Delta CEO Ed Bastian will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary degree at Emory’s 181st Commencement. Emory will also award honorary degrees to education pioneers Ruth Simmons and Susan Stone, and present the President’s Medal to biomedical researchers Dennis Liotta, Raymond Schinazi and Woo-Baeg Choi.
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“Science for the People” is the theme of this year’s Atlanta Science Festival, set for March 7-21 at venues throughout the city. It includes many events led by Emory students, alumni and faculty.
A new outpatient program at Emory Addiction Center increases access to youth services, family support and treatment scholarships.
A new exhibit, “Footwork: Celebrating Soccer, Culture and Community,” is on view at the Woodruff Library’s Schatten Gallery through July 19. It showcases the little-known tale of how the game helped kick off Atlanta’s global era.
“Kin,” the fifth novel by Emory professor Tayari Jones, was just named an Oprah’s Book Club pick. Learn why Jones describes writing “Kin” as wildly different from composing her previous novels, including the New York Times-bestselling "An American Marriage."
