Happy Pride month! Everyone is welcome at the Pride ice cream social on Wednesday and at events all month long. Explore upcoming events and find ways to get involved: https://bit.ly/4uFHX4d

Rising juniors Andrew Conlon and Hlina Temesgen will begin 15 months of intensive research this summer as Beckman Scholars. The program provides high-achieving undergraduates with funding to work with scientific research mentors: https://bit.ly/4uJRSGc

Benjamin Reiss, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of English, has taken over as director of the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry (FCHI). He succeeds Carla Freeman as director of the College's focal point for humanities efforts and research for three years: https://bit.ly/49llwc5

The Board of Trustees announced today that it unanimously elected Christopher L. Augostini, Emory’s current executive vice president and chief operating officer, to serve as the university’s 22nd president. He will take office Sept. 1. https://bit.ly/4uCNfNR

Should the law protect employees when their job requires them to use AI in ways that conflict with their religious beliefs? A Q&A with our Emory Law colleague Whittney Barth: https://bit.ly/43vp7AV

Undergrads in a literary translation course this spring got hands-on training on how to preserve meaning across languages, learning from professors and alumni about research and career opportunities that use those skills: https://bit.ly/4fIcJF0

Congrats to Emory women's golf team, who on Friday won its second consecutive national title🏆 Friday's win was the third NCAA D3 national championship in program history, and the team broke its own record from last year, finishing four under par

Emory College will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day, the holiday to remember those Americans who gave their lives to defend the nation. We will return to the office on Tuesday.

The P45 Data Collective Tabular Data Style Guide is now live! If you are a researcher, student, librarian, or instructor working with cultural data, this style guide is for you. data.post45.org/style-guide....

Graduating seniors celebrated their achievements and reflected on their time at Emory during Baccalaureate ceremonies — a beloved Commencement tradition rooted in spiritual life on campus. In turn, 26 student leaders were honored for their contributions: https://bit.ly/3RTI1ig

Emory annually recognizes faculty whose exemplary and sustained mentorship helps guide our undergrads. This year, renowned psychologist Patty Brennan was honored with the George P. Cuttino Award for Excellence in Mentoring after decades of her transformative work at Emory: https://bit.ly/4nyEodD

Emory College professors Elizabeth Kim, Christine Ristaino and William Wuest have won the 2026 Emory Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award. The College selects its top teachers from the humanities, social sciences and sciences for the honor: https://bit.ly/4uhLDsN

Emory sociologist Karida Brown is among scholars, journalists and other experts providing insight in "W.E.B. Dubois: Rebel with A Cause," a new PBS American Masters documentary that premieres on location stations around the country at 9 pm tomorrow night. Find details at https://to.pbs.org/4wAtZSL

Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Chemistry Dennis Liotta and Emory colleagues Raymond Schinazi and Woo-Baeg Choi were awarded the President’s Medal at Commencement for their research developing antiretrovirals that turned HIV from a fatal disease to manageable condition: https://bit.ly/438wiyJ

Congrats to #Emory2026 graduates Alanna Finn, Bella Flemma, Faith Mason and Caroline Vincent. The four helped nurture authentic engagement as College social media fellows, and each are already headed to make meaningful contributions in the world. We can't wait to see what you accomplish next!

Congrats to newly minted grads Edith Wu and Amber Zhou, the student photographers behind much of College social for the past two years. Both graduated this week and head next to the University of Oxford and Wells Fargo Bank, respectively, but we'll always have their photos 💙 💛

We're not done celebrating #Emory2026! You can join in and watch ceremony recordings, see more photos and video, and learn about the graduates and faculty recognized: https://bit.ly/49m3MNG

For all four years at Emory, Pranay Mamileti developed significant, lasting solutions that have improved student life for #Emory2026 and beyond. His efforts earned him Emory's Emory’s highest undergrad student honor, the Marion Luther Brittain Award: https://bit.ly/4nq37Rc

As Class Orator, Joanna Louis-Ugbo is the only student speaking at today's Commencement. Having learned the value of creating community at home, she reminds #Emory2026 graduates of their responsibility to offer, not just seek, support to build their village: https://bit.ly/4woqvmc

Delta CEO Ed Bastian advised #Emory2026 to always consider confidence, character, collaboration and community. He also admitted to first seeing how AI might help with his speech. "You want to hear from me, not some algorithm of me. So I threw it away and took pen to paper."

Did you hear that? With Interim President Leah Ward Sears' words, all College graduates of #Emory2026 have officially graduated!

Emory's liberal arts excellence develops adaptive, creative thinkers like #Emory2026 graduating senior Thiên Nguyễn, who transformed his experiences as a first-gen college student into service and leadership on campus and beyond: https://bit.ly/4toLVwD

The bagpipes are playing, and the #Emory2026 graduates are marching in! Watch live at https://bit.ly/49m3MNG

The 2026 McMullan Award goes to Rodrigo Colón García, who improved lives of across Georgia through his tireless work to advance language access, food security and health care to marginalized communities. He will apply the $30K honor toward medical school: https://bit.ly/434Ofy4 #Emory2026

Emory University’s 181st Commencement ceremonies start in just one hour, to celebrate our students, their accomplishments and their bright futures ahead. Learn more about the ceremony, including where to watch live at 10 am ET: https://bit.ly/49m3MNG

Today is it: Commencement for #Emory2026! Look how far they've come 💙 💛

We are celebrating the 282 honors grads of #Emory2026 leading up to Monday's Commencement. Students need at least a 3.5 GPA to apply for the program. Those accepted spend the next year researching, writing and defending their thesis. Daily updates at https://www.instagram.com/stories/emorycollege/

Join us Thursday to honor #Emory2026 during the Class Day Crossover! The cherished tradition, immediately after seniors' final Coke Toast, recognizes the transition to alumni and the lifelong Emory community. Sign up: https://bit.ly/4thnYaJ Learn more: https://bit.ly/4f0Wcvu

Happy Star Wars Day from Emory Chemistry, where Professor Khalid Salaita’s lab is measuring the forces within you - with sensors destined for International Space Station: https://bit.ly/49usdse #MayTheFourth

Emory's Barkley Forum intercollegiate policy debate team has won its fourth National Debate Tournament Championship, with the team of junior Daniel Gallagher and sophomore Ike Song securing the national title. Gallagher also was named the tournament’s top speaker. More: https://bit.ly/4d0mkUK

Historians warned against cherry-picking. But now others are making big historical claims at scale—and shaping public debate. We need a response. Critical search. Disciplined selection. computationalhistory.substack.com/p/beyond-che...

Tonight, Your Fantastic Mind shares two stories on how advanced treatment and compassionate community outreach can transform lives. Meet a teenager living with a rare brain condition and travel to South Georgia for the Emory Farmworker Project. See you at 9:30pm on Georgia Public Broadcasting!

Ten College students and recent alumni - including graduating seniors Madeline Garcia, Tallulah Story and Morgan C. - have won the NSF's coveted Graduate Research Fellowship, which funds high-potential, early-career scientists and engineers. Details: https://bit.ly/3QYdT4R

As AI disrupts the labor market, Emory continues to stand out for our emphasis on arming grads with adaptability, intellectual curiosity and real-world experience. Forbes has taken notice, naming Emory to its New Ivies list: https://bit.ly/4cEnSou

Emory's recent AI.Humanity Conference united experts and community members to explore the potential and challenges of AI’s impact on creativity, medicine, public trust and work - expanding the debate AI's role beyond technical circles into everyday life. https://bit.ly/4ulq4Y7

Despite spending many hours on Georgia-coast beaches, I've almost never seen Atlantic mole crabs, let alone their burrowing. But this video of thousands of Pacific mole crabs burrowing en masse on a California beach helps alleviate any burrowing-mole-crab deprivation I might've been feeling. 🧪🦀

Emory computer scientist Jinho Choi wanted to expand AI literacy, so his Natural Language Processing lab has created Tinker Tales, an interactive storytelling platform designed to help young children understand how AI works by building stories with it: https://bit.ly/42C8suY

Thrilled to announce that junior Isabella Chow is a 2026 Truman Scholar! She's one of just 55 students selected nationwide for the premier graduate scholarship for aspiring public service leaders. More on Isabella and her work to reform the criminal legal system: https://bit.ly/4u2WXIH

A new paper co-authored by Emory sociologist Janeria Easley is pushing the conversation about school choice, examining the extent to which gaps in test scores and discipline deter Black parents’ school decisions: https://bit.ly/4trWKyS

Friday! I'll be in conversation with Tom Dixon following LAST EXIT, a screening of his films. 1pm, White Hall, @emorycollege.bsky.social. Then it's the launch of @offthewall725.bsky.social's 2026 season with shorts from Micah Stansell + the Atlanta Film Festival! 8:30pm, @atlantabeltline.org. Free.

Computational biologist Yana Bromberg and a post-doctoral fellow in her lab, R. Prabakaran, are developing techniques that test the accuracy of AI language models' understanding of proteins. The work aims to make research predictions in DNA and proteins more reliable. Details: https://bit.ly/41JLwd3

Starting this Thursday, a team of dedicated student farmers at Oxford College will meet weekly to pack boxes of fresh produce for CSA subscribers across metro Atlanta. Lead farmer-educator Daniel Parson shares his tips for making the most out of that weekly abundance: https://bit.ly/4tqsqoq

Join us at noon today for the last colloquium of the spring with Vassar's Lisa Gail Collins discussing her book, "Stitching Love and Loss: A Gee’s Bend Quilt." The free event, which includes lunch, is on the 2nd floor of the Emory Bookstore. RSVP: https://bit.ly/4tZX2Nr

Congrats to Khalid Salaita - Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Chemistry and a pioneer in the field of molecular mechanobiology - on being named senior faculty winner of the 2026 Albert E. Levy Award for Excellence in Scientific Research. More on the award and his work: https://bit.ly/4tXl5g3

Congrats to Emory computer scientist Jinho Choi and ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave on winning 2026 innovation awards from Emory's Office of Technology. Learn more about Choi's storytelling tool to help teach kids AI literacy and Quave's biotech start-up: https://bit.ly/4cr4Jov

Help us in applauding juniors Daniel Hua, Emily Huang and Eshan Momin, our latest Goldwater Scholars! They each have conducted substantial research, with publications in leading professional journals, in addition to coursework and volunteer efforts on campus. Learn more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4cdGyLy

Dozens of undergrads recently presented original research at the 44th annual SouthEastern Undergraduate Sociology Symposium Work included the link between political affiliation and mental health, serious illness' impact on perceptions of the NHS & more: https://bit.ly/4clAFuq

Miss catching Vice Dean of Faculty Deboleena Roy's talk Friday on society's influence on scientific research and technological innovation? You can watch her Burian-McNabb Lecture at Virginia Tech at https://bit.ly/4vq1QNx

Join us Monday (4/13) for a talk from sociologist Tiffany Joseph on "Race, Immigration, and Healthcare Exclusion in the Age of Obamacare." The free event, which includes lunch, begins at noon on the 2nd floor of the Emory Bookstore. RSVP: https://bit.ly/4srdQf5

Almost finals season! Don't fret. Someone is always looking at for you around here.