All the latest news from Emory University.http://shared.web.emory.edu.xmlhttp://shared.web.emory.edu.xmlTue, 14 Feb 2012 01:04:41 -0500Cascade ServerEmory University has adopted a Climate Action Plan that chronicles the university's sustainability efforts to date, and sets forth a series of goals and recommendations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the future, ultimately down by 85 percent per square foot by 2050. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/12/emory-announces-climate-action-plan.html Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/12/emory-announces-climate-action-plan.html Lynn Sibley, the architect of a revolutionary healthcare program, and Josep Call, an expert on primate social cognition, have been selected as the 2011 recipients of prestigious awards presented each year by Emory's Office of International Affairs. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/international-award-winners-announced-by-emory.html Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/international-award-winners-announced-by-emory.html Paul Root Wolpe, director of Emory University's Center for Ethics, has been named a finalist for a prestigious World Technology Award in Ethics, to be presented by the World Technology Network at the United Nations next week. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/emory-ethicist-nominated-for-world-technology-award.html Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/emory-ethicist-nominated-for-world-technology-award.html J. Willis Hurst, MD, world-renowned cardiologist and beloved teacher, mentor, husband, father and grandfather, died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. He was 90. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/j.-willis-hurst,-renowned-cardiologist,-dies-saturday,-oct.-1,-2011.html Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/j.-willis-hurst,-renowned-cardiologist,-dies-saturday,-oct.-1,-2011.html Harvard Law Professor Mary Ann Glendon, speaking recently at Emory University, raises a broad concern about religious freedom in America. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/religious-freedom-faces-great-challenges-says-glendon.html Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/religious-freedom-faces-great-challenges-says-glendon.html A new textbook edited by Emory Eye Center researcher Henry F. Edelhauser, PhD, and Uday B. Kompella, PhD, of the University of Colorado, explores approaches for a delivery system to get drugs to the back of the eye. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/emory-eye-center-researcher-co-editor-of-new-textbook.html Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/emory-eye-center-researcher-co-editor-of-new-textbook.html Dr. Paul Fernhoff, Associate Professor of Human Genetics and Pediatrics, died Sept. 19, 2011. A graveside service will be held Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. at Crest Lawn Memorial Gardens, 2000 Marietta Blvd. NW, Atlanta, GA 30318. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/dr.-paul-fernhoff-service-wednesday,-sept.-21-.html Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/dr.-paul-fernhoff-service-wednesday,-sept.-21-.html "Child Law: Past, Present and Future," is the topic for the eighth annual Emory Public Interest Committee (EPIC) conference, Saturday, Oct. 1, which will bring together pediatricians, educators, attorneys, legislators and professors to discuss children¿s rights and vulnerabilities in the courts and under the law. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/child-law,-advocacy-to-be-focus-of-emory-conference.html Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/child-law,-advocacy-to-be-focus-of-emory-conference.html Emory business and finance professor Jeff Rosensweig says there are three things business leaders want from President Obama to spur hiring: deregulation, tax reform and a more positive message. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/what-businesses-want-to-hear-from-the-president.html Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/what-businesses-want-to-hear-from-the-president.html Thomas G. Long of Candler School of Theology and seven other preaching stars will share their creative processes and techniques. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/emory-gathers-great-pastors-to-share-the-art-of-preaching-oct-10-12.html Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/emory-gathers-great-pastors-to-share-the-art-of-preaching-oct-10-12.html Emory University has elected two new members to its Board of Trustees: Teri Plummer McClure, UPS¿ chief legal officer, and Bishop Mary V. Taylor, resident Bishop of the South Carolina United Methodist Conference. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/ups-executive-methodist-bishop-named-as-new-emory-university-trustees.html Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/ups-executive-methodist-bishop-named-as-new-emory-university-trustees.html Professor David J. Bederman will deliver the inaugural David J. Bederman Lecture, "Public Law and Custom," at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, at Emory University School of Law, 1301 Clifton Rd. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/international-law-expert-delivers-inaugural-bederman-lecture-sept-26.html Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/international-law-expert-delivers-inaugural-bederman-lecture-sept-26.html For her years of service and contributions to the field of neonatology, the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) has awarded Emory Healthcare's Ann Critz, MD, with the 2011 Lifetime Heroic Achievement Award. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/emory-neonatologist-honored-with-lifetime-achievement-award-from-georgia-hospital-association-.html Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/09/emory-neonatologist-honored-with-lifetime-achievement-award-from-georgia-hospital-association-.html Award-winning author and Boston Globe columnist James Carroll will give four free public lectures at Emory University this fall on the theme "Jesus Against Himself: From Itinerant Galilean to Christ of God and Back Again." http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/08/james-carroll-to-speak-at-Emory-copy.html Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/08/james-carroll-to-speak-at-Emory-copy.html Dr. Suresh Ramalingam, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, has been named chair of the thoracic malignancies committee for the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG), one of the oldest and largest cooperative cancer groups in the country. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/08/winship-researcher-to-chair-prominent-clinical-trials-committee.html Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/08/winship-researcher-to-chair-prominent-clinical-trials-committee.html