Emory Update March 2020

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For Friends of Emory University

March 2020

This issue of Emory Update comes at an unprecedented time for our community. I am grateful for the opportunity to share how we are confronting the challenge of COVID-19 with seasoned expertise, resilience and resolve.

Emory experts are on the front lines of the pandemic — caring for patients, researching possible treatments and vaccines, and sharing their knowledge to help inform and prepare the public. Faculty are transitioning their courses to remote learning, students are reaching out to support each other, and staff are working around the clock to make sure our university continues to thrive as we make the changes necessary to keep ourselves and the broader global community safe.

Please take time to visit our COVID-19 website, shared below, which offers extensive resources for both the general public and our campus community. And thank you, as always, for your support. The present times call for compassion and courage.

In community,

Claire E. Sterk
Emory University President

FOCUS ON CORONAVIRUS

HEALTH

Emory helps build free online tool to assess COVID-19 risk

Emory doctors helped create a new online tool, Coronavirus Checker, allowing people everywhere to assess how likely it is that they have contracted the novel coronavirus.

IMPACT

Emory serves as testing site for NIH-sponsored coronavirus vaccine study

Emory’s Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit is participating in a clinical trial testing a vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19, the first such vaccine to be tested in the United States.

RESEARCH

Emory among U.S. sites hosting new clinical trial for COVID-19 treatment

Emory University will take part in an NIH-sponsored global clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of novel therapeutic agents in hospitalized adult patients diagnosed with COVID-19. The drug remdesivir is the first agent to be evaluated.

INSIGHT

Emory website serves as central hub for coronavirus updates

Visit Emory's dedicated COVID-19 website, updated daily with news and resources for the university community and the general public.

CAMPUS RESPONSE

EmoryTogether Fund provides financial support for students affected by COVID-19

Emory Healthcare launches drive-through donation site for critical supplies

Classes transition to remote learning for rest of spring semester

Emory cancels traditional Commencement activities

Emory Healthcare postpones elective surgeries and procedures

Visitation restricted in Emory Healthcare hospitals and clinics

MORE NEWS

ACHIEVEMENT

Emory's Class of 2024: Extraordinary students in extraordinary times

As they finish their senior year sheltering at home, 5,925 high school students learned March 25 that they are the final students admitted to Emory's Class of 2024. Leaders inside and outside the classroom, they are among the most academically talented students in the world.

ACCOMPLISHMENT

Emory medical students celebrate a virtual Match Day

The tearing open of envelopes was replaced by a special email that hit inboxes promptly at noon. On Friday, March 20, 138 Emory medical students received notice of where they will begin their careers as doctors.

HONORS

Emory’s graduate, professional schools ranked among best by U.S. News

Emory University's graduate and professional schools and programs are ranked among the best in the nation, according to analysis and surveys released in U.S. News and World Report's 2021 edition of “America's Best Graduate Schools” guide.

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