Warning: this article contains references to sexual assault Simple battery at Woodruff Circle A simple battery incident was reported on Sept. 24 after 11 p.m. at the bus stop at the intersection of Clairmont Road and North Decatur Road. The victim, a student, reported unwanted contact from a male stranger to the Emory Police Department [...]
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All faculty, staff and students who do not have a medical or religious exemption from vaccination must upload a record of full immunization against COVID-19 by Dec. 8, according to an Oct. 14 email from Associate Vice President and Executive Director for COVID-19 Response and Recovery Amir St. Clair. The previous policy allowed community members [...]
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Emory University’s annual Clery Report, released via a University-wide email from Emory Police Chief Cheryl Elliott on Oct. 1, revealed increases in aggravated assault, fondling and hate crimes on Emory’s Atlanta campus in 2020, which includes surrounding Emory Healthcare facilities. Incidents involving drug law violation disciplinary referrals and dating violence saw increases from 2019 to [...]
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Emory University recorded a near-record 50 positive student COVID-19 cases on Sept. 2, a 455% increase from the previous Thursday. The spike in cases has overwhelmed the Emory Conference Center Hotel, which had to open up additional rooms for isolating students and is now having students reside in isolation with a roommate. Over the past [...]
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Emory University will shift from the green operating condition to a “modified” yellow condition effective immediately, according to a Sept. 2 email from Executive Director for COVID-19 Response and Recovery Amir St. Clair. The shift was attributed to the campuswide increase in COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant, St. Clair wrote. As of Sept. [...]
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