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Congratulations to our Atwood Undergraduate Research Award recipients! The Atwood Award recognizes Emory College undergraduates in all disciplines who use the Emory Libraries’ collections and research resources in their original papers, digital projects, or posters and who show evidence of critical analysis and growth in their research skills. The awardees’ majors are in neuroscience and behavioral biology, environmental sciences, English and creative writing, film studies, and psychology. Two of the five just graduated from Emory. We’re so proud of their accomplishments! Advik Bharadwaj, class of 2025, neuroscience and behavioral biology major Nicholas Chang, class of 2024, environmental sciences major Jaden Ellman, class of 2024, film studies major Oli Turner, class of 2025, English and creative writing major Honorable mention: Toby Fuller, class of 2026, psychology major Learn more about their award-winning research here: https://lnkd.in/e83hu_DQ #academiclibraries #undergraduateresearch Emory University Emory College of Arts and Sciences Lisa Macklin Valeda Dent, Ph.D.

Join us tomorrow (May 10) and Sunday (May 12) for two events surrounding a special exhibit we’re co-sponsoring. Pellom McDaniels III was an NFL player, a scholar, author, poet, professor and the curator of African American collections at Emory’s Rose Library before he passed away in April 2020. Among these many talents and pursuits, he was also an artist. Now his artwork will be exhibited at the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta (ADAMA). “A Shield Against Darkness: The Art and Scholarship of Pellom McDaniels III” showcases work he produced over several years. The pieces grapple with themes of memory, race, US neocolonialism, and spirituality. The exhibit is curated by Clint Fluker, PhD and Fahamu Pecou, artist and ADAMA founder. All three earned their PhDs from Emory University. Exhibit opening: Friday, May 10, 6-9 p.m. (exhibit runs through June 28, 2024) Location: ADAMA, inside the Nia Building at Pittsburgh Yards, 352 University Ave, Atlanta GA 30310 Conversation with McDaniels’s wife, Navvab McDaniels, moderated by Clint Fluker Sunday, May 12, 2-3 p.m. Location: ADAMA, inside the Nia Building at Pittsburgh Yards, 352 University Ave, Atlanta GA 30310 We invite you to join us for these events! Click the link below for more info and to register. https://lnkd.in/ga8zbF-4 #blackart #blackhistory #africanamericanart Emory University Emory College of Arts and Sciences

We’re happy to share that Shannon Clute has joined us as senior director for communications, marketing, and public relations for Emory Libraries and the Michael C. Carlos Museum!   Shannon joins us from The Hatchery, Emory’s Center for Innovation, where he was the inaugural director and built a campuswide resource to support student innovation and entrepreneurship. It was there he also created the short-form video series Calliope’s Cabinet: An Exploration of Curious Innovations Through The Ages, a partnership with Emory Libraries to showcase historic innovations from the archives.   He brings a wealth of experience in communications and marketing with him. Previously, he was the senior director of brand and communications for alumni affairs and development at Cornell University. Prior to that, he served in multiple roles with Turner Classic Movies including director of business development and strategy, where he built a collaborative culture of innovation to foster creativity, and director of marketing and editorial, where he was tapped to build and lead the marketing department for TCM. Welcome, Shannon! Read more about him at the link below. https://lnkd.in/eC9pNTkz Emory University Emory College of Arts and Sciences Emory Alumni Association Valeda Dent, Ph.D. Lisa Macklin

In case you missed it last week … In honor of Southern Gothic writer Flannery O'Connor's birthday on March 25 (she would have been 99 years old!), Gabrielle Dudley and O'Connor scholar Rosemary Magee, two curators of “At the Crossroads with Benny Andrews, Flannery O'Connor, and Alice Walker,” were featured guests on WABE's "City Lights with Lois Reitzes" that day, talking about all the artists highlighted in this wonderful exhibition. (You can visit the "Crossroads" exhibition at Emory University's Woodruff Library - visit our website in our profile for more information.)   You can listen to the episode in WABE’s “City Lights” archive here: https://lnkd.in/enc3kkBR #academiclibraries #archivesandexhibits #AtTheCrossroadsExhibition Emory College of Arts and Sciences

We’re happy to announce that Gabrielle M. Dudley and Carrie Hintz have been named interim co-directors of the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University! Hintz is also the associate director of the Rose Library, and Dudley serves as its assistant director for public services, positions they will maintain.   Dudley, who joined the staff in 2012, and Hintz, who started in 2015, have held various positions in the Rose Library and know the collections well. They have combined experience in processing, collection management, research services, and archival instruction. They are taking over for Jennifer King, who left recently to become the associate university librarian for Special Collections with Boston University Libraries. https://lnkd.in/eFwq-RVX #archivenews #rarebooklibraries #emoryroselibrary #academiclibraries #emorylibraries Emory College of Arts and Sciences Valeda Dent, Ph.D. @lisamacklin 

Emory University’s Day of Giving is in full swing! It’s a 36-hour online giving event celebrating everything Emory and offering easy ways to support what inspires you. The event is running all day today (Wed. March 27) and continues through the night until 6 p.m. ET Thursday, March 28.   Help Emory Libraries in our mission to support student flourishing and give faculty the resources to help their classes achieve their goals. You can support Emory Libraries in four ways: *University Fund for Excellence – for the general Libraries fund *Rose Library African American collections fund *MARBL (Rose Library) Fund for Excellence/Linda Matthews Fund for Special Collections *Medical Library Fund (Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library) Throughout the event, there will be special match challenges on your donations. Contributions to both the University Libraries Fund for Excellence and the African American Collections Fund will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $2,500 and $2,000 respectively. These matches are thanks to the generosity of Ginger Smith and Randall and Nancy Burkett. You can learn more and donate here: https://lnkd.in/ehza_hgN   Thank you for your generosity! #EmoryDayOfGiving #EmoryDOG Emory University Emory College of Arts and Sciences Michael C. Carlos Museum Lisa Macklin Valeda Dent, Ph.D. Shannon Clute 

Correction on air date: Airing TODAY: In honor of Southern Gothic writer Flannery O'Connor's birthday on March 25 (she would have been 99 years old!), Gabrielle Dudley and O'Connor scholar Rosemary Magee, two curators of the Emory Libraries exhibition "At the Crossroads with Benny Andrews, Flannery O'Connor, and Alice Walker," will be featured guests on WABE's "City Lights with Lois Reitzes." (The interview is scheduled as the first one in the show!) The show will air TODAY, Monday, March 25, at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. on WABE 90.1 FM (Atlanta) or listen live online at https://lnkd.in/gpdWimwu. (If you miss it, the show will be posted on this same page in the archive section later this week.) #AtTheCrossroads #FlanneryOConnor #WABECityLights Emory University Emory College of Arts and Sciences  

Emory University professor Geraldine Higgins will be on WABE's City Lights with Lois Reitzes Wednesday (Feb. 28) to talk about next week's Ellmann Lectures! Tune in at 11:15 a.m. or 8:15 p.m. to hear about the upcoming lecture series that celebrates modern literature, critical inquiry, and humanistic scholarship.  Listen here on Wednesday, Feb. 28: https://buff.ly/4bPZTjH #criticalinquiry #modernliterature #SeamusHeaney #academiclibraries #Irishpoetry Emory College of Arts and Sciences Fox Center Emory University

If you’re in Atlanta on Sunday, Feb. 18, join us for a free reading by award-winning poet Major Jackson, poetry editor for the Harvard Review and host of “The Slowdown” poetry podcast. He’ll take the stage at Emory’s Schwartz Center at 3 p.m. Jackson is the author of six books of poetry, including his most recent, “Razzle Dazzle,” as well as “Roll Deep,” “Hoops,” and “Leaving Saturn,” which won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize for a first book of poems. Emory's Rose Library holds Jackson's papers. Register at https://lnkd.in/eKpDc3FV. Free parking near the Schwartz Center is available on Sundays in the Fishburne Deck or Lowergate South Deck. https://lnkd.in/eAzyzm4f #africanamericanpoetry #blackhistorymonth #poetrylovers #academiclibraries #emoryroselibrary Emory University Emory College of Arts and Sciences Valeda Dent, Ph.D. Lisa Macklin

Catch Gabrielle Dudley and Nagueyalti Warren, curators of the Alice Walker portion of our “At the Crossroads with Benny Andrews, Flannery O'Connor, and Alice Walker” (exhibit info: https://lnkd.in/e7gzufHE), talking about this fascinating exhibition on Atlanta News First 46 TODAY (Feb. 8) at 4:45 p.m. Watch the story here, then come see the exhibition! https://lnkd.in/eFM3NbyV #emorycrossroads #blackhistorymonth #alicewalker #bennyandrews #africanamericanhistory #flanneryoconnor #academiclibraries #archivalresearch Emory University Emory College of Arts and Sciences Valeda Dent, Ph.D. Jennifer King