Theodore "Ted" Rodgers is remembered by his colleagues and family as a remarkable professor and caring father. Theodore “Ted” Rodgers, a Goizueta Business School associate accounting professor who joined the school in 2010, died July 18 after battling cancer. He was 50. The late professor is remembered by family members and colleagues alike for his [...]
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On July 26, 1971, three astronauts embarked on the Apollo 15 lunar mission. The spaceship landed on the moon four days later, becoming the fourth successfully-manned moon expedition. Twelve days after launch, Apollo 15 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. Aboard the longest crewed Apollo mission at the time was Commander David Scott, father of [...]
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The mask requirement for indoor spaces on Emory University’s campus remains in place, and its removal date is still unknown, Associate Vice President and Executive Director for COVID-19 Response and Recovery Amir St. Clair said in a July 7 interview with the Wheel. St. Clair cited the increased risk of COVID-19 transmission indoors, waiting for [...]
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Emory College named historian and filmmaker Malinda Maynor Lowery, a member of the Lumbee Tribe, as the second Cahoon Family Professor in American History. Lowery will become the History Department’s only scholar of the history of Indigenous people in the U.S. Coming from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lowery has served as [...]
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In 1959, Dr. Marion G. Hood received a letter denying him consideration for admission from the Emory School of Medicine because he is Black. The school hosted a conversation with Hood in Convocation Hall June 17 to apologize for the school’s discrimination against Hood and other Black applicants who were denied a chance of admission [...]
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