October 14, 2020
Recreation pilot project reopens Woodruff Physical Education Center
The Department of Athletics, Recreation, and Wellness launched a pilot project on Monday to reopen the WoodPEC on a limited basis for residential students on the Atlanta campus. Read more.
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October is Relationship Violence Awareness Month
Emory’s Office of Respect and the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE) created Relationship Violence Awareness Month (RVAM) toolkits that are available on the IPRCE website and Office of Respect social media with a new theme every Monday in October. The toolkits are filled with educational resources and marketing assets to show your support for this month, including Zoom backgrounds.
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The Emory Libraries Student Ambassadors (ELSA), in partnership with the Emory Libraries, will host their first virtual Library Day on Tuesday, October 20, from 4 to 6 p.m. Log on to hear about library resources and upcoming events, meet subject librarians, and learn how to access the library and the Cox Hall computing center. In addition, you can join other participants for a game of trivia and a chance to win prizes. Register here. You’ll receive the Zoom link a few days before the event.
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Former Emory pitcher coaches for Los Angeles in NLCS matchup with Atlanta
Connor McGuiness 12C, who played baseball and coached for Emory, is assistant pitching coach for Los Angeles. LA and Atlanta meet this week in the National League Championship Series.
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Oxford College Campus Update: October 7
Leslie Johnson 09Ox 11C 14PH 18G, Julio Moreno 02Ox 04C, and Michael Wang 03Ox 05C have been named to the Emory Alumni Association's 2020 Class of 40 Under Forty list, which honors a multitalented and accomplished group of young professionals. Meanwhile, Tinsley Ellis 77Ox 79C unveiled his 18th release in 2020, Ice Cream in Hell. It is his favorite album among a procession stretching across a 30-plus-year solo career.
In just nine months, an effort spearheaded by the Black Law Students Association Advisory Board has created an endowment that will allow more Black students to choose Emory Law.
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Vogue: What does it mean to be Latinx? For some, it's the ‘one term that gives everyone a home’
According to Guidotti-Hernández, Latinx not only "rebukes the gendered nature of Spanish, recognizing a gender spectrum," but also "a racial spectrum, and a sexual spectrum to confront internalized anti-Blackness, anti-Indigeneity, and homophobia."
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