This story was updated on 4/20 to include a quote from Assistant Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology Robert Bednarczyk and Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology Kenneth Castro. Emory University will require COVID-19 vaccination for all students in fall 2021, according to a Monday email from University President Gregory L. Fenves. The email stated [...]
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Dean of Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health James W. Curran is leaving the University after 26 years in the position, according to an April 16 announcement from CEO of Emory Healthcare Jonathan Lewin and Interim Provost Jan Love. Curran will also deliver the 2021 Commencement address for Oxford College. “It is an honor to [...]
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For the first time since 1972, Emory University will not award any honorary degrees at the 2021 commencement ceremony on May 14, Director of Enterprise Communications Gana Ahn wrote to the Wheel. “After careful consideration, and the desire to focus on our students in the exceptional circumstances of this commencement, President Fenves decided not to [...]
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The U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 edition of the “America’s Best Graduate Schools” guide ranked the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing master’s program second in the nation. The nursing school’s master’s program ranked fifth in the 2021 edition, which was released March 16, 2020. The school’s doctor of nursing program remained in eighth [...]
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Oxford College will offer an on-campus COVID-19 vaccination site on Wednesday, March 31 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Candler Hall, Dean of Oxford College Douglas Hicks announced in an email to Oxford students on Monday. The clinic will offer the Moderna vaccine to students 18 years and older. Hicks encouraged students to cancel [...]
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