Emory University will break ground on the first phase of the Graduate and Professional Student Housing Initiative in fall 2022, a project which will erect housing dedicated to graduate and professional students. The project will add 1,000 beds to the current 400-bed graduate housing capacity in an effort to create affordable housing for the University’s [...]
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The Emory Asian Women’s Association and Chinese Undergraduate Association held an Asian hate crime panel on April 7 to discuss the recent rise of Asian hate crimes and anti-Asian sentiment in the U.S. The panel, which drew 31 attendees, featured Professor of Applied Psychology Sumie Okazaki and School of Social Work Associate Professor Doris Chang [...]
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Despite being in the majority Black city of Atlanta, Black males make up just 1.7% of the Emory College students as of 2019, according to Dean of Admission John Latting. In an effort to improve this number and foster a tight-knit community of Black male students, the University established the Black Men’s Initiative (BMI) community [...]
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It’s been nearly over a year since meeting up with people without the fear of contracting a deadly respiratory virus, and so it’s a given that our social lives are not as intact as they once were. Since last March, everyone has had to cultivate new, virtual hobbies to adapt to the online world, but [...]
Read MoreEsteemed civil rights icon and Congressman John Lewis would have turned 81 on Feb. 21, the first birthday since his death on July 17, 2020. Lewis represented Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District, including Emory’s Atlanta campus, and frequently visited campus as a guest lecturer or to meet with students and faculty. To honor Lewis’ legacy, the [...]
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