Emory Report

Weekly Edition | August 3, 2026

Hi, Emory friends! 

It’s officially August, which means the new academic year is just around the corner. 

Also happening this month? A 2025 Emory College graduate will choreograph and perform a piece at the Joyce Ballet Festival in New York. They were tapped by none other than icon Misty Copeland, who saw their work when she visited Emory last year. 

This summer, high schoolers from around the world have come to Emory’s campus for a taste of university life. Find out more about what pre-college participants have been up to.  

Keep reading for more great stories — and expert insights — from around campus. We’ll see you next week! 

— The Emory Report team

This week’s stories

A thin, Black man in his early 20s wearing a button-down blue shirt and a red scarf stands beside a Black women in her early 40s with curly black, shoulder-length hair. Both wear broad smiles.

Emory alum’s choreography set for festival curated by ballet icon Misty Copeland

The Joyce Ballet Festival, which celebrates the best and brightest in dance, will include a piece choreographed and performed by a 2025 Emory College graduate. The festival will be held in New York in August. 

Gambian farmer watering crops in a field

Emory graduate student Jon Hamilton organizes funding for Gambian farmers

Through The Hatchery’s Summer Accelerator Program, Jon Hamilton and his co-founder are working to create grassroots fundraising support for farmers in The Gambia, West Africa.

An engraving of an African American woman wearing a bonnet and a dress from the 1700s. She is seated at a desk holding a writing quill in her right hand. She holds her left hand up to her face and appears to be lost in thought as she writes.

Emory’s Rose Library highlights Black poet writing at eve of independence

The nation’s 250th anniversary is an ideal time to reflect on the legacy of Phillis Wheatley Peters, an African American poet during Colonial times. Emory’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library maintains a collection of her work. 

teenagers view sculptures at a museum

High schoolers get a taste of university life during Emory’s pre-college summer program

Whether unpacking the psychology of social media, discovering ancient Rome’s buried secrets or delving into other topics of interest, pre-college participants were fully immersed on campus, getting a day-in-the-life view of Emory.

Emory experts in the news

Drinking water contaminants tied to uterine cancer risk

Source:Medscape

Before you throw out all the synthetic fabrics in your closet, read this

Source:The Guardian

Georgia skin cancer specialists share sunscreen advice and debunk myths as summer heats up

Source:CBS News

How cyclospora's biology has created the perfect infectious storm

Source:NPR

portraits of Emory University faculty who are being inducted into American Academy of Nursing Fellows

2026 American Academy of Nursing Fellows to include eight Emory inductees

Eight members of the Emory University community will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing’s 2026 Class of Fellows in recognition of their substantial contributions to improving health and transforming healthcare. Induction into AAN is one of the nursing profession’s highest honors.