All the latest news from Emory University.http://shared.web.emory.edu.xmlhttp://shared.web.emory.edu.xmlSat, 07 Nov 2009 21:10:41 -0500Cascade ServerEmory University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center will host a book signing for Sanjay Gupta, MD, assistant professor of neurosurgery, Emory School of Medicine, and CNN's top medical journalist. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/sanjay-gupta-book-signing-short.htmlWed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/sanjay-gupta-book-signing-short.htmlJudson C. "Jake" Ward 33C 36G, dean of alumni, passed away Sunday morning. He was 97 years old.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/dr-judson-c-jake-ward-1912-2009-2.htmlTue, 03 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/dr-judson-c-jake-ward-1912-2009-2.htmlSix renowned individuals will be honored for achievements in their fields during the James Weldon Johnson Medal ceremony hosted by Emory University's James Weldon Johnson Institute on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the Carter Center. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/emory-to-award-james-weldon-johnson-medals .htmlFri, 30 Oct 2009 17:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/emory-to-award-james-weldon-johnson-medals .htmlEmory University's Office of International Affairs will host its annual International Awards Night on Nov. 16 to honor two individuals who have helped make Emory a more international university.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/emory-honors-international-work.htmlThu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/emory-honors-international-work.htmlThe lifetime achievements of Ulysses S. Byas, Ph.D., an educator and leader on the national scene in 1970 following the desegregation of U.S. schools, will be honored at a program and exhibition from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday Oct. 30 at Emory University.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/black-educator-ulysses-byas-honored.htmlMon, 12 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/black-educator-ulysses-byas-honored.htmlThe Institute of Medicine has elected Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta pediatrician and neonatal researcher, Barbara J. Stoll, MD, to its new class of 65 top national health scientists. This brings Emory's total IOM membership to 26.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/iom-elects-school-of-medicine-faculty-member.htmlMon, 12 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/iom-elects-school-of-medicine-faculty-member.htmlThe "Life of the Mind" lecture series launches its third year at 4 p.m., Oct. 7, with a talk on "The Science of Love: Implications from Autism to Compassion" featuring Larry Young, the William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry and Bobbi Patterson, senior lecturer in religion.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/life-of-the-mind-looks-at-love.htmlWed, 07 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/life-of-the-mind-looks-at-love.htmlAtlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Robert Spano has been appointed an Emory University Distinguished Artist in Residence. He joins a prominent professoriate when he begins his appointment this spring.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/spano-named-distinguished-artist-in-residence.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/spano-named-distinguished-artist-in-residence.htmlThe old wish, "If these walls could only talk," has nearly come true for Oxford College of Emory University with the publication of "Cornerstone and Grove," a history of the campus where Emory was established in 1836. Subtitled "A Portrait in Architecture and Landscape of Emory's Birthplace in Oxford, Georgia," the book was written by Erik Oliver, who is a native and current resident of the city of Oxford. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/cornerstone-and-grove-focuses-on-oxford-campus-foundations.htmlThu, 01 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/cornerstone-and-grove-focuses-on-oxford-campus-foundations.htmlHelping faculty connect academic coursework with community-based service, and address important public problems in the process, is the focus for Emory's newly appointed director of engaged learning, faculty member Vialla Hartfield-Mendez.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/connecting-classroom-community.htmlTue, 25 Aug 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/connecting-classroom-community.htmlEmory University psychology professor Marshall Duke has helped ease the separation process for parents and their newly minted college students with a tremendously popular Emory orientation seminar on "Parenting a College Student: What To Expect." http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/parenting-a-college-student.htmlMon, 17 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/parenting-a-college-student.htmlEmory mathematician Ron Gould uses card tricks, dice rolling, baseball and other sports and games to reveal elementary probability theory and discrete mathematics. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/math-and-the-games-people-play.htmlFri, 07 Aug 2009 11:15:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/math-and-the-games-people-play.htmlMany women do not realize the seriousness of heart disease - in women. Many more do not realize that some of the symptoms of heart attack for women may be different than symptoms experienced by men. Heart disease, also called cardiovascular disease (CVD), is the number one cause of death in women in the United States.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/heart-care-for-women-needs-steady-beat.htmlThu, 06 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/heart-care-for-women-needs-steady-beat.htmlTake a hike, Ren Davis '73C tells urban explorers - and lists dozens of trails not far beyond the city limits. The Emory Healthcare employee, with his wife Helen, co-authored the Falcon Guide "Best Hikes Near Atlanta" released in May by Globe Pequot Press. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/hiking-guide-near-atlanta.htmlMon, 03 Aug 2009 10:30:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/hiking-guide-near-atlanta.html