Eshan Momin, Emily Huang and Daniel Hua are 2026 recipients of the Goldwater Scholarship, the premiere award for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering. All plan to pursue doctoral degrees.
Eshan Momin, Emily Huang and Daniel Hua are 2026 recipients of the Goldwater Scholarship, the premiere award for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering. All plan to pursue doctoral degrees.
The 44th annual SouthEastern Undergraduate Sociology Symposium, a collaboration between Emory and Morehouse College, attracted undergraduate students from across the region to present original research.
Historian Jeffrey Lesser and students from across Emory are intensely involved with one São Paulo neighborhood to study the effects of place and community on health — and inform interventions for the future.
Emory University is one of 14 colleges and universities that will share more than $2.1 million in funding for undergraduate scientific research. The program will support a 15-month independent research experience for six students across three years.
The new partnership will offer a 10-week hybrid summer program, designed to help early-stage founders turn promising ideas into investment-ready ventures. The inaugural cohort launches in May.
Emory physicists have developed a unified view of AI methods aimed at systemizing the process of developing multimodal AI systems. Eslam Abdelaleem led the work as an Emory graduate student.
This year’s cohort was chosen from the most competitive applicant pool yet. In all, 26 ventures led by founders from six of Emory’s schools and colleges are participating. Learn about this year’s projects — and the students behind them.
Emory’s Rose Library collections reflect the vast richness of Atlanta’s history, including LGBTQ items. The October drag show is one way students — and others — can have fun while learning more about the collections and seeing materials firsthand.
The National Science Foundation’s coveted Graduate Research Fellowships support graduate study for high-potential, early-career scholars across a range of fields. Applications are due in early November, and only first-year graduate students are eligible to apply.
A new approach to an old reaction boosts the ability to synthesize vinylic ethers — key building blocks for many molecules important to human health. Emory chemistry graduate student San Pham led the breakthrough work.
The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience symposium highlighted original research across a wide range of disciplines with more than 100 students sharing their findings through performances, poster sessions and brief presentations.
Francesco Evangelista’s election to the elite academy recognizes his pioneering research in developing the role of quantum computers to solve questions in chemistry much faster. He hopes to make the field more accessible to students and professionals alike.
The July 31 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) event will highlight original research across a wide range of disciplines with performances, poster sessions and brief presentations.
Brothers Adam and Rommi Kashlan, now second-year students at Emory School of Medicine, are carving distinct paths in medicine while supporting each other and their community through research, service and shared purpose.
As one of only nine students admitted to the PhD pathway of the highly specialized, accelerated doctoral program, Tuan Vinh will work to discover biomarkers to enable earlier diagnosis and treatments of diseases.
Representing five of Emory’s nine schools and colleges, these students are working in community to build and scale their business venture ideas, get feedback and present to area businesses and potential investors in late July.
As a capstone to the academic year, students proudly showcased their work and experience with hands-on research across the sciences, arts and humanities during the annual event organized by the Pathways Center.
Rising junior Anissa Patel is Emory’s fifth recipient of the award, which includes engagement with fellow scholars and other partners on environmental protection.
The students, part of a South Korean exchange program, toured multiple resources across Emory University, including health sciences research and The Hatchery, to encourage attendees to consider how their research can change lives.
Emory College senior Juliana Cruz believes her path to a future medical career was enhanced by Emory’s liberal arts approach, which allowed her to study the social and human aspects of medicine along with the science.
Ilo Elder and Danielle Sherman are the 2025 Sudler Prize recipients, marking their accomplishments and skill in dance and creative writing, respectively. Meet both students and find out where they’re going next.
During his PhD studies at Emory, Vishwanath Seshagiri used artificial intelligence to bridge the gap between the collection and creation of computer logs, leading him to develop solutions now utilized by professionals.
Joanne Brzinski, Emory College’s senior associate dean for undergraduate education, will transition to a new role this summer, leaving an outstanding legacy of leadership and innovation that has transformed the undergraduate experience on campus.
Madeline Garcia and Zachary Paikin have been named as Goldwater Scholars, the nation’s top scholarship for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering.
Emory Digital hosted the event that included a fireside chat with AI leaders, presentations on current AI projects and a brainstorming session. See photos from the day of conversations and collaboration.
Using artificial intelligence shortens the time to identify complex quantum phases in materials from months to minutes, finds a new study led by Emory scientists. The breakthrough could speed up research into superconductors.
MBA candidate Erica Evans earned top honors at Startup Runway Foundation, Inc.’s showcase, taking home the prestigious EmpowerHER Award and a $10,000 prize for her work on treatments for red blood cell disorders.
Four exceptional Emory College students representing academic achievement and passionate curiosity across the liberal arts and sciences will spend a year studying at the University of St Andrews as part of the prestigious Robert T. Jones Jr. Scholarship.
Emory College students and faculty were honored during a special campus ceremony by the A.D. King Foundation for their scholarship exploring the legacies of Selma, Alabama, and the civil rights movement.
The rebranding of Emory Global Engagement highlights the university’s integrated approach to international education and research.
Emory biologist Nic Vega researches how different traits in a worm population translate into transmission, an innovation that promises to provide more real-world data to develop better epidemic models.
Patricia Marsteller, who retired in 2020 after a three-decade tenure at Emory, has won the nation’s highest honor for STEM mentors: the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
As Emory’s pioneering program for undergraduates in the humanities spans a full year for the first time, its honors fellows are learning that true scholarly work takes a village.
Funded by Emory’s Office of Sustainability Initiatives, this year’s recipients will receive support for a variety of projects that promote sustainability and social justice on both the Atlanta and Oxford campuses.
At the AI.Data Lab showcase, Emory students presented a variety of different semester-long research projects. Read how an economics graduate student’s project impacted her perspective and work.
Emory neuroscientist Anita Devineni is exploring the mystery of how the brain perceives sugar and other tastes by mapping the neural circuitry for taste of the fruit fly.
Emory’s mission is “to create, preserve, teach and apply knowledge in the service of humanity,” and throughout 2024, the university community found countless ways to do just that. Look back at some of the stories that inspired us this year.
Six Emory students traveled to Baku, Azerbaijan, in November to observe high-level global negotiations at the 2024 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as Conference of the Parties, or COP.
Emory University's AI.Data Lab program offers students the opportunity to delve into AI and data science research, tackling societal issues with datasets from sponsor organizations. On Dec. 10, students showcased their work in an end-of-semester event.
Undergraduates from a variety of disciplines are taking advantage of internships at world-class companies and organizations headquartered in Atlanta. See how their experiences enhance their Emory education.
The grant will support intensive undergraduate research in Emory College’s Department of Chemistry for up to nine students each summer, starting next year. Teaching professor Antonio Brathwaite is principal investigator for the program.
The dynamic cohort boasts 25 ventures, featuring both graduate and undergraduate students from eight of Emory’s nine schools and a blend of for-profit and nonprofit businesses. Find out more about these student founders and their projects.
With a newly launched AI concentration for computer science majors, an AI minor open to all undergraduates, and a host of new courses and experiential learning projects, Emory University offers a unique, interdisciplinary approach to AI education.
From investigating health care transitions for childhood cancer survivors to developing new synthetic methods for drug discovery, agricultural science and beyond, prestigious awards are propelling these students — and their research — further.
Megan G. Brown is the inaugural executive director of the new center, which will focus on community well-being strategies, prevention education, peer health leadership opportunities and more.
Researcher Christina Gavegnano is known for opening her lab to undergraduate students, giving them experience in human health research. She delivered the 2024 Convocation address, encouraging the Class of 2028 to start their own remarkable trajectories.
Through Emory’s new AI.Xperience program, students worked with faculty advisors this summer to apply data science to critical topics in areas from health care to the arts. This month, they presented their findings through poster and oral presentations.
Over the summer, undergraduate students from Emory and other institutions dove into research ranging from infectious diseases to theater. They displayed their research in late July through oral and poster presentations on Emory’s campus.
A new training program through the Biological Discovery through Chemical Innovation initiative offers a highly interdisciplinary approach for predoctoral students to become drug discovery scientists.
SURE — the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience program — helps to shape a community of scholars who explore their interests with full-time research, mentorship, professional development and networking.
Rising senior Courtney Fitzgerald has been named one of 20 Beinecke Scholars nationwide. After conducting extensive undergraduate research, she plans to pursue a PhD in sociology to study how and why we interact with others.
Dozens of Atlanta-area high school students shadowed Emory researchers and genetic counselors during the five-week program organized by the Department of Human Genetics. The program aims to diversify biomedical career paths through hands-on research exposure.
The Office of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice celebrates health sciences students who have excelled in interprofessional educational activities as it concludes its second year of operations.
Now in its second year, INSPIRE offers undergraduate students from across the U.S. the opportunity to participate in infectious disease research through a 12-month mentorship program.
Laney Graduate School student Sandra Mendiola found community in organizations on campus as she completed her PhD in Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution while also mentoring the next generation of graduate and undergraduate students.
In its inaugural year, the Center for AI Learning has facilitated 24 curricular and cocurricular projects involving more than 130 students. As students navigate their projects, they not only gain AI competencies but also valuable experience in project management, client service and team dynamics.
Earlier this month, Emory students presented research at the Undergraduate Research Symposium. Many presentations represented yearlong involvement in the Scholarly Inquiry and Research Experience Program.
Changes to the Undergraduate Humanities Honors Fellows program at the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry are sharpening students’ skills in producing humanistic scholarship as they benefit from deeper engagement with resident faculty, graduate students and postdocs.
Emory College juniors Julianna Cruz and Satvik Elayavalli are recipients of the 2024 Goldwater Scholarship, the nation’s top scholarship for undergraduates in math, natural sciences and engineering.
The Emory Global Diabetes Research Center has launched the Diabetes Translational Accelerator to address the most challenging issues in diabetes and associated complications.
Emory researchers have mapped the distribution of the lone star tick across Georgia to help build awareness for where people are most likely to encounter the most common biting tick in the state.
Emory College’s emphasis on liberal arts skills and experiential learning continues to prepare graduates for life after college. A recent survey shows that 97% of 2023 graduates were working or continuing their education six months after Commencement.
Emory's Center for AI Learning offers experiential learning opportunities to students, bridging AI with real-world projects and fostering a holistic approach to AI education.
Emory environmental scientist Debjani Sihi combined field-level data with machine-learning techniques to estimate soil organic carbon at the U.S. scale, another step toward providing more accurate baseline data to improve Earth system models for climate change.
Emory psychologist Monica Thieu capped off publication of a “buzzy” study on trivia experts by competing in the first-ever “Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament,” hosted by trivia legend Ken Jennings.
Graduating Emory medical students experienced a rite of passage March 15, when they discovered where they are headed next on their journeys to become physicians.
Four outstanding Emory College students representing academic achievement and passionate curiosity across the liberal arts and sciences have been selected to be Bobby Jones Scholars at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
The 2024 IPECP Project Awards prioritize student engagement in interprofessional learning opportunities across Emory’s three health professional schools for medicine, nursing and public health.
Emory College professor Jo Guldi’s courses are the foundation of a new lab that will mix humanistic questions and machine learning to gain new insight into real-world problems such as climate change.
Emory University has been a top producer for the Fulbright U.S. Student program, the government’s flagship international exchange program, for eight years running.
What’s hot and what’s not? Ask Yazhuo Zhang, an Emory graduate student of computer science whose insights into web-cache eviction are making waves in the tech world.
The National Science Foundation has awarded $640,000 to William Wuest, Emory professor of chemistry, to further his lab’s development of agrochemicals inspired by compounds found in nature. The goal? To find novel, sustainable ways to combat plant pathogens.
Biomedical graduate students who joined Emory's Biotech Consulting Club met recently to eat, drink, network and swap strategies for exploring careers in the biotechnology business.
A 2021 honors graduate in English and linguistics, Eva Rothenberg has been selected for the 2024 Marshall Scholarship. The competitive award covers up to three years of graduate study in the U.K.
Undergraduates in the “Imagining Democracy” course consider how to motivate disengaged citizens to become involved in the political process. Spearheaded by Carol Anderson and Bernard Fraga, the course is changing the lives of students and the community.
A new fund fueled by donors allowed more than 270 students across 47 majors to say “yes” to unique internship experiences — and discover the paths they’re meant to follow along the way.
On Sept. 21, delightful memories surfaced of “The Letters of Samuel Beckett,” the acclaimed project advanced by Emory faculty and students since 1985. The project also looks to the digital future as it takes up residence at the Rose Library.
The Center for AI Learning opened its doors for a lively ribbon-cutting and open house event on September 19, welcoming more than 100 students, faculty, staff and community partners to Suite 217 in the Woodruff Library.
The Hatchery received more than 50 applications for the 16 slots in its 2023-24 Incubator cohort. Learn about the students — and projects — selected from across Emory’s schools.
Emory Vaccine Center researchers have identified a potential Achilles heel within SARS-CoV-2. The vulnerable spot can be targeted with a peptide derived from wild boar, which maintains its antiviral activity across known variants.
For PhD students and postdoctoral fellows working in professor Philip Santangelo’s lab, as well as undergraduates invited to join the audience, Jill Biden’s campus visit proved to be an inspiring, “once-in-a-lifetime” moment.
Experiments show that a tannin found in a plant used by traditional healers in the Amazon inhibits the growth of Candida fungus, opening a new potential path to treat deadly Candida auris.
Begun in 1985, “The Letters of Samuel Beckett” project has achieved a worldwide audience, producing four volumes of selected correspondence. Upcoming events will underscore the project’s continuing life online and in the archives of the Rose Library.
We’re highlighting one exemplary student from each of Emory’s nine colleges and professional schools. From investing in their communities to making new discoveries, these students are ready to take on the world.
The U.S. State Department has selected 17 recent Emory graduates and students as Fulbright finalists to teach English, pursue graduate study and conduct research abroad during the 2023-24 academic year.
Emory biologists solve a mystery about how a common insect acquires a microbe that is essential for its growth. The discovery may help in the control of an agricultural pest.
As summer ends, student founders who participated in The Hatchery's inaugural Summer Incubator program celebrate milestones and look ahead to what’s next in their ventures.
Emory researchers are characterizing a class of enzymes that can confer antibiotic resistance to a range of deadly pathogens. Advanced microscopy techniques yielded the first images of the enzymes in action, offering new clues for how to combat their effects.
Superconductivity is one of the most puzzling and promising of physical states that scientists are unraveling. Emory physicists recently discovered a mechanism for the formation of a particular type of “exotic” high-temperature superconductivity.
Emory biogeochemist Debjani Sihi is working with students on several soil-science projects near campus and around the country, all with the goal of combatting global warming.
Emory biophysicists have gained a new insight about the dynamics of cellular movement, which is key to processes ranging from stem-cell differentiation and wound healing to the development of diseases such as cancer.
Emory’s Next Gen biomedical research internship provides hands-on research experience and works to diversify STEM fields. This year’s program expanded to host more students and offer more lab placements.
Chemist Khalid Salaita received the 2023 Merck Future Insight Prize. The award comes with $540,000 to fund the next phase of his lab’s research into an air sensor that can continuously monitor indoor spaces for pathogens that can cause pandemics.
Marty Levin and Wanda Rushing have established the Levin/Rushing Population and Health Inequalities Research Collaborative Endowment to support Laney Graduate School faculty and doctoral students who are researching demographics and health inequality.
Adelaide Miarinjara is a medical entomologist and a postdoctoral fellow at Emory. Her focus? To unravel some of the mysteries surrounding bubonic plague and its transmission in her homeland of Madagascar.
The Woodruff Health Sciences Center’s Office of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice recently held an open house to highlight exemplary Emory interprofessional educational programs and introduce two new programs for the 2023–24 academic year.
Meet the students — and projects — involved with The Hatchery’s Summer Incubator. From improving wellness to inclusive beauty products, these students are ready to change the world.
Oxytocin, the so-called “love hormone,” plays a key role in the process of how a young zebra finch learns to sing by imitating its elders, suggests a new study by Emory University neuroscientists.
As an advocate for greater representation of gender, racial and ethnic minorities in the nursing field, Audric Donald is primed to be a change agent in health care.
McKenzi Thompson found purpose and direction at Rollins School of Public Health. Now, she’s working to advance reproductive health and justice while also building community wherever she goes.