September 15, 2021 Students can now register vote when they register for classes Thanks to a collaboration between Campus Life’s Emory Votes Initiative (EVI) and the Office of the University Registrar, Emory students will have the opportunity to register to vote when they register for classes through their self-service portal. Only a few schools around the country have been successful in getting this accomplished – and now Emory is one of them. More about EVI.
Semester Education Abroad Fair: Sep. 14-17 Emory College Education Abroad invites you to attend the Semester Education Abroad Fair. Learn more about semester study abroad opportunities for students in the College and speak with program representatives. Visit the "Study Abroad Semester Programs Resource Library" page in Canvas for a listing of participating programs, calendar of events, and Zoom links. Learn more.
LGBTQ Victory 2022 Congressional Internship is accepting applications Victory Institute brings outstanding LGBTQ college students to Washington, DC, for an eight or 10-week intensive leadership program, including an internship with an LGBTQ-friendly member of Congress. This opportunity includes a stipend, housing in DC, travel expenses, and registration for the International LGBTQ Leaders Conference in December 2022. Open to current undergraduate students of all genders, orientations, abilities, races, and political affiliations, including people with majors other than political science. Applications are open for spring, summer, and fall 2022. Learn more.
SHS offers Body Kindness Seminar for students this fall This free virtual seminar takes place every Friday at 1 p.m. Students are asked to commit to as many sessions as possible, but there is flexibility with a few absences. Students will need to purchase the book Body Kindness ($15 on Amazon) and have a journal or place to write. Learn more.
Emory OPEN (Opportunity, Partnership and Engagement Network) is an important next step in the best practices of community engagement already underway.
Mary Katharine Goddard, the woman who signed the Declaration of Independence Likely the United States’ first woman employee, this newspaper publisher was a key figure in promoting the ideas that fomented the Revolution.
Transgender people twice as likely to die as cisgender people, study finds The increased risk did not fall over the almost five decades studied between 1972 and 2018. Why a Covid-19 vaccine for younger children is taking longer than a vaccine for adults Adolescents as young as 12 can be vaccinated against Covid-19, but younger children aren't eligible yet.
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