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News Articles: emory university

Toddlers play with paint at the Child Development Center.

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  • Children's Health

STUDY: Are the kids all right? Recent survey asked Georgia parents

An inaugural report out of Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health aims to understand the challenges facing today’s kids.

May 07, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas

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  • News

Emory University plans to curb spending, staffing as fed research cuts loom

Emory University is joining a growing list of top research universities that plan to freeze or limit hiring because of concerns about federal research funding cuts.

March 06, 2025
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  • Rebecca Grapevine
iPhone 6

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  • News

Are you addicted to social media? A youth-led movement encourages more mindful use

Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online "constantly." That's despite concerns about the effects of social media and smartphones on their mental health. A new youth-led group is trying to change that.

January 27, 2025
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By:
  • Peter Biello
Sir Elton John lived in Atlanta for more than 30 years. After moving away from the city in 2023, he donated his photography book collection to Emory University in 2024.

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  • Arts & Life

How does one measure Elton John's impact on Atlanta? By the books, say Emory University librarians

Emory University recently acquired a collection of books from Sir Elton John after the singer moved away from Atlanta. GPB's Kristi York Wooten has more on the special gift.

December 27, 2024
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By:
  • Kristi York Wooten
Gregory L. Fenves

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  • News

REPORT: Emory University students express no-confidence in President Fenves

Emory University’s undergraduate students have voted in favor of a no-confidence resolution against President Gregory L. Fenves.

May 09, 2024
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By:
  • Collin Kelley
Pro-Palestine student Protests at SCAD.

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  • News

Protests at Emory University, SCAD continue in support of pro-Palestinian movement

As unrest continued at college campuses across America on Wednesday, protests flared again at Emory University after social media posts encouraged protesters to gather at the quad in support of the pro-Palestinian movement.

May 02, 2024
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By:
  • Logan Ritchie
Activists and students participate in an encampment protest at the University Yard at George Washington University on Thursday.

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  • Education

Across the U.S., pro-Palestinian campus protesters risk arrest and suspension

Hundreds of students have been arrested. Columbia says progress was made in negotiations with protesters, while at GWU, students are flouting orders to clear encampments.

April 27, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman,
  • Ayana Archie,
  • and 2 more
About 50 Jewish and Israeli community members gathered in front of Ali’s Cookies in Emory Village on April 25.

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  • News

Emory campus protest flares as off-campus Jewish gathering remains small

As Pro-Palestinian protesters reignited the flames of anti-Israel chants on the Emory University quad Thursday evening, whispers of a Jewish rally were growing.

April 26, 2024
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By:
  • Logan Ritchie
Atlanta Police load arrested protesters into the back of a van at Emory University.

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  • News

UPDATE: 28 arrested at Emory University Pro-Palestine, Stop Cop City protest

Pro-Palestinian protesters and opponents of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center clashed with law enforcement on the campus of Emory University this morning with 28 arrests being made.

April 26, 2024
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By:
  • Logan Ritchie
Georgia State Patrol officers detain a demonstrator on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Thursday. / AP

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  • News

Protests erupt at Atlanta universities amid nationwide campus demonstrations against war in Gaza

Students at Emory University and Kennesaw State University protested the war in Gaza and the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Thursday, resulting in arrests and disruptions.

April 25, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis ,
  • Orlando Montoya ,
  • and 1 more
Members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus conducted by Director of Choruses, Norman Mackenzie at the service honoring Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church in Atlanta on Nov. 28, 2023..

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  • News

'Music was so important': Rosalynn Carter honored at song-filled celebration of life in Atlanta

Tuesday's service celebrated the former first lady's accomplishments and humanity with songs, scripture and poetry. Members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus and country stars Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks performed some of Mrs. Carter's favorite compositions.

November 29, 2023
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By:
  • Kristi York Wooten
An image of a smartphone.

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  • News

As content floods social media around the war between Israel and Hamas, media literacy can help

Many teens and young adults turn to social media for news. But since the war between Isreal and Hamas broke out, social media sites have been flooded with content, some of it misinformation. A marketing professor at Emory University says media literacy can help.

October 20, 2023
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  • Devon Zwald
Philip Santangelo PhD in his lab at Emory University

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  • Health

Emory researcher finds a common thread among many diseases ‘plaguing Americans’

Emory University in Atlanta is now the first recipient of funding through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, a new research agency funded through the bipartisan FY22 appropriations bill that Sen. Jon Ossoff helped pass into law. 

October 02, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
President Jimmy Carter

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  • Global Health

Jimmy Carter and Guinea worm disease: Here's a look back at his decades of work to eradicate it

As GPB looks back on the work of Georgia native and 39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter, one of his most impactful accomplishments is the eradication campaign to combat Dracunculiasis, best known as Guinea worm disease.

September 28, 2023
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By:
  • Ambria Burton and
  • Kristi York Wooten

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  • News

Nursing workforce research center to open at Emory

Emory University and a state nursing organization are joining forces to address Georgia’s nursing workforce shortage.

September 19, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
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