Of Note

• Touring Tandem From Savannah to Seattle, alumni duo is pedaling for pediatric cancer research
• Mummies Tell History of a ‘Modern’ Plague Findings challenge old assumptions
• The Sweet Sight of Success Joseph Skibell’s new novel features eye doctors, people with vision who can’t see, and Sigmund Freud, who (to the distress of many) may be omniscient
• The Temperate Zone Using less energy with consistent temperatures
• Cracking criminal code wins Emory alumnus Pulitzer for reporting in Chicago Prize given to Frank Main 86C for local reporting
• Antibiotic Anxiety Misuse and overuse of antibiotics pose public health danger
• Physician Assistants Wanted Emory program’s popularity mirrors national growth
• Helping the Other Georgia Emory Healthcare nurses are helping to train nurses in Tbilisi
• Let Sleeping Babies Lie (They might be having a growth spurt)
• Global Health Problem Solving Emory case competition goes national in third year
• Great Debate The Barkley Forum celebrates an indisputably successful sixty years
• Too Close for Comfort Exaggerated sense of near space may lead to claustrophobia
• Perfect Pitch Emory in the News
• My Left Hand Orlando college student receives first hand transplant in Southeast at Emory
• Commencement 2011 A ‘dynamic world’ awaits new graduates
• Ticker Executive vice president for health affairs named
• Emory Magazine Essay Contest

Features

An Unlikely Education

In the harsh desert of Somaliland, former Wall Street darling Jonathan Starr 99C and his band of diehard teachers brave the elements to run a school that’s full of surprises. Story

Kicking Grass

Can the new Atlanta Silverbacks pro soccer team finally break into the big leagues? Backers and fans—including a whole lot of Emory alumni—aim to find out. Story

Planes and Trains

Shan Cooper 89C 95MBA and Cindy Sanborn 87C hold top posts in traditionally male-led companies that are kingpins of American industry. Story

Commencement 2011

A 'dynamic world' awaits new graduates. Slideshow

Prelude

Destinations Unknown

Every spring on Commencement morning, I watch the new graduates process into the Quad, like a dark river of robes and mortarboards and tassels flowing in from all directions to fill the sea of empty chairs. Story

Campaign Chronicle

• A Major Gift for Parkinson’s Research
• Emory Advantage Graduates First Class of Students
• Harrison Foundation Creates Chair in Orthopaedics
• Focused Investing
• New Chair Honors Emory Urologist
• Library Curator, Spouse Donate Rare Works
• Retired Emory Nurse Invests in Education
• Beloved Alumnus Honored with Gift
• Challenging Political Science
• Schools and Units Digest

Register

• From the President Welcome erosion of the status quo
• From the EAA Emory Everywhere
• View from Rocky Top Bill Haslam 80C is the new governor of his home state, Tennessee
• EAA Strategy: What You Said Alumni survey helped shape EAA vision
• Alumni Ink A Father’s ‘Honest Diary’ of Autism
• Williams Awarded First ‘Golden Heart’ Honor for service to Emory and community
• Tribute Award-winning author and English professor was activist, adventurer
• Coda Statues with Spirits

Letters

“They say that recovery from a brain injury can take years, even decades, but as Thomas and his family will find, it’s an experience that is always part of you and that makes you you.”

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