In a virtual webinar hosted by the Oxford Creative Writing Center on Feb. 22, author of The New York Times best-selling essay collection “Bad Feminist” Roxane Gay discussed her most recently published essay “Writing into the Wound” and her book “Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body.” Moderated by Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Oxford [...]
Read More“Conversation is the first unit of social change.” Racial justice organizer and Co-President of the Women’s March Board of Directors Rinku Sen reminded Emory students that community often sparks engagement surrounding social reform at her lecture “Activism and Mobilization: What Anti-Racism Can Look Like.” The Feb. 20 event was the first in a three-part series [...]
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American sports journalist and author William C. Rhoden, Assistant Professor of History Carl Suddler and ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant engaged in conversation about race relations in sports on Feb. 4. (The Emory Wheel) “How much power do you really have if you lose everything by opening your mouth?” ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant’s reflection [...]
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The Class of 2025 welcomed 233 new members to Emory College and 149 to Oxford College on Feb. 3 through Early Decision II. Continuing a trend displayed during Early Decision I, both schools received an increased number of applications compared to previous years, with the pool growing by 10% for Emory and 12% for [...]
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Moving away to start college is often a rite of passage that bonds first-year students. This year, however, the option to study remotely split the Class of 2024 into two distinct groups: those who lived on campus for the fall semester and those who learned from home. On Jan. 23, the former group expanded as [...]
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