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“The Flag at Midnight” is one of the 28 images from award-winning photographer Joel Meyerowitz ondisplay through Jan. 2 at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum as part of the new exhibit,“After 9/11: Messages from the World and Images of Ground Zero.” The photographs accompany an arti-facts collection that features a remarkable variety of touching messages of condolence sent to the UnitedStates from more than 110 countries in the days and months following the 2001 terrorist attacks.Condolences include children’s notes and drawings and even a signed firefighter’s helmet from Australia.

BY ERIC RANGUS

It took four tractor trailers totransport RaymondDanowski’s collection of

poetry—considered the largestever built by a private collec-tor—to the Briarcliff Campus.But even those four trailersmay not be enough to encom-pass the impact Danowski’s giftwill have on Emory in the yearsto come.

The collection, which com-prises some 50,000 books aswell as scores of thousands ofperiodicals, manuscripts, corre-spondence and other materials,makes the University quite sim-ply one of the world’s mostrenowned destinations for thestudy of contemporary English-language poetry, according tothe individuals who brokeredthe transaction. Already nation-ally recognized for its Irish lit-erature holdings, the WoodruffLibrary’s Special Collectionsnow takes its place among thetruly elite repositories andresearch centers for Englishverse.

“This gift identifies andestablishes Emory as one of the major centers of poetry in the world,” said RonSchuchard, Goodrich C. WhiteProfessor of English, one mem-ber of an Emory team thatbegan conversations withDanowski about the collectionin the mid-1990s. “People arealready saying that, if you want

to study 20th century poetry,you go to Emory. That’s it.”

To commemorate the formalannouncement of Danowski’sgift on Thursday, Sept. 9,National Endowment for theArts Chairman and poet DanaGioia will give a reading at 6:30 p.m. in the Carlos Museumreception hall. Gioia is theauthor of three collections ofpoetry (including Interrogationsat Noon, winner of the 2002American Book Award), as wellas the book Can Poetry Matter?Currently on display in SpecialCollections are highlights fromthe Danowski collection, includ-ing first editions of WaltWhitman’s Leaves of Grass(1855) and T.S. Eliot’s Prufrockand Other Observations (1917).

Rare and near-invaluablebooks like these may sparkle—Christie’s recently auctioned offa similar copy of Leaves ofGrass for $160,000, Schuchardsaid—but the real value of theDanowski collection is in thesheer breadth of its gems.

“I call it ‘building asnowflake,’” Danowski said ofputting together the library,which reaches beyond poetry towriting on important issues ofthe 20th century, such as thestruggles in Ireland, the VietnamWar, Spanish Civil Wars, thepunk movement in London.“There’s a certain symmetricalquality to it. It’s more than justa catalog of first editions ofpoetry, and that’s where it’s sort

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Thursday, Sept. 9, in the CarterLibrary & Museum Theater.Thediplomacy center created the“After 9/11” exhibit in collabora-tion with the Museum of the Cityof New York.

The poignancy of some ofthe messages included in theexhibit is striking. “Dear Santa,”reads a note scrawled in pencil byNicholas Barko, a 6-year-old fromSydney,Australia. “I don’t wantno toys. I just want America toget better. I love you. XXXX NickB.” Another depicts a Frenchchild’s drawing of the Eiffel Towerand Statue of Liberty holdinghands, and there are dozens morein many languages.

While the exhibit is well-timed, there has been relativelylittle fanfare as Linn’s andBoorstein’s addresses are the onlyspecial programs associated withthe opening, although the lightposts on Freedom Parkway havebeen dressed up with banners

To commemorate the thirdanniversary of the Sept. 11 ter-rorist attacks, the Jimmy CarterPresidential Library and Museumwill host a moving exhibit ofcondolence messages and arti-facts sent to the United States inthe days and months followingthose attacks.

The exhibit, “After 9/11:Messages from the World andImages of Ground Zero,” openedSaturday and will be on displayuntil Jan. 2. In addition to mes-sages of sympathy—many fromchildren—from more than 110countries, “After 9/11” also fea-tures a collection of 28 photo-graphs taken at Ground Zero byaward-winning photographer JoelMeyerowitz.

In conjunction with theexhibit opening, Priscilla Linn,curator of the state department’sUnited States Diplomacy Center,and center Director MichaelBoorstein will speak at 8 p.m.,

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of like a snowflake. It has a pat-tern to it.”

A former London art dealerwho now resides in South Africa,Danowski began his efforts inthe 1970s. Soon he became afull-fledged bibliophile, and asyears passed and his collectiongrew, Danowski and his booksbegan to attract interest them-selves. He formed Poets’ Trust, afoundation to manage the collec-tion, and soon his obsession withbuilding the library became anobsession with finding a properhome for it.

But there was one problem:

Conferenceto explorehealth, faith

By the early ’90s, Danowski’scollection was so massive thatselling it whole would beimpossible; no single buyercould pay what it was worth.He would either have to breakit up or essentially give it away.Once he learned the kind ofhome Emory would provide forthe collection, Danowski chosethe second option.

“People were whispering inhis ear, ‘You ought to see whatthey’re doing at Emory,’” saidSteve Enniss, director of Special

Raymond Danowski (left) and English’s Ron Schuchard stand amongthe many crates that hold Danowski’s vast collection of poetry, con-sidered the largest ever assembled by a private collector, which hehas donated to Emory’s Special Collections of Woodruff Library.

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The connection between spiritualfaith, bodily health and practicalsteps for the future will beexplored by health care leaders,theologians and scholars gather-ing at Emory Oct. 11–13 for apublic conference on “BridgingFaith and Health: The Role of theChurch.”

Conference leaders, includ-ing theologians from the CandlerSchool of Theology, public healthprofessionals from the RollinsSchool of Public Health,researchers from the NellHodgson Woodruff School ofNursing and physicians from theSchool of Medicine, will conductsessions on the faith and healthconnection from a variety of per-spectives. Participants will exam-ine current research, make sug-gestions for ways that religionand health might be related,explore ministries that promoteindividual and communityhealth, and address justice andequity issues in health care.

“Faith and health long havebeen companions in the Christiantradition,” said Russell Richey,dean of Candler, which is spear-heading the conference. “Thechurch’s commitment to healingis evident throughout its history.”

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Panel to explore relationswith Islamic worldA town hall panel discussingrelations between the Islamicworld and the United Stateswill take place Sept. 13 at6:30 p.m. in Cox Hall. Theevent is titled “Americans forInformed Democracy: TownHall Meeting on U.S.-IslamicWorld Relations.”

FIRSTPERSON ARRI EISEN

Imagine this: You’re teachinga senior seminar, and youget into a heated discussion

with a number of students thatcontinues after class. So youleave class and walk across thesidewalk—to your apartment,which is on the same flooras many of the students inyour class.

Then, one weekend, just infront of your apartment, yourun into a group of those stu-dents developing a researchproject for your class. Whileyou and your 6-year-old tossaround a baseball in the sun,you discuss the project with thestudents and help them shapethe foundation of what eventu-ally evolves into a superb videoand research presentation.

This scene played out forme, in Technicolor, last fall.

It had been 21 years sinceI’d lived ‘on campus’, and atthat time I was glad to get off—wanting to “be independent”and “have my own place.” NowI was moving back—with mywife and two young sons, noless—not quite sure what toexpect. Granted, the newClairmont Campus and itsOlympic-sized pool and apart-ments with kitchens andLullwater in the backyard was afar cry from the dorm life ofyesteryear: two tiny beds anddesks crammed into a roomwith a small rented fridge fullwith moldy mustard and ques-tionable brands of beer.Nevertheless, living on thesame hall with 28 undergradu-ates promised to be an intrigu-ing experience.

It was an effort dreamedup to bring Campus Life andAcademics back together instudents’ consciousness. In theold days, of course, there wasno such thing as “CampusLife,” with a capital C and L.You went to class, came home,studied, saw your friends,played Frisbee, maybe belongedto an organization or two. Thatwas your life, and you didn’tmuch worry whether it tookplace on campus or not. Timeshave changed—mostly for thebetter, as Campus Life (we’retalking about the division prop-er now) puts a lot of effort intomaking students’ extracurricu-lar lives exciting and engaging.

Students in this millenniumare always doing something; forthis generation, downtime is forwimps. Now, as Campus Life as a concept and organizationhas grown bigger and bulkieraround the country, as human

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institutions tend to, it hasbecome its own force, separatefrom academics.

Many folks at Emory, ledby John Ford in Campus Life,have tried to figure out howbest to rejoin campus and aca-demic life so they enhance andcomplement each other, insteadof just being parts of a list ofthings students check off.Another sad result of theevolving university—especiallyone like Emory that strugglesto be both a ResearchUniversity and a place thattruly educates young people—is that the system discouragesmany faculty (especially ouryoungest and most energetic)from really spending time withstudents outside the classroomin any substantive way.

Thus, BASE (BridgingAcademics, Service and Ethics)was born (as was the Centerfor International Living andother programs), with support,ideas and funding cobbledtogether from Campus Life,the Center for Ethics, EmoryScholars and the Program inScience & Society.

It is fair to say I had noidea what I was doing when Isigned up for a 12-month tourof duty at Clairmont. It wassort of like teaching a course

outside your field for the firsttime—and having to live andeat inside the course for ninemonths.

We selected 28 studentsfrom a pool of applicants whorepresented about as diverse agroup of Emory students onecould find in terms of theirbackgrounds, interests andmajor areas of study. The stu-dents saw all this, the diversity,the encouragement to live withdifferent people (not folks whowere already their friends), asan enormous strength forBASE. One room had a gayblack student from the deepSouth, a Caucasian, a PuertoRican and a second-generationstudent from India, all of whombecame great friends whilewrestling through many differ-ences, especially around theracial discussions and eventsthat occurred on campus lastyear.

Two startling things Ilearned right off: First, howhungry for community the stu-dents are (“community” seemsto reach a high among Emoryundergraduates during theirfreshman year and then goesdownhill from there); and sec-ond, even given this hunger,how difficult and time-consum-ing it is to build communitywhen you’re battling students’

Living in a classroomlong to-do lists, modern livingfacilities built to accommodateprivacy and separation, andautomobiles (i.e., when yourenemy is 21st centuryAmerican Life).

We had to be very inten-tional about setting up get-to-know-you meetings amongsmall groups of students. Theresidence hall, affectionatelyknown as Building B, has nospontaneous gathering places,only rooms that require reser-vations and keys, and the hall-ways are concrete and stark—nowhere you would want tobe for more than 60 seconds.

Another big challenge wasthat there are few groups ofpeople on earth that haveschedules more different thanundergraduates and familieswith a 1-year-old and a 6-year-old (it might be surprising tomany, though, that the lattergroup is much louder).

Despite these challenges,we had a great time “onBASE”; we developed a greatsocial and intellectual commu-nity. In addition to the courseI taught, we had group dinnerstwice a month, highlighted byintensive discussions withPresident Jim Wagner (ourneighbor for a time), publichealth’s Howie Frumkin on

urban life and health, visitinglecturer David Suzuki on ourglobal environment, and polit-ical science’s Merle Black onthe coming elections. We had a successful retreat to NorthGeorgia, participated inworthwhile service projects,made award-winning movies,shared birthday parties for mykids and enjoyed manysocial/cultural outings.

For the most part, as withanything one does with agroup of good people, it was asuccessful first year. One goodsign: My family and I aredoing this another year, as are90 percent of the folks on thehall who were juniors lastyear. With their leadership,and some frank discussionabout what worked and whatdidn’t, we’re sure to haveanother great experience in2004–05. The students recom-mended developing the wholecampus (or at least an entireresidence hall) into similarprograms in the future.

I strongly recommend theexperience and encourage anyfaculty who are interested indoing this to contact me andcome visit BASE. You neverknow what can happen on asunny afternoon outside theclassroom and a couple ofwell-thrown baseballs.

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Andy Gallwitzgraduate student

Religion

How should 9/11 be commemorated?

We should remember those whodied through prayer, as well asthose still living with the hurt.

John Schmittdoctoral student

Mathematics

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It is fair to say I had no idea what I was doing when I signed upfor a 12-month tour of duty atClairmont. It was sort of like teach-ing a course outside your field forthe first time—and having to liveand eat inside the course for ninemonths.

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Arri Eisen, senior lecturer inbiology, lived with his family at Clairmont Campus during2003–04.

We should continue to allowthe weight that comes with thedate itself, as individuals and asa nation, to press us to openourselves to deeper and fullerconnections with the wholeworld.

Donna Motedoctoral student

ILA

[There used to be] a light dis-play that represented where theWorld Trade Center used to be.It’s a really beautiful image, andit should be done every year.

Steve Johnstondoctoral student

French

After 9/11, what we said was“everything is different now.”What we should commemorateis our sense of what’s differentnow.

Kimberly Wallace Sanders assistant professor

ILA & Women’s Studies

In the Aug. 23 issue ofEmory Report, an editingerror resulted in theincomplete printing ofVanessa Siddle Walker’sessay, “A half-century ofchallenge.” ER apologizesfor the error. The full textof Walker's essay can befound on the ER website(www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/) underthe “Archives” section,Aug. 23, 2004, edition.

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EMORYPROFILE JOHN XEROGEANES

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some serious changes. Faculty had departed, and the discipline had to be rebuilt infacilities near the corner of Clairmont and N. Decatur roads that were becomingobsolete.

In less than four years, a lot has changed. Come January, the Sports MedicineCenter will employ three surgeons, three nonoperative sports medicine professionals,three trainers and several fellows and residents. There is an entire operation dedicatedto orthopaedics: bone scans, MRIs, physical therapy, prosthetics, orthotics, and muchmore is available on-site in the new facility.

And the center doesn’t lack patients; Xerogeanes sees more than 100 each week.The nonoperative professionals see 150. Utilizing the center’s two operating rooms,Xerogeanes can perform at least 10 orthopaedic procedures in a day. Because of tech-nological advances, some surgeries (all are outpatient) take just 15 minutes plus prepand recovery time.

A 1992 graduate of Emory’s School of Medicine, Xerogeanes completed his resi-dency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and his sports medicine fellow-ship at the Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colo., where he studied under some ofthe pre-eminent orthopaedists in the world. The patients were primarily soccer andfootball players and, understandably, skiers.

“I was either going to be a football coach or a orthopaedist,” Xerogeanes said.“I always wanted to do what I’m doing now. I wanted to help athletes because wealways had team physicians who didn’t play sports, so they never really understoodwhat we went through. I don’t want to forget what it was like being one of thoseguys.”

When he completed his fellowship, Xerogeanes got an offer from a ski resort tobe its orthopaedic specialist, but he was lukewarm about it. “Ski resorts are prettyisolated,” he said. “Everybody thinks they’re great until you live there.” Through afriend, he also heard about an opening at Emory. Xerogeanes spoke to several Emorydoctors including Scott Boden, current director of the Orthopaedics & Spine Center,and was impressed.

“I thought their plans were interesting,” he said. “I had nothing to lose, so I camedown here and gave it a shot. I kind of came in under the radar, but at the same timewas expected to build something from nothing. That’s where the fun and challengecame in.”

Xerogeanes’ responsibilities with Georgia Tech and Agnes Scott came later, andthey complement rather than interfere with his sports medicine center work.

“A friend of mine told me about the opening, so I sent my resume just like everyother doctor in town,” Xerogeanes said about his pursuit of the Georgia Tech positionin 2000. “[Then-]Coach [George] O’Leary said he wanted someone who had playedfootball in college,” he continued. That made Xerogeanes candidacy stand out; he gotthe job and eventually took over the care of all Tech athletes.

But athletes are only some of Xerogeanes’ patients. He now takes care of manyof his former teachers in the School of Medicine and their families, and he has oper-ated on top Emory administrators. In fact, the Sports Medicine Center’s reputation issuch that the new facility includes a special room where professional athletes fromthis country and around the world can meet with physicians privately.

Another of Xerogeanes’ A-list patients was former President Jimmy Carter, whounderwent surgery for a torn rotator cuff in 2000 shortly after Xerogeanes began hispractice at Emory.

“He’s a wonderful guy,” Xerogeanes said of Carter. “I don’t care what your poli-tics are, he was a good person, a great patient and a very aggressive guy. He is some-one who wanted to be out turkey hunting and working out immediately. He didgreat.”

The Secret Service agents in the operating room observing the procedure wereonly minor distractions and the minimum to be expected when a former presidentmeets a guy named Dr. X who wields a scalpel.

EEveryone calls him Dr. X. He wields a scalpel. Torn-up knees are his calling card.It’s the dossier of a James Bond villain if ever there was one.But in this case, the reality is much less megalomaniacal.Dr. X is one of the good guys: John Xerogeanes, chief of the Emory Sports

Medicine Center and assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery.“It’s Greek,” said Xerogeanes of the origin of his almost unpronounceable sur-

name (it’s pronounced: zer-OI-anz). “I just got born with it. I think a lot of peopleexpect to see a gray-haired, old doctor.”

Xerogeanes is certainly not that. An energetic, personable 39-year-old (and-a-half,he admitted), Xerogeanes is at the cusp of a discipline that is young, technologicallysavvy and well-trained.

“You are still excited about what you are doing,” he said of orthopaedic surgeonsin general. “You are current and innovative. You have to stay on top of things.”

A specialist in knee and shoulder surgery, Xerogeanes heads up the Emory SportsMedicine Center, one of the country’s leading centers for treatment, diagnosis andprevention of sports injuries. Not only is Xerogeanes the team physician for all ofEmory’s athletes, but he moonlights as team physician for Agnes Scott College’s ath-letes and those at Georgia Tech. With the Yellow Jackets’ 2004 college football seasonstarting last weekend, Xerogeanes schedule has gotten quite a bit more hectic.

“You cannot be a fan and be a good team physician,” Xerogeanes said. He doesn’t deny that he’s a sports fan—he played linebacker at the University ofCalifornia-Davis in the 1980s—but experience has taught Xerogeanes that fandomdisappears when he steps onto the field or the court.

“There needs to be a business relationship with the coach, a matrimonial rela-tionship with the trainer, and you have to have an almost fatherly or big-brother-typerelationship with the players,” he said, adding that his wife of just over a year is get-ting used to the fact that she will be a football widow every fall as Xerogeanes is on24-hour call.

“You need to be friendly with the players so they gain your confidence, but youdon’t want to come off like you are above them because it doesn’t work,” he contin-ued. “They have to trust you, but you can’t be one of them, and you can’t be theirbuddy because you are responsible for their care. Oftentimes you have to tell themwhat they don’t want to hear.”

The relationship between doctor and patient can be even tougher when dealingwith high school athletes. “The amount of pressure put on these kids is huge,”Xerogeanes said. “You have to protect them. Sometimes you have to say, ‘Johnny’snot playing.’ Parents try to bargain with you, but it’s not a negotiation.”

Xerogeanes takes a hard line, but that doesn’t mean he is without feeling. In2002, the point guard and team captain for Georgia Tech’s women’s basketball team,Nina Bärlin, tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the season’s first minute—inthe same knee she’d had reconstructed less than a year before.

“I was crushed,” said Xerogeanes, who was coming home from a Georgia Teachfootball game when he received a call from the basketball team’s trainer. Xerogeaneshad performed the first surgery on Bärlin. Upon receiving the call, he went directly tothe gym to see her, and Bärlin was close to inconsolable.

“You don’t say, ‘Come see me in the morning,’” Xerogeanes continued. “Shewanted to talk to me. She didn’t want to talk to her coach, she didn’t want to talk toher mom. I needed to be there.”

Xerogeanes operated on Bärlin’s knee once again, effectively ending her colle-giate career, but there is a happy second act. She is now playing professionally inEurope. Her photo is one of the many on the waiting-room walls in the SportsMedicine Center.

Earlier this year, the center moved into the new, state-of-the-art EmoryOrthopaedics & Spine Center, but its star has been rising for some time. WhenXerogeanes became director in 2000, sports medicine at Emory was going through

EVERYONE CALLS HIM DR. X. HE WIELDSA SCALPEL. TORN-UP KNEES ARE

HIS CALLING CARD.

Patients and co-workers alike affectionately referto John Xerogeanes as Dr. X. Chief of the EmorySports Medicine Center, Xerogeanes is not onlyteam physician for all of Emory’s athletic squadsbut those at Georgia Tech and Agnes Scott College,as well. “You cannot be a fan and be a good teamphysician,” he says. A former college football play-er himself, Xerogeanes’ knowledge of the gameand its effects on athletes contributes to ratherthan hinders his ability to take care of his players.

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International Affairs highlighting faculty members’ interna-tional work.)

In 2001, the Egyptian government awarded vascular sur-geon (and Emory medical professor) Atef Salam the Shieldof Medicine for being one of the 10 most outstanding

Egyptian doctors in the world. The award recognized Salam’scontributions to advancing medicine in his native country,where for more than 30 years he has returned annually toperform charity surgery and train Egyptian physicians in thelatest surgical techniques.

Salam’s lifetime mission to improve Egyptian medicinetook root in the mid-1960s. A junior faculty member at CairoUniversity’s medical school at the time, he found himselftreating peasants and poor farmers who worked in fieldsalong the Nile. They had developed liver cirrhosis, a complica-tion caused by an endemic parasite contracted from the river.

“I was doing the traditional operation on them, and wewere correcting the problem, but the side effects of this oper-ation were too much to accept,” Salam said of effects thatincluded tremors and forgetfulness. “If you’re not 100 per-cent, you cannot work in the fields. There was no welfare, sothese people would just shrivel and die.”

Salam wrote to a doctor in Miami (Dean Warren, formerchair of surgery at Emory) who he had heard struggled withsimilar issues. Thus began Salam’s journey to the UnitedStates, where the two collaborated and developed a newoperation for cirrhosis that avoided the debilitating complica-tions. In 1971, Salam followed Warren to Emory, where he hasworked since.

“It became my mission,” Salam said, “to introduce thisnew technique to doctors around the world.”

That same year, following Egyptian president AbdulNasser’s death, Salam returned to Egypt for the first timeafter several years of exile (his move to the West in the 1960shad branded him a deserter in Nasser’s highly nationalisticgovernment) and was saddened by what he found: a medicalsystem deteriorating from state rejection of anything consid-ered a vestige of Western imperialism, which included theBritish-built medical centers in which Salam had been trained.

“When I left Egypt in 1965, the level of medicine in Egyptwas pretty good,” Salam said. “But after that, three thingshappened simultaneously that were very damaging. One wasthe nationalistic sentiment. Second, technology exploded. Sothere was a movement toward isolationism while the worldwas changing, and Egypt was left out.

“Third,” he continued, “the population exploded. Modernmedicine became technologically driven and expensive, andthe ‘haves’ in Egypt got good treatment, but they are aminority. The poor and the middle class could not afford mod-ern medicine. And this is a major socioeconomic and political

problem, much more sothan in the UnitedStates.”

Salam traveled severaltimes a year to academiccenters in Egypt, Kuwait,Saudi Arabia and Mexicoto train medical teams toperform his new opera-tion. Since then, his serv-ice to Egypt has extendedto several other activities,including bringing prom-ising young Egyptian sur-geons to spend two yearsresearching and trainingwith him at Emory; organ-izing an annual interna-tional surgical meeting in

Cairo with 600–1,000 participants from the Middle East andMediterranean; and writing the first book in Arabic on vascu-lar surgery. He also is consulting with the Egyptian govern-ment on plans to construct several modern hospitals.

But one of Salam’s most rewarding activities remains thetwo weeks each year he spends performing vascular surgerypro bono in Egypt, something he has done for the pastdecade.

“During those two weeks, I perform surgery from seven inthe morning to seven in the evening. There is so much to do,”he said. “There is no money changing hands. There is no trailof paperwork, no insurance companies, no lawyers. Just a doc-tor helping a patient. Sometimes wives bring me meals theyhave prepared themselves in appreciation for helping theirfamilies. It is very touching. It reminds me of the way medi-cine used to be.”

Lailee Mendelson is communications coordinator for theOffice of International Affairs.

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Salam lends hand toEgyptian medicine

Ruth Berkelman, RollinsProfessor of Public Healthand director of the Center

for Public Health Preparednessand Research, will deliver aGreat Teachers Lecture,Thursday,Sept. 9, on “The Cost of Terror,The Price of Protection: A PublicHealth Perspective.”

Long before 9/11,Berkelman was at the forefrontof the public health effort to pre-pare for the threat of emerginginfectious diseases. In her rolesas assistant surgeon general ofthe U.S. Public Health Serviceand deputy director of theNational Center for InfectiousDiseases, she confronted the crit-ical need to develop strategiesagainst new and reemerging bio-logical pathogens identified overthe past two decades. Now, withthe additional looming threat ofbioterrorism, Berkelman is usingher public-health skills to lead ateam of faculty, staff and stu-dents in programs of training,education and consultation torespond to biologic threats.

Within the Rollins School ofPublic Health, Berkelman directsresearch teams, training programsand student response teams, andcollaborates with local, state andfederal public health leaders,other academic medical centers,and business leaders to prepareresponses to biologic and otherthreats, no matter their origin.

In her Great TeachersLecture, Berkelman will discussthe newest challenges and poten-tial of infectious diseases, bothnatural and man-made, and theactive role her center plays inanticipating, preparing for andpreventing urgent threats to pub-lic health.

Berkelman joined the Rollinsschool after retiring in 2000 fromthe U.S. Public Health Servicewith the rank of assistant sur-geon general. From 1998–2000she served as senior adviser tothe CDC director. From

1992–97, she was deputy direc-tor of the National Center forInfectious Diseases and led theCDC’s efforts to respond to thethreat of emerging infectious dis-eases. She is published widely ininfectious diseases and diseasesurveillance literature.A graduateof Harvard Medical School,Berkelman is board certified inpediatrics and internal medicine.

Berkelman recently wasappointed chair of the AmericanSociety of Microbiology’s Publicand Scientific Affairs Board, anorganization representing morethan 40,000 individuals dedicat-ed to the advancement of themicrobiologic sciences and theirapplication for the common good.She also is a fellow of theInfectious Diseases Society of

America and a member of theAmerican EpidemiologicalSociety.

Berkelman is a member ofthe Institute of Medicine’s Forumon Emerging Infections and theNational Academies’ Board ofLife Sciences. She formerly servedas a consultant to the NuclearThreat Initiative (established byTed Turner and headed by formerSenator Sam Nunn) on issuesrelated to nonproliferation of bio-logic weapons and global publichealth surveillance.

The Great Teachers Lecture isfree and open to the public. It willbe held at Miller-Ward AlumniHouse from 7:30–9 p.m. For moreinformation, contact the Centerfor Lifelong Learning at 404-727-6000.

BY HOLLY KORSCHUN

Great Teachers Lecture tofocus on bioterrorism

Ruth Berkelman, Rollins Professor of Public Health, will deliver a GreatTeachers Lecture on Sept. 9 on bioterrorism from a public health per-spective. Before coming to Emory in 2000, Berkelman served as assis-tant surgeon general for the U.S. Public Health Service and deputydirector of the National Center for Infectious Diseases.

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FM wins top national award

Earlier this year, Emory’sFacilities Management (FM)division received the 2004

Award of Excellence in FacilitiesManagement from the Associationof Higher Education FacilitiesOfficers. Bob Hascall, senior asso-ciate vice president for FM,accepted the award, the associa-tion’s highest institutional honor,on behalf of the University duringthe annual Educational FacilitiesLeadership Forum in Washington.

“This great achievement is atestament to the magnificent teamspirit, cooperation and excellentwork done by the talented staff of Facilities Management atEmory,” Hascall said. “I am hon-ored to see their outstanding—and often behind the scenes—work recognized by our peersacross the nation.”

BY BEVERLY CLARK Emory received the Award forExcellence as a result of an in-depth review and verification ofthe high levels of excellence inthe processes used and the resultsachieved by its facilities manage-ment department.The review cov-ers areas such as: purpose andgoals; organization and resources;policies and procedures; commu-nications and quality of relation-ships; and divisional planning. FMmet and, in some categories,exceeded the established require-ments to receive this award.

The Award for Excellence is designed to recognize andadvance excellence in the field ofeducational facilities. Originallyestablished in 1988, it provideseducational institutions the oppor-tunity for national and interna-tional recognition for outstandingachievement in facilities manage-ment.The Association of Higher

Education Facilities Officers (alsoknown as APPA, a vestige of itsformer name, the Association ofPhysical Plant Administrators) wasfounded in 1914 and representsnearly 4,500 learning institutionsthroughout the United States,Canada and other countries.

“There is no moneychanging hands.There is no trail ofpaperwork, noinsurance compa-nies, no lawyers.Just a doctor help-ing a patient.”

Facilities Management’s BobHascall accepted an award to hisdivision from the Association ofHigher Education Facilities Officers.

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HEALTHSCIENCES

Barbara Stoll, an interna-tionally recognized pedia-trician who specializes in

issues of neonatal infectious dis-ease and child survival, has beennamed chair of the Departmentof Pediatrics in the School ofMedicine and medical directorof Children’s Healthcare ofAtlanta (CHOA) at Egleston.

Stoll’s appointment to thenewly combined posts will fur-ther cement a strong leadershipconnection between the twoinstitutions, which have enjoyeda long historical association attheir adjacent Clifton Roadcampuses. Many CHOA doctorsare Emory pediatrics depart-ment faculty members.

Beginning in September,Emory Children’s Center physi-cians are scheduled to movefrom modular buildings locatedbehind CHOA into Emory’snewly constructed $42 millionPediatrics Building nearby.CHOA then will expand ontothe 2.4 acres of land vacated byEmory when the pediatrics cen-ter opens.

“We are delighted thatBarbara Stoll has accepted thegreat responsibility of carryingEmory and Children’s atEgleston pediatrics forward at atime of such extraordinaryopportunity for both institu-

tions,” said medical school DeanThomas Lawley. “It was verygratifying to discover after ayear-long search that we had thebest candidate for this premierjob in American healthcare righthere on our own faculty.”

Added James Tally, presidentand CEO of CHOA: “We lookforward to Dr. Stoll’s leadershipin this new role. She has dedicat-ed her life to the service of chil-dren and their families andbrings an extensive and idealbreadth of experience to thisposition.”

Stoll has been a facultymember at Emory since 1986.She has served as interim chairof the pediatrics department forthe past year, following thedeparture of former chair DevnCornish. Stoll also has beennamed to serve as president andCEO of the Emory Children’sCenter, the largest pediatric multispecialty group practice inGeorgia, and as president of the Emory Egleston Children’sResearch Center. All herappointments were effective Aug. 18.

“This is a new day for pedi-atrics at Emory,” Stoll said. “Ournew building is a wonderfulmetaphor for a fresh and invig-orated department. There arechallenges ahead, but for thefirst time in the history of theDepartment of Pediatrics, we

have beautiful new space—con-sisting of both a wonderfulpediatric clinic and state-of-the-art, 21st century laboratories forscientific research.

“We have a solid base tobuild on in our wonderful facul-ty, and space and money forneeded expansion,” she contin-ued. “In addition, we have astrong partnership with a verysuccessful children’s hospitalsystem.We have all the piecesin place to make a new day forpediatrics.”

Along with her appoint-ment as pediatrics departmentchair, Stoll will be named thefirst holder of the new Dr.George W. Brumley Jr. Chair inPediatrics, on the strength of a$2 million gift and pledge fromthe Zeist Foundation of Atlanta.Brumley, who served as chair ofpediatrics from 1981–95, diedlast year along with 11 familymembers in a plane crash inKenya.

“George Brumley was theman who hired me and one ofmy mentors,” Stoll said. “Thereis a certain poignancy everytime I think about holding achair that bears his name. Dr.Brumley was a true academicleader. He left big shoes to fill,and I am humbled and honoredto serve as the George BrumleyChair. I only hope he is smilingfrom above.”

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Stoll takes on expanded pediatrics roles at CHOA

Last month Barbara Stoll took on a range of duties in pediatrics,becoming medical director of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta atEgleston, president and CEO of the Emory Children’s Center, and theDr. George W. Brumley Jr. Chair in Pediatrics, a newly established chairin honor of Brumley, who died last year in a plane crash in Kenya.

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HEALTHSCIENCES

Emory a training center for FDA-approved stent procedure

The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) hasapproved a new technique

for treating potentially life-threatening blockages in thearteries of the neck that lead tothe brain. The carotid stentingprocedure offers a minimallyinvasive alternative to carotidendarterectomy (surgicalremoval of arterial plaque) inpatients with carotid artery dis-ease who are at risk for stroke.

In addition to the approval,the FDA recommended thatphysicians who use the carotidstenting device undergo specialtraining, and the Emory HeartCenter is one of 30 trainingsites for carotid stenting acrossthe nation.

Just as stents (tiny meshtubes) often are used followingcoronary angioplasty (a mini-mally invasive procedure thatuses a balloon-tipped catheter toenlarge a narrowing caused byatherosclerosis to keep arteriesopen), they also can be used toprop open carotid arteries in theneck.

The FDA’s approval willallow treatment for patientswith blocked carotid arterieswho have been unable to under-go the rigors of surgery due tolung disease, heart disease orother illnesses.

“Carotid stenting is a veryexciting new technology thatcertainly offers high-riskpatients a less invasive option tocarotid endarterectomy,” saidcardiologist Christopher Cates,

BY SHERRY BAKER

Collections. “At the same time,people were saying to us, ‘Youneed to talk to RaymondDanowski.’”

Danowski said he andSchuchard got together inLondon, at an event to pro-mote Schuchard’s 1999 bookEliot’s Dark Angel, and the twodiscovered they shared a visionof how a university—in thiscase, Emory—could become atrue center for poetry.

“We both were speakingthe same language,” Danowskisaid. “Then Steve came onboard, with the fine work hewas doing in Special Collec-tions, and the commitmentEmory had to what they were

director of vascular interventionat Emory and Crawford Longhospitals. “This procedure alsohas significantly fewer bad out-comes—heart attack, stroke anddeath—when compared tocarotid endarterectomy. It isalso the first catheter-basedtechnology to show a majorbenefit versus a surgical proce-dure.”

The Society for Cardio-vascular Angiography andInterventions (SCAI) predictsdemand for the carotid stentingprocedure will mushroom fol-lowing FDA approval, and theSCAI is working with industrypartners to help develop train-ing programs on virtual realitysimulators to train physicians.

Cates and AnthonyGallagher, associate professor

of surgery (research) andresearch director of the EmoryEndosurgery Unit, havedesigned one of the first ofthese programs to train physi-cians in carotid stenting. Usingsimulators that look like humanmannequins, physicians threada catheter through an artificialcirculatory system and viewangiograms of the “patient.”Emory already has trainedmore than 100 physicians usingthe simulator.

“For the first time, physi-cians are able to practice onsimulators, much like airlinepilots who learn to fly firstusing a simulator, prior to per-forming carotid artery stentingon patients. Doctors learn onthe simulator until they areproficient, working in lifelike

settings,” said Cates, whochairs SCAI’s Board ofGovernors.

According to Cates, stentsplaced in carotid arteries fol-lowing angioplasty can reducethe risk of stroke in many peo-ple. Carotid artery disease—abuildup of atheroscleroticplaque (fatty material) in majorvessels of the neck that supplyblood to the brain—is animportant risk factor for stroke.Stroke is the nation’s thirdleading cause of death and amajor cause of serious, long-term disability. According tothe American StrokeAssociation, someone inAmerica has a stroke every 45 seconds. Roughly 700,000Americans suffer from strokeeach year.

doing was very obvious. At thatpoint, it was just a question ofcrossing t’s and dotting i’s.”

In addition to Enniss andSchuchard, former PresidentBill Chace, former interimProvost Woody Hunter, formerVice Provost for Libraries JoanGotwals and current librariesVice Provost (and formerSpecial Collections director)Linda Matthews all played sig-nificant roles in convincingDanowski that his poetrywould find a safe home inAtlanta.

But the collector wantedmore than just safety;Danowski didn’t want hisefforts of nearly three decadesto languish inside a steel vault.Enniss said Danowski wants

DANOWSKI from page 1 these materials to be sharedand celebrated within the worldof literary scholarship. Andthat’s exactly what Emory candeliver.

“This collection will drawscholars from around theworld; it will enable us to holdinternational conferences,”Schuchard said, adding that justsuch a conference will be heldnext fall on British poet TedHughes. “It will enable us toteach students on a level thatwould not otherwise have beenpossible.”

“Whole chapters of the lit-erary history of our time willbe written here at Emory,”Enniss said. “This gift, to usePresident [Jim] Wagner’s words,makes Emory a true destination

for this kind of scholarship.”In the meantime, while the

pages of literary history arebeing written, there remainsthe less-glamorous but just-as-rewarding task of catalogingthe Danowski collection.Enniss said it could be manyyears before everything is fullyrecorded and described (“Wedon’t even know the full size

of it now,” he said), but everywooden crate is a treasurechest of verse.

“Some of the items takeyour breath away,” Enniss said,looking at the copy of Leavesof Grass, displayed adjacent toother works of less renown butsimilar scholarly value. “Manyof them are so rare that people had no idea they

“This gift, to use President [Jim]Wagner’s words, makes Emory atrue destination for [poetry]scholarship.”

— Steve Enniss, director of Special Collections

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SCHOLARSHIP&RESEARCH

New treatment option for gastro-reflux disease

Gastrointestinal surgeonsat Crawford Long andEmory hospitals are

among the first in the world totreat patents suffering from gas-troesophageal reflux disease(GERD) with a simple, outpa-tient endoscopic procedure thattakes less than an hour.

GERD is a term used todescribe the variety of symp-toms and forms of tissue dam-age resulting from chronic refluxof stomach contents into theesophagus. One of the mostcommon symptoms of GERD isheartburn, caused when acidsreflux (flow backwards) fromthe stomach into the esophagus,causing inflammation. More

than 15 million Americans suf-fer from daily heartburn.

“I’m very excited aboutthis new technique to treatGERD,” said Edward Lin, assis-tant professor of surgery.“Reflux can be a very debilitat-ing condition, and this proce-dure gives patients a viableoption to surgery and costlymedications.”

According to Lin, the newprocedure is different from tra-ditional surgery, where part ofthe upper stomach is wrappedaround the esophagus to createa new anti-reflux valve from theexterior of the gastroesophagealjunction. The new technique is a full suturing method thatattempts to create a ‘ball-valve’anti-reflux barrier from insidethe upper stomach completelyusing endoscopy.

The technique uses a deviceconsisting of a reusable instru-ment called a Plicator, a single-use cartridge containing asuture-based implant, and aspecially designed endoscopictissue retractor. The device ispassed orally into the stomachover a guidewire and suturesthe inside of the stomach at thegastroesophageal junction to

BY CINDY SANDERS

Edward Lin, assistant professor of surgery, is one of the first physiciansin the world to use a new outpatient procedure to treat gastro-esophageal reflux disease. The technique creates a ‘ball-valve’ barrierthat prevents acids from refluxing (flowing backwards) from the stom-ach back into the esophagus.

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tighten the valve, stop refluxand restore the natural anti-reflux barrier.

Normally, a muscular valveat the end of the esophaguskeeps stomach contents fromrefluxing into the esophagus.However, in GERD, this valve isweak or relaxes too frequently,allowing stomach contents toflow freely into the esophagus.

Currently, treatments forGERD fall into three categories:medications, surgery and endo-luminal (by endoscopy) therapysuch as the Plicator. The Plicatoris one of four endoluminal ther-apies currently approved by theFDA and available at Emory. Themain differences with thePlicator procedure is that itinstantly creates an internalvalve at the gastroesophagealjunction with full-thicknesssuturing, and can be performedquickly.

“This may not always offera complete cure, but neitherdoes surgery,” Lin said.“Because it is comparativelynew, the outcomes data for thenew procedure are still beingevaluated. However, the newprocedure does not complicatefuture treatment or surgery for

patients who do not experiencerelief. Our goal is to offer ourpatients relief from GERD, andwe are able to do it now usingthe full spectrum of availablemodalities including a quick,minimally invasive outpatientprocedure.”

Lin said patients typically gohome an hour after the proce-dure and start experiencingrelief from reflux within amonth.

“This is appropriate for ourcomplicated patient popula-tion—especially those who can-not undergo an invasive surgeryor choose an intermediate pro-cedure between medications andsurgery,” Lin said.

Some people with complexesophageal conditions, such asgiant hiatal hernias and rareesophageal motor problems, arenot candidates for the proce-dure, he added.

Most insurance plans coverthe procedure, which the FDA approved in April 2003.Endoluminal therapy is markedlyless expensive than surgery, andmedications can cost as much as$2,000 a year. Costs of GERDtreatment exceed $9.3 billioneach year in the United States.

Dr. Dezhbakhsh goes to Washington for GAO

Many professors takesabbatical time to fin-ish a book or visit

another university to teach aclass. Hashem Dezhbakhshwanted an entirely differentexperience. He spent his2003–04 sabbatical at theGeneral Accountability Office(GAO) in Washington.

“The GAO is a wonderfulplace for people who do policy-oriented research,” saidDezhbakhsh, a newly promotedprofessor of economics. Thedepartment’s director of under-graduate studies, Dezhbakhshalso is acting department chair,so he isn’t lacking for activityupon his return to Emory.

Dezhbakhsh spent almostnine months (mid-August 2003to April 2004) working notonly on his own research butcontributing to GAO work. Heplayed a role in the completionof two prominent studies: atracking of the relationshipbetween the performance ofgovernment programs and theirbudgets; and a study onwhether the mergers of severaloil companies in the 1990s hadan effect on gas prices.

Performance-based budget-ing was an idea that first cameabout in 1950 but didn’t reallydevelop legs until the Clintonadministration. When GeorgeW. Bush took office, morereforms were instituted, andnow there are enough data todetermine whether perform-ance of discretionary programsaffects budget allocation (man-dated programs, such as SocialSecurity, were not studied).

“On one side you have thepublic, which you can arguewould like to see someaccountability from govern-

On sabbatical last academic year, Hashem Dezbakhsh spent his time atthe General Accountability Office (GAO), where he was able to utilizeits superb facilities to help his own research. He also contributed to avariety of GAO reports, some of which immediately affected policy.

ment,” said Dezhbakhsh, whohad been doing some of hisown research on budgetingbefore going to the GAO (whichuntil recently had been knownas the General AccountingOffice). “Then you have thebureaucrats, who probably arehappy with the status quo. Theydon’t want additional competi-tion, they don’t want substan-tial scrutinizing, and perhapsmany of them don’t like theidea of having their fundinglinked to how well they do.Then you have the policy makers.

“So you can look at it as athree-player game among thepublic that wants it, the bureau-crats who don’t and the politi-cians. Politicians cannot comeout and say they don’t want it.For a long time they have intro-duced legislation suggestingthey really want to haveincreased accountability, but atthe same time, funding is asource of power. When you tryto share power, you see sometension. So, they may not betoo eager to give up thatpower.”

After studying the data,Dezhbakhsh found a relation-ship, but not a particularlystrong one. The effect is moreprevalent for small programs,and budgeting is used more fre-quently to penalize programsthan to reward them.

“There is a compromise,”he said. “You start with thesmaller programs and applybudgeting in a punitive fashionrather than as a reward. It’s lesscostly to penalize the weakerthan to reward the stronger pro-grams.” He recently completedan academic paper on the rela-tionship and will submit it toeconomic or political sciencejournals. Dezhbakhsh also pro-

vided the Council of EconomicAdvisers with a copy for itsuse.

Dezhbakhsh’s contribu-tions to the oil-company merg-er study were mostly method-ological, but when the resultscame out in May, they made ahuge impact.

“[Some] economists arguethat when firms merge, theytry to capitalize on ‘scaleeconomies,’” Dezhbakhsh said.“They try to reduce the cost ofproducing, gain efficiencies, getrid of duplicate structures andthe reduced costs are passedonto consumers in the form oflower prices.

“There is another schoolof thought that argues firmsmerge so that they have lesscompetition,” he continued.“They own a larger percentageof the market and they cancontrol the price better. Thatleads to a price increase.Ultimately it becomes anempirical issue. Let’s look at itand see what’s happened.”

That’s what the GAOresearchers did, and they foundthat increased market concen-tration led to higher wholesalegas prices. The increase was ashigh as 7 cents a gallon for cer-tain fuels sold in Californiathrough 2000.

The results of the studyreleased in May led, in part, toa contentious debate in theSenate concerning PresidentBush’s nominee to head theFederal Trade Commission(FTC). The debate was relatedto the agency’s policies regard-ing petroleum industry merg-ers, and the study was used asevidence of price gouging inthe gasoline industry as aresult of the FTC’s mergerpolicies in the petroleumindustry.

Dezhbakhsh contributed toother studies as well. One of hismethodological suggestions ledresearchers to uncover a patternin wage gap between men andwomen, one that had beenshrinking until 2000, when itwidened following Bush’s elec-tion. The study that resultedfound its way to the website ofa Democratic Congresswoman—the politicization of the non-partisan GAO research wasplain to see.

“Here you are sitting in ameeting, you are having anintellectual exchange, all of asudden there is a suggestion,then two weeks later a report isaffected by these suggestionsand the result makes it to thewebpage of a lawmaker,”Dezhbakhsh said. “That is fasci-nating.”

Dezhbakhsh and his co-writers are working to turn hisefforts with the oil industrystudy into an academic papersimilar to his performance-based budget piece.

“The advantage of being atthe GAO was having access tothe data and then having theopportunity to talk to peoplewho work on budget issues allyear long,” he said. “They arefamiliar with a lot of the sub-tleties.”

Dezhbakhsh’s relationshipwith the GAO isn’t finished. Heinvited its head, ComptrollerGeneral David Walker, to Emoryfor a public presentation onsome of the strategic issues thatface the United States in the21st century. Walker accepted,and the two are working tosecure an appearance date.

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The conference is a responseto the growing interest by faithcommunities in health issues, atraditional interest in the AfricanAmerican church, according toAlton Pollard, director of blackchurch studies at Candler.

“The African Americanchurch recognizes that it mustaddress both the spiritual andphysical—including the social,psychological, political, economicand emotional well-being of peo-ple in a community—or be seenas irrelevant,” Pollard said.

Conference speakers willinclude Joycelyn Elders, formersurgeon general of the UnitedStates and now professor of pedi-atrics at the University ofArkansas Medical Center; ScottMorris, founder and executivedirector of the Church HealthCenter, Memphis,Tenn.; national-ly known preacher FredCraddock, Bandy DistinguishedProfessor of Preaching and NewTestament Emeritus at Candler;and Gerald Durley, senior pastorof Providence Missionary BaptistChurch in Atlanta, among manyothers.

“Public health is what we asa society do to ensure the condi-tions of health,” said Jim Curran,dean of the Rollins school and aconference speaker. “Faith com-munities and their religious insti-tutions are among the strongestinfluences and most reliableresources in society. Ensuring thatfaith and religious communitiesmaximize the potential for thehealth of individuals requires

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Our Time hits stagefor brief fall runBY SALLY CORBETT

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Dance faculty members Greg Cattelier (left) and George Staib co-choreographed Our Time Here on the Ground Will be Brief, runningSept. 9–11 in the Schwartz Center Dance Studio.

T he Emory Dance season inthe Schwartz Center’sDance Studio begins with

Our Time Here on the GroundWill Be Brief, Sept. 9–11, withperformances featuring Emory’snewest dance faculty GregCatellier and George Staib.

The concert includes Catellierand Staib’s original choreographyand works by dance associate pro-fessors Lori Teague and Anna Leo.Calling Our Time an eagerlyawaited creative partnership,Director of Dance Sally Radellsaid Staib and Catellier “haveadded a richness, diversity and awhole new layering of skills andtalents that has helped propel theEmory Dance Program forwardinto new areas of growth, excite-ment and excellence.”

“George is a gifted choreog-rapher who has a keen sense ofhow to move dancers throughspace and an innate understand-ing of structure,” Radell said.“ As a performer, he has a subtlemusicality and sinuous quality tohis movement that is magneticand a delight to watch.

“Greg is a skilled lightingdesigner who possesses theunique ability to transform thestage into a different world withsubtle, rich, sensual and soothingmoods and colors that superblycomplement the dance he illumi-nates,” she continued. “He also isa skilled choreographer and per-former whose dances are thought-fully constructed.”

The collaborators decided topresent this fall to allow ampletime to thoroughly investigateeach piece over the summer. Oneof the project’s facets was for thetwo men to exchange solos.

“We both see choreographingon another man as a rare andexciting opportunity,” Catelliersaid. “George and I move indecidedly different ways, whichmakes dancing each other’s worka significant but welcome chal-lenge.”

Staib began teaching at

Emory two years ago, helpedorganize the 2003 Schwartz CenterDedication and is coordinatingchoreography for “Wind Dances,”an Emory Wind Ensemble collabo-ration (Feb. 18, 2005). He trainedat Dickinson College and earned amaster’s degree at TempleUniversity, where he served on thefaculty.

The new experiences and tech-nical challenges in developing OurTime have been numerous andwelcome for Staib, who said theendeavor marks his first foray intochoreographing without knowingthe music ahead of time.

“I have been lucky to haveEmory music faculty member PhilSims as a collaborator; he pro-duced the score for my piece enti-tled ‘Natural Selection,’” Staibsaid. “I am excited about the workthat has yet to reveal itself.”

Catellier also came to Emoryin fall 2002 to teach and serve aslighting designer and technicaldirector for dance. Since then, hehas choreographed two dances,designed lights for more than 50works and performed locally.Catellier has served as technicaldirector at St. Olaf College, attend-ed Webster University’s Conserv-atory of Theatre and received aB.A. in dance from Arizona StateUniversity and a graduate degreefrom The Ohio State University.

The concert includesCatellier’s latest choreographicefforts. “Take Off” is his duet forprofessional dancers ElizabethDishman, ’95C, and HilaryBenedict. “What Now” is a solo forStaib. Both works focus on rela-tionship conflict.

“In my process as a choreogra-pher, I often start with a nugget ofliteral narrative,” Catellier said. “AsI create drama through the move-ment, the piece begins to expandand take on tangents.”

Performances will be heldSept. 9 and 10 at 8 p.m., and Sept.11 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. For tickets($10 general public; $7 discountgroups and students), call 404-727-5050 or visitwww.arts.emory.edu.

greater understanding of theforces influencing health, as wellas a strong appreciation for thepotential roles of faith institu-tions and communities.”

“The role of spirituality inpatient care is significant,”agreed nursing Dean MarlaSalmon, also a conference speak-er. “Understanding and, in a way,building upon that connection asa patient and caregiver can makea profound difference in positivehealing.”

Workshops include: churchcontributions to the health ofcommunities; nurses in partner-ship for community health;preparing parishioners to makeethical decisions; how long-term

survivors of HIV/AIDS arechallenging pastoral theologyand practice; refugee communi-ties and health; the church andmental health; how science illu-minates opportunities forhealth; and preaching forhealth and wholeness, amongothers.

Cost of the conference is$130 prior to Sept. 15,$150 after that date. Daily feeoptions are available, as well as continuing education credits.For more information on con-tinuing education credits, call404-727-0714.To download abrochure and registration form,visit http://candler.emory.edu/events.cfm.

advertising “After 9/11.”“We wanted to be a bit low

key,” said Tony Clark, spokesmanfor the presidential library, whichis adjacent to the Carter Center.“We thought people would like toreflect quietly on the anniversary.And we wanted things as simpleas possible.”

The museum’s solemn presen-tation fits the mood of remem-brance associated with the exhibit.The many condolence items aredisplayed in five cases designed tolook like packing crates, symboliz-ing the delivery of the dozensupon dozens of messages.A sixthcase contains a paper scroll onwhich visitors can leave their ownmessages. Many of the artifactsand notes were sent to U.S.embassies and consulates aroundthe world.

Other artifacts include a fire-man’s helmet signed by Australianfirefighters; newspapers fromCanada, Jamaica and Lebanon;postcards and drawings from chil-dren around the world; and even

a smattering of souvenirs boughtin New York (like a small replicaof Statue of Liberty) by touristsand sent back in memoriam.

“It was all very spontaneous,”said Sylvia Naguib, museum cura-tor at the Jimmy Carter Library.“People from all around the worldfelt an immediate need to expresssome sort of sympathy.”

In contrast to the plain wood-en crates of the artifacts, the twist-ed metal, piles of rubble, exhaust-ed rescue workers and evenhauntingly beautiful skies featuredin the 28 30-by-40-inch photo-graphs ringing the 2,000 squarefoot exhibit hall burst forth with amix of bright color and stark hor-ror.

A native of New York,Meyerowitz’s work has appearedin more than 150 exhibitions inmuseums and galleries around theworld. He was the only photogra-pher granted unimpeded access toGround Zero after Sept. 13,2001.

The images selected for dis-play with “After 9/11” are part ofa special exhibition the state

department’s Bureau ofEducational and Cultural Affairs(ECA) asked Meyerowitz andthe Museum of the City of NewYork to create for an archivethat would travel the world.They are a small sampling ofthe more than 5,000 images heshot of the aftermath.

The exhibit has been tour-ing for more than a year.Previous stops have includedthe presidential libraries ofGerald Ford and George H.W.Bush.After hearing about theexhibit’s success at the Fordlibrary—which saw attendancedouble—during the firstanniversary of the terroristattacks in 2002, Naguib workedto host it at the Carter library.

Admission to the exhibit,which includes access to theentire presidential museum, is$7 for adults; $5 for studentswith ID, senior citizens and mil-itary; and free for children 16and under.Those attending theLinn and Boorstein addresseson Sept. 9 can see the exhibitfree of charge.

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EMORYSNAPSHOT

Former U.S. senator and presi-dential candidate Bob Dole visit-ed Wesley Woods, Aug. 26,where he met with area seniorsand discussed the new MedicarePrescription Drug Benefit. Atlantawas the eighth stop on Dole’snational tour to tout the Medi-care drug discount card, which hesaid provides seniors with a sub-stantial savings on their prescrip-tions. Following a formal speech,he introduced himself to severalof the seniors in attendance andspoke to them one-on-one abouttheir medical concerns.

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Alton Pollard, director of black church studies in the CandlerSchool of Theology, says faith and health long have been linkedin the black church. “The African American church recognizes itmust address both the spiritual and the physical,” he says.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22Healthy Women 2000“The X-Files of Women’s Health:Everything You Ever Wanted toKnow, but Were Afraid to Ask.”Joyce King, nursing, presenting.Noon. Center for Women conference room. Free.404-727-2000.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 23Surgical Grand Rounds“A Surgical Life: The Preventionof ‘Burn-Out.’” Darrell Campbell,University of Michigan HealthSystem, presenting. 7 a.m. EmoryHospital Auditorium. Free.404-712-2196.

Department of MedicineResearch Seminar series5:15 p.m.Whitehead Auditorium.Free. 404-712-2660.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 23Friends of Emory Libraries lecture“Lost in Translation?” Joan Hall,editor of the Dictionary ofAmerican Regional English, pre-senting. 6 p.m. Jones Room,Woodruff Library. Free.404-727-7620.

Oxford College Lyceum lecture“Learn Another Language!Monolingualism Can Be Cured.”Joseph Levi, Rhode IslandCollege, presenting. 7 p.m.Tarbutton Performing Arts Center.Free. 770-784-8389.

McDonald Lecture “Does Anybody Know My Jesus?Between Dogma and Romance.”Wayne Meeks,Yale University,presenting. 7:30 p.m. 208 WhiteHall. 404-727-6322.

MONDAYSWeekly Zen sitting meditationWeekly sitting meditation andinstruction in the Soto Zen tradition. 4:30 p.m. Rustin Chapel,Cannon Chapel. Free.404-727-5120.

WEDNESDAYSZen meditation andinstruction4:30 p.m. Religious LifeApartment (HP01), ClairmontCampus. Free. 404-688-1299.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 12University WorshipJames Wagner, president, preach-ing. 11 a.m. Cannon Chapel. Free.404-727-6226.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 16Conference“New Visions of Youth Ministry.”Noon–9 p.m. Emory ConferenceCenter.Various costs.404-727-9315.

TUESDAYSChess club6:30 p.m. 106 Bishops Hall.Free. 404-778-4121.

THUSDAY, SEPT. 9Surgical Grand Rounds“Operative and NonoperativeApproaches in Patients WithDifficult Hepatic and SplenicInjuries.” Leon Pachter,TischHospital (N.Y.), presenting.7 a.m. Emory HospitalAuditorium. 404-712-2196.

Environmental studies lecture“Risk Assessment of CoastalHazards in the Southeastern U.S. and Policy Challenges.”David Bush,West Georgia Uni-versity, presenting. 4:30 p.m.205 White Hall. Free.404-727-6476.

Great Teachers Lecture“The Cost of Terror,The Price ofProtection: A Public HealthPerspective.” Ruth Berkelman,public health, presenting.7:30 p.m. Miller-Ward AlumniHouse. Free. 404-727-6000.

MONDAY, SEPT. 13Center for Health, Cultureand Society lecture“Obesity, the Jews andPsychoanalysis: On the Creationand Perpetuation of Stereotypesof Physical Difference.” SanderGilman, University of Chicago,presenting. 4 p.m. Jones Room,Woodruff Library. Free.404-727-8686.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 14William E. Mitch Lecture in NephrologyWilliam Mitch, former Emorynephrology division director, pre-senting. 4:30 p.m. Emory HospitalAuditorium. Free.404-712-2660.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15CND lecture“Presynaptic Proteins andPresynaptic Function in CognitiveBehavior.” Craig Powell,University of Texas SouthwesternMedical Center, presenting.Noon. 500 Whitehead. Free.404-727-3727.

History lecture“The Crisis of the SpanishMonarchy in the Mid-17thCentury.” Geoffrey Parker,TheOhio State University, presenting.4 p.m. 116 Bowden Hall. Free.404-727-2184.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 16Environmental studies lecture“Identifying Priority Habitats inthe U.S.-Mexico Border Regionfor North America’s NeotropicalCats.” Melissa Grigione, Univer-sity of South Florida, presenting.4:30 p.m. 205 White Hall. Free.404-727-6476.

MONDAY, SEPT. 20Film studies lecture“Cold War, Cool Medium:Television, McCarthyism andAmerican Culture.” Tom Doherty,Brandeis University, speaking.7:30 p.m. 205 White Hall. Free.404-727-6761.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 7European Art Cinema film seriesThe Loves of a Blonde. MilosForman, director. 8 p.m.206 White Hall. Free.404-727-6761.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 12University Organist Recital Series“Bach Live!” Timothy Albrecht,University organist, performing.4 p.m. Glenn Auditorium. Free.404-727-5050.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 14European Art Cinema film seriesHour of the Wolf. IngmarBergman, director. 8 p.m.206 White Hall. 404-727-6761.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 19Oxford Lyceum concertTimothy Albrecht, Universityorganist, performing. 3 p.m.First Presbyterian Church ofCovington. Free. 770-784-8389.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 21European Art Cinema film seriesOne Plus One. Jean-Luc Godard,director. 8 p.m. 206 White Hall.Free. 404-727-6761.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22FilmTasogare Seibei. Yoji Yamada,director. 7:30 p.m. 205 WhiteHall. Free. 404-727-6761.

Theater Emory productionRoberto Zucco. 8 p.m. MichaelStreet Parking Deck. Free.Ticketsrequired. 404-727-0524. RunsSept. 22-25 at 8 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 25ConcertJody Miller, recorder, performingwith Ritornello BaroqueEnsemble. 8 p.m. SchwartzCenter. Free. 404-727-5050.

Schatten Gallery exhibit“Avoda: Objects of the Spirit.”Features more than 30 Jewish cer-emonial objects by painter andsculptor Tobi Kahn. SchattenGallery,Woodruff Library. Free.404-727-6861. Runs through Oct. 15.

Schatten Gallery exhibit“Vladimir Viderman: Art from St. Petersburg, Russia—A Retro-spective of Paintings & Graphics.”Schatten Gallery,WoodruffLibrary. Free. 404-727-6861.Runs through Oct. 15.

Special Collections exhibit“Highlights from the RaymondDanowski Poetry Library.” SpecialCollections, Level 10,WoodruffLibrary. Free. 404-727-7620.Runs through Oct. 30.

WEDNESDAYSToastmasters @ Emory8 a.m. 721 Rollins School ofPublic Health. 404-371-0505.

THURSDAYSCarlos Museum Thursday EveningsVisit the Carlos Museum onThursdays, when galleries areopen for extended hours until 9 p.m. Free. 404-727-4282.

Chess club6:30 p.m. 106 Bishop’s Hall.404-778-4121.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 7Database research workshop10 a.m. 310 Woodruff Library.Free. 404-727-0147.

Library tour1 p.m. Meet in Woodruff Librarylobby. Free. 404-727-1153. AlsoSept. 14 at 1 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8East Asian resources workshop11:45 a.m. 314 Woodruff Library.Free. 404-727-0411.

Government documentsworkshop3 p.m. 310 Woodruff Library.Free. 404-727-0893.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 9Electronic reserves for faculty and TAs2:30 p.m. 314 Woodruff Library.Free. 404-727-6867. Also Sept. 14 at 2:30 p.m.

Google workshop2:30 p.m. 310 Woodruff Library.Free. 404-727-0178. Also Sept. 14 at 2:30 p.m.

Executive MBA open house6:30 p.m. 207 Goizueta BusinessSchool. Free. 404-727-8124.

Friends of EmoryLibraries event“A Celebration of the RaymondDanowski Poetry Library withDana Gioia.” Dana Gioia, poetand chair of the NationalEndowment for the Arts, reading.6:30 p.m. Carlos Museum. Free.404-727-7620.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 10Library basics workshop10:40 a.m. 310 Woodruff Library.Free. 404-727-2192. Also Sept. 17 at 10:40 a.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 13Internet evaluation skillsworkshop3 p.m. 310 Woodruff Library.Free. 404-727-0147.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 14Emory Woman’s Club newcomer’s reception1 p.m. Lullwater House. Free.678-289-0687.

Sixth Annual ‘Telling Our Stories’ eventGinger Cain, University archivist,and Alicia Franck, senior associ-ate vice president for universitydevelopment, presenting.5:30 p.m. reception,

6:30 p.m. dinner. $25.404-727-2000.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15Life sciences research workshop11:45 a.m. 314 Woodruff Library.Free. 404-727-5049.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 16EndNote workshop1 p.m. 310 Woodruff Library. Free.404-727-0147. Also Sept. 21 at2:30 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 20Bloodborne pathogentraining2 p.m. 306 Dental School. Free.404-727-4910.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 21American political resourceworkshop1 p.m. 310 Woodruff Library. Free.404-727-0143.

EndNote workshop2:30 p.m. 310 Woodruff Library.Free. 404-727-0147.

Conversation with theCartersFormer U.S. President JimmyCarter and his wife, Rosalynn,presenting. 7 p.m. Day Chapel,Ivan Allen Pavilion, the CarterCenter. $8 for Emory faculty, staffand students; $15 for all others.404-420-5107.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2223rd Annual Carter Town Hall meetingFormer U.S. President JimmyCarter, presenting. 8 p.m.Woodruff P.E. Center. Free.404-727-4364. Tickets required.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 23Census workshop11:30 a.m. 310 Woodruff Library.Free. 404-727-0148.

Plagiarism workshop2:30 p.m. 310 Woodruff Library.Free. 404-727-6863.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 25Regenerative medicineworkshop9 a.m. Emory Hotel & ConferenceCenter Amphitheater. Free.404-712-2660.

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