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Student Experience

Three Emory College juniors win elite Goldwater Scholarship

Eshan Momin, Emily Huang and Daniel Hua are 2026 recipients of the Goldwater Scholarship, the premier award for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering. All plan to pursue doctoral degrees.
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Around Emory

Students discuss work across disciplines at annual Undergraduate Student Research Symposium

More than 130 students conducted research related to the sciences, humanities and arts and shared their findings during the symposium. Meet three of this year’s presenters and see photos from the event.
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Academic Innovation

Investing in Emory’s bright ideas: Peer-awarded grants launch projects across the university

For nearly 90 years, University Research Committee awards have been funding new research projects from all Emory departments. This year, funding will double. Discover a few of the groundbreaking ideas supported by the award.
Science & Technology

Emory scientists receive Cozzarelli Prize for discovery of new physics in dusty plasma

Emory physicists Justin Burton and Ilya Nemenman and their student co-authors won the Cozzarelli Prize from the journal PNAS for an AI-physics article that made an outstanding contribution to their field.

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