December 11, 2006



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Helen Anne Richards, Editor
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Kim Urquhart, Senior Editor
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Christi Gray, Designer
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Bryan Meltz, Photography Director
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Diya Chaudhuri, Editorial Assistant

Benjamin Van Der Horst, Intern


 


Emory hosted the largest display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in the country on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1.

PHOTO CREDIT: BRYAN MELTZ

Quilt on the Quad honors lost loved ones, offers hope for an AIDS-free future

The brightly colored squares of the AIDS Memorial Quilt lay stretched across the Emory Quadrangle, each one a memorial to a loved one lost to AIDS. Every panel told a story, the fabric of each person’s life woven together with photographs, bits of clothing, colorful ribbons, sequins and stuffed animals and a rainbow of materials.

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