Emory Report

for Faculty & Staff | September 28, 2026


collage of President Chris Augostini and new Emory deans in fall 2026

Presidential Convocations, block party to welcome Emory’s new leadership

The Emory community will come together Oct. 20-22 for three events welcoming the university’s new president and deans. Learn what’s planned and mark your calendar to attend.

Levon Nurbekyan

A human problem: What is the proper role of AI in math research?

Emory mathematician Levon Nurbekyan talks about his hopes, and concerns, for the field in the AI era, in the wake of OpenAI’s announcement that it solved a Millennium Prize Problem.

Through a hole ripped in a yellow background, a woman in profile places a hand to her ear.

Performance asks audiences to reconsider the world … using their ears

Ready to hear elephants roaming the Congo Basin? How about a 1950s New York street scene? On Thursday, Oct. 8, “The World According to Sound” will explore listening and attention. Tickets are still available for the 4 p.m. event in the Emory Student Center.


Bridging America’s Divides: Fireside Chat with Ambassador Jeff Flake

portraits of Jeff Flake and Joe Crespino

Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 6 p.m.  |  White Hall, Room 208

Join Emory College and the Center for Civic Reasoning for a special conversation featuring Jeff Flake, former U.S. senator and ambassador to Turkey, and Joe Crespino, Emory’s Jimmy Carter Professor of History. The moderated discussion will focus on public policy, differing political philosophies, and the work to build bipartisan cooperation and civil discourse in the political arena. 

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