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For Students of Emory University Wednesday, May 26, 2021

ATHLETICS Emory tennis teams bring home NCAA championship titles The Emory women’s and men’s tennis teams are the new NCAA Division III champions after winning their title matches on May 26. The wins mark the eighth national championship for the women and the sixth for the men. COMMUNITY Oxford graduate creates Letters to Dad Foundation, receives outstanding service award Hannah Kreuziger was encouraged to write letters to her father as a way to cope with his unexpected death. The experience inspired the Letters to Dad Foundation, an outlet to help others deal with grief. RECOGNITION Emory course-related podcast ‘Buried Truths’ wins Silver Gavel award “Buried Truths,” the podcast based on Emory's Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project — and that incorporates work by students in the course — is being honored by the American Bar Association for its season that examined the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. IMPACT Student activism, an Emory tradition From equal rights to voting rights, from health care to the environment, the causes that Emory students align themselves with are as diverse as the students themselves. Get to know a few of today's student activists. EXPERTISE Nursing leader tapped for national Black maternal mortality task force Rose Horton, a nursing leader at Emory Decatur Hospital, will help guide the Biden administration’s efforts to combat maternal mortality in the Black community as part of a new national stakeholder group. DISCOVERY Even children think money can be 'dirty' money, study finds Experiments led by Emory psychologist Arber Tasimi found that children prefer non-stolen money offered by a "bad" person over stolen money offered by an "okay" person. "This sensitivity to morality, even in the context of money, seems to emerge early,” Tasimi says. RESEARCH Helping predict the next ‘spillover’ event The next pandemic could be averted if we better understand why viruses spill over from wildlife to humans. Emory researcher and PhD candidate Amanda Vicente-Santos is looking at bats for answers.

TAKE NOTE   Research roundup: Recent grants and publications for Emory faculty and staff Watch recordings of performances on the Schwartz Center's Virtual Stage Critical Care Center NP/PA Residency Program first to receive national accreditation under newly designed pathway

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EVENTS

26 May Theater: "Labzik: Tales of a Clever Pup" When: May 26, 2021 - June 5, 2021 Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required   27 May Buddhist Club Guided Meditation When: May 27, 6:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free   13 June Conservation Conversation: "Treating Two Ptolemaic Mummies from the Carlos Museum’s Senusret Collection of Egyptian Art" When: June 13, 4:00 p.m. Where: Online Admission: Free; registration required   View the Full Emory Events Calendar

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