; a Caribbean woman was a population of 1,800 inmates in higher education” that selling newspapers on the cor- can enroll. Three hundred men somewhere along the way ner. The contrast to the bright have graduated from the pro- we will have to answer. chrome glitter and enigmatic gram, and the recidivism rate “Let me tentatively sug- lure of luxury goods in the shops among this group is 8 percent, gest answers by exploring along Fifth Avenue couldn’t have well below the national average Kay Hinton the interlocked domains of been more distinct. I felt con- Meeting student inmates in Sing Sing “made me feel of more than 60 percent. the academic commons,” spicuous, a blond woman in a alive,” says Oxford’s Stacy Bell. Julio knows how important he said, citing them as “the pink jacket, but privileged, mid- cost of higher education and this program is. He served 11 frank advice cut to the heart was in prison because he had dle class white people overesti- what it means to anticipate years in New York state prisons. of my desire to make this trip. been in the wrong place at the mate the fascination we hold for a reduced resource enve- He was a major player in the My English 101 students were the working masses going about wrong time. lope; the students we select; Bronx drug trade in the mid- going to read Ted Conover’s book They had many suggestions their business. 80s, a coke dealer who became the ways we organize the Julio said that people don’t “Newjack” about his “under cover” for helping students connect. One academy; and the ways we a kingpin when street notoriety experience as a Sing Sing guard. recommended students examine pay much attention to the Bronx. was just beginning to open doors produce new knowledge.” I use texts that address socioeco- the prison-industrial complex No one expects good news from to the entertainment industry He concluded, “The economic inequality. and the structural conditions it; Manhattanites don’t pass and “gangsters” evaded prison nomic downturn may be a through it unless they’re going to Recently I have considered that lead to a disproportionate reason to re-imagine aspects sentences by cutting record pursuing a career-long dream: a Yankees game or running the deals. They were role models; number of men and women of of what we do. But even if New York marathon. If I stood teaching my students in collabo- color in prison. Another insist- it had not come, we need to their stories are apocryphal. ration with inmates in a cor- out in some way that morning, “Gangsta rap really killed the ed that part of the education always trouble the waters of it was not in any way that held rectional facility. But can people process should include taking higher education.” message in hip hop,” one of the like us be taken seriously by fascination or expectation for inmates told me later that morn- students into the communities people like them? What kind of —Leslie King anyone accustomed to living at ing. “These young kids today of people who fill our prisons. A people are we, my students and once so close to and so far from don’t know it was a social and third suggested finding out stu- I? And what sort of people are Spotting jaguars one of the densest concentra- political movement.” dents’ beliefs about crime and inmates? tions of wealth in the world. I But Julio wasn’t a rapper. He incarceration and then having in nature and art The 12 men in class that was just a tourist in one of the went to prison. He lobbied for a them write the opposite posi- many communities that feed our morning introduced themselves “The jaguar is a very power- transfer downstate to dangerous tion. ful animal, with a mystique,” nation’s prison system. to me. Some had committed Sing Sing to earn the degree. I came away from this class said John Polisar, a jaguar Julio pointed to his old hous- murder, some had sold drugs, Once released, he was stuck. with new ideas for the classroom. expert from the Wildlife Con- ing project, the corners he ran some had been incarcerated Julio reflected on the obstacles Certainly I felt energized and servation Society. Although as a drug dealer, where success for half their lives, some were he encountered as a new gradu- optimistic. But Billy made a final revered by ancient cultures in for kids like him had meant estranged from their families, ate — and ex-con. cautionary observation. “Parents the Americas, the jaguar today nice cars and clothes and street some were pursuing a degree “If I couldn’t make it with a send these kids to school to find is highly vulnerable to humans, status. “I didn’t see my dad leav- with no chance of using it on the master’s degree, what was hap- themselves,” he said, “but you and its habitat has contracted ing home in a suit for the office,” outside. One man, Billy, thanked pening to all those other guys?” by 50 percent, he said. me for coming and said, without can’t find yourself living off of he said. “Nobody saw that. We He founded Exodus Transitional The joint talk, April 28 at sentimentality, “Your presence somebody else.” He is right. The saw the guys driving the nice Community, a 501c3 organi- the Carlos Museum, also fea- cars and we knew they were the here makes us feel more alive.” chasm that divides our class- zation that offers transitional rooms from prisons is wide. The tured Rebecca Stone, curator drug dealers who made all the assistance to men and woman Carlos, in Sing Sing for first contrast is as sharp as the dis- of art of the ancient Americas money.” after release from prison. His degree murder, said, “You men- tinction between a Bronx bodega at the Carlos. “The jaguars Julio drove me out of the staff serves 500 former inmates tion the challenge of making and a Fifth Avenue boutique. represented an intermediary Bronx through the scenic Hudson each year. He occasionally guest privileged university students between humans and nature,” Valley — another contrast — to lectures in the NYTS classes. care about the experiences of The Sing Sing students were articulate, focused and engaged. Stone said. She showed ancient Ossining, to meet a class at Sing Julio warned me about my incarcerated people; but what do pottery that portrayed a sha- They made me feel alive. They Sing, one of the nation’s oldest, visit. “The inmates might be sus- you mean by privilege?” Several man transforming into a jaguar. helped me appreciate anew most famous and most notorious picious of you,” he said. “They of the men insisted that my Shamans became jaguars “to prisons. New York Theological know that for most people a visit students are one drunk driving teaching and its endless oppor- get the wisdom and power of Seminary offers a Master’s of to Sing Sing is a trip to the zoo.” accident away from time behind tunities for engagement, reflec- the animal, to bring it back to Divinity degree here; the pro- Such visits are relatively bars. They emphasized the role tion, and passionate discourse. I heal people,” she said. gram is special because classes rare, because journalists and that chance plays in determin- want to recreate that Sing Sing take place inside the prison, other “outsiders” have a hard ing an individual’s future. More experience — honest, open and —Carol Clark rather than through distance time getting clearance. Julio’s than one man insisted that he real — in my own classroom. Hunting for what fuels infectious disease outbreaks By Carol Clark people are moving from rural Unusually hot, wet weather, information systems (GIS) and areas to mega-cities, where a rapidly developing strain of other methods to gather envi- Uriel Kitron was in Australia they continue to practice subsis- the dengue virus, and a human ronmental data and create maps Stay tuned for flu recently, assisting health tence agriculture,” Kitron says. traveler created “a perfect storm” to pinpoint disease agents and outbreak updates authorities in an outbreak of “Whenever you have large con- for dengue fever in Queensland, their vectors in time and space. The Office of Critical Event dengue fever in the state of centrations of people, domestic Australia — which is experi- The Queensland government Preparedness and Response Queensland, when news broke animals and poor sanitation and encing its worst outbreak in is now considering investing in and its partners across Emory about the swine flu epidemic in water supply, you have many two decades. About 1,000 peo- spatial analysis software. Kitron are continuously monitoring Mexico. opportunities for disease trans- ple have become ill with the plans to return for a workshop the swine influenza outbreak Global travel and human mission.” mosquito-borne illness. Dengue on using the technology to aid situation. Check www.emory. alterations to the environment, Deforestation and other fever causes severe headaches in the response for future out- edu/CEPAR for updates on the such as rapid urbanization, are human changes to the landscape and joint pain, and exposure breaks. rapidly evolving situation and helping to fuel infectious diseas- are other drivers of emerging to a second strain can result in “Use of GIS and spatial statis- the growing number of cases, es outbreaks, says Kitron, chair infectious diseases, he added. hemorrhagic fever and death. tics can help health authorities including in Georgia. The Cen- and professor of environmental “For example, when you bring Kitron, an internationally determine which cases are more ters for Disease Control offers studies. Kitron’s research focus- agriculture into formerly for- known researcher of the eco-epi- likely to lead to other cases, regular updates and general es on vector-borne diseases car- ested areas, you change the demiology of infectious diseases, so that they can better target precautions at www.cdc.gov/ ried by insects and ticks and the migration patterns of animals joined other experts in assisting which houses should be sprayed swineflu. zoonoses — diseases shared by and expose people and their Queensland health authorities. for mosquitoes immediately, humans and animals. livestock to more contact with Kitron specializes in spatial epi- and which ones can wait,” he “In many developing countries, wildlife.” demiology — using geographic explains. EMORY REPORT MAY 4, 2009

Items are compiled from the University’s master calendar, Events@Emory, and from individual submissions to Emory Report. Submit events at least two weeks prior to the publication date at emory.edu/home/events or christi. 8 Events [email protected]. Listings are subject to space limitations. ADVANCE Performing Arts Seminars Thursday, May 14 Visual Arts “Shaping the Cochlea and Its NOTICE Wednesday, May 6 Tuesday, May 5 Sensory Cells for Auditory Saturday, May 9 Sensibility.” Ping Chen, cell Emory Youth Symphony “Cancer Prevention by Bioactive biology, presenting. 9 a.m. Egyptomania in Atlanta Bus Staff Fest offers Orchestra. Richard Prior, Food Components.” 600 Whitehead Building. Free. Tour. Peter Lacovara, curator volunteer service directing. 8 p.m. Emerson Shivendra Singh, University [email protected]. of Egyptian art, presenting. Hall, Schwartz Center. Free. of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, 9:30 a.m. Carlos Museum, Fox Current economic pressures 404-727-5050. presenting. Noon. Whitehead “Arf GAP2 Is Regulated by Theater, Oakland Cemetery, have put a slightly different Auditorium. Free. orivera@ Coatomer and Cargo.” Paul and the High Museum of Art. twist on Staff Fest 2009 on Fri- pharm.emory.edu. Randazzo, Center for Cancer $50; $35 Carlos Museum day, May 15. But volunteer op- Friday, May 8 Research, National Cancer members. 404-727-4280. portunities remain a hallmark. Richard Luby, violin. Noon. Institute, presenting. Noon. Registration required. The day begins with service Reception Hall, Carlos Museum. Thursday, May 7 Ground Floor Auditorium, project opportunities through Free. 404-727-5050. Surgical Grand Rounds: Whitehead Building. Free. Volunteer Emory from 9 “Evaluating Surgical Quality [email protected]. Now Showing a.m. to noon at MedShare, Saturday, May 9 in the ACS-NSQIP: Where “Ingeborg Bachmann: Writing Oakhurst Community Garden Are We Now and Where Against War.” Dobbs Center and Project Open Hand. USO Charity Show: A Night Are We Going?” Bruce Hall, Special Gallery. Free. sdelama@emory. Barrels will be set up of Live Music and Comedy. Washington University School edu. Through May 8. around the Quad for non- 8 p.m. Harland Cinema. of Medicine, Saint Louis, Tuesday, May 5 2009 Emory Student Art perishable food items for the Free (donations). cpashko@ presenting. 7 a.m. Emory Farmers Market. 2–6 p.m. Exhibition and Open Atlanta Community Foodbank. emory.edu. Hospital Auditorium. Free. Cox Hall Bridge. julie.shafer@ Studios. 5:30 p.m. Visual Arts The Employee Council is also [email protected]. sponsoring a school supply Sunday, May 10 emory.edu. Every Tuesday. Studio. Free. 404-727-6315. drive during the fest to help “Three Mechanisms Leading Through May 11. Cherry Emerson Memorial to Deafness in Pendred with needs for summer school Wednesday, May 6 “A Keeping of Records: Alumni Concert. 2 p.m. Syndrome.” Philine classes. The Art and Life of Alice Emerson Hall, Schwartz Center. Wangemann, Kansas State Toastmasters. 8 a.m. This year’s event, on the Walker.” Schatten Gallery. Free. Free. 404-727-5050. University, presenting. 9 a.m. 231 Dental School Building. Quad, is from 1–3 p.m. While Free. 770-317-6285. Through Sept. 27. there won’t be a meal, refresh- No Strings Attached Friends 600 Whitehead Building. Free. [email protected]. ments will be expanded. and Family Concert. 4 p.m. Friday, May 15 The Fun Run/Fun Walk, a Winship Ballroom, Dobbs Biochemistry Seminar. live DJ and volleyball tourna- Center. Free. 404-727-0673. Donald McDonnell, Duke Staff Fest. 1-3 p.m. ment will be back, and Emory University Medical Center, Quadrangle. Free. community groups will share Saturday, May 16 presenting. Noon. Ground www.emory.edu/staff_fest. their information. Please stop Floor Auditorium, Whitehead Visions: Atlanta Sacred Chorale. by the Emory Report booth! Building. Free. ecapla2@emory. 8 p.m. Emerson Hall, For more information, visit edu. www.emory.edu/staff_fest. Schwartz Center. $20; $15 discount categories; Free, students. 404-727-5050. Egyptomania in Atlanta via bus Satisfy your mania for Egypt by hopping aboard a chartered COMMENCEMENT: bus to explore Egyptian revival art and architecture in Atlanta. CLOSING SOON “Egyptomania” is Saturday, May 9, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Pageantry upheld The tour encompasses the Fox Theater, Oakland Cemetery and the High Museum of Commencement highlights Art. Peter Lacovara, curator Thursday, May 7 Block Party. 1 p.m. Asbury of Egyptian art at the Carlos Class Day. Keynote: Ben Cohen Circle. 404-727-1911. RSVP Museum, will be putting it in and Jerry Greenfield, Ben and required at www.alumni.emory. perspective. Jerry’s Ice Cream. 5:30 p.m. edu/news/emoryweekend. A picnic lunch will be held Glenn Memorial Auditorium. on the grounds of Oakland Modupe Dayo. 5 p.m. Cox Hall Cemetery. Senior Class Reception. Ballroom. 404-423-5911. 7 p.m. Emory Conference The cost is $35 for Carlos Sunday, May 10 Center. 404-727-4074. museum members and $50 for Baccalaureate Service. non-members. Registration is RSVP required. 9 a.m. Glenn Memorial required by calling 404-727- Friday, May 8 Auditorium. 404-727-6022. 4280. The Torch and Trumpet President’s Open House. Soirée. 9 p.m. Emory 10:30 a.m. Lullwater House. Conference focus is Conference Center. $10; Free, 404-727-6022. Emory students. 404-727-1911. gender violence RSVP required. Monday, May 11 International specialists will 164th Commencement Saturday, May 9 explore gender violence and Exercises. 8 a.m. Quadrangle. Oxford College gender justice in an Emory 404-727-6022. Special Commencement Exercises. conference on May 7–8. Keynote: James Laney, For a full schedule visit www. Farewell to the king Speakers from around Emory’s 17th president. emory.edu/commencement/ the world will offer perspec- 10 a.m. Oxford Green. schedule. Events are free unless The great pharaohs of Egypt have achieved tives on topics such as sexual otherwise noted. immortality! The air has been buzzing with Tu- violence, girl soldiers, the role of feminism, and humanitarian tankhamun’s name since the official announce- interventions in a variety of so- Continued from the cover DuVarney’s footsteps. “He has ment in April 2008. It doesn’t get better than cieties and developing nations, done a superb job. I’ve agreed particularly Africa. to take on the role because I this — 2,000 years of ancient Egyptian art in our DuVarney, associate Funded by Emory College believe the symbols, regalia backyard, on view til May 17 at the Atlanta Civic professor of physics, is known and the Institute for Develop- and tradition are important to for mixing precision and a Center. The Emory and Atlanta communities have ing Nations, the sessions will uphold,” Taulbee says. spirit of spontaneity into the take place in the Jones Room The chief marshal is only a few more weeks to enjoy this fascinating elaborate pageantry of the of the Woodruff Library from largely a ceremonial role Emory Commencement. and exquisitely designed exhibition. 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. which, in medieval times, “Ray has always brought a In a lead-up to the confer- The equally fascinating companion exhibition real sense of enthusiasm and provided protection for the ence, political scientist Cynthia at the Carlos Museum, “Wonderful Things: The commitment to making it a head of a university. The chief Enloe will hold a seminar on special day for all participants,” marshal participates in formal Harry Burton Photographs and the Discovery of feminist interventions in devel- says Rosemary Magee, vice University functions such as opment studies on May 6 from the Tomb of Tutankhamun,” has been extended president and secretary of the Commencement, convocation 2–3:30 p.m. University. and baccalaureate. until July 26. For more information on A f t e r t h e c e r e m o ny, D uVa r n e y For more details about “Gender Violence and Gender For special promotions and exhibitions informa- will pass the mantle of chief this year’s Commencement Justice: Critical Perspectives on tion go to carlos.emory.edu/tut. The companion marshal — and his motto, ceremonies at Emory and Post-Conflict Societies,” con- “Never let them see you sweat” Oxford, including individual exhibition, “Wonderful Things,” is free to staff, tact organizer Pamela Scully at — to Larry Taulbee, associate school ceremonies, speakers, [email protected]. faculty and students. professor of political science. dates, locations and inclement —Priyanka Sinha Taulbee said he is a bit weather plans, visit www.emory. daunted, but proud, to follow in edu/commencement.