Emory Report

for Faculty & Staff | August 13, 2026

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Remembering Emory President Emeritus James T. Laney

As president from 1977 to 1993, James Laney led Emory’s “quantum jump … to become one of the great universities of the world.” His legacy includes the transformational Woodruff gift, recruiting leading faculty such as President Jimmy Carter, elevating student life, and much more.

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Emory names Mattie White the university’s next director of athletics and recreation

Mattie White will serve as assistant vice president of Campus Life and Clyde Partin Sr. Director of Athletics and Recreation, effective Sept. 21. She brings more than two decades of experience to the role.

35 people, mostly wearing bright orange shirts, sit together on the steps in front of the ruins of five vast Greek columns. Behind them, the ruins of more buildings are visible, and behind those ruins, the blue of the ocean.

Students help map and excavate ancient city in Italy

A computer science lover and an archeology diehard dove into their passions through summer internships doing fieldwork at the ancient site Selinunte in Sicily, with support from the Emory College Pathways Center. 

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Emory researchers build a more accurate way to track what you eat

Runze Yan and Hanqi Luo have developed a customizable nutrition app, NutriCamp, that reduces estimation errors and supports the nutritional needs of all users, including those with medical conditions.

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Interactive exhibit shares longtime Zambian radio show’s wisdom

Using a Zambian radio talk show as inspiration, the Kabusha Radio Remix exhibit is an immersive, multimodal installation that invites visitors to release their big questions to the universe.

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