Points of Pride

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Academics & Research

Academic Excellence

An Emory bachelor's degree ensures a well-rounded education through a defined set of courses known as General Education Requirements. | Find out more

Award-Winning Students

Emory students are well represented among competitive academic honors such as the Fulbright, Goldwater, Marshall, Mellon, National Science Foundation, Rhodes, Rockefeller, Rotary, and USA Today programs. | Find out more

Distinguished Professors

Distinguished faculty members include former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Booker Prize-winning novelist Sir Salman Rushdie, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hank Klibanoff. | Find out more

Breakthrough Research

Emory is a leader in HIV research. More than nine in 10 HIV patients in the United States who are on lifesaving therapy take Emtriva (emtricitabine) or 3TC (lamivudine), both drugs created at Emory. One of the leading vaccine candidates against HIV was developed at the Emory Vaccine Center and the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. | Find out more

Campus Community

Advancing Sustainability

Emory has one of the largest campus inventories of LEED-certified building space in the nation, as well as what's thought to be the longest-running program of its kind in the country to integrate sustainability into a university curriculum. | Find out more

Community Life

The campus community received the 2008 Presidential Award for General Community Service, the highest federal recognition given to colleges and universities for their commitment to community service, service-learning and civic engagement. Emory was also named to 2010 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. | Find out more

Famous Alumni

Emory alumni have included one U.S. vice president, several U.S. senators and representatives, four governors, three ambassadors, one Supreme Court justice, several university presidents, five Pulitzer Prize winners and an astronaut. | Find out more

Top Rankings

Emory enjoys top rankings from numerous publications. | Find out more

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