Throughout this tumultuous election season, the two major parties share at least one commonality: college students have participated in the 2016 presidential campaigns on campuses nationwide. Republicans and Democrats on Emory’s campus have both worked in bipartisan efforts to register voters, inform students and separately campaign for their respective candidates, Republican nominee Donald Trump and [...]
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Advising the new University president is no easy task, yet newly appointed Senior Adviser to the President Robert Franklin, Jr. aims to approach the challenge of his new position with his ethical principles. Even in a time of social and campus unrest and an increasingly polarized political climate, Franklin places a high intrinsic value on [...]
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In front of thousands of spectators from across the world, Emory Research Professor and alumna Cassie Mitchell (04G, 09PhD) tuned out cheers of “U-S-A, U-S-A!”, looked up at the clouds and thought about cows. It’s all part of her refined technique, which helped Mitchell win a silver medal in the Women’s F51-52 Discus and a [...]
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Forty years after he said in a campaign ad, “I will never tell a lie,” Former U.S. President and Emory University Distinguished Professor Jimmy Carter told the crowd in the WoodPEC the best piece of advice he had ever received: “Tell the truth.” Carter took the stage in the Woodruff P.E. Center (WoodPEC) Wednesday, Sept. [...]
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