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'ed New Haven, CT 06511 Email: gregg.gonsalves@gmail.com or gregg.gonsalves@yale.edu Mobile: +1-203-606-9149 -- Gregg Gonsalves 100 York Street University Towers, 10-D New Haven, CT 06511 Email: gregg.gonsalves@gmail.com or gregg.gonsalves@yale.edu Mobile: +1-203-606-9149 July 16-22, 2011 Gave Plenary Address at the IAS Meeting in Rome on "30 Years of HIV/AIDS: A Scientific Journey and Look to the Future". I emphasized at the end that "Science should inform policy" as per my recent Science Commentary. I received a prolonged ovation from the crowd of >4000. Clearly one of my best plenary talks ever. Aug. 4, 2011 - During a trip to NYC to give a lecture at Columbia on "30 years of HIV/AIDS: A Personal Journey", Ian Lipkin arranged a closed pre-screening of the new movie :Contagion" at the Warner Brothers headquarters in NYC. Ian served as the technical advisor and wanted to get my take on the movie. Also at the screening were Sanjay Gupta (CCN), the dean of Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, the Commissioner of Health of NYC and other notables. The press asked me my opinion, which was that it was an excellent film that was quite accurate scientifically. I was widely quoted in blogs about this. August 23, 2011 - Unusual experience - 5.9 Richter Scale earthquake hit Mineral, VA with severe shaking of Building 31 such that some of my plaques fell off of the shelves. Shock was felt as far North at Cape Cod. Jenny, Ali and Denise and Jack were in NYC and they felt it. August 226, 2011 - Washington, D.C. hit by Hurricane Irene that went up the entire east coast. Much damage. We were lucky in that although many trees came down, our house and cars were spared. However, I stayed up until 4:00AM nervously looking out the window at the large oak tree in my back neighbors yard whose branches were shaking violently. Importantly, I was very concerned about the 2 giant tulip poplars that are in my front yard whose branches were also shaking wildly. Luckily we made it through the night. Storm also hit NYC where Jennifer is living. Amazing coincidence that during the same week in DC, we got an earthquake and a hurricane. Odds of that must be 1 in several million. Sept. 11, 2011 - 10th Anniversary of "9/11". Much commemoration going on in NYC and DC. Of note last week on Sept. 9 went to meeting in White House EEOB 530 with