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🐄 What can we learn from cows? Emory's Gregory Berns has written a book all about it. According to Berns, cows are more intelligent, emotional and affectionate than most people realize. 🐮 ➡️ Caring for Cattle Expands the Mind of a Neuroscientist: https://links.emory.edu/Yh

🥵 It isn't just you, it's been getting hotter and hotter! New maps created by Emory show you how much.🌡️ ➡️ Climate maps: https://links.emory.edu/Yc

💙 What do our staff love about working at Emory? Last month at Staff Fest we asked a few of them, and they let us know! 💛 #emoryuniversity #emory

Emory University Commencement 2024
💙 Monday's Emory University Commencement featured the official conferral of degrees and keynote speaker Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, president and CEO of the Morehouse School of Medicine. Congratulations to the Class of 2024! 💛

404 Day
In the lead-up to 404 Day last Thursday (4/4), more than 30 Emory students joined volunteers from other area colleges and universities to team up with the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership for a major community service project. The city’s iconic 404 Day is a nod to the once-ubiquitous “404” area code for Atlanta phone numbers. ➡️ 404 Day: https://links.emory.edu/Uf

Jack Stewart and photographing the art of graffiti
Emory's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) holds collections that go far beyond books– for example, holdings relating to cultural and art movements. MARBL holds a collection of the papers and photography of Jack Stewart, an Atlanta-born artist, trained architect, and lifelong academic who in the 1970s documented New York City subway graffiti. Listen to Randy Gue, MARBL's assistant director of collection development and curator of Political, Cultural, and Social Movements, discuss graffiti tagging and the remarkable holdings of Emory Libraries on the history, culture, and development of this important modern art form. ➡️ Complete video: https://links.emory.edu/U9

Ellmann Lectures 2024
Natasha Trethewey and Fintan O’Toole somehow made it look easy — enrapturing audiences over three days as they explored the double meaning of “Writing Lives,” the theme of this year’s Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature at Emory. ➡️ Feature Story: https://links.emory.edu/TZ

Emory scientist competes on Jeopardy!
Emory psychologist Monica Thieu caps off publication of a study on trivia experts by competing in the first-ever “Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament” on Thursday, March 28, hosted by trivia legend Ken Jennings. ➡ Jeopardy! contestant creates buzz: https://links.emory.edu/TP

2024 Emory Commencement Speaker Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice
Infertility researcher and health equity advocate Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, president and CEO of the Morehouse School of Medicine will deliver the keynote address at Emory University’s 179th Commencement, set for May 13. ➡ Full story: https://links.emory.edu/TN

Emory Day of Giving 2024
Emory Day of Giving is almost here! This Wednesday and Thursday (March 27–28), you can support everything exceptional at Emory, from life-changing scholarships to outstanding experiences and more at http://dayofgiving.emory.edu. #EmoryDayofGiving

Emory Match Day 2024
Today was the big day that every aspiring doctor dreams of: Match Day! After years of hard work and dedication, the moment finally arrived when the National Resident Matching Program released the results to medical students all over the country. Following speeches and a celebratory Coke Toast led by Emory University School of Medicine Class of 2024 president Ashley Harriot, students eagerly opened their envelopes to at last learn where they'll be starting their journey as physicians. Congrats to all our soon-to-be MDs and a huge thank you to everyone who has supported them along the way. ➡ Full feature story https://links.emory.edu/T9

From Washington to Washington: Emory Alum Walks Across America
Holden Ringer, a 2021 graduate from Emory College and Goizueta Business School, has been walking across the country for nearly a year, working to raise awareness for pedestrian-friendly urban planning and shift his own perspectives on life. 🥾 From Washington to Washington, DC: https://links.emory.edu/SZ

Match Day 2024 Student Profiles
In a time-honored tradition, graduating students at Emory University School of Medicine are matched with medical residencies across the country. Most students are matched via the National Residency Match Program, but some students participate in smaller match programs. With Emory Match Day just ahead, Friday at noon, meet a few members of Emory's MD Class of 2024! Best wishes to all on the Match! ➡️ Full length bios, event info, streaming video link, and more: 🔗 in bio.

Reframes
Part of being human is to make mistakes and missteps. With faculty, staff and alumni sharing their personal stories, Emory introduces “Reframes: Discovering the Possible,” a student-facing project seeking to ignite a campus-wide conversation about embracing the power of reframing unexpected moments in life. ➡ About Reframes: https://links.emory.edu/Rq

Moonlight Gala 2024
Last weekend the Emory Asian Student Organization (ASO) celebrated the lunar new year with the Moonlight Gala. Various groups of performers across campus came together to put on a great show for the audience, ranging from traditional cultural dances to contemporary hip-hop dances. Performances combined with delicious food, student group info tables, and awesome raffle prizes were a memorable night for both ASO and the Emory community! Participating Emory student groups and performance groups included: Asian Student Organization (ASO), Asia Global Collective (AGC), Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Activists (APIDA), Bengali Association for Students (BASE), BLÆZ, Chinese Undergraduate Student Organization (CUSO), Emory Jump Rope, Filipino Student Association (FSA), Indian Cultural Association (ICA), Japanese Culture Club (JCC), Korean International Students KISEM), Korean Undergraduate Student Association (KUSA), Mulan Dance, Persuasion Dance Crew, TNT Dance Crew, and the Vietnamese Student Association (VSA). Photos by student organization mEmory Studio.

Emory Sweethearts
💙 Over on Instagram, we asked our followers for #EmorySweethearts photos and in return our Instagram inbox filled up with Valentines. Some of these couples have been together for many years, with kids who're Emory-bound, while others are newlyweds. We wish everyone many happy years together. 💛

the Ellmann Lecture Return
Those who appreciate literature's ability to move, challenge and delight readers have some place important to be — the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts — from March 3-5. The Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature resume with the arrival of poet Natasha Trethewey and writer Fintan O'Toole. Their lectures will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Nobel Prize–winner Seamus Heaney, the inaugural Ellmann Lecturer, by deepening the love of words both spoken and written. ➡ Feature story: https://links.emory.edu/R6

Oxford College’s Tarbutton Leadership and Kabir Fellows spent last summer working in communities at home and abroad exploring interests ranging from medicine and education to mental health research — all as part of the Oxford Center for Pathways and Purpose. ➡️ Feature story: https://links.emory.edu/QM Rising second-year students selected as Tarbutton Leadership Fellows receive support for meaningful summer experiences to develop their areas of interest. The 2023 fellows were: Savannah Brown, Emiliano Lara, Sara Larson, and Elena Vallis. Students selected as Kabir Fellows receive support for internships focusing on education, youth development, and/or working with under-resourced communities. The 2023 winners were: Rachel Kroger, Doreen Okeh, and Jean Qian.

19th Century Beach Reads: Yellowbacks
Beginning in the mid-1800s, yellowbacks emerged as a cheap, portable form of entertain. "Imagine 'beach reads,' but 'train ride reads'," explains Lolita Rowe, former community outreach archivist Emory's Rose Library. In a fascinating video, Rowe discusses the yellowbacks collection held at Emory and the significance of these cheap, mass-produced books in improving literacy among the middle class during the Victorian era. ➡️ Full video (6 min.): https://links.emory.edu/yellowbacks

The Planetarium
Nestled within the Mathematics and Science Center on the Atlanta campus – hidden or unknown to many – the Emory Planetarium serves as a celestial sanctuary like no other. Discover some of the secrets of this 56-seat classroom designed for teaching undergraduate astronomy. ➡️ Full story: https://links.emory.edu/planetarium