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| Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 | |||
Hi, Emory!We know many of you have had a busy week celebrating Homecoming 2022, and the fun isn’t over yet! There’s lots happening this weekend, from volleyball matches to the annual Homecoming parade and the Food and Music Festival. See the full schedule of events. Be sure to read President Fenves’ column about the importance of diversity in higher education, published yesterday in The Hill. Plus, hear stories of first-year students optimistic about what lies ahead and catch up on other news around campus. Enjoy your Friday and weekend! |
This week’s top stories |
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The Hill Why diversity in higher education is worth fighting for“Diversity doesn’t merely enhance education; it is integral to education,” Emory President Gregory L. Fenves writes in a column published Thursday in The Hill. Later this month, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases focused on race as a factor in university admissions. |
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Campus Emory’s 2022 Homecoming is already a hitEmory’s 2022 Homecoming and Family Weekend is officially underway, with the annual student Homecoming concert last weekend and students showcasing their talents at HocoFest. Here’s what to expect from the rest of the week’s celebrations. |
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Impact 2O36: A year since the campaign launchOne year ago, the Emory community gathered on the Quad for the launch of 2O36 — a campaign focused on making investments today for Emory to become a university without peer by our bicentennial. President Gregory L. Fenves shares exciting updates on the campaign’s progress. |
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Faculty Changing the narrative of your self: a neuroscientist ponders storytelling and identityGregory Berns, Emory professor of psychology, added “farmer” to his credentials during the COVID-19 pandemic and now enjoys tending his herd of miniature Zebu cattle. He also wrote a book that released this week: “The Self Delusion: The New Neuroscience of How We Invent — and Reinvent — Our Identities.” |
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Insight Rothschild Memorial Lecture features George J. Sánchez on creating multiracialism in Los AngelesIn the Nov. 7 lecture, George J. Sánchez of the University of Southern California will discuss the creation of a multicultural radicalism in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles during the 1950s. |
Perspectives Fresh hopes for the futureIn their own words, first-year students share why they view their future with great optimism — despite all the challenges they’ve faced during the past few tumultuous years — and how they’re filled with purpose to make the world a better place. |
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Tibet Week 2022 focused on ‘Healing the Divide’
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