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For Faculty and Staff | Friday, Oct. 17, 2025

For Faculty and Staff

Friday, Oct. 17, 2025

Today’s stories

Campus

Emory’s graduate student housing expansion slated to open in summer 2027

The expansion of The Ridge, which opened to residents in 2024, is officially underway. The second part of the structure will complete the project with 383 additional beds and more community spaces.

Wellness

Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory awarded funds to prevent falls

The National Council on Aging and Administration for Community Living awarded funds to 12 organizations to enhance Georgia’s fall prevention coalition. Emory’s center received nearly $150,000 to collaborate with stakeholders to reduce falls and minimize risks among aging adults.

Insight

Miriam Udel’s new book highlights tradition of using stories to teach compassion to kids

Emory professor Miriam Udel’s new book, released this week, investigates how children’s Yiddish stories from a range of political ideologies espoused the importance of compassion and building a better world.

Upcoming events

Ideas Festival Emory, featuring keynote speaker Rosanne Cash

October 18, 10:00 a.m. | Oxford College

"Typewriter Petting Zoo" with Emory Libraries and the Atlanta Typewriter Club

October 22, 1:00 p.m. | Robert W. Woodruff Library, Jones Room

October
20

JWJI Colloquium: "We Choose You: How Black Voters Decide Which Candidates to Support" with Julian Wamble of George Washington University

12:00 p.m. | Emory Bookstore, Second Floor

October
20

Workshop: "Leadership at the Crossroads of Business and Economics: How Leaders in Business, Technology and Academia Inspire Change"

4:30 p.m. | Atwood Chemistry Center, Room 360

October
21

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Today’s stories

Emory’s graduate student housing expansion slated to open in summer 2027

Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory awarded funds to prevent falls

Miriam Udel’s new book highlights tradition of using stories to teach compassion to kids

Emory in the news

Obesity remains high in the U.S., but more states are showing progress, a new report finds

Emory archive collection keeps Dracula among the living

Respiratory virus season has arrived. What to know about getting this year’s vaccines

Hospital food gets a healthy makeover

Upcoming events

Ideas Festival Emory, featuring keynote speaker Rosanne Cash

"Typewriter Petting Zoo" with Emory Libraries and the Atlanta Typewriter Club

JWJI Colloquium: "We Choose You: How Black Voters Decide Which Candidates to Support" with Julian Wamble of George Washington University

Workshop: "Leadership at the Crossroads of Business and Economics: How Leaders in Business, Technology and Academia Inspire Change"

Biketober: Bike-thru Pop-up at Kaldi's Depot

Webinar: "Menopause 101: Managing Symptoms and Cutting Through the Noise" with Maven

Miscellaneous Monthly with the Rose Library: Monsters and Mayhem

Advanced Technology Development Center Office Hours

Emory Atlanta Black Business Institute: "Fill the G.A.P.: Grow, Adapt. Prosper"

Resources for Faculty and Staff

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