By: Imani Brooks FX’s Pose is a new popular tv show about the underground ball scene in New York City during the late '80s and early ‘90s. While giving viewers a glimpse of the transgender social scene at the time,…
By: Adaora Ntukogu For our Health Beyond Blog series today, I want to encourage our readers to leave the blogs, movies, and even books behind and get some movement into your weekend! Below are some easy tips I've collected from…
Recommendations for health related events, activities, and resources Breathe Recommended by Yeeun Lee Searching for a lighthearted movie to watch on a Friday night, I came across Breathe. What started off as a typical romantic movie quickly took an unexpected…
Recommendations for health related events, activities, and resources The Great Believers, by Rebecca Makkai Recommended by Dr. Jennifer Sarrett I've been reading The Great Believers, a wonderful novel that is set in both the early-mid 1980s and 2015. These storylines…
By: Amanda Freeman Throughout the semester, a course taught by Emory's Dr. Amanda Freemen (Center for the Study of Human Health) and Lisa Paulsen (Theater) titled "Storytelling for Scientists" has examined how storytelling techniques can be used to make presentation…
https://crooked.com/podcast/history-is-today-episode-100/ By: Imani Brooks Check out the 100th episode of Pod Save The People, a podcast by organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson that explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with fellow activists Brittany Packnett and Sam Sinyangwe, and writer…
In the Spotlight: EMBRACE and Refugee Health (sponsored by RISE, Emory University) The Emory Center for Reproductive Health in the Southeast (RISE) will be hosting the first session of their new "In the Spotlight" series this Wednesday, April 17, 2019.…
By: Katherine Lewis In 2007, a German doctor declared that the “Berlin Patient”, later identified as Timothy Ray Brown, had been cured of HIV following a bone marrow transplant intended to cure his cancer. Brown’s case was extremely unique because…
By: Yeeun Lee Slow Death By Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things (Counterpoint, 2011) was written by two environmental activists, Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie. In attempts to prove that pollution isn’t merely environmental, Smith and Lourie expose…
By: Jennifer Sarrett & Amanda Freeman Tomorrow is the Atlanta March for Science. This event is aimed to bring people together to push for more publicly funded and disseminated science. Attendees are in support of the positive role science has…