Emory News Center http://news.emory.edu/index_atom.xmlThe official News Center for Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, one of the world's leading centers of discovery and learning.2013-05-22T11:53:47ZCopyright Emory University. All rights reserved.Too many African American young men are 'cut dead,' says Emory professorhttp://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/05/upress_ellison_cut_dead_still_alive/campus.html

Despite their hopes and aspirations for the future, too many African American young men are still being rendered mute and invisible by society, says Emory University's Gregory Ellison.

2013-05-22T11:53:47ZBone to be wild: Fleshing out a career devoted to skeletons and peoplehttp://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/05/esc_bone_to_be_wild/campus.html

At a recent annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, students and colleagues celebrated Emory professor George Armelagos' ongoing career of 50 years.

2013-05-22T11:53:47ZEmory and Coursera: Benefits beyond the numbershttp://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/05/er_coursera_update/campus.html

Emory's first steps into online learning, known as MOOCs, reap unexpected and far-reaching benefits.

2013-05-22T11:53:47ZPutting students first, public health teacher instructs, mentorshttp://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/05/hspub_model_mentor/campus.html

Juan Leon, winner of the the ASPH/Pfizer Early Career in Public Health Teacher Award, puts students first. His passion for helping people reach their potential has made him a favorite among students and a standout among fellow faculty members.

2013-05-22T11:53:47ZEmory Looks at Hollywood: Psychoanalysis of the great Jay Gatsbyhttp://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/05/video_hollywood_gatsby/campus.html

The latest video of the Emory Looks at Hollywood series offers a psychoanalysis of the great Jay Gatsby.

2013-05-22T11:53:47ZNew scholarship with strong Emory ties gives hope to Washington D.C. studentshttp://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/05/donor_emag_sp13_highsmith/campus.html

Julia Highsmith is an outlier: a high-achieving student from one of the country's most troubled school systems, the District of Columbia, which has become a test site for urban education reform.

2013-05-22T11:53:47ZWhite matter imaging provides insight into aginghttp://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/05/yerkes_white_matter_imaging/campus.html

Yerkes scientists have discovered that white matter, wires connecting the computing centers of the brain, begins to deteriorate earlier in the human lifespan than in the lives of aging chimpanzees.

2013-05-22T11:53:47ZCystic fibrosis research extends and improves lives for children and adultshttp://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/05/video_cystic_fibrosis_research/index.html

The Emory-Children's Center for Cystic Fibrosis Research focuses research efforts on developing new therapies, drugs and devices that will improve the quality and longevity of the lives of CF patients.

2013-05-22T11:53:47ZRollins family gives $2 million for endowed chair in cardiovascular researchhttp://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/05/rollins_receives_endowed_chair/campus.html

Rollins School of Public Health received a gift of $2 million from the O. Wayne Rollins Foundation and the Rollins family to fund the Wilton Looney Chair of Cardiovascular Research.

2013-05-22T11:53:47ZEmory looks at Hollywood: Star Trek and the ethics of space explorationhttp://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/05/video_hollywood_star_trek/campus.html

The latest video of the Emory Looks at Hollywood series explores the ethics of space exploration in context of the movie, "Star Trek Into Darkness."

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