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'Color Purple' author turns blue and gold

Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple and internationally known Georgia-born novelist and poet, will place her archive with Emory, further enhancing the University’s growing reputation as a scholarly center for 20th century literature.
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'Homeless Heidi's' Antarctic adventure

Several years after becoming a physician assistant, Heidi Lim 96A decided she didn’t want to settle in just one location. After working in Georgia upon receiving her degree in allied health, she provided care at a Navajo reservation in Chinle, Ariz., then moved on to multiple locations in Alaska, including Dutch Harbor, St. George Island, Emmonak, and Unalakleet.
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Emory Cares: Lending a helping (fore)hand

Since Emory Cares service projects are volunteer-led, the creativity shown by alumni leaders can be incredibly exciting. Take one of Emory Cares’ international projects … In Barcelona, Spain, a foundation created by a Goizueta alumnus organized a mixed-doubles tennis tournament to raise money for the construction of a sports field in the West African nation of Mali, one of the world’s poorest countries.
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Emory Cares: Service with a smile

Fellowship project explores PTSD's effects on families

Until recently, Erin Finley’s 99C 06PH 07G 11PhD research involved the health of mothers in Guatemala, former combatants in Northern Ireland, and Sudanese refugees living in metro Atlanta. In each case, political violence was an undercurrent.
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Nursing dean to return to West Coast home

Marla Salmon, who during the last nine years has guided the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing into the top tier of U.S. schools of nursing, has accepted the deanship at the University of Washington (UW) School of Nursing in Seattle. She also will be professor of global health in the UW schools of medicine and public health.
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Pinning celebrates Emory's newest alumni

On November 15, approximately 130 students, faculty, staff, and alumni celebrated the inauguration of Emory’s newest—and youngest—alumni at the third-annual Sophomore Pinning Ceremony in Cox Hall Ballroom.
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Smart conservation ensures there is still a drop to drink

In October, the State of Georgia declared a level four drought, the most severe level of drought, for 60 counties in Georgia, including DeKalb and Fulton. And while some much-needed, (very) late December precipitation saved 2007 from being named the state’s driest ever on record, the drought has had widespread implications for everyone at Emory.
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Emory Travel Program: Machu Picchu Explorer

Machu Picchu isn’t at the top of the world, but at nearly 7,900 feet above sea level, it isn’t too far away. This August, the Emory Travel Program will take adventurous travelers to this UNESCO World Heritage site either by train or by foot—on the same trail the Inca used centuries ago.
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The EAA's Annual Report: Read all about us!

You read our online publication (obviously). You know our acronym (we hope). And you’ve seen us at your Reunion or attended our events—in Atlanta or wherever you live—(and we thank you). But do you know the full spectrum of the Emory Alumni Association’s (EAA) work? Find out by reading the EAA’s Annual Report for 2006–07. It’s available as a downloadable pdf.
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Happy New Year from EmoryWire!

If you are a regular reader of EmoryWire (and we know all of you are), you may have noticed that you did not receive an issue in December. Well, EmoryWire took a break during the holidays to spend time with the family, so that's why our issues jump from November to January. You haven't missed anything, we promise. So, welcome back and celebrate 2008 with the return of EmoryWire! Thanks for reading.