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 ServerThis year The Scientist magazine's readers ranked Emory University as the 5th Best Place to Work in Academia in the United States. The ranking was based on a survey of more than 2,350 life scientists with a permanent position in an academic, hospital, government or research organization.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/the-scientist-magazine-ranks-emory-5th-best-place-to-work.htmlWed, 28 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/the-scientist-magazine-ranks-emory-5th-best-place-to-work.htmlHistoric video and audio interviews, photos, presentations and government papers that document the intense battle to eradicate smallpox are now available online to researchers and the public alike.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/global-health-chronicles-smallpox.htmlTue, 27 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/global-health-chronicles-smallpox.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 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded the Emory Prevention Research Center (EPRC) $6.2 million in a five-year grant renewal.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/prevention-research-center-6.2-million-dollars.htmlMon, 12 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/prevention-research-center-6.2-million-dollars.htmlOne minute, you're clicking away with your mouse while sitting in front of the computer. The next, you're on the back roads of the U.S. South exploring its regions and culture through Southern Spaces. The multimedia, open access, interdisciplinary digital journal showcases innovative scholarship exploring the South. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/real-and-imagined-souths-in-digital-journal.htmlFri, 09 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/real-and-imagined-souths-in-digital-journal.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.htmlA new web site has been launched by Microsoft Corp. providing users with a H1N1 Self-Assessment tool developed by medical and public health experts at Emory University.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/online-h1n1-flu-response-center.htmlWed, 07 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/10/online-h1n1-flu-response-center.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.htmlHis Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, who will visit Emory University Oct. 17-19, 2010, in his role as Presidential Distinguished Professor, has announced a gift of $50,000 to the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative, an historic and ambitious undertaking to develop and implement a comprehensive science education curriculum for Tibetan monastics.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/dalai-lama-to-visit-campus.htmlMon, 28 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/dalai-lama-to-visit-campus.htmlEmory University is launching a new master of arts degree program in bioethics, which will provide advanced interdisciplinary study for professionals and students interested in the social and ethical challenges facing medicine and the life sciences.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/graduate-program-in-bioethics.htmlMon, 14 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/graduate-program-in-bioethics.htmlWith a number of actions over the summer ¿ including the initiation of a new University-wide electronic registration system, passage of a comprehensive new School of Medicine conflict of interest policy, and receipt of a Presidential advisory committee report on managing professional conflicts ¿ Emory has been working across a broad front to underscore its commitment to integrity in research; to guard its research enterprise and researchers from impropriety; and to manage potential conflicts effectively.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/commitment-to-research-integrity.htmlFri, 11 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/09/commitment-to-research-integrity.htmlOne million downloads have been made from Emory's iTunes U site ¿ a free service hosted by Apple on their iTunes store. Emory celebrates its one-year anniversary on iTunes U in October and now offers more than 1,700 audio and video podcasts related to the University and its community.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/one-million-itunes-u-downloads.htmlFri, 28 Aug 2009 17:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/one-million-itunes-u-downloads.htmlThree major campus construction projects, all LEED certified, are continuing at Emory, and will encompass campus housing, research space, faculty offices, the undergraduate admissions function and campus bookstore services.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/leed-certified-buildings-construction.htmlThu, 27 Aug 2009 01:00:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/leed-certified-buildings-construction.htmlEmory University's Board of Trustees has elected two new members: attorneys Susan Cahoon of Atlanta, and Jonathan Layne of Los Angeles. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/new-emory-alumni-trustees.htmlTue, 25 Aug 2009 12:30:00 -0400http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/08/new-emory-alumni-trustees.html