Emory Profiles

After 42 years at Emory, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library director Sandra Franklin retires

Teaching professor Sam Cherribi honored with 2025 Cuttino Mentoring Award

Emory University’s Class of 2025

Lifelong learner Hurl Taylor, 86, is Emory’s oldest graduate — again

Pioneering geneticist Leonore A. Herzenberg to receive Emory honorary degree

Grammy winner Usher to receive Emory honorary degree

Carving a path where community context meets compassionate care

Emory College class orator focuses on how embracing uncertainty creates opportunity

Susan B. Hassmiller to receive honorary degree for contributions to nursing education and practice

Deeply personal perspective inspires love for nursing, hands-on care

Immersion in campus community fuels curiosity and inspires personal growth

Graduating seniors awarded prestigious Louis B. Sudler Prize in the arts

Roseline Jean Louis, graduate Brittain Award recipient, works to improve maternal health outcomes

Terrence Lurry receives undergraduate Brittain Award for service and devotion to community building

Innovating real-world solutions for intricate technology problems

Extending her family’s seminary roots while standing strong in her own calling

Beloved mentor Amita Manatunga honored with Exemplary Teacher of the Year Award

Medical school course surfaces a passion for teaching other students

Jefferson Award winner Jan Love forged common ground in the name of leadership

Curveballs and comebacks: The making of a standout Emory scholar-athlete

Building community engagement to advance better health for all

Fascinated by legal intricacies, former paralegal pursues law career focused on serving clients

The voice with a smile: Joseph T. Massey Jr. celebrates 55 years at Emory

Honoring Emory Veterans: How serving in the military shaped those across the Emory community

From Olympian to patient champion: Sam Graddy hits his stride at Emory

Exploring the nature of fathers

Pianist William Ransom: Bringing more music to more people

Emory remembers Wright Caughman, longtime health sciences leader

Weslie Robinson retires after leading prospect research for 31 years

Meet the youngest student accepted into Emory’s School of Nursing

Celebrating Jan Love’s tenure as Candler School of Theology’s dean

Fleeing Afghanistan, an economics scholar finds a home at Emory

How Sean Bradley went from sports broadcaster to Heart and Vascular hype man

Charting the future: Q&A with Emory’s chief data and AI officer

Vicki Powers named Cuttino Award recipient for outstanding mentorship

Keeping busy by improving the lives of others at Emory and beyond

Groundbreaking physician-scientist and equity champion Valerie Montgomery Rice to speak at Commencement, receive honorary degree

From peer mentor to would-be novelist, graduate’s strengths encompass the analytical and creative

Jefferson Award winner Lobsang Tenzin Negi has worked to bridge two traditions for one humanity

Challenging the status quo through engagement, hard work and passion

Emory College orator Amelia Andujar to highlight the Class of 2024’s unique paths

Forging connections and building community through music

Oxford’s Molly McGehee honored with Exemplary Teacher Award

Serving at the intersection of clinical medicine and laboratory research

Finding courage, context and community through practical theology

Honorary degree recipient Victor Dzau recognized as medical innovator, healer of hearts, equity champion

Exploring commitment to service through inspiration from friends and family

Trailblazing for members of her community while finding her own place

Violin virtuoso Robert McDuffie to receive honorary degree in recognition of arts advocacy

Debater and community leader Grace Kessler honored with McMullan Award

Alan Amedi, graduate Brittain Award recipient, focused on giving back throughout medical school

Distinguished leadership, commitment to service earn Khegan Meyers the undergraduate Brittain Award

Seniors Eli Parrish and Jacob Stauff awarded the Sudler Prize in the Arts for music and film

Meet Sandra Wong, MD, the new dean of Emory School of Medicine

Running man: Tim Fields’ drive to serve families in the admission process

Esteemed Emory cardiology alumnus Keith Churchwell considers patient care to be a fine art

Love for travel, Oxford College inspires couple’s philanthropic legacy

Emory remembers former first lady Rosalynn Carter

In honor of Emory’s Service Awards, meet two staff members demonstrating 40 years of impact

Spotting breast cancer early: An Emory employee’s story

Grace abounding: Honoring the life of Debbie Wagner

From Oxford student to alumni leader: Jennifer Crabb Kyles continues family service to Emory

LGBT Life Director Danielle Bruce-Steele helps students see themselves reflected at Emory

Emory College student leader Vivian Liu named 2023 Udall Scholar

Ira Schwartz, Exemplary Teacher of the Year, instills the ‘gift of a life in medicine’ in students

Jon Howell honored with Jefferson Award for legendary swimming and diving program

Two graduating seniors awarded the Louis B. Sudler Prize in the Arts for Dance and Film

Relentless kindness motivates future trial attorney to foster community

Psychology professor Elaine Walker’s ‘life-changing’ impact honored with the Cuttino Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Laney Graduate School student pushes boundaries in the digital humanities

Nursing school graduate Audric Donald works tirelessly to increase representation in health care

Creative Writing Fellow Sanjena Sathian receives Townsend Prize for Fiction

Blending science, art and history into a broad palette of impact

Do what scares you: How one BBA student pushed past her comfort zone

Commitment to community on and off campus earns Sandra Bourdon undergraduate Brittain Award

Building connection in the face of global disruption provides theme for Emory College class orator

Lessons from the front lines as a pastor and emergency manager

Elsa Mekonnen, graduate Brittain Award recipient, looks to leave legacy of service

Oxford second-year student excels in classrooms and on the court

Discovering epidemiology and combating health inequities through a leap of faith

Meet the Commencement 2023 student speaker who’s forging her own path toward medical school

Pursuing medicine to target health disparities in the rural South and globally

McMullan Award honors Clare McCarthy’s work as a changemaker

Sharon Stroye appointed Emory’s inaugural director of truth, racial healing and transformation

Commitment to Our People: Emory staff 'make everything possible'

Having a ball, even in tough times: Emory family sticks together to pursue world record

Police officer Anthony ReFour: Moving education off the back burner

Emory Williams Awards honor distinguished undergraduate teaching

Honorary doctor of humane letters: Louise R. Glenn

Honorary Doctor of Laws: Sally Q. Yates

Cuttino Award winner Rachelle Spell ensures mentoring for biology students, new faculty

Sarina Adeline McCabe named Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford

Jennifer Ayres receives top teaching award: ‘Exemplary she has been, extraordinarily so’

As Emory College class orator, Konan directs the spotlight to everyday supporters

Undergraduate Brittain Award winner Zhang pushes for social justice on and off campus

Thomas Jefferson Award winner Jeffrey Rosensweig has an ‘attitude of gratitude’

Nguyen, graduate Brittain Award recipient, finds a calling in community

A ‘natural mentor’ takes his creativity to the realm of bank regulation

Translating lessons from Hurricane Maria to medical school

Invention from rejection: dominating hackathons à la Michael Jordan