Emory’s 2024 International Awards recipients were honored during a ceremony in late February. This year’s honorees are The Venerable Priya Rakkhit Sraman, Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham and Faizat Badmus-Busari 20L.
Richard D. Freer, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law, will present this year’s John F. Morgan Sr. Distinguished Faculty Lecture on Tuesday, March 5.
The nine schools that make up Emory University have plans for new programs, inspiring events and more during the spring semester. Read a roundup of what’s in store.
With a variety of service opportunities, worship programs, lectures and more taking place from Jan. 13-24, there’s time for everyone in the Emory community to honor the life and legacy of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The School of Law, School of Medicine and School of Nursing held winter graduation events to end fall semester. View photos from the events and learn about the more than 300 graduates.
More than 40 faculty were honored with named and endowed professorships, recognizing their significant contributions to Emory. Learn more about the honorees.
The Emory community honored the service and contributions of veterans in the university's 15th-annual ceremony, featuring student veterans, campus leadership and active-duty service members in the event.
Veterans Day is a time to thank those who have served and for veterans to reflect on their military service and how it has shaped their lives. Meet seven Emory veterans serving across the university and gain insight into their experiences.
Succeeding Dean Mary Anne Bobinski in summer 2024, Richard D. Freer will bring deep experience as a university and school administrator, expert scholarship and dedication to legal education — as well as an impressive 40-year tenure as a member of the Emory community.
Support for scholarly and community-building programming underscores the university’s commitment to its strong liberal arts tradition — and to fostering new understandings and expressions of the human condition.
The Hatchery received more than 50 applications for the 16 slots in its 2023-24 Incubator cohort. Learn about the students — and projects — selected from across Emory’s schools.
From a keynote address by Traevena Byrd of American University to Wonderful Wednesday’s “Diversity of Desserts,” built around a love of sweets and diversity, Diversity Week at Emory will have something for every taste.
We’re highlighting one exemplary student from each of Emory’s nine colleges and professional schools. From investing in their communities to making new discoveries, these students are ready to take on the world.
The nine schools that make up Emory University have big plans for the 2023-24 academic year. Read a roundup of class stats, new degree programs or initiatives and other things to come.
Provost Ravi Bellamkonda has announced an internal search for a candidate with deep commitment to Emory Law to build on the progress made by Dean Mary Anne Bobinski, who recently shared plans to step down at the end of her term.
All across campus, faculty and staff are preparing for the new academic year and the arrival of students. Here are 10 things you need to know as the Atlanta and Oxford campuses transition from summer to fall.
President Gregory L. Fenves and a group of Emory staff members visited Israel this summer to enhance partnerships with Israeli universities and foster connections with Emory's current students, parents and alumni in the country.
Emory faculty write and edit dozens of books each year. These 20 are ideal for summer reading, whether you want compelling nonfiction or award-winning novels.
A renowned attorney who served as president of the Atlanta City Council and as a Superior Court judge, Marvin Arrington Sr. was an Emory trustee emeritus and one of the first Black graduates of Emory Law.
Each Commencement, Emory celebrates the highly accomplished Brittain Award recipients. Now, we’re catching up with four awardees to find out where post-graduate life has led them — and how Emory helped get them there.
In the “JUSTICE” exhibit at Science Gallery Atlanta — a multidisciplinary collaboration with Emory — artists and researchers invite visitors to explore how they interact with a variety of systems, from health care to transportation.
Ira Bedzow, associate professor in the Emory University School of Medicine, has been selected to lead the Emory Purpose Project, a signature element of the Student Flourishing initiative.
Emory University and the Partners for International Development marked the 30th anniversary of their partnership with the country of Georgia and its impact on the advancement of modern medical and educational programs there.
The 2023-24 Emory Fulbright U.S. Scholars include individuals from Oxford College, the School of Law, the School of Medicine, International Student and Scholar Services, and Emory College. Learn more about their upcoming projects.
Government careers for Emory students are not uncommon, providing an important avenue to serving others. Even for those who don’t ultimately choose such work, internships at all levels of government prove satisfying and instructive.
The nine schools of Emory University held diploma ceremonies for their Class of 2023 graduates in conjunction with the university’s 178th Commencement. Read about their programs and watch the livestreams of all events.
Emory University faculty and staff were recognized with multiple awards in conjunction with the 2023 Commencement and school diploma ceremonies. See who was recognized for their contributions during the academic year.
The Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Awards honor outstanding scholars who excel as teachers within formal and informal educational settings.
Adriano Omar Iqbal views his budding career as a trial attorney focused on bankruptcy as an ethical imperative to help others grow from perceived failures.
Emory University will celebrate the Class of 2023 with ceremonies May 5-8 on the Atlanta and Oxford campuses. Learn more about Commencement events and how you can prepare for the festivities.
Launching this fall, the Emory Initiative for Arts and Humanistic Inquiry will support schools in hiring up to 30 new faculty focused on exploring questions central to society and the human experience.
Mary Anne Bobinski will conclude her tenure as dean of Emory Law in the summer of 2024 after completing a five-year term. A national search for her successor will begin in the coming weeks.
Get ready to celebrate Emory’s past, present and future during Charter Week, set for Feb. 6-11. View the full schedule of events, including a special One Emory presentation from President Fenves on Feb. 7.
Emory University celebrates King Week, Jan. 15-22, with service projects, lectures, panels, an awards ceremony and more.
The nine schools that make up Emory University have plans for new programs, inspiring events and more during the spring semester. Read a roundup of what’s in store.
The School of Law and School of Nursing held winter graduation events on Friday, Dec. 9. More than 300 students celebrated their accomplishments with family and friends. View photos from both ceremonies and learn about the graduates.
With 19 new faculty onboard this fall, Emory’s AI.Humanity initiative is shaping a distinctively Emory vision, culture and infrastructure that helps AI scholars maximize their contributions as researchers, teachers and mentors.
Veterans Day is a time to thank those who have served and for veterans to reflect on their military service and how it has shaped their lives. Get to know 13 Emory veterans serving across the university and gain insight into their experiences.
The Emory community will gather Nov. 11 to honor veterans and their contributions. The event includes a flag ceremony with Emory veterans and ROTC cadets, as well as a guest speaker and moment of silence.
Emory established the first undergraduate African American studies program in the South in 1971. Now the university will build on that foundation, launching a new PhD program in fall 2023.
The Celebration of Faculty Eminence recognized 61 newly tenured and promoted faculty, 39 named professors and four faculty members recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Learn more about the honorees.
The nine schools that make up Emory University have big plans for the 2022-23 academic year. Read a roundup of class stats, new degree programs or initiatives and other things to come.
All across campus, faculty and staff are preparing for the new academic year and the arrival of students. Here are 10 things you need to know as the Atlanta and Oxford campuses transition from summer to fall.
Anthony ReFour was already an experienced leader when he joined the Emory Police Department in 2013. Now he’s added new layers of understanding to his role by earning a juris master degree from Emory Law.
Faculty and staff were recognized with multiple awards in conjunction with the 2022 school ceremonies and the conclusion of the academic year. See the honorees from each of the nine schools that make up Emory University.
View comprehensive coverage, including keynote speaker Tyler Perry, video highlights, photo galleries and profiles of outstanding students and award recipients.
The Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Awards recognize outstanding scholars who excel as teachers within formal and informal educational settings.
View comprehensive coverage, including keynote speaker Tyler Perry, video highlights, photo galleries and profiles of outstanding students and award recipients.
Sally Q. Yates is a former U.S. deputy attorney general and acting attorney general who served the Department of Justice for 27 years, where she was responsible for more than 100,000 employees, including the prosecutorial, litigation and national security sectors.
Tejas Dave left high-level finance and coding for quantitative analysis behind when he arrived at Emory Law. Now he’s shifting his problem-solving focus to the frontiers of global finance.
Faculty members Carlos del Rio, Martha Fineman, William Foege and Hank Klibanoff have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and a leading center for independent policy research.
Emory University will celebrate the Class of 2022 by returning to in-person, on-campus ceremonies May 6-9 on the Atlanta and Oxford campuses. Learn more about Commencement events, including how you can hear the keynote address by Tyler Perry.
Learn about nine student projects supported by The Hatchery, Center for Innovation, including closing the diversity gap in cancer research and using Shakespeare to help kids explore emotions.
Two new concentrations — one in data, privacy and technology law and the other in employment law and human resources — expand the opportunities within Emory Law’s juris master degree program.
A recent event celebrated faculty who had earned promotion and/or the grant of tenure, were appointed to named and endowed professorships or had earned membership in the National Academies or the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Emory University’s graduate and professional schools and programs continue to be ranked among the best in the nation, according to the 2023 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools” guide.
As a disability rights advocate and the first Deafblind woman to graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben Girma shared valuable perspectives during Emory’s annual Women’s History Month keynote address.
Emory Law’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law program has received a gift from the Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP law firm for a new initiative providing annual scholarships and summer stipends to students who bring diversity to the environmental bar.
“Martin Luther King Jr. was a critical race theorist before the term existed,” Darren Hutchinson posited in his recent lecture titled “Anti-Antiracism: Fighting Backlash, Building Justice.”
As the world watches the unfolding Russian invasion of Ukraine, experts across campus are assessing the humanitarian, legal, economic and political ramifications of the conflict and sharing their insights with media and the larger community.
Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law Martha Albertson Fineman has received the American Bar Foundation’s 2022 Outstanding Scholar Award. The award was first given in 1957, with Ruther Bader Ginsburg among its recipients.
The Emory University community celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday with a week of virtual events, focused on picking up the torch that King lit for America more than 60 years ago.
The nine schools that make up Emory University have plans for new programs, inspiring events and more during the spring semester. Read a roundup of what’s in store.
With events spanning Jan. 15-20, King Week includes lectures, panel discussions, community service awards and worship services.
Emory Law students in the Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results program will be a critical part of commercializing National Nuclear Security Administration lab technology.
A new four-year project will focus on values-driven impact in law, religion, health and security, incorporating Israeli and international experts.
Emory has received a transformative grant from Southern Company Foundation to establish the Emory University School of Law Center for Civil Rights and Social Justice and support other student success and access initiatives through Emory College and Winship Cancer Center.
The nine schools that make up Emory University have big plans for the 2021-22 academic year, as all students return to campus. Read a roundup of class stats, new degree programs or initiatives and other things to come.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine. Emory experts are available to discuss the FDA approval announcement as well as all the other ways COVID-19 continues to impact us all.
Excitement is in the air as students, faculty and staff prepare for the start of the new academic year. Here are 10 things to keep in mind as the university transitions to full on-site capacity.
Susan Bonifield will join Emory Provost Ravi V. Bellamkonda’s leadership team as senior vice provost for strategic financial and resource planning, following the retirement of Deputy Provost Michael Andrechak, who has led the administration and planning team since 2014.
Emory faculty and staff are frequently recognized for their work locally, nationally and internationally. Read a sampling of recent accolades, including awards for professional contributions and leadership appointments.
Abdallah Al-Obaidi and his family fled violence in Iraq, eventually coming to the U.S. as refugees. He became a citizen during his sophomore year at Emory and is now headed to medical school as a way to give back.
From equal rights to voting rights, from health care to the environment, the causes that Emory students align themselves with are as diverse as the students themselves. Get to know a few graduate and professional students making a difference on campus and beyond.
Emory celebrated Class Day, a longstanding Commencement tradition, with events online May 13. Several seniors were recognized for their contributions, and U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff encouraged graduates to get involved in the world around them.
Faculty and staff were recognized with multiple awards in conjunction with the 2021 school ceremonies and the conclusion of the academic year. See the honorees from each of the nine schools that make up Emory University.
After last year's Commencement had to be held virtually, graduates in the Class of 2020 came together May 15 to commemorate their achievements.
View comprehensive coverage of Emory's Commencement ceremonies, including keynote speaker Anthony Fauci, photo galleries, profiles of outstanding students and more.
The Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence honors contributions of faculty across Emory’s seven graduate and professional schools.
The Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award is presented annually to faculty members in each of the four undergraduate schools as part of Commencement celebrations.
Suman Malempati left his career as a pediatric oncologist, researcher and associate professor of pediatrics to train as a social justice lawyer because he could “no longer be an observer.”
Acclaimed legal scholar and social justice advocate Darren Lenard Hutchinson has been named the Emory University School of Law inaugural John Lewis Chair for Civil Rights and Social Justice. He will join the faculty July 1.
Bioengineering and higher education pioneer Ravi Bellamkonda returns to Emory on July 1, eager to lead the university’s academic affairs and share wisdom learned from science, the humanities — and his goldendoodle, CJ.
Emory University’s graduate and professional schools and programs are ranked among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 edition of the “America’s Best Graduate Schools” guide.
Biomedical scientist Ravi Bellamkonda will return to Emory on July 1 as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. He previously held a joint appointment as a faculty member at Emory and Georgia Tech.
The nine schools that make up Emory University head into the new semester with innovative initiatives, achievements to celebrate and a full slate of engaging virtual speakers and events.
King Week 2021 features a collection of online programs across Emory honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In this pivotal year of racial reckoning, Black leaders at Emory speak out on how our society and our university community can move toward a future where equity and justice burn brightly.
In this pivotal year of racial reckoning, Black leaders at Emory speak out on how our society and our university community can move toward a future where equity and justice burn brightly.
Three Emory events this fall examined the 19th Amendment, celebrating its success in extending women the right to vote but simultaneously acknowledging that the fight for women’s suffrage was divided along racial lines.
Eléonore Raoul, the first woman admitted to Emory, played an important role in fighting for women’s voting rights. Emory marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with programs on Oct. 8 and Oct. 22.
Emory faculty and staff are frequently recognized for their work locally, nationally and internationally. The following is a sampling of recent accolades, including appointments to professional boards and awards for outstanding research and teaching.
Faculty and staff were recognized with multiple awards in conjunction with the 2020 school ceremonies and the conclusion of the academic year. See the honorees from each of the nine schools that make up Emory University.
View complete coverage of Commencement, including keynote speaker Bryan Stevenson, video highlights, profiles of outstanding students and more.
The Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award is presented annually to faculty members in each of the four undergraduate schools as part of Commencement celebrations.
The Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence honors contributions of faculty across Emory’s seven graduate and professional schools.
A Commencement tradition, Class Day 2020 featured a special message from Comedy Central comedian and actor Ronny Chieng and the presentation of multiple awards to undergraduate students.
Seeing his sister, who has cerebral palsy, battle to receive a full education crystallized Cody Long’s desire to become a lawyer. As a student leader and advocate, he has made a significant impact on Emory’s campus and in the community.
Emory Law’s Volunteer Clinic for Veterans has launched a program to provide advance directives, wills and other estate planning assistance to medical residents completing their training in Emory’s School of Medicine.
Air Force Capt. Federick Johnson served in Europe and the Middle East before coming to Emory Law as a Woodruff Fellow. His law degree will likely take him around the world again – with a whole new point of view.