Category: Higher Education

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, […]

By Christina Perrier Appearing on Shark Tank, although daunting, is often an entrepreneur’s dream. The popular ABC show, now in its 13th season, receives upwards of 40,000 applicants each year, 150 of which are pushed through to filming, and only about 100 will air. Emory Business chats with Goizueta entrepreneurs who made the cut. Start […]

By Leslie Wingate “Speak What Must Be Spoken,” an Emory Libraries traveling exhibit about Black art and activism, inspired a compelling Black Lives Matter street mural unveiled recently at Atlanta’s Drew Charter School.  The Emory exhibit has been on display at Drew Charter since January 2020, serving as a catalyst for reflection and creativity, from […]

By Sally Parker High-tech entrepreneurs may be the darlings of the business press, but the backbone of the U.S. economy is small, local businesses that meet the needs of their neighbors. In fact, startups with zero to 10 employees make up 96 percent of all U.S. businesses, according to the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council.  […]

Maya Caron wants to be a doctor. Ben Damon wants to impact policy. Rosseirys De La Rosa wants to support her family. Anna Lindquist wants to teach people the power of words. Every student comes to college with a dream. At Emory University, financial aid programs help make these dreams a reality. Through Emory’s need-based […]

Through a new collaboration, Emory’s Faculty Staff Assistance Program will provide an immediate and urgent response to Atlanta Public School employees who may need emotional or behavioral assistance during work hours. Working through the pandemic has been a particularly stressful time for teachers and school employees, and feelings of anxiety and depression can add to […]

A team of six Emory computer science students are helping to usher in a new era in artificial intelligence. They’ve developed a chatbot capable of making logical inferences that aims to hold deeper, more nuanced conversations with humans than have previously been possible. They’ve christened their chatbot “Emora,” because it sounds like a feminine version […]

In 1905, the philosopher George Santayana wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” More than a century later, people across the world are reckoning with shared histories and working to tell wider truths to set the historical record straight. The Emory University community is invited to explore its own past […]

Next Generation Classrooms Elevate Student Experiences and Extend GlobalReach Emory University’s Goizueta Business School is celebrating the opening of three next generation global classrooms that deliver a truly immersive, dynamic experience to students from anywhere in the world. The fully renovated spaces and innovative technology will connect students with each other and faculty in new ways, elevate classroom experiences, extend global reach, and […]

Emory University’s Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) recognized its faculty entrepreneurs and their discoveries at its 15th Annual Celebration of Technology and Innovation. The event was held virtually on June 30. The winners in the four categories were:  Innovation of the year Serological test for SARS-COV-2 Mehul Suthar, PhD; Jens Wrammert, PhD; John Roback, PhD; Rafi Ahmed, PhD The […]

President Gregory L. Fenves met with leaders of the student-led initiative Plastic Free Emory Project on June 15 and signed the “Break Free from Plastic Pledge,” which outlines a five-year plan for reducing unnecessary single-use plastics on Emory’s Atlanta and Oxford campuses. By 2026, Emory University and Oxford College pledge to: A nationally recognized sustainability leader, Emory […]

For Mikail Albritton, it comes down to three words: “visible, tangible and lasting.” He is describing the impact that he wants to have serving Atlanta’s Edgewood community this summer as an Emory Community Building and Social Change (CBSC) fellow. Albritton, a junior in Emory College of Arts and Sciences, hopes to pursue a career in […]

In an academic year in which the pandemic completely upended the extracurricular routines of campus life, Genevieve Wilson found novel ways to continue to enlist in service and allow her fellow Emory students to do the same. But it’s really Wilson’s indelible imprint on Volunteer Emory, the work she has undertaken to provide food to […]

By Cassandra Maddox Suman Malempati was not your traditional Emory Law student. He had a whole career behind him before he even began filling out his application. Malempati was a pediatric oncologist, researcher, and associate professor of pediatrics at Oregon Health & Science when he applied to Emory University School of Law.  This past weekend, […]

As an Emory Pipeline Collaborative (EPiC) graduate, Emory University sophomore Jamal Hilaire appreciates the in-depth view of health care that the program provided and for which it is principally known. However, his participation yielded so much more. “I associate so much of what EPiC is with who I am today,” Hilaire says. “I feel pride about what […]

The discovery of lead contamination in Atlanta’s mostly poor, largely Black, Westside neighborhood began innocuously. Two years ago, Emory environmental science professor Eri Saikawa, wanting to help her then-graduate student find a thesis topic, suggested looking at soil samples in a community where urban agriculture was proliferating. What Saikawa and her student found in the […]

A little over a year ago, Emory’s 15,000-square-foot student innovation center, The Hatchery, opened its doors to provide programs and space to fuel creativity and support Emory innovators and entrepreneurs at every stage of their journeys. The opening of The Hatchery kicked off an exciting start to the 2020 spring semester, but COVID-19 soon hit. […]

Throughout its history, Emory has sought to live up to the highest ideals of the word when engaging with external partners. The university’s new, centralized community engagement strategy will bring even greater coherence to this important work. “So much of Emory’s work in the city and state has been done for the right reasons and […]