This story is developing. Check back for updates. First-year Oxford student Yide “Dave” Zhang died unexpectedly on March 5, according to a March 6 email sent to Oxford College students by Oxford Dean Douglas Hicks. Zhang studied from his home in Suzhou, China during the fall semester but came to Oxford in the spring. Hicks [...]
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Members of Emory’s Board of Trustees, the highest governing body of the University, gave $225,500 to Republican political campaigns and PACs in the 2020 election, representing 67% of all political donations by Board members during the 2020 cycle, Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show. Around $56,000, or 17%, went to Democratic campaigns and PACs and [...]
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In a University-wide email sent on Jan. 6, Emory announced it will invite faculty, staff and learners “whose work includes direct patient care under the currently authorized Tier 1A” to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The email, sent by Executive Director for COVID-19 Response and Recovery Amir St. Clair, is the University’s first announcement regarding its [...]
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The University announced Thursday morning that it will invite about 800 additional students back for in-person classes, cancel spring break and delay the semester’s start date to Jan. 25 and ending in early May. “Since our cases have been small and we have been really pretty conservative up until now, we thought it was an [...]
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