Author Archives: Emory University

Featured Image: (L-R) Barbara Johnson, Elizabeth Matthews and Mikisha Johnson. When Elizabeth Matthews (center, pictured with daughter Barbara Johnson, left, and Mikisha Johnson, right) had a stroke, doctors discovered she also had COVID-19. From strokes to mental health, the Emory Brain Health Center is leading research on the neurological effects of the pandemic. By Emory […]

Featured Image: The new Emory Arts and Social Justice Fellows program allows Emory faculty and students to collaborate with Atlanta artists to explore racial injustice and other inequities. Participating artists (clockwise from left) are Olivia Dawson, Shanequa Gay, Ash Nash, Garrett Turner, Fahamu Pecou and Okorie “OkCello” Johnson. By Emory University Amid a groundswell of […]

Featured Image: The Emory team members, from left: Jason Choi, Ali Ahmadvand, Ruixiang Zi, Jinho Choi, Xiangjue Dong, Zihan Wang, Sarah Fillwock, Harshita Sahijwani, Sergey Volokhin, Zihao Wang, James Fince and Chenxi Xu. Not pictured are Han He, Jiaying Lu and Liyan Xu. By Emory University A team of Emory University students won Amazon’s 2020 […]

By Emory University For the ninth year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Emory University Hospital the No. 1 hospital in Georgia and metro Atlanta in its 2020-2021 Best Hospitals guide. (Emory University Hospital includes Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital and Emory University Hospital at Wesley Woods.) Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital ranked No. 2 in […]

By Emory University A newly received landmark donation will play a vital part in the student experience at Oxford College of Emory University and the preservation of its historic campus. The estates of Emy and Duane Blair have given funds to Oxford College in the amount of $8.4 million, the largest individual cash gift in […]

The COVID-19 Health Equity Dashboard, developed by Emory University, allows users to compare counties within the same state, aggregating key metrics that tell a story of a community’s social and economic health. By Emory University Although COVID-19 has swept across the entire country, its burden has not been spread equally. Some communities—particularly those with a large […]

Featured Image: The Peavine parking decks are among the 16 campus buildings currently slated for solar panel installation. Rendering courtesy of Cherry Street Energy. By Emory University Emory University will install more than 15,000 solar panels across 16 buildings on its Druid Hills campus, which will generate approximately 10 percent of Emory’s peak energy requirements […]

Featured Image: Nadine Rouphael, is interim director of the Hope Clinic, The Emory Vaccine Center. She is seen here providing treatment in an earlier clinical trial. Emory University is taking part in global clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of novel therapeutic agents in hospitalized adult patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The drug remdesivir […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Speak What Must Be Spoken,” a traveling exhibit from Emory University now on display at Drew Charter School, connects African American art and activism with today’s youth. By Emory University The setting of this one-act play is an African American barbershop, and three barbers – one much older and wiser than the others – […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″] Featured Image: Located at The Point, The Hatchery is part of the Clifton Corridor as a sign of welcome to the larger community of entrepreneurs in Atlanta. By Emory University The Hatchery, Emory University’s new student innovation and creativity space, opens its doors in mid-February. It expands Emory’s innovation ecosystem while building a […]