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The Emory Wheel has the video (see above) from an interview the Dalai Lama gave to the press on Sunday.

For anyone that hasn’t had the opportunity to hear the Dalai Lama speak or will not be able to attend this afternoon’s public talk at Centennial Olympic Park, this is a great way to get beyond the headlines and hear the man in his own words.

UPDATE: WABE interviewed Emory Wheel editor Chris Megerian about his experience interviewing the Dalai Lama in the video above. Click the audio steam below to listen.

Back to the headlines…

The AJC and AP report from the faculty ceremony this morning where the Dalai Lama was officially instated as a member of the Emory Faculty. During the ceremony, the Dalai Lama was presented with his own Faculty ID card by student Emily Allen who went on to say “I suspect you will not need to carry this with you for identification, but in any case, we wanted you to know you are welcome,” The Dalai Lama also exhibited his famous self-deprecating sense of humor when he exclaimed “With no training, no modern education, now somehow I got a professorship. I feel really rewarded.”

Photo Courtesy of Emory University

With Dalai Lama’s much anticipated visit to Emory now in full swing, the AJC reports on long term plans between the university and Tibetian monks that stretch beyond this weekend.  Each party has a challenging task, with the monks teaching over-stressed and caffeinated college students spirituality and meditation, while Emory faculty will teach monks in India concepts of modern math and science.

Anything worth doing isn’t easy.  Expect a lot of beneficial things to come out of this partnership in the future.

More info on the partnership can be found on Emory’s website here.

Emory’s Dalai Lama website is currently (9:45a Friday) showing “Breaking News” in big red letters announcing that there are a limited number of online tickets now available for Sunday’s First Emory Summit for Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding. If you want to see and hear the Dalai Lama converse with leaders of the other major faiths, in what promises to be a less hectic atmosphere than Monday’s Centennial Park appearance, quickly buy tickets $40 bleacher seats here. (it’s the third event from the top of this cluttered page)

They are disappearing fast. I saw $50 seats 10 minutes ago and now they’re gone (9:54a)   Tickets are now SOLD OUT

From Emory Press Release…

Emory University’s eighth annual “State of Race” event will feature the subject of the movie “Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina (“woo-ses-ah-bah-gee-nah”), who will deliver a lecture in Glenn Memorial Auditorium on “Hotel Rwanda: A Lesson Yet to be Learned” at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct 16.

Also a “Screen on the Green” of “Hotel Rwanda” will be held at 8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 15 on the Jenkins Courtyard of Goizueta Business School.

The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are available at the Dobbs Center on campus, 605 Asbury Circle. 404-727-8425.

If you work in downtown Decatur and have a free lunch hour, Emory wants to expand your horizons!  Starting tomorrow  the University will host one talk each month for the remainder of the year branded as “Life of the Mind“. Each lecture starts at noon (and I assume runs about an hour).  See dates, location and lecture topics below.

From Emory’s Press Release…

Lectures will be held at noon in the Jones Room of Woodruff Library. Visitor parking is available in the Fishburne deck, 1672 N. Decatur Road. For more information, call 404-727-6055.

Wednesday, Oct. 3
“Our Inner Ape: What Primate Behavior Teaches Us About Human Nature.” Frans de Waal, C. H. Candler Professor of Primate Behavior and director, Living Links Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center

Wednesday, Nov. 7
“On the Origins of Evolution.” David Lynn, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Chemistry and Biology

Wednesday, Dec. 5
“The Empty Set: Labor, Technology and the Transmogrification of 21st Century Cinema.” Eddy Von Mueller, faculty member, Emory Department of Film Studies