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Campus

Rushdie archive opening to be 'landmark' for all
The opening of the archive of Emory Distinguished Writer in Residence Salman Rushdie on Feb. 26, which includes a symposium with the author, is hailed as ‘a landmark event for scholars and for the public.'

Remembering King through service
Volunteer opportunities for Emory’s annual observance of King Week have expanded by 15 new projects around the city on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Business ethics code emphasized
The University’s Code of Business Ethics and Conduct is highlighted as part of the ongoing effort to stress its importance and continued compliance by faculty and staff.

Pledge to ‘green your routine’
The Emory community is encouraged to make or update their personal sustainability pledge; the enhanced pledge includes a new carbon calculator.

Take Note
· Barkley Forum ranked first in nation
· What to do in case of inclement weather
· Oxford adopts more sustainable stance on printing
· Emory takes workplace award

Discovery

Book|Report: Black politics after and beyond Obama
Political scientist Andra Gillespie offers a behind-the-scenes look at post-civil rights black political leaders in her latest work, “Whose Black Politics? Cases in Post-Racial Black Leadership.”

eScienceCommons: 2010 A Science Odyssey
Emory scientists discuss key discoveries of the past decade — and the possibilities for the coming one.

Campaign Emory: Gifts target mental illness research
Recent gifts from two foundations will support Emory researchers studying the causes and prevention of serious mental illness in youth.

Sound Science: Mind does matter
Listen to Charles Raison, clinical director of the Emory Mind-Body Program, discuss how the mind does matter when it comes to your health.

Can green tea be a cancer-fighter?
By combining an established cancer drug with green tea extract, Winship Cancer Institute researchers want to see if the combination can help reduce head and neck cancer risk.

Closing in on ‘histone code’
School of Medicine researchers have determined the structures of two enzymes that customize histones, the spool-like proteins that provide insight into DNA's packaging.

Arts Competition to reveal campus talents
Deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 13, for music and visual arts submissions by amateur artists and ensembles among faculty, staff and students for the Emory Arts Competition.

Keying in on Chopin, Schumann
Internationally known musicians join the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta to celebrate its 17th season and the Frederic Chopin/Robert Schumann bicentennial in 2010.

Predictive health ‘promising’
The fifth annual predictive health symposium showed that predictive-personalized health is one of the most innovative and promising solutions to the current health care crisis.

Wilco drummer, All-Stars to open semester with a bang and special price with drumstick
Bang on a Can All-Stars with special guest Glenn Kotche, the drummer/percussionist from the band Wilco, open the semester’s Candler Series; discounts on tickets available.

Exhibit expands meaning of home
Global and national aspects of home meet the personal and emotional ones in the inaugural juried exhibition “Picturing Home” at the Visual Arts Gallery.

Advance Notice
· Cardinal for unity to speak at Glenn
· Scholar, poet to perform at Carlos
· View City of Refuge portraits in exhibition
· Scholar to speak on health care costs

Plan your week
Tuesday, Jan. 12
"Metabolic Regulation of Neuronal Plasticity: Implications for Disease and Physiology."
Noon. Avtar Roopra, University of Wisconsin-Madison, presenting. 5052 Rollins Research Center.

Community-Engaged Learning Initiatives Grant Info Session. 1 p.m. Room W307C, Math and Science.

Thursday, Jan. 14
Community-Engaged Learning Initiatives Grant Info Session. 4 p.m. Room W507C, Math and Science.

Women's Basketball vs. Piedmont College. 6 p.m. Woodruff P.E. Center.

Friday, Jan. 15
Chopin/Schumann Bicentennial Celebration Series, featuring Laura Gordy, piano;
Laura Ardan, clarinet; and Brice Andrus, French horn. Noon. Carlos Museum.

For all campus events, visit the Emory Events Calender.

Provost appointed to U.S. accrediting panel
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has named Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Earl Lewis to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity.

Yerkes researchers are AAAS fellows
Stuart Zola, director of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, and Larry Young, chair of the Yerkes division of behavioral neuroscience, have been selected as fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Staff find ‘womanship’ in book club
A group of Emory employees is celebrating the fifth anniversary of their book club, dedicated to reading and discussing literature by or about African American women.