The final InfoForum and IT Briefing of 2020 were each held this month. The attendance numbers for these information sessions dramatically increased during the pandemic and we were pleased by the generosity of our presenters and the enthusiasm of our attendees. If you missed either session in December, you can re-watch them below: December 2020 […]
A team representing Emory Cloud Services participated in an AWS-led computing competition and came away with honors in an event designed to test applicable knowledge in the field of cloud computing. The competition, called AWS GameDay, challenged teams to spend 4 hours solving extremely difficult cloud-related tasks for a mythical company called Unicorn Rentals. Emory’s […]
Members of the Emory community and the general public are invited to the third and final panel in the Lift Every Voice 2020 Seminar Series entitled “Reconstruction Activism” on December 10th at 10 am. Attendees can register at http://emorylib.info/lift-dec for the online event. Panelists include Dr. Francine Allen (Morehouse) and Dr. Marla Frederick (Emory University), as well as […]
Recent LITS headlines: ECDS news: The Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation publishes Fall 2020 issue, by Amy Li Emory Libraries news: Art Imitates Life: Artists and Authors as Activists, by Erica Bruchko, Jina DuVernay, and Maureen McGavin Emory Libraries news: Holiday reading: OverDrive and 2020 books Emory Libraries news: World AIDS Day 2020 and the […]
Recent LITS headlines: Emory Libraries news: Rose Library launches podcast series Emory Report news: Vaccine tested at Emory highly effective in preventing COVID-19, study says, mentions study in which Norman Hulme is a participant Upcoming LITS events: (go HERE for more information for each event) November 20 – Seminar with WHSCL: 2:00 pm – 3:00 […]
Ben Perlman, director of the Emory Student Center (ESC) operations and events, recently presented at the November InfoForum, where he talked about the successes and challenges of opening a facility right before a global pandemic. Before the pandemic, the new facility was on track for 10,000 meetings and events. They also received the highest satisfaction […]
The James Weldon Johnson Institute, in partnership with the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, will present the fall installment of the JWJI Public Dialogues in Race & Difference Series. The panelist talk, Elections 2020: What Happened and Why, will discuss the post-election results. The event will feature educators from Duke, Cal-Riverside, Princeton, and our […]