All the latest news from Emory University.http://shared.web.emory.edu.xmlhttp://shared.web.emory.edu.xmlTue, 24 Jan 2012 21:08:17 -0500Cascade ServerThose who were unable to get a ticket to this Sunday's free reading by popular poet Billy Collins have another chance to see him on Monday, Jan. 30 at noon in Cannon Chapel. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/billy-collins-to-take-part-in-creativity-conversation-.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/billy-collins-to-take-part-in-creativity-conversation-.html Internationally renowned neurosurgeon and humanitarian Benjamin Carson will deliver the keynote address at the University's 167th Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 14. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/humanitarian-ben-carson-to-be-speaker-for-graduates.html Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/humanitarian-ben-carson-to-be-speaker-for-graduates.html The Research Commons in Emory University's Robert W. Woodruff Library will celebrate its grand opening with a talk by University of Richmond President Edward L. Ayers, a noted American South historian and digital scholarship pioneer who founded his university's Digital Scholarship Lab. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/digital-scholarship-pioneer-to-speak-at-research-commons-opening-.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/digital-scholarship-pioneer-to-speak-at-research-commons-opening-.html Former U. S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins will give a free reading at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at Glenn Memorial Auditorium. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/billy-collins-to-give-free-reading-at-emory.html Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/billy-collins-to-give-free-reading-at-emory.html Anthropologist Carol Worthman of Emory University has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/12/emory-anthropologist-named-aaas-fellow.html Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/12/emory-anthropologist-named-aaas-fellow.html Kimford Meador, MD, director of the Emory Epilepsy Center and professor of neurology at the Emory School of Medicine, was recently given the Award for Clinical Science and the inaugural Fritz Dreifuss Epilepsy Fund Award by the American Epilepsy Society at their 65th annual meeting in Baltimore, Md. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/12/emory-neurologist-honored-with-two-prestigious-awards-by-american-epilepsy-society-.html Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/12/emory-neurologist-honored-with-two-prestigious-awards-by-american-epilepsy-society-.html HLN host and veteran television news journalist Jane Velez-Mitchell will moderate a dynamic discussion about the history and impact of increased openness upon LGBT communities, as well as how greater LGBT openness has impacted American society. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/12/cnn-dialogues-to-feature-discussion-on-lgbt-issues.html Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/12/cnn-dialogues-to-feature-discussion-on-lgbt-issues.html Emory's Down Syndrome Center is showing what a child with an extra chromosome can do. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/12/full-potential-helping-down-syndrome-children-get-the-most-out-of-life.html Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/12/full-potential-helping-down-syndrome-children-get-the-most-out-of-life.html The weekend before Thanksgiving, Emory's Children of Abraham - a group of Muslim and Jewish students who come together through dialogue, shared values and social action projects - fed roughly 100 Clarkston refugees a hot meals. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/11/bridging-muslim-jewish-understanding-through-sharing.html Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/11/bridging-muslim-jewish-understanding-through-sharing.html Garrett Turner, a 2011 Emory University graduate, has been awarded the 2012 Marshall Scholarship for graduate study in England. He is the third consecutive Emory student to receive the scholarship and the 15th overall from the university. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/11/2011-emory-graduate-awarded-prestigious-marshall-scholarship.html Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/11/2011-emory-graduate-awarded-prestigious-marshall-scholarship.html Emory University Emergency Medicine physician Dr. Deborah Houry, MD, MPH, has been named a recipient of this year's Atlanta Business Chronicle's "40 Under 40" award. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/11/emorys-deborah-houry-named-to-atlanta-business-chronicles-40-under-40-list.html Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/11/emorys-deborah-houry-named-to-atlanta-business-chronicles-40-under-40-list.html Emory's James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference is set to award the 2011 James Weldon Johnson Medals to five outstanding individuals whose achievements and service reflect a deep and unwavering commitment to civil and human rights. Among the recipients are legendary baseball player Hank Aaron and Nobel Prize for literature winner Wole Soyinka. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/johnson-medals-to-honor-champions-of-civil-and-human-rights.html Sun, 06 Nov 2011 09:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/johnson-medals-to-honor-champions-of-civil-and-human-rights.html Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey gives the Phillis Wheatley Reading as part of the Creative Writing Program Reading Series at Emory University, Monday Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Jones Room, 311 Woodruff Library. The reading will be followed a by reception and book signing. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/natasha-trethewey-gives-free-reading-at-emory.html Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/natasha-trethewey-gives-free-reading-at-emory.html John F. Latting has been appointed Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Enrollment and Dean of Admission at Emory University where he will lead Emory in attracting and retaining undergraduate students who have the highest quality of intellect, motivation, and diversity. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/latting-named-dean-of-admission-at-emory-university.html Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/latting-named-dean-of-admission-at-emory-university.html Sheryl Gabram, MD, MBA, FACS, a renowned breast surgical oncologist and professor of surgery at Emory University¿s Winship Cancer Institute and School of Medicine, adds another distinguished title to her professional honors: Surgeon-in-Chief at Grady Memorial Hospital. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/emory-professor-of-surgery-named-new-surgeon-in-chief-of-grady-memorial-hospital.html Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/10/emory-professor-of-surgery-named-new-surgeon-in-chief-of-grady-memorial-hospital.html