Emory's 170th Commencement, set for Monday, May 11, celebrates the diverse achievements of the Class of 2015, from academic excellence to compassionate community service.
To graduate with honors from the Emory College of Arts and Sciences, students must complete an honors thesis, a comprehensive project that involves months of original research and analysis. Here is a sample of this year's projects.
Conceived by Carlton Mackey, director of Emory's Ethics and the Arts Program, a new photographic exhibit that explores a wider view of American families opens May 7 at the Center for Ethics.
Alumnus John Dowd has given Emory University School of Law the "Dowd Report," a 225-page reckoning that ended Pete Rose's baseball career by proving the Reds player-manager had gambled on his own team.
A national nursing icon, Verdelle Bellamy, who died April 22, was one of the first two African American students to graduate from Emory University. She earned a master's degree from the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in 1963.
Expect beautiful music and plenty of laughter at "Musical Jokes," the final Cooke Noontime Concert of the season. The show features humorous musical selections plus musical jokes from the performers. The free concert is Friday, May 8, at 12 p.m. in the Michael C. Carlos Museum Reception Hall.
