Category: Staff Bytes
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“Monarch + Milkweed” at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
The mission of Science Art Wonder (an Emory and Georgia Tech partnership) is to “partner scientists and artists together to create visual art to teach others about on-going research in Atlanta.” Dr. Jaap de Roode, Raymondo, and I have collaborated on “Monarch + Milkweed” to interpret de Roode’s research on how monarch butterflies self-medicate to…
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Mike Lewis becomes first LITS employee to carry all five core AWS certifications
Mike Lewis (systems architect, systems engineering) recently completed his sixth AWS certification and was notified that he was in a select group of individuals who had completed all five core AWS certifications. Kevin Niekirk from AWS Educational Services informed Mike that he is in a group of fewer than 3,000 people in the world who carry…
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Peek starts organization to help empower survivors of sexual trauma
Dawn Peek (senior network analyst, Technical Operations Center) recently founded the My Sister’s Keepers of Atlanta, an organization “empowering women to move from behind the shadows of their pasts after experiencing sexual trauma.” “I am a thriving survivor of sexual assault,” says Dawn. Her organization works with women who are survivors of sexual assault. Their goal…
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Carpool matching at Emory
Carpool matching starts this week. If you are interested, sign up now. The following information comes from Emory’s Transportation Office: Interested in saving $500+ dollars every year? Sign-up to look for a carpool match: http://bit.ly/LYC2019. Carpool with just one Emory employee and parking is $28/month for the carpool permit (save over $500 every year). Carpool with two or more Emory employees…
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Emory benefits enrollment ends Monday, November 12
Held October 29 through November 12, 2018, annual enrollment provides you with an opportunity to review your current benefits and make changes for the upcoming year (January 1 – December 31, 2019). You can select your medical plan and select or make changes to other benefits such as dental, vision, life insurance and more. This…
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“Ansible” – a science fiction word with Emory origins?
Many Emory IT folks are involved with the automation and control tool Ansible, and with ongoing LITS efforts to incorporate it into our environment. But the name of the product isn’t just a word made up by a marketing consultant somewhere in Silicon Valley. Decades ago in high school, I ran across the invented word…
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Scott Swann retires after 35 years
After a 35-year Emory career, mostly spent in management and project management, Scott Swann has decided to hang up his tartan. So to speak. Scott began at Emory on August 18, 1980, which has always been easy for him to remember because August 19 is his birthday. He started as a mainframe programmer with Emory Hospital…