All the latest news from Emory University.http://shared.web.emory.edu.xmlhttp://shared.web.emory.edu.xmlWed, 25 Jan 2012 13:08:04 -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. 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 Three states, three winners and no clear front-runner leaves the Florida Republican primary up for grabs and is likely going to lead to a long Republican primary season, Emory election experts say.Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/expect-a-long-primary-season-say-emory-election-experts.html A neuro-imaging study shows that personal values that people refuse to disavow, even when offered cash to do so, are processed differently in the brain than those values that are willingly sold.Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/how-your-brain-decides-whether-to-sell-out.html President Barack Obama's state of the union address provides an opportunity to consider the nation's priorities and how to move ahead during difficult times¿and an election year. Experts at Emory University are available to comment on the issues outlined in the president's speech.Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/experts-available-to-comment-on-state-of-the-union-address.html Internationally renowned neurosurgeon and humanitarian Benjamin Carson will deliver the keynote address at the University's 167th Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 14.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 Faculty at Emory's Center for the Study of Law and Religion will attempt to answer difficult and often controversial questions at the nexus of law and religion during the "When Law and Religion Meet" Lecture Series, which runs January-March. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/law-and-religion-issues-probed-in-spring-lecture-series.html The Candler School of Theology has received a $15 million gift from the O. Wayne Rollins Foundation of Atlanta that makes possible the construction of the second phase of the school's new building program.Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/rollins-foundation-gives-15-million-for-theology-building.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.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 Emory's top national political experts analyze current developments in national politics as the Republican race moves to South Carolina. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/election-2012-experts-evaluate-critical-south-carolina-primary-contest.html As the election year heats up, Emory University political science professor Andra Gillespie says the eventual Republican nominee and President Obama may likely face the same challenge in November: lack of voter enthusiasm and diminished turnout compared to 2008.Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/election-2012-voter-trends-to-watch-in-nh-early-primaries.html An Emory University study published in the January issue of Health Affairs assesses real-world lifestyle interventions to help delay or prevent diabetes.Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/diabetes-study-shines-spotlight-on-lifestyle-interventions.html A new study shows that deep brain stimulation is a safe and effective intervention for treatment-resistant depression in patients with either unipolar major depressive disorder or bipolar ll disorder. The study was published Online First by Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/deep-brain-stimulation-shows-promising-results-for-unipolar-and-bipolar-depression.html "The evidence keeps accumulating that a progenitor of syphilis came from the New World with Columbus' crew and rapidly evolved," says anthropologist George Armelagos.Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2011/12/skeletons-point-to-columbus-voyage-for-syphilis-origins.html Emory Healthcare and Saint Joseph's Health System have successfully closed the terms of their partnership. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/emory-healthcare-and-saint-josephs-hospital-close-partnership-deal-.html An Emory University study shows that fifty-five percent of U.S. jails did not receive any H1N1 vaccine in the 2009-2010 pandemic and thus were excluded from the national vaccine campaign.Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 http://shared.web.emory.edu/emory/news/releases/2012/01/h1n1-influenza-vaccine-campaign-during-pandemic-bypassed-many-u.s.-jails.html