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Monday, April 21, 2025 | |||
Hello, Emory friends!The semester may be wrapping up, but there is plenty to highlight across Emory. Famed ballet dancer Misty Copeland visited the Atlanta campus to observe a dance class and share her story to a capacity crowd in the student center. See photos from the visit and read about her experience. Learn more about the transformational gift creating the BL Harbert Real Estate Center, which will support real estate education, research and innovation at Goizueta Business School. Also, get insight on a worldwide collaboration in which an Emory disease ecologist is developing a new approach to control dangerous urban mosquitoes in Ethiopia. Thanks for reading and visit the Emory News Center for all the latest updates. We’ll see you again next week! — The Emory Report team |
This week’s stories |
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The transformative power of dance: Misty Copeland visit spotlights the passion and purpose of a life in the arts
Misty Copeland, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, spent a day at Emory, meeting with dance students and sharing her remarkable story of overcoming hardship to become one of ballet’s brightest stars. |
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Recognition Two Emory College professors named Guggenheim FellowsThe John Simon Memorial Guggenheim Foundation has named professors Dianne Stewart and Aubrey Kelly as 2025 Guggenheim Fellows. Kelly and Stewart were selected for their history of career achievement and exceptional promise in their fields. |
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Impact Goizueta Business School receives transformational $5M gift to establish BL Harbert Real Estate CenterA $5 million gift from esteemed alumnus Billy Harbert will establish the center to enhance real estate education, research and innovation across Emory and the region. The announcement was made during Goizueta’s fourth annual Real Estate Conference. |
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Emory in the news |
The birds, the bees and aspirin: New book from Emory researcher discusses how animals use medicineWABE | Jaap de Roode | April 16, 2025 |
Mastercard’s cloud technology could help make wallets and plastic cards obsoleteFortune | Ramnath Chellappa | April 15, 2025 |
Georgia playwright makes Broadway debut with 'John Proctor is the Villain'FOX5 | Kimberly Belflower | April 14, 2025 |
'Fly fishing brings peace': Georgia nonprofit hopes to tackle opioid crisis11Alive | Stephen Patrick | April 13, 2025 |
Stock up or save? What experts say about the economy amid tariff uncertaintyAtlanta Journal-Constitution | Tom Smith | April 11, 2025 |
Does your neighborhood sound expensive? Here's how names impact real estate prices.WSB-TV | Dave Fagundes | April 9, 2025 |
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Research
Emory developing new approach to control dangerous urban mosquitoes in Ethiopia
Emory received $2.8 million to develop and test a high-tech, low-cost method to control an invasive mosquito posing a growing threat of urban malaria in Africa. Emory disease ecologist Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec and Solomon Yared, a medical entomologist at Jigjiga University, are working on the project. |
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