‘We Are Sick and Tired’: Emory’s Black Community Grieves and Demands Action
In the week since George Floyd was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, the nation has mourned the
Read MoreIn the week since George Floyd was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, the nation has mourned the
Read MoreUniversity libraries and the Michael C. Carlos Museum will open with card access only beginning June 1. /Hagar Elsayed The University released a three-phase plan for restarting summer research and lab activity in a May 15 email to faculty, staff and graduate students. The plan includes safety implementation benchmarks that, if met by labs, may [...]
Read MoreThe College has voted to mandate a race and ethnicity course starting Fall 2021, nearly five years after Black Students at Emory demanded the creation of a “General Education Requirement that focuses specifically on the histories and experiences of people of color.” President of Faculty Representatives at the Emory College Senate Elena Pesavento said on [...]
Read MoreStudents walk along Cox Bridge./Kike Afolabi-Brown, Contributing A lawsuit filed on behalf of Willa DeMasi (21Ox, 23C) on May 8 claims the University’s transition to remote learning hampered students’ educational experiences and necessitates partial tuition refunds for all students enrolled for Spring 2020. The complaint, filed by Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, asserts that aggregate [...]
Read MoreAfter reviewing the results of a survey sent to undergraduate students about possible changes to the grading system, College Council (CC) President Aditya Jhaveri (21C) sent a letter to Emory’s accrediting body, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), asking them to “retroactively grant passing grades to students who have faced [...]
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