News@Emory All the latest news from Emory University. http://news.emory.edu/index.shtml http://news.emory.edu/index.shtml Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:10:35 -0400 Holocaust Web Site at Emory Receives Claims Conference Grant Emory University Professor Deborah Lipstadt has received a grant of $120,000 from the New York-based Claims Conference (The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany) on behalf of her Web site, Holocaust Denial on Trial. http://news.emory.edu/Releases/hdot_org_1209569195.html 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400 Marcus Hillel Center at Emory Groundbreaking Set for May 4 Hillel at Emory University enters a new era this spring when the organization breaks ground on the Marcus Hillel Center, named in honor of Bernie Marcus, Atlanta philanthropist and co-founder of The Home Depot. http://news.emory.edu/Releases/marcus_hillel_center1209477949.html 29 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400 Dedicated Service Results in Emory's Top Honor Putting knowledge into action are ideals of engaged scholarship that Emory University senior Zain Ahmed lives each day. http://news.emory.edu/Releases/brittain_award_20081209419588.html 28 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400 Two at Emory Named AAAS Fellows Emory Provost Earl Lews and Frans de Waal, director of Emory's Living Links Center, have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers. http://news.emory.edu/Releases/aaas_fellows_2008_1209395154.html 28 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400 Clinton Needs Wins In N.C., in Primaries, Says Abramowitz To change the dynamics of the Democratic race and convince superdelegates to begin moving in her direction, Hillary Clinton needs to defeat Barack Obama or hold him to a narrow win in North Carolina and score a big win in Indiana, says Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz. http://news.emory.edu/Releases/abramowitz_on_ncprimary_1208962993.html 22 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400 Churches Should Work With Prison Population, Says Emory Professor Churches looking for a way to make a difference in their communities should begin by looking toward the nation's prison population, says Liz Bounds, associate professor of Christian ethics at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. http://news.emory.edu/Releases/church_prison_population_1208881862.html 22 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400 U.S. Constitution Based on Ancient Writings, Says Emory's Bederman Aristotle and other ancient texts may seem irrelevant to modern-day issues such as gun control, but as Emory Law professor David Bederman argues in his new book, "The Classical Foundations of the American Constitution," classical Greek and Roman thinkers had a profound effect on the framers of the document -- and on our courts' interpretation of it today. http://news.emory.edu/Releases/bederman_book_20081208785030.html 21 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400 Methodist Studies Associate Dean Named at Candler School of Theology The Reverend Dr. Anne Burkholder is joining the faculty of Emory University's Candler School of Theology as associate dean of Methodist studies as part of the school's continued effort to educate faithful leaders for the church in a new millennium. http://news.emory.edu/Releases/anne_burkeholder_1208532724.html 18 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400 Rabbi Appointed to New Position at Emory Victoria Armour-Hileman, an award-winning scholar and soon-to-be-ordained rabbi, has been appointed associate dean of religious life and chaplain at Emory University. http://news.emory.edu/Releases/victoria_armourhileman1208369314.html 16 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400 Self-Help Groups Shape American Culture, Says Emory Scholar Like the civil rights movement, the self-help tradition played a major role in shaping our national psyche, becoming as American as apple pie and Oprah, says Matthew Archibald, an Emory University assistant professor of sociology. http://news.emory.edu/Releases/self_help_history1207768206.html 08 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400 Carlos Museum Brings King Tut to Atlanta Emory's Michael C. Carlos Museum presents "Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs," opening Nov. 15, 2008, at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. The exhibition spans 2,000 years of history and includes more than 130 artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun and other ancient Egyptian sites. This is the first time these treasures will be seen in the Southeast. http://carlos.emory.edu/tut/ 03 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400 'Science Guy' to Deliver Emory Class Day Speech May 8 "Bill Nye the Science Guy" of educational programming fame will talk with Emory University seniors during the school's sixth annual Class Day at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8. http://news.emory.edu/Releases/class_day_20081206568855.html 27 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0400 Bernard Marcus Named Emory Commencement Speaker Home Depot co-founder and renowned philanthropist Bernard Marcus will deliver the keynote address at Emory's 163rd commencement ceremony Monday, May 12. He will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. http://news.emory.edu/Releases/commencement_speaker_20081204055082.html 26 Feb 2008 10:23:00 -0400