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Celebrating Jan Love’s tenure as dean at Emory’s Candler School of Theology
When Jan Love, the Mary Lee Hardin Willard Dean of Candler School of Theology, recalls her first big challenge as dean, you might guess she would point to some of the “firsts” she navigated in coming to Emory in 2006. After all, Love is the first woman dean of Candler, the first unordained leader of the…
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Emory receives $5 million grant to improve geriatric care and education
Emory University has been awarded a $5 million cooperative agreement by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to enhance geriatric care and education for health care workers in Georgia’s urban and rural areas. This five-year funding will support Georgia Gear (Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program), operated through the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine…
Emory University’s Center for AI Learning initiates statewide education tour
Emory University’s Center for AI Learning, in partnership with Rowen Foundation and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, is conducting a statewide tour this summer titled “AI + You: Save Time, Earn More and Thrive with AI.” The educational initiative, which brings free short courses to local communities, seeks to demystify artificial intelligence, empower Georgians with the skills…
Emory’s Pitts Theology Library Named New Home of ‘Day 1’ Sermon Recordings
Pitts Theology Library at Emory University’ Candler School of Theology has acquired the digital archives of the radio program “Day1” — formerly known as “The Protestant Hour” — which has been broadcasting sermons weekly since 1945. The Alliance for Christian Media (ACM), the nonprofit broadcasting organization that produces “Day1,” entrusted Pitts with the show’s full digital archives of more than 3,800…
Emory awarded $6 million to study PTSD screening for pregnant Black women
Emory University School of Medicine researchers, in partnership with the University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC), have been awarded a five-year, $6 million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to conduct a study aimed at improving health outcomes for pregnant Black women. The study will assess post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) screening approaches among pregnant Black…
Emory launches Center for New Medicines to accelerate development of life-saving medications
Emory University’s School of Medicine is embarking on a groundbreaking new initiative to develop a drug discovery pipeline for translating fundamental biological discoveries into the next generation of life-saving treatments. Announced during the recent 2024 Emory Drug Discovery and Development (3D) Symposium, the Center for New Medicines (CNM) will serve as an integrated one-stop hub…
Emory-led ENRICH trial proves minimally invasive stroke treatment superior, sets new care standard
Groundbreaking results from a six-year clinical trial investigating treatment for hemorrhagic strokes, led by researchers at Emory University School of Medicine, show the minimally invasive approach under study is safe and superior to the current standard of care, marking a major advancement in the treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), the deadliest form of stroke. The findings were…
New Emory study shows air pollution increases risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease
A new Emory University study has found that adults exposed to high levels of air pollution were at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. In a study of 1,113 participants between the ages of 45-75 from the Emory Healthy Brain Study, all of whom were from the Atlanta metropolitan area, the researchers found positive biomarkers…
Emory innovations and their inventors recognized at annual ceremony
Emory’s Office of Technology Transfer recently held its 18th Annual Celebration of Technology and Innovation, where it honored outstanding scientists, research and innovations at Emory. The event kicked off with an awards presentation spotlighting superlative projects in seven categories. Awardees represented several schools across the university, including the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, the departments of pediatrics and…
Emory Initiative for Arts and Humanistic Inquiry awards new grants for creative programming
Four faculty-led arts programs are the first recipients of funding through the Emory Initiative for Arts and Humanistic Inquiry. Launched in fall 2023, the initiative seeks to advance understanding of the human experience and respond to today’s challenges by funding creative programming, recruiting faculty in the arts and humanities and supporting expanded programming at the Bill…
Atlanta Science Festival returns to inspire discovery for all ages
The Atlanta Science Festival returns March 9-23, inviting curious kids and adults to explore all things science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Experts in these fields — including many members of the Emory community — will serve as educational guides for more than 150 interactive events. “The Atlanta Science Festival aims to bring the community together through…
Emory’s Reframes project aims to help others embrace the power of reframing life’s unexpected moments
Part of being human is to make mistakes and missteps. With faculty, staff and alumni sharing their personal stories, Emory University is introducing “Reframes: Discovering the Possible,” a student-facing project seeking to ignite a conversation about embracing the power of reframing unexpected moments in life. Growing up, Joanne Williams was fascinated with the field of…
Emory Libraries exhibit examines intersecting lives, work of Benny Andrews, Flannery O’Connor, Alice Walker
Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library is currently hosting a major exhibition that brings together, for the first time, the lives and work of three Georgia-born artists: painter/illustrator Benny Andrews and writers Flannery O’Connor and Alice Walker. “At the Crossroads with Benny Andrews, Flannery O’Connor and Alice Walker,” located in the Schatten Gallery on Level 3…
HHS awards Emory up to $5 million to expand access, care at Emory and Grady long COVID clinics
Emory University has been awarded $1 million for up to five years to expand access and care to its multidisciplinary long COVID clinics at Emory University Hospital Midtown and Grady Memorial Hospital. A main focus of the grants, which are the first of their kind, will be on underserved, rural and minority populations that are disproportionately impacted by…
Emory’s nursing school receives federal grant to prepare nurse anesthetists for service in underserved communities
Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing has received a grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to participate in its Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Program, to prepare Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) for service in rural, urban and tribal underserved communities. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists are highly skilled, advanced practice nurses licensed and certified to administer anesthesia…
Emory nursing school receives $3.5 million to study online tool for caregivers of persons with dementia
When family members and friends begin caregiving for a loved one with dementia, their attention is immediately drawn to how best to manage their person’s day-to-day health and well-being. What is less apparent is how many health care, legal, financial, social service, and family systems they will need to navigate along the way — and…
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