Arts & Culture

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Student Experience

Student radio station WMRE dials in on community

WMRE, Emory’s student-run radio station, boasts more than 100 student DJs, all with unique perspectives. Hear from five members of the station’s executive board on what makes WMRE so special, how music builds community, the allure of the analog trend and more.
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Around Emory

Expressing stories of survival through dance

Emory professor George Staib’s most recent production addresses a violent chapter in history through a multimedia dance project. The work is possible thanks to a grant from Emory’s University Research Committee.
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Academic Innovation

Class serves up a taste of Shakespeare’s England

Sheila Cavanagh, professor of English, connects food history with literature, both in her Maymester course on how people prepared food 400 years ago in England and in her forthcoming book, “Cooking with Shakespeare.”
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Arts & Culture

Alumni filmmakers return to advise students making documentaries

Emory grads-turned-Hollywood-pros mentor student filmmakers in a class team-taught by David Barba, assistant professor in the Department of Film and Media, and Andrew Fried, an alumnus and Emmy-Award-winning producer.

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‘Trouble the Land’ takes audiences on a multimedia journey through civil rights history

Annual excursion teaches about Atlanta and civil rights movement

Undergraduate research offers endless avenues for discovery
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New digital mapping project lets users explore layers of Atlanta history
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Course focusing on arts in Atlanta helps students gain new perspectives

Thieves, soda cans and an ancient vessel: Carlos exhibit pieces together a provenance puzzle
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April brings an array of arts events

‘Footwork: Where We Gather’ captures Atlanta’s team spirit in photos
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Oxford exhibit unfurls ‘Continuum’ of Indigenous Georgia
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Award-winning poet Danez Smith will headline two Emory readings in April

Game changer: ‘Footwork’ exhibit tells Atlanta’s soccer story
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Tayari Jones’ new novel, ‘Kin,’ explores the power of ties that bind
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Miriam Udel wins National Jewish Book award for latest work
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Emory alumna returns to Rose Library as new curator of literary and poetry collections

Student ambitions hit the big screen at new film and media production space

New exhibit presents opportunity to reflect on ‘Compassion: What Moves You?’
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Five fun ways to spend time in February
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Emory students can showcase their art at the High Museum
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Theology community to honor 35th anniversary of Justo González’s ‘Mañana’
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Arts events you won’t want to miss in February
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Emory looks ahead to World Cup soccer with special ‘Footwork’ library, museum exhibitions
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Miscellaneous Monthly events showcase fascinating items from Rose Library archives

Emory’s Rose Library partners with Atlanta airport for EarWax Records hip hop exhibit
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Celebrate winter holidays across Emory