Category: Higher Education

Four Atlanta artists will spend the next 18 months working out of studio spaces located in commercial property owned by Emory University near Emory University Hospital Midtown, as Emory partners with Midtown Alliance for the next class of the Midtown Heart of the Arts Residency Program. The initiative accelerates continued professional development for practicing Atlanta-based […]

The Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory University (IPRCE), Grady Health System and collaborators at the University of Michigan have been awarded a five-year, $4.4 million project to continue studying motor vehicle crashes in metro Atlanta that result in injuries treated at Grady. This project, funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), is […]

Summary: Through archival research in the Rose Library and other Atlanta repositories, architectural historian Christina Crawford and her students have lifted up Atlanta’s role in the nation’s first two federally funded housing projects — work that culminated in Georgia Historical Society markers.  It was hard work, made more challenging by pandemic restrictions. But when establishing […]

Jodie Guest has been leading her students on a journey like no other. As convenor of this fall’s University Course, “Pandemic Reflections,” Guest has helped students focus on the HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 pandemics as teachable moments not only about science and disease, but about issues such as stigma, religion, inequity, politics and communication.  “We have […]

Cancer disproportionately impacts Georgia’s communities of color and those from rural and lower socioeconomic backgrounds. These same population groups are also significantly underrepresented in the U.S. biomedical research and health care workforce, which contributes to and exacerbates cancer health disparities. Supported by a new five-year, $1.34 million Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the National […]

Gaumard Scientific Co., an industry leader in simulation technology for health care education and training, announced that HAL® S5301, the world’s most advanced interdisciplinary patient simulator, has been installed at the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing’s new state-of-the-art simulation and learning center. This is the first commercial installation of HAL S5301, which has begun shipping […]

Candler School of Theology will establish a set of initiatives that creates a rich, interconnected continuum of offerings for the education of pastoral leaders, thanks to a $5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The grant is part of the third and final phase of Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative, designed to help theological schools […]

Gregory Berns, Emory professor of psychology, keeps rewriting the narrative of his life. He earned a PhD in bioengineering, became a physician and then a practicing psychiatrist before changing his focus to computational neuroscience. His research using functional magnetic resonance imaging delved into everything from how the human brain decides whether to “sell out” to […]

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $58.6 million over the next five years to the Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA) to continue its efforts to advance the quality of clinical and translational research and transform research results to impact health in the state of Georgia and beyond. In addition to NIH funding, the […]

A scientist and a comedian walk into a classroom. They start a discussion about how art can influence social justice. You’ll have to wait for the punchlines. Emory first-year students will create them as part of a new fall seminar “Human Flourishing: Imagine a Just City.” “Humans cannot flourish without true justice,” says Micaela Martinez, Emory […]

Emory University’s 2021 Woodruff Health Sciences Center Community Benefits Report is out, and both its numbers and narrative tell a story of deep engagement and care for the community.  The total value to the community provided by the Woodruff Health Sciences Center is $688 million. And with COVID-19 still at the doorstep, Emory clinicians helped […]

In a summer notable for rising consumer prices, the nonprofit Wholesome Wave of Georgia is a more welcome presence than ever at area farmers markets.  Through its program Georgia Fresh for Less, Wholesome Wave enables those using SNAP/EBT dollars to have their dollars matched up to $50 when they purchase fresh, local fruits and vegetables. […]

By Kelundra Smith To understand the “HOOKED” exhibition at Science Gallery Atlanta is to begin at the end. A giant statue at the gallery exit is covered with shopping bags, vape pens, cell phones, liquor bottles, candy wrappers and other items visitors are invited to leave behind to represent their addictions. The piece, “We’re All Searching for […]

Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology have announced the inaugural recipients of the $100,000 seed funding as part of their collaborative AI.Humanity Seed Grant Program. The AI.Humanity Seed Grant Program is an extension of the existing partnership between the two universities forged through Emory’s Constructive Collisionsprogramming early this year. The grant recipients will use the funding to spur […]

The U.S. has a troubled relationship with its marginalized groups, and medicine is not immune to scrutiny. Black Americans in particular often struggle with pervasive mistrust.   This hesitancy shows up in all aspects of cancer care. With histories of abuse, including the Tuskegee Experiment and the sterilizations of Native Americans and Puerto Ricans, marginalized people […]

By Michelle Hiskey After a semester of research and analysis, the 24 students in Goizueta Business School’s Venture Capital and Minority Entrepreneurship class announced the first three investments for the Peachtree Minority Venture Fund (PMVF). This student-run venture fund is the first of its kind to make equity investments for U.S.-based and underrepresented Black, Latinx and  […]

By Roger Slavens In the Netflix TV series Stranger Things, few sights elicit shudders from viewers more than the foreboding presence of the Hawkins National Laboratory. Not only is this edifice of elemental evil home to the unspeakable experiments performed on the show’s Eggo-loving protagonist Eleven, but it’s also a portal to the malevolent Upside […]

Will robotic home health aides ever possess the compassion and technical expertise to care for the most vulnerable among us? Can artificial intelligence (AI) adequately recover the voiceless from the historical record? What can we do to make sure AI revolutionizes our world for the better?  For Ravi Bellamkonda, Emory University provost and executive vice […]

Imagine a world where the possibility of bacterial infections makes surgery insanely risky. According to research presented by Team Apocalypse, one of six teams to participate in the Healthcare Futuring Competition 2040 held earlier this year, a world where antibiotics no longer work is less than two decades away. “By 2040 we will have run […]

By Kelundra Smith Anything is possible at The Hatchery, Center for Innovation at Emory University. The center opened in spring 2020 and supports student innovators and entrepreneurs as well as related programs across campus. When students come into The Hatchery with a project or startup, they receive support for all stages of innovation, including inspiration, […]