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The news that some members of the gorilla troop at the San Diego Zoo have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 ramps up the urgency for protecting great apes in the wild from exposu...

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/01/esc_san_diego_zoo_gorillas_contract_covid/campus.html

The Center for AIDS Research at Emory University has announced the appointment of two new co-directors. Ann Chahroudi, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics assumed the role of co-director f...

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/01/emory_id_leaders_appointed_to_direct_cfar/index.html

Emory scholars will work with Atlanta community partners to assess the toll that slavery, Jim Crow and its modern iteration have taken on the Black community, then craft policy recommendations fo...

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/01/upress_mellon_foundation_awards/campus.html

In a column for CNN, Robert Franklin, professor of moral leadership, offers steps everyone can take to “reduce the tension, volume and heartburn in the country.”

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/01/cnn_franklin_civic_life_after_division/campus.html

Jericho Brown, winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, composes a new poem in the New York Times to mark the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/01/nyt_brown_inaugural_poem/campus.html

A sixth grader who sought to bring “happiness and hope” to health care workers by playing his trumpet outside Emory Decatur Hospital is being featured as part of President-elect Joe Biden’s...

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/01/edh_trumpet_player_plays_for_presidential_inauguration/index.html

King Week 2021 features a collection of online programs across Emory honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/01/er_king_week_2021/campus.html

Atlanta Braves icon Henry "Hank" Aaron received an honorary degree from Emory in 1995. The university’s archives include extensive materials from Aaron’s career, including the hate mail he re...

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/01/upress_hank_aaron/campus.html

President Gregory L. Fenves welcomes the Emory community as spring semester classes begin. Read the full message.

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/01/er_first_day_of_classes/campus.html

Emory’s new Arts and Social Justice Fellows program brings together Emory students and faculty members with Atlanta artists to explore how creative thinking and expression can inspire change.

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/01/er_arts_and_social_justice_special_feature/campus.html