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Leaders in the field: Emory secures top rankings for graduate and professional schools

Several of Emory's graduate schools and programs are among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2008 edition of the “America's Best Graduate Schools” guide. These rankings are reported in the newsstand book and the April 9 issue of U.S. News & World Report.
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English professor wins 2007 Pulitzer for poetry

Associate Professor of English Natasha Trethewey has been awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. She received the Pulitzer for her 2006 collection, Native Guard.
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$5 million gift benefits Center for Ethics

Emory has received a gift of $5 million from John and Sue Wieland of Atlanta to support its Center for Ethics, which will be renamed in their honor and move into a new building under construction at the heart of the main campus.
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When the walls started shaking: An Emory alumnus faces down a deadly twister

Just after lunch on Thursday, March 1, a powerful tornado started plowing a destructive swath some 300 yards wide through Enterprise, Alabama. Fleming Brooks 98MR, an orthopedic surgeon, was in the operating room at Medical Center Enterprise when the roaring began and the walls started shaking.
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High school dreams of field; Emory steps to the plate

Green space is more precious than a parking space on the Emory campus, which makes a new agreement between Emory and Druid Hills High School to share the high school's athletic fields a rare treasure.
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Sustainability plan springs forth in campus gardens

Is it possible to plant the seeds of a new way of thinking at an organization in a way that allows people to actually touch it, smell it—even taste it? The team behind Emory's Sustainable Food Initiative thinks so.
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Public health alumni and students converge on Capitol Hill

On Monday, March 12, nearly 30 Rollins School of Public Health students and administrators traveled to Washington to take part in the RSPH Washington D.C. Networking and Study Tour.
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200th anniversary shines light on slave trade database project

In March 1807, Great Britain and the United States passed laws to abolish their slave trades. Though these laws did not end slavery itself, they mark an important milestone in slave trade history, and the 200th anniversary of these laws has sparked interest in a nationally heralded research project being done at Emory on the slave trade.
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Looking Back: Are you smarter than a 1937 Emory graduate?

As Emory races toward the future, EmoryWire is remembering the past. April begins our “Looking Back” series, a new permanent feature of EmoryWire that reprints articles from The Emory Alumnus, Emory’s alumni magazine since 1924 (now known as Emory Magazine). Join us as we recap fun snippets of Emory history through the words of those who lived it.
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