March 23, 2022

Emory Day of Giving begins next week

What is Emory Day of Giving? It's a 36-hour online giving event that celebrates everything Emory and offers easy and fun ways to support what inspires you. Emory Day of Giving 2022 kicks off March 30 at 6 a.m. and continues for 36 hours, ending March 31 at 6 p.m.

EPD invites university community members to participate in a feedback survey now through March 31. Individual links are in your inbox. As an incentive for sharing your views, you may choose to enter a drawing at the end of the survey for one of 10 Amazon gift cards worth $50.

Emory, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta seek volunteers to help test COVID-19 tests

To participate in a study helping to test COVID-19 tests, adults and children showing symptoms of COVID-19 — but who have not been tested for the virus during their current illness — can come to a new Emory testing site.

Oxford Campus Update, March 23, 2022

Josh Gamse is moving on

Josh, assistant director of Sorority and Fraternity Life, has accepted a position as assistant dean of residence life and director of Greek life at Dartmouth College. Since arriving at Emory in 2017 as coordinator of Sorority and Fraternity Life, Josh has helped to develop OSFL’s strategic plan, partnered with the Office of Health Promotion to revamp risk management training, collaborated with Housing Operations to enhance OSFL’s membership verification system and roster process, and created the first OSFL Officer Summit. As assistant director, Josh has been instrumental in elevating the residential experience, housing facilities, organizational operations, and community involvement. Always a strong advocate for students, he also served on the Student Intervention Services (SIS) Team. Josh’s last day with Emory will be April 8.

Four Emory students selected as 2022 Bobby Jones Scholars

Graduating seniors (above from left) Sean Woo, Sojourner Hunt, Bryn Walker, and Channelle Russell join a community of more than 300 scholars who have participated in the program since its founding in 1976.

Men's swimming and diving capture second national title

For the second time in program history, the Emory University men's swimming and diving team are the NCAA Division III national champions.

Women's swimming and diving finish as national runner-up

The Emory University women's swimming and diving team fought valiantly but ultimately finished as the national team runner-up at the 2022 NCAA Division III National Championships.

Clio Hancock wins Elite 90 Award for NCAA Division III Women’s Swimming and Diving

Hancock, who currently carries a 4.00 grade-point average as a double major in chemistry and anthropology, was presented with the award prior to the day one finals session Wednesday evening in Indianapolis, IN.

Support our Eagles

Update: Spectators are again allowed in the stands at Eagles competitions with the university now operating in yellow status. You can also support the Eagles by watching webcasts of their competitions.

Her experience at Yale unsettled her. So she wrote a horror film about being black in academe.

Mariama Diallo was strolling through the streets of New York City when she ran into a former professor of hers from when she was a student at Yale University studying film studies and political science.

We have a new poll on Covid and political ideology

The left-right divide over Covid-19 — with blue America taking the virus more seriously than red America — has never been the pandemic’s only political divide. Each partisan tribe has also had its internal disagreements.

(How to access New York Times)

How will COVID end? Experts look to past epidemics for clues

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the world has seen a dramatic improvement in infections, hospitalizations, and death rates in recent weeks, signaling the crisis appears to be winding down. But how will it end? Past epidemics may provide clues.

Additional resources
Emory University COVID-19 Dashboard

Campus Services COVID-19 Response

Emory Forward

Emory Human Resources: Working through COVID-19

Faculty Staff Assistance Program (FSAP)

Parent and Family Programs

Hogwarts Admission Office: A humor hotline (1:42)

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