All the latest news from Emory University.http://shared.web.emory.edu.xmlhttp://shared.web.emory.edu.xmlMon, 23 Nov 2009 16:17:48 -0500Cascade ServerEmory University will host an 800-panel display of The AIDS Memorial Quilt on World AIDS Day, Tuesday, Dec. 1.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/emory-to-host-800-panel-display-of-aids-quilt-december-1.htmlMon, 23 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/emory-to-host-800-panel-display-of-aids-quilt-december-1.htmlOxford College of Emory University and Emory's Candler School of Theology have received gifts totaling more than $4.25 million from the Charles Edwin Suber Foundation.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/4.25-million-in-gifts-from-oxford-college-alumnus-estate.htmlMon, 23 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/4.25-million-in-gifts-from-oxford-college-alumnus-estate.htmlNearly 300 high school students from across the Southeast will gather at Emory University for the first Southern Regional Model United Nations Conference Nov. 19-22. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/first-southern-regional-model-un-heads-to-emory-nov-19-22.htmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/first-southern-regional-model-un-heads-to-emory-nov-19-22.htmlEmory University's Candler School of Theology has released "A Thrill of Hope: The Christmas Story in Word and Art," a new DVD presentation that blends the school's extensive collection of the art of John August Swanson with the well-known biblical narrative of the Christmas story.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/christmas-scripture-art-scholarship-joined-in-dvd-from-candler.htmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/christmas-scripture-art-scholarship-joined-in-dvd-from-candler.htmlThe Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has selected Emory University and its partner institutions, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Morehouse School of Medicine, to receive a four-year, $700,000 "Med into Grad" grant to bring clinical medicine into the graduate school curriculum.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/howard-hughes-grant-connects-phd-students-to-medical-applications.htmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/howard-hughes-grant-connects-phd-students-to-medical-applications.htmlResearchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, and the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, have discovered capuchin monkeys have a capacity for social learning that allows them to create group-wide social traditions. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/capuchin-monkeys-can-sustain-social-traditions.htmlWed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/capuchin-monkeys-can-sustain-social-traditions.htmlDespite the continuing rocky economy and the change of the seasons, some things are still green and growing: "Green" jobs.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/connecting-to-the-growth-of-green-jobs.htmlWed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/connecting-to-the-growth-of-green-jobs.htmlOn Thursday, Nov. 19, Emory is planning its annual Heritage Harvest Feast for more than 8,000 faculty, staff and students, but don't look for the traditional "tom turkey" at this Thanksgiving meal.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/emory-feast-features-rare-bird.htmlMon, 16 Nov 2009 10:14:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/emory-feast-features-rare-bird.htmlChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta has received a $30 million grant from the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation, including $25 million to help fund a new shared research building on the Emory campus.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/choa-received-30-million-grant-for-pediatric-research.htmlFri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/choa-received-30-million-grant-for-pediatric-research.htmlEmory University's new Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences Building has been certified LEED Gold by the United States Green Building Council. Emory completed construction on the 118,000 square foot building in May.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/emorys-new-psychology-facility-gets-gold-rating.htmlThu, 12 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/emorys-new-psychology-facility-gets-gold-rating.htmlThe fifth annual Emory/Georgia Tech Predictive Health Symposium, Dec. 14-15, will highlight the integration of biology, behavior and environment aimed at maintaining health rather than treating disease.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/predictive-health-symposium-2009.htmlThu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/predictive-health-symposium-2009.htmlEmory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing has received $8,163,298 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a 2 1/2-year project designed to improve maternal and newborn survival rates in rural Ethiopia. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/nursing-school-receives-8-million-dollar-gates-grant.htmlWed, 11 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/nursing-school-receives-8-million-dollar-gates-grant.htmlFormer ABC News anchor John Stossel will speak at Emory University School of Law at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in the school¿s Tull Auditorium. The lecture is sponsored by the Emory Federalist Society in conjunction with the Emory College Republicans and the Young America's Foundation. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/john-stossel-to-speak-at-emory-law.htmlTue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/john-stossel-to-speak-at-emory-law.htmlEmory University will host Sudanese refugee Valentino Achak Deng for a public forum on Nov. 12. The event, open to the public and members of the refugee community, will feature a keynote address by Deng, volunteer opportunities with the refugee community and an organizational fair with refugee agencies in the Atlanta area. http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/refugee-deng-hosted-emory.htmlMon, 09 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/refugee-deng-hosted-emory.htmlNine of the world's leading scholars of evolution will gather at Emory University for the Evolution of Brain, Mind and Culture conference Nov. 12-13. The free, public event, held in honor of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, will give an overview of the latest discoveries in biological, cognitive and cultural studies of evolution.http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/emory-evolution-conference-celebrates-darwins-legacy.htmlMon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2009/11/emory-evolution-conference-celebrates-darwins-legacy.html