Academics

Honors for cross country coaching staff, Bowman, Crespino and Kaslow

Fri, 25 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400

A weekly spotlight of faculty and staff accomplishments in the community.

Follow news and issues from the Commission on the Liberal Arts

Fri, 25 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400

Liberal Arts Forward is a new electronic briefing created to keep the Emory community informed of the process and progress of the Commission on the Liberal Arts.

Emory acquires vast African American photo collection

Thu, 24 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400

A rare collection of more than 10,000 photographs depicting African American life from the late 19th and early 20th centuries has been acquired by Emory University's Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library (MARBL) from photo collector Robert Langmuir of Philadelphia.

Emory psychologists Walker and Lilienfeld receive top national honor

Thu, 24 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400

Emory psychologists Elaine Walker and Scott Lilienfeld have both received the 2013 James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award for lifetime achievement from the Association for Psychological Science.

Emory University researchers probe dogs' thoughts

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:59:00 -0400

"What we hope to figure out is what is a dog thinking, and more specifically what are dogs thinking when they look at humans," explains Dr. Gregory Berns of Emory University. The story was picked up by more than 50 media outlets.

Unraveling the myth of an outsider artist

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400

The latest Book|Report podcast with professor Michael Moon features a different perspective on the life of "outsider artist" Henry Darger, whose work was discovered after his death

Top 50+ creative writing professors on Twitter

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:59:00 -0400

Salman Rushdie of Emory University was listed as a top professor on Twitter. "Brilliant and famous author of books like 'Midnight's Children,' Salman Rushdie not only teaches, he tweets!"

Book: Why the racial gap will widen

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:00:00 -0400

In a fresh and insightful new book, Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz points out that during the presidential elections of the 1950s, non-whites provided about 7 percent of all the votes won by Democrats and 3 percent of the votes collected by Republicans, according to the University of Michigan's National Election Studies data.

Emory names Ajay Nair as dean of Campus Life

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:30:00 -0400

A scholar and student affairs leader whose interests include immigration, race and ethnicity, will become the new head of campus life at the university.

A professor's death ripples outward

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:00:00 -0400

Rudolph Bryd, a scholar of American and African-American literature, the civil-rights movement, and gender studies at Emory University, organized forums, advised dissertation students, and wrote letters of recommendation right up until his death, in October 2011.