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| ‘Emory Inspired’: Emory Community Building and Social Change |
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| Read how students are working to make “visible, tangible and lasting” differences in local communities this summer. The CBSC program, which Emory launched in 2002 with a seed gift from the Kenneth Cole Foundation, soon became a national model for integrating research and classroom learning with community engagement. |
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| | | Emory signs 'Break Free From Plastic' pledge | | | On June 15, President Gregory L. Fenves met with leaders of the student-led Plastic Free Emory Project and signed the "Break Free from Plastic" pledge, which outlines a five-year plan for reducing unnecessary single-use plastics on Emory’s Atlanta and Oxford campuses. |
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| ‘Finding my voice’: Emory graduate shares his journey for World Refugee Day |
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| Abdallah Al-Obaidi and his family fled violence in Iraq, eventually coming to the U.S. as refugees. He became a citizen during his sophomore year at Emory and is now headed to medical school as a way to give back. Read his story, which was highlighted nationally for World Refugee Day on June 20. |
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| The way forward: Sparking educational evolution |
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| The forced experiment of remote learning served as a prime opportunity for Emory faculty to rethink and retool their teaching. Technology improved the experience, but faculty and students agree that an in-person, experiential education is difficult to replace. |
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