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Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 | |||
Hello, Emory friends!Today, we're honoring Former U.S. President and Emory University Distinguished Professor Jimmy Carter on his 100th birthday. Read about the decades-long partnership between Carter and Emory University, check out his life in photos and milestones, and read other stories highlighting his accomplishments. We're also celebrating Emory professor and poet Jericho Brown, who has been named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow. Be sure to read about the stories of five Emory students who have pursued groundbreaking research due to prestigious funding awards and see photos from Ideas Festival Emory, where speakers explored the most important topics of our time. — The Emory Report team |
President Jimmy Carter turns 100 |
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Emory celebrates President Jimmy Carter at 100As former U.S. President and Emory University Distinguished Professor Jimmy Carter turns 100, scroll through the decades to see milestones in his life and collaboration with Emory. |
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Emory students ‘rock out’ at star-studded concert honoring President Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthdayAhead of President Carter’s Oct. 1 centennial, a diverse line-up of musicians led a full Fox Theatre — including many from the Emory community — in celebrating his life’s work and famous love for music. |
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The statesman vs. the fiery serpent: Jimmy Carter’s quest to eliminate Guinea worm disease worldwideIn 1986, former President Jimmy Carter set out to wipe Guinea worm disease from the world. When he succeeds — and he nearly has — Guinea worm will become the second human disease in history to be eradicated, following smallpox. |
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Emory + The Carter Center: Celebrating 40 years of partnershipThe collaboration between Emory University and The Carter Center, established in 1982, has fostered an extraordinary community of scholarship and practice that has had an impact across the world, advancing peace and improving health. |
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Honor Emory professor and poet Jericho Brown wins MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’Jericho Brown, Emory’s Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Creative Writing, has been named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow for his poetry “reflecting on contemporary culture and identity in works that combine formal experimentation and intense self-examination.” |
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Rankings U.S. News names Emory among top national universitiesEmory is among the nation’s top universities, coming in 24th in the new U.S. News and World Report rankings. |
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Spotlight Meet five Emory students pursuing research, thanks to prestigious funding awardsFrom investigating health care transitions for childhood cancer survivors to developing new synthetic methods for drug discovery, agricultural science and beyond, prestigious awards are propelling these students — and their research — further. |
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Campus Ideas Festival Emory serves up ‘buffet’ of creative conversationsThe first ever Ideas Festival Emory brought more than 40 leading creative thinkers across disciplines to the Oxford College campus, where — alongside the Emory community — they explored the most important topics of our time. |
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