What's
New
HIV
Drug Developer Pours Money Back Into Research
Raymond
F. Schinazi, professor of pediatrics who played a key role in the development
of the anti-HIV drug Emtriva, plans to invest $12 million in a new biomedical
research company in Atlanta.
August 19, 2005
Vole
Values
Emory
researchers may have found out why some male prairie voles are faithful
partners and devoted fathers who spend a lot of time with their pups,
while others stray and neglect their parental duties.
August 10, 2005
Defending
Her Colleagues
Director
of the Emory College Center for Science Education Pat Marsteller takes
AJC op-ed writer to task for "the aspersions cast" on Emory
and Emory researchers
July 29, 2005
Money
and Medicine
Last
week's announcement of the $525 million sale of Emory's royalty rights
to an HIV/AIDS treatment drug sparked an AJC editorial titled "Emory,
please put health before wealth."
July 27, 2005
The
Monkey in the Mirror
It
is widely assumed that recognizing one’s own reflection is a trait
exhibited only by humans and great apes. But new research suggests capuchin
monkeys react differently to mirrors and strangers.
July 20, 2005
Detractions
and Distractions
History
professor Patrick Allitt warns against too much technology in the classroom
in a recent essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
July 8, 2005
CISR
and Law and Religion Program merge
Emory's
Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion (CISR) is merging
with its Law and Religion Program, creating the Center for the Study
of Law and Religion.
June 27, 2005
The
purpose of Foetry.com
Exposing
corruption in the world of academic poetry contests, or irresponsible
malice?
June 20, 2005
Cyber-Evangelism—a
new book genre?
A
June 3 article in the Chronicle of Higher Education examines
a selection of recent books addressing the overlap and assimilation
of humans and machines
June 10, 2005
Public
Health Professor Examines Adverse Drug Reactions in Elderly Patients
A
new study led by Kimberly Rask, associate professor of health policy
and management concludes that the vast majority of adverse drug events
experienced by elderly patients are caused by commonly prescribed medications
June 7, 2005
Emergency
Physician Invents Concussion Detector
David
Wright's device designed to help prevent brain injuries in athletes
May 31, 2005
DeWaal
Elected to American Philosophical Society
Candler
Professor of Primate Behavior joins an eminent roster that includes
George Washington, Jane Goodall, and Jimmy Carter
May 19, 2005
Preventing
an Avian Flu Pandemic
Ira
M. Longini, Jr., Professor of Biostatistics,
is one of several researchers using computer models to test ways of
slowing or squelching the emerging virus.
May 6, 2005
Emory
Author to Receive American Academy of Arts & Letters Award
Jim
Grimsley, Senior Resident Fellow and director of Emory's Creative Writing
Program, has been selected to receive the 2005 Award in Literature from
the American Academy of Arts and Letters
April 29, 2005
Wednesday
Strategic Planning Town Hall CANCELLED
The
town hall open meeting scheduled for an update and feedback session
on the strategic planning process on April 20, has been cancelled.
April 19, 2005
Parker
appointed to Institute of Medicine Committee on Sleep Medicine
Emory
nursing professor Kathy P. Parker was recently appointed to the Institute
of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Sleep Medicine and Research, an influential
advisory body in the burgeoning field of sleep studies.
April 18, 2005
Jordan
Honored for Social Justice Work
The
American Educational Research Association presented education professor
Jacqueline Jordan Irvine its Social Justice in Education Award for her
efforts to advance social justice through education research
April 12, 2005
Matthew
Bernstein receives prestigious award
Emory
associate professor of film studies has been awarded the Katherine S.
Kovacs Essay Award by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies
April 4, 2005
Lipstadt
faces off with C-Span
Emory
scholar of Holocaust studies rescinds permission to broadcast an interview
with her after network plans also
to
air a speech by Holocaust denier
March 28, 2005
Strategic
planning open meetings
Participate
in community input sessions in March and April
March 17, 2005
New
vaccine reduces pneumonia and antibiotic resistance
Emory-based
study findings reported in March 5 Lancet
March 17, 2005
Help
for newcomers
New
website provides resources for new faculty
March 9, 2005
Relocating
the Transnational African Artist
Art
historian Sidney Kasfir will deliver a talk on Thursday, March 10,
at 4:00 p.m.
March 7, 2005
Training
nurses in Iraq
Nursing
professor works to enhance the clinical practice of the Kurdish nurses
February 22, 2005
Drugs
over the airwaves
Increased
direct-to-consumer advertising by pharmaceutical companies disproportionately
targets women and older viewers, according to a study conducted by Emory
researcher Erica Brownfield
February 17, 2005
Reading
Reading Lolita?
Are
you one of those who kept insisting others read Azar Nafisi's memoir
when it was first published?
February 9, 2005
Sense
of fairness among chimpanzees
The
evolution of the sense of fairness may have involved the quality of
relationships, according to Yerkes behavioral researchers.
February 7, 2005
Faculty
Forum on the Humanities and Race
The
Center for Humanistic Inquiry invites faculty to join in a January 26
roundtable discussion on the role of the humanities in contemporary
culture
January 24, 2005
King
Week concluding event
This
Friday, the faculty and students affiliated with Emory's language departments
and the Emory College Language Center will read from the writings of
human rights activists around the world
January 18, 2005
To
market, to market
Emory's
new Venture Lab is set up to identify potentially marketable university
research discoveries in their early stages and help find the funding
necessary for scientists to establish the “proof of principle”necessary
to bring the technologies to market.
January 14, 2005
The
virtual reality of the heart
Emory
cardiologists recommend VR-based training as new paradigm for endovascular
procedures
January 4, 2005
2004
Emory faculty books
A
compilation of titles authored or edited by Emory faculty
December 14, 2004
