Roger Babson is the founder of the Gravity Research Foundation, an organization with the stated purpose of studying, understanding and, ultimately, harnessing the force of gravity. It was the childhood drowning of his older sister in a river near Gloucester, Massachusetts that sparked Babson’s life-long interest in finding a way to control the effects of […]
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Emory University’s Karida Brown on ‘The Battle for the Black Mind’
As schools face political pressure over curriculum and Black history, and the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, Karida Brown, Ph.D., says the battle for the Black mind is not new. An Emory University Professor of Sociology, Brown spent eight years researching her new book, “The Battle for the Black Mind,” a historical account […]
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The Connection
Among the Stories of Atlanta, is the connection between Underground Atlanta and the impressive collection of ancient artifacts found at the Michael C. Carlos Museum on the campus of Emory University. The thumbnail for this week’s story is a picture of a Coca-Cola advertisement on the side of a building. One of what must have […]
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Central Atlanta’s academic triangle developing into a ‘college town’
Midtown Atlanta welcomed the opening of Emory University’s new Winship Cancer Institute in May – a $440 million investment right at Peachtree and Linden. The new glass building is connected to Emory University Hospital Midtown (formerly Crawford Long) with a two-story bridge – solidifying Emory’s investment in the heart of central Atlanta. “This is a […]
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Four tribal nations gather for Indigenous Stickball Summit on Atlanta BeltLine this weekend
Historically, the game has served as an alternative to war, a celebratory activity and type of recreation.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Atlanta welcomes new Atlanta Symphony Orchestra music director, Emory Nursing receives $12 million to support health services, Atlanta to host ‘Historic Preservation Week’
This week, one of Atlanta’s universities and a top technology institute in the nation turns 137 years old. Georgia Tech was established in 1885 to bring the Industrial Revolution to Georgia, beginning with $65,000 in state funding and only 84 students. The university initially only offered mechanical engineering, but later expanded to include other disciplines, […]
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A mother’s pain after son’s death leads to life care solutions
“There is no preparation in life for the death of a child,” Cammie told a gathering of about 250 friends, colleagues and family members at the release of her book: “The Flight, My Opioid Journey.”
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Emory University’s new nursing learning center opens in Decatur
The ENLC features a Simulation and Skills Lab and an Innovation Hub.
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Atlanta leaders to pay special tribute to Desmond Tutu Sept. 28
South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu formed a special relationship with Atlanta, the Coca-Cola Co., Emory University and Clark Atlanta University.
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Founder Marc Adler on Macquarium’s sale to Synoptek: ‘It’s a great marriage’
Macquarium announced on Thursday that it has been sold to Irvine, Ca.-based Synoptek, a business and technology consulting firm. Macquarium will become the Southeast office for Synoptek, focusing on digital customer experiences.
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Brad Currey (1930-2022): an Atlanta leader like no other
Brad Currey, a great Atlanta leader for more than six decades, died on Thursday evening at the age of 91.
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Rock star from Johns Hopkins to lead Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health
Dani Fallin was a rock star at Johns Hopkins University when she accepted Emory University’s offer to lead the Rollins School of Public Health. Fallin’s term as dean is to start July 1.
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Pullman Yards to host Emory’s Science Gallery artistic exhibitions
The Science Gallery at Emory University will be partnering with Pullman Yards to serve as its host venue for exhibitions that will feature the collaborative talents of Emory researchers and local artists.
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Emory may remake Peachtree-Pine shelter and nearby buildings into sustainability center
Emory University is considering a plan to remake the former Peachtree-Pine homeless shelter and most of its Midtown block into a new academic center for sustainability and resilience.
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Reporter’s Notebook: NPU system reform ideas are ‘fair and worthy,’ says City Council Zoning chair
This week, 132 years ago, Decatur Female Seminary was founded, and would later become Agnes Scott College. The seminary began in a three-story house with 63 students and four teachers in 1889. George Washington Scott, a primary benefactor, later named the school after his grandmother Agnes Irvine Scott. Agnes Scott now has 1,115 students and […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Atlanta’s role in global health fueled by Emory University’s research grants
The City of Decatur school system is giving employees until the end of October to get the COVID-19 shot, according to WABE, and appears to be Georgia’s first school district to implement this mandate. Staff can also complete the exemption process, which replaces the vaccination requirement with a daily rapid test. Gov. Brian Kemp isn’t […]
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Emory graduate student housing plan raises traffic, historic preservation concerns
An Emory University proposal for a three-building graduate student housing complex on its Druid Hills campus is raising concerns from traffic to historic preservation — including the impact on one of the oldest houses in DeKalb County, which the university may demolish or move down the street. Sketched out as housing 1,000 students and a […]
