Category: News and Events
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LITS celebrates its Holiday Party at the Emory Conference Center
New location, same camaraderie. The Annual LITS Holiday Party moved to the Emory Conference Center Ballroom and the atmosphere didn’t disappoint. Over 250 LITS employees attended and enjoyed the party. “We had held the event in the Goizueta Business School every year since 2013. Then in 2017, we moved to the Math and Computer Science…
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Code Like a Girl: OCIT teaches coding to girls in Newton County Schools
Members of the Oxford College Information Technology (OCIT) staff participated in Code Like a Girl Day on December 5, 2018. Newton County Schools hosted Code Like a Girl Day across its schools to enable more women to learn about technology and the impact coding has on everyday life. The event took place in Covington, GA, during…
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LITS recent headlines and upcoming events
Recent LITS headlines: ECDS news: ECDS welcomes our new Digital Scholarship Internship Program participants Emory Libraries news: Nuremberg Chronicle Emory Libraries news: Atlanta’s Great Speckled Bird rises from the ashes (and mold) Emory Report news: Promising poet: Emory senior Christell Victoria Roach wins national writing awards Emory Report news: Punk is alive and well, thanks to…
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Get ready to party: annual LITS Holiday Party next week
This year’s annual LITS Holiday Party will held Thursday, December 13, from 3:00 to 6:00, at the Emory Conference Center Ballroom. This division-wide celebration will feature music, food, beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages, and great company. Rich Mendola will also be making remarks to the division at around 4:00. Raffle Details There will be a raffle during the…
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News from the Employee Council: Fall 2018
In October, Zach Nikonovich-Kahn gave us a presentation about the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta. It’s a commitment that can be a positive, transformative opportunity for both “the big and the little.” There is an orientation, an application, an interview, training and then a match meeting. The intention is for this relationship to…
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LITS recent headlines and upcoming events
Recent LITS headlines: ECDS news: Project Spotlight: Creating interactive historical visualizations of Atlanta in ECDS Emory Libraries news: Meet our 2018-19 Fellow – John Bernau Emory Libraries news: Meet our 2018-19 Fellow – Shensheng Wang Emory Report news: Bicentennial tribute to Frederick Douglass shows abolitionist’s speeches still resonate Emory Report news: Seeking faculty books published in…
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LITS turns out in record numbers for Town Hall
Despite cold and rainy conditions, the 2018 LITS Town Hall drew 330 attendees, the most ever recorded for a division-wide event. Tull Auditorium was standing-room only as employees flocked to hear about university strategy from Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Dwight A. McBride and Enterprise Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice Provost…