Emory Report

for Faculty & Staff | July 30, 2026

portraits of Emory University faculty who are being inducted into American Academy of Nursing Fellows

2026 American Academy of Nursing Fellows to include eight Emory inductees

Eight members of the Emory University community will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing’s 2026 Class of Fellows in recognition of their substantial contributions to improving health and transforming healthcare. Induction into AAN is one of the nursing profession’s highest honors.

A thin, Black man in his early 20s wearing a button-down blue shirt and a red scarf stands beside a Black women in her early 40s with curly black, shoulder-length hair. Both wear broad smiles.

Emory alum’s choreography set for festival curated by ballet icon Misty Copeland

The Joyce Ballet Festival, which celebrates the best and brightest in dance, will include a piece choreographed and performed by a 2025 Emory College graduate. The festival will be held in New York in August. 

Emory University biophysicists Shashank Shekhar and Sudipta Biswas

Scientists solve mystery of how muscle cells grow and stay healthy

Emory biophysicists Shashank Shekhar and Sudipta Biswas unraveled a mystery about muscles that may help in the design of treatments for muscle diseases such as dilated cardiomyopathy, one of the leading causes of heart failure.

An engraving of an African American woman wearing a bonnet and a dress from the 1700s. She is seated at a desk holding a writing quill in her right hand. She holds her left hand up to her face and appears to be lost in thought as she writes.

Rose Library highlights Black poet writing at eve of independence

The nation’s 250th anniversary is an ideal time to reflect on the legacy of Phillis Wheatley Peters, an African American poet during Colonial times. Emory’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library maintains a collection of her work. 

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