Forty health professionals, clinicians and journalists from France and Belgium attended a March 8 presentation and tour of Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown.
Emory Healthcare is leading the way in transforming how clinicians access patient health records with its deployment of the 15-inch MacBook Air and the launch of the new native Epic Hyperspace app.
Abhay Joshi, PhD, accomplished data science leader, has been named Emory University’s associate vice provost for university data, effective March 1, 2024. Joshi brings a wealth of experience in data science, advanced analytics and strategic leadership for both higher education and industry.
The Emory community is invited to delve into the ethical, societal and scientific implications of AI and machine learning technology during a four-part seminar series beginning March 6.
Emory College professor Jo Guldi’s courses are the foundation of a new lab that will mix humanistic questions and machine learning to gain new insight into real-world problems such as climate change.
Emory Heart & Vascular reached a milestone by performing its 5000th transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure in late 2023. Emory's history with TAVR dates back to 2007, when it became the first site in Georgia (and one of the first in the nation) to perform the innovative, minimally invasive procedure.
Emory University has joined more than 200 of the nation’s leading AI authorities as a member of the new U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium.
Emory’s Office of Information Technology is expanding the university’s capabilities in research, feedback collection and data analysis by transitioning to Qualtrics CoreXM as the university’s official online survey tool.
One of the first of its kind, the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship remains a national leader, elevating faculty work and training generations of graduate students in collaborative practices supporting the development of technical skills and creative talents. Learn more about the center and some of its key projects.
Emory University, through its AI.Humanity initiative, has joined a consortium of universities to collaborate with the City of Atlanta in using artificial intelligence to foster entrepreneurship and position Atlanta as a top five technology hub.
What’s hot and what’s not? Ask Yazhuo Zhang, an Emory graduate student of computer science whose insights into web-cache eviction are making waves in the tech world.
The National Science Foundation has awarded $640,000 to William Wuest, Emory professor of chemistry, to further his lab’s development of agrochemicals inspired by compounds found in nature. The goal? To find novel, sustainable ways to combat plant pathogens.
Emory scientists have developed technology with the potential to better assess the effects of antiplatelet drugs on individuals and to gain a clearer picture of bleeding risks for patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.
The National Institute on Aging has awarded a $3.5 million grant to the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing to study an online tool's capacity to increase mastery among caregivers of persons with dementia.
nference, a science-first software company transforming health care data for research and discovery, and Emory Healthcare, the most comprehensive academic health system in Georgia, today announced an agreement to expand access to diverse, aggregated, de-identified data with the goal of accelerating groundbreaking research, disease diagnoses and new treatments.
Thanks to a Mellon grant, Emory’s Rose Library will build a virtual reading room pilot project to expand national and global access to its renowned literary and poetry collections.
To help reduce fall risks and other safety concerns in hospitalized patients, Emory Healthcare is collaborating with Andor Health to bring virtual patient observer technology to its hospitals.
Emory Healthcare, the most comprehensive academic health system in Georgia, is collaborating with health care technology pioneer DrFirst to help patients access and adhere to affordable, appropriate prescription medications for their health conditions and ailments.
The Emory Sports Performance and Research Center has received a $4.5 million grant to use virtual reality technology to reduce injury risk and improve performance in young athletes.
Emory professor Emily Burchfield digs into environmental and socioeconomic data to develop online tools for farmers as they navigate changing agricultural landscapes.
The Center for AI Learning opened its doors for a lively ribbon-cutting and open house event on September 19, welcoming more than 100 students, faculty, staff and community partners to Suite 217 in the Woodruff Library.
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.
The Office of the University Registrar is releasing Schedule Builder for students to use during class registration. This new tool integrates with OPUS and allows students to build a schedule that accommodates their needs inside and out of the classroom.
Joe Depa, a distinguished leader in data and artificial intelligence, has been named Emory University’s inaugural chief data and analytics officer. Depa began his role Sept. 11.
As summer ends, student founders who participated in The Hatchery's inaugural Summer Incubator program celebrate milestones and look ahead to what’s next in their ventures.
Emory Healthcare, the most comprehensive academic health system in Georgia, announced today a new collaboration with Experis, a global professional resourcing and project-based solutions organization.
The Center for Advanced Motor BioEngineering and Research will make cutting-edge biosensors, disseminate them to neuroscientists and provide training for using the biosensors to explore a range of research questions.
Joe Sutherland, a noted technology executive, public service leader and educator, has been named director of the Emory Center for AI Learning, a newly established center that will promote artificial intelligence literacy and community across Emory University.
As an academic research institution, Emory’s faculty and staff conduct studies across every discipline, from the sciences to the humanities. Here’s a sample of recent grant awards and the work they will support, plus highlights from some published research findings.
Meet the students — and projects — involved with The Hatchery’s Summer Incubator. From improving wellness to inclusive beauty products, these students are ready to change the world.
The Mellon Foundation has awarded $1.3 million to Emory University and partners to explore how to ethically employ artificial intelligence through the creation of the Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network.
Entrepreneurial faculty and their discoveries were recognized at the Office of Technology Transfer’s 17th Annual Celebration of Technology and Innovation on March 23. Awardees specialize in a range of disciplines including ethnobotany, radiology, nursing and antiviral studies.
Doctors from the Emory Heart & Vascular Center are joining forces with the Family Heart Foundation, a leading research and advocacy organization, to find and more widely treat undiagnosed patients living with a common genetic condition that causes the body to produce extremely high levels of unhealthy cholesterol.
Emory students are the first to train on the world's most advanced interdisciplinary patient simulator, HAL® S5301.
Research is an integral part of Emory, from the sciences to the humanities. Read a sample of recent grant awards across campus along with newly published research findings.
The newest Emory Libraries exhibit, “Connections: The Power of Objects,” highlights objects displayed by libraries, museums and other organizations to increase knowledge, spark curiosity, encourage discovery and promote creativity. An event celebrating those connections will be Nov. 17.
On the latest episode of One Big Question, Emory President Gregory L. Fenves talks to Emory College alumnus and columnist Christopher Mims about the global supply chain crisis and how many miles it takes to build a cell phone.
Two recent grants, as well as the continuing work of the Oral History Program, underline ways that Emory Libraries foregrounds underrepresented communities.
Faculty entrepreneurs and their discoveries were recognized at the Office of Technology Transfer’s 16th Annual Celebration of Technology and Innovation. Three new awards were added this year, for a total of seven categories.
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.
Cassidy Puckett says certain habits can lead to tech-savviness. Learn more and hear a discussion on equity in STEM education during an event for her new book, “Redefining Geek,” on April 21.
Emory chemists integrated computer functions into rolling DNA-based motors, the first that combine computational power with the ability to burn fuel and move in an intentional direction. Their work opens new possibilities for miniature, molecular robots.
World-renowned AI scholars will discuss the moral and social complexities of artificial intelligence and how it may be shaped for the benefit of humanity during a four-part lecture series beginning April 11.
Emory University authors and researchers can now publish their work “open access” in all Cambridge University Press journals without paying a publishing cost, thanks to an agreement between Emory Libraries and Cambridge University Press.
Emory Law students in the Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results program will be a critical part of commercializing National Nuclear Security Administration lab technology.
Emory researcher Chethan Pandarinath is using artificial intelligence to build brain-machine interfaces to assist people with paralysis, specifically those with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. The NIH award will support a clinical trial launching this fall.
Emory Libraries is welcoming students, faculty and staff to fall semester with new services and spaces. Stepping inside the Woodruff Library building is new for some students, including sophomores who chose to learn remotely last year.
A team of six Emory computer science students have developed a chatbot capable of making logical inferences that aims to hold deeper, more nuanced conversations with humans than have previously been possible. Christened "Emora," the chatbot has been designed to help first-year college students navigate a new way of life.
Anthem joins Emory Healthcare’s Innovation Hub with 11TEN Innovation Partners to build new digital health solutions enabled by 5G.
A team of six Emory students has reached the final round for Amazon’s Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge, a global competition among universities to create a chatbot that advances the field of artificial intelligence.
Faculty entrepreneurs and their discoveries were recognized at the Office of Technology Transfer’s 15th Annual Celebration of Technology and Innovation. The virtual program was held June 30.
In 14 rural counties, Georgians who need emergency medical care will have access to Emory doctors and specialists even before they reach a local hospital through a new telehealth initiative.
A new consortium will ensure the future of the SlaveVoyages database, which was created at Emory and has become the most widely used online resource for information about slavery across the Atlantic world.
International Open Access Week 2020 celebrates the importance of making research publications available for free. Virtual activities Oct. 19-26 include introducing a new website that highlights recent OA scholarship by Emory authors.
Emory scientists will search for a way to convert sunlight into storable and transportable fuels as part of a multi-institutional research group receiving a $40 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Emory Johns Creek Hospital is the first facility in Georgia to offer patients access to the first mobile, advanced digital positron emission tomography (PET) molecular imaging technology.
To prepare for fall remote learning, more than 800 undergraduate faculty completed intensive training in online course design and teaching. Learn about their creative approaches, from home lab kits in chemistry to digital “movie trailers” to help students connect concepts in American Studies.
Emory Healthcare has seen exponential growth in its telehealth visits during the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 215,000 visits conducted between patients and their health care providers from mid-March through July 2020.
Representatives from Emory and Cherry Street Energy marked the operation of newly installed solar panels on the rooftop of 1599 Clifton Road. The partnership will include more than 15,000 solar panels installed across the Atlanta campus.
A team of Emory students won Amazon’s 2020 Alexa Prize, a global competition to create the most engaging chatbot to advance the field of artificial intelligence. The team earned $500,000 for taking first place with their chatbot named Emora.
The Georgia Coast Atlas is an online gateway to the dynamic ecosystems and intriguing history of the state’s 100-mile-long coast and barrier islands, weaving together research, fieldwork and technology to create an unprecedented resource for educators, conservationists, students and the public.
Emory Integrated Cellular Imaging Core receives instrumentation grant from the National Institutes of Health to purchase powerful new 3D STED research microscope, the first of its kind in the state of Georgia.
Emory University is sharing in a $31 million federal grant designed to rapidly transform innovative technologies into widely accessible COVID-19 diagnostic testing.
Staying focused on academics amidst the COVID-19 pandemic brought lessons during class times and beyond. As Emory moves into remote learning for summer courses, faculty and students reflect on what they learned this spring.
The first lung cancer patient to be treated with a new type of immunotherapy involving the re-engineering of a patient's T cells, known as T-cell receptor therapy, took place at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University on May 7, 2020.
Emory, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology are teaming up to evaluate promising COVID-19 testing technology
An oral antiviral discovered and developed at Emory can begin human trials. EIDD-2801 has shown promise for treating COVID-19.
Emory doctors have helped create a new online tool, Coronavirus Checker, allowing people everywhere to assess how likely it is that they have contracted the novel coronavirus.
Through a technique known as DNA origami, Emory scientists have created the fastest, most persistent DNA nano motor yet, providing a blueprint for how to optimize the design of motors at the nanoscale — hundreds of times smaller than the typical human cell.
Emory has advanced to the second round of STAT Madness, the bracket competition for biomedical research. Vote for Emory's 2020 entry, detecting Alzheimer's and mild cognitive impairment using eye tracking.
The Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub (EHIH) announced Monday that it will be powered by Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband service, adding digital speed and connectivity to an ecosystem working to transform the health care industry.
After helping develop a new approach for organic synthesis — carbon-hydrogen functionalization — scientists at Emory are now showing how this approach may apply to drug discovery.
Emory University will partner with Science Gallery International to create and curate an immersive exhibition space in Atlanta designed to inspire young adults in the sciences and arts.
Biomedical engineers at Emory/Georgia Tech and Northwestern were awarded a $1 million grant from DARPA for their research on artificial intelligence and neural interfaces. They plan to develop algorithms that periodically and automatically recalibrate so that nervous system intent can be decoded smoothly and without interruption.
The Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub has announced Konica Minolta Healthcare, Novo Nordisk, Philips and Stryker as its newest strategic partners. More than 10 projects are under way to impact personalized medicine, telehealth, imaging and genetics.
Recently updated, "Slave Voyages: The Transatlantic Slave Trade Database" uses big data to bring history to life, offering researchers and visitors a more complete portrait of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Emory University is ranked 47th in the world among universities granted U.S. utility patents in 2018, according to a new report released by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association.
Advances in neurotechnology, genetics and artificial intelligence will challenge what it means to be human and change our ethics, argues Paul Root Wolpe, director of the Emory Center for Ethics.
The Emory Biotech Consulting Club aims to pair student advisory teams with fledgling startup companies emerging from university research.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has chosen Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD, to receive an Emerging Investigator Award, including a seven-year grant of $5 million to Emory University.
As part of Innovate@Emory Day on Thursday, April 18, a University-wide Innovation Showcase will highlight selected innovative ideas, technologies and inventions developed at Emory.
Led by humanities scholar Pablo Palomino, Emory's first free online "Teach-Out" will explore the meaning of "progress" in Atlanta and beyond. It launches April 15 and is available to participants around the world through the Coursera platform
Vote for Emory in STAT Madness, the bracket competition for biomedical research. Emory's 2019 entry covers a sepsis prediction technology.
If scientists want to boost immune cells' ability to kill cancer cells, vast libraries of potential drugs are available for screening. The Fu lab has developed a platform for sorting through them.
Wilbur Lam study featured
Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory (DRIVE) today announced the licensing of ATI-2173, its leading candidate for the treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV), to Antios Therapeutics (Antios), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel antiviral therapies for unmet medical needs.
Biomedical engineers have developed a smartphone app with the aim of non-invasive detection of anemia. Instead of a blood test, the app uses photos of someone's fingernails taken on a smartphone to determine the level of hemoglobin in their blood.
Rachel Kolb interviewed
Calculating and mapping how hard the blood's flow is tugging on the coronary artery wall - known as "wall shear stress" - could allow cardiologists to predict heart attacks.
Emory's WaterHub, which uses processes that emulate natural ecological systems to reclaim wastewater, was honored with the 2018 Campus Sustainability Achievement Award. It recently reached the milestone of recycling 200 million gallons of water.
A new NIH-funded research center at Emory, Georgia Tech, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta will assist inventors across the United States in developing and translating microelectronics-based point-of-care (POC) technologies for patient care.
The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship will use a $260,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to publish digital and print editions of widely popular but currently inaccessible American Protestant songbooks.
First-year students can get help connecting to Emory¿s wireless network from Student Technology Support during move-in weekend on Saturday, Aug. 25. Returning students may also need to re-register their laptops when they arrive.
Biomedical engineer Yonggang Ke, PhD, and colleagues at UC Davis and University of Washington were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to create DNA-based electrically readable memories.
Emory has been recognized by the International District Energy Association (IDEA) with the 2018 IDEA Innovation Award for the WaterHub, an award-winning facility that reclaims and reuses campus wastewater.
A new scientific study using satellite technology provides clear evidence that California's tough clean air programs are working to reduce emissions of fine particle pollution throughout the state.
Emory Healthcare, one of the nation's most comprehensive academic health systems, and Sharecare, the digital health company helping people manage all their health in one place, today announced the forthcoming launch of The Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub powered by Sharecare.
Emory's Library and Information Technology Services has announced a significant improvement to EmoryGuest, the free wi-fi provided to Emory visitors.
Coursera courses give students worldwide the chance to learn from Emory faculty about topics that highlight the university's commitment to helping humanity, including civil rights, understanding violence, examining addiction, responding to health emergencies, and more.