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Wednesday, July 12, 2023 | |||
This week’s top stories |
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Activities 7 ways to wind down your summer around campusSummertime may be dwindling, but there are still a few weeks left to relax before the new semester. We’ve rounded up seven great ways to soak in the last rays of summer. |
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Achievement Merck Prize boosts work on air sensor for pandemic pathogensChemist Khalid Salaita received the 2023 Merck Future Insight Prize. The award comes with $540,000 to fund the next phase of his lab’s research, working with chemistry students and trainees such as PhD candidate Selma Piranej to create an air sensor that can continuously monitor indoor spaces for pathogens that can cause pandemics. |
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Accomplishment Emory College historian Chris Suh wins prestigious national award for early-career professorsChris Suh’s selection as a Mellon Emerging Faculty Leader comes just weeks after publishing his first book, charting U.S. ideas about imperialism and race. The award will support his upcoming work, including the hiring of undergraduate researchers. |
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Impact ‘PBS News Hour’ features Emory EVP Ravi Thadhani on new preeclampsia testDr. Ravi Thadhani, Emory’s executive vice president for health affairs, discusses the FDA’s approval of a blood test he and colleagues developed to identify pregnant women at high risk for preeclampsia, a leading cause of maternal mortality. |
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Remembrance Emory mourns passing of Judge Marvin Arrington Sr.A renowned attorney who served as president of the Atlanta City Council and as a Superior Court judge, Marvin Arrington Sr. was an Emory trustee emeritus and one of the first Black graduates of Emory Law. |
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Event Emory’s annual Women’s Sports and Wellness Conference promotes the power of female athleticsEmory’s fifth-annual Women’s Sports & Wellness Conference and Health Summit will take place on Saturday, Aug. 12, providing a forum to learn and discuss topics most relevant and impactful for female athletes. |
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Innovation How Emory works: The WaterHubThe Office of Sustainability Initiatives is working to keep the university running while consuming less. Take a deep dive into the WaterHub, from the process of recycling campus water to how it was built here in the first place. |
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Put your summer reading in OverDrive |
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Through Emory's OverDrive collection, you have instant access to popular e-books and audiobooks, including beach reads, inspirational titles, biography, true crime, a variety of nonfiction and more. Use the OverDrive platform to download titles to Mac, Windows, Kindle, your phone or a variety of other devices. | |
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