Official account for Emory College of Arts & Sciences. Our faculty, students and alumni are committed to discovery, creativity and academic excellence.
Graduating with honors from Emory College requires days and nights of study and dedication.
Students must have a 3.5 GPA after three years to even apply for the program.
Those accepted spend a year researching, writing and defending a senior thesis before a department committee
Congratulations to
@ProfCAnderson
on being awarded the 2022 Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize in recognition of her outstanding and lasting scholarly contributions to social justice. She will deliver her Gittler lecture
@BrandeisU
in October.
More:
Congratulations to Emory infectious disease expert
@CarlosdelRio7
, for being named one of the "Great Immigrants, Great Americans" by the
@CarnegieCorp
!
Dr. del Rio's story:
Yep, that's actor
@TimmyDaly
with students in
@RealTCooper
's inaugural TV writing class. Thanks to Daly for visiting and sharing his take on the art and craft of our would-be writers
Renowned public health scholar
@DrChandraFord
- who studies links between social justice, race and health - joins the College and
@EmoryRollins
this semester. She is the latest high-profile professor hired as
@EmoryAAS
launches a PhD program next fall ➡️
ICYMI:
@ProfCAnderson
and
@blfraga
have won a
@MellonFdn
grant to develop and lead the Imagining Democracy Lab, a teaching & research model for civic engagement and democratic participation ➡️
Emory sophomore Virginia Brown, a
@EmoryPolisci
major and distance runner with
@EmoryXCTF
, was among those at the U.S. Capitol when rioters broke in and disrupted the certification of Electoral College votes.
Her experiences:
We join
@JWJIEmory
@EmoryLibraries
@emoryaas
and others in mourning the loss of the generous and kind Pellom McDaniels III this weekend. Pellom was one-of-a-kind: a curator, author, archivist, NFL player, scholar, mentor and friend. Our thoughts are with his dear family
Register now to join us next Tues (1/17) for a showing of "I,Too,"
@ProfCAnderson
's documentary on the fight for democracy, followed by a Q&A with
@waberosescott
.
The screening begins at 5 pm at Harland Cinema.
Details/registration ➡️
Emory's Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Program will host Timothy Snyder for an online talk at 1 pm Weds (3/2) on the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A discussion with faculty from REEES and co-host
@GeorgiaTech
will follow.
Link:
Huge round of applause for
@ProfCAnderson
, whose latest book has been named one of five finalists for the
@PENamerican
literary award in non-fiction (after already being named longlisted for a
@nationalbook
award). Details:
He's probably with furrowed brow grading now,
@milo_phd
of
@EmoryPolisci
was all smiles this morning, accepting the
#Emory2023
Williams Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award.
Congrats to him and the five other outstanding recipients ➡️
Congratulations to
@Samuel_J_Sober
for winning the 2021 Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship from
@NINDSnews
!
Nominations are from Sober's former/current trainees who work on his research into how the brain controls muscle movement could :
Please join us in welcoming Barbara Krauthamer, (
@profbk
) professor of history and dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at
@UMassAmherst
, as the next dean of Emory College. Her tenure begins on July1.
Proud to welcome Dr. Anthony Fauci as our featured speaker for the
#Emory2021
Commencement on May 16!
President
@gregfenves
also will award Dr. Fauci the Emory President’s Medal for his extraordinary service in the fight against the novel coronavirus.
A timely topic from your
#Emory2020
Class Orator - honoring people who face their fears for a higher purpose - but
@adamuuuh
settled on it before she knew she would deliver her speech from afar.
Congrats, Adama! Can't wait to hear your speech!
Learn more:
Join us next week for the premiere of “I, Too,”
@ProfCAnderson
's documentary exploring historical links to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
The free screening is at 6 pm Sept 7 at The Carter Center, with
@waberosescott
interviewing Anderson after. RSVP required
Reminder to join us Weds. (9/7) for the premiere of “I, Too,”
@ProfCAnderson
's documentary exploring historical connections to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
The free screening starts at 6 pm at The Carter Center. Registration is required.
More ➡️
Congratulations to biology professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research
@acorbe2
for being one of six university faculty - including President
@gregfenves
- named as 2022
@aaas
Fellows for her efforts toward advancing science!
Details ➡️
"I ask that you realize that success is not always about how much money you’re going to make. Success to me is when you make it, you reach down and pull someone up." - Anthony Ray Hinton,
#Emory2023
Commencement
Sure, we have an undefeated football team.
We also have an
@emorydebate
team ranked second in the country. And, senior Eu Giampetruzzi just became the first woman to repeat as Top Speaker at the NDT.
More about our stellar debaters ➡️
“We have a nation that consistently criminalized blackness, that has systematically denied the humanity of black people,”
@ProfCAnderson
in
@latimes
:
Tune in tonight (2/20) to cheer on Emory Senior Maya Wright in the
@Jeopardy
High School Reunion Tournament.
Wright - a Spanish &
@EmoryCSHH
double major - placed 3rd in the show's 2018 High School Tournament and has since captained Emory Quiz Bowl ➡️
ICYMI:
@jenheemstra
and
@EmoryChem
colleagues have built a "bilingual" molecule that can translate between DNA and proteins- a potential tool to advance gene therapy and other healthcare treatments:
Samah Meghjee has been a force to be reckoned with during her college career, earning her the
#Emory2020
Brittain Award, given to the graduate of any school who performed “significant, meritorious and devoted service to Emory University."
Emory's campus sits on land whose history can be traced to the Muscogee Creek Nation.
Monday, for the first time, we will formally observe
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
and acknowledge its significance within our community and beyond.
Details and events:
Emory students, faculty and staff can grab their FREE at-home COVID-19 test in ESC North until 5 pm today!
(Testing and free kits will be available next M-W at Emory Conference Center)
Emory Advantage gives our students the opportunity to graduate debt-free and make our liberal arts excellence accessible to ALL qualified students. That's why
@chrislongview
02C asks you join him in donating at
Congrats to Emory seniors Shreyas Rajagopal and
@gracekessler22
on winning the the Rex Copeland Award — the national title — as the top two-person debate team in the country based on their season-long record as varsity debaters with
@emorydebate
!
We are proud to announce that Emory has joined an initiative to recruit and enroll more high-achieving students from low- and moderate income families:
Associate professor and
@TIJSatEmory
Director
@miriamudel
made history Wednesday, as the first female Jewish rabbi to serve as Chaplain of the Day in the state House of Representatives.
Watch her invocation (and reference to a Yiddish children's story):
Emory historian
@chrissuhhist
is having a very successful summer: Stellar reviews and publication of his first book, and also becoming Emory's first winner of a prestigious national award from
@ctzns_schlrs
for early-career professors ➡️
This isn’t just another reminder to keep your distance/wear a mask/wash your hands (but seriously, ALWAYS do those things). This is a chance to give a shoutout-Who’s going above and beyond to keep campus safe
#ForYouForUsForEmory
(like RA Anthony Wong👇)?
Graduating from Emory College with honors is hard work.
Our
#Emory2022
honors graduates must have at least a 3.5 GPA before they spend a year researching, writing and defending their senior thesis before a department committee.
Students aren't the only ones adapting as universities shift to remote learning & shut down labs.
@jenheemstra
of
@EmoryChem
hosts a live chat 3-4 pm EDT TODAY focusing on the impact on faculty. It's part of
#COVIDisruption
series from
@cenmag
. Details:
"I have great faith yours will be the generation that makes great change happen," Dr. Anthony Fauci encouraging
#Emory2021
to expect the unexpected, commit to leadership and public service and to have joy in what they do. 💙 💛
Join us and
@mellio2
in congratulating Emory senior Ahmed Aljohani for being selected as a 2022
#RhodesScholar
!
The biology major and Saudi Arabia native is Emory's 21st recipient of the prestigious
@rhodes_trust
award:
Our amazing Pultizer-Prize winner
@jerichobrown
has written an original poem for today's inauguration of
@JoeBiden
and
@KamalaHarris
.
You can read it, or listen to Jericho read his words, in the
@NYTmag
:
Today, we begin our celebration of the 313 honors graduates of
#Emory2023
.
They include scholar-athletes, campus and community leaders, Fulbright selects and recipients of several elite national and global awards.
Congratulations to senior
@anniefli_
, an
@EmoryHistory
and
@emory_sociology
double major, who was named Emory's 18th recipient of the highly competitive Marshall Scholarship this morning!
Her story:
Emory historian
@ProfCAnderson
in the
@washingtonpost
: "It’s a very narrow, slippery slope, from saying ‘illegal votes’ to ‘illegal voters."
Full story:
In his six years leading Emory College, Dean Michael Elliott (
@mellio2
) has proven his profound commitment to the importance of the liberal arts.
We will miss him but are proud to see him return to his alma mater,
@AmherstCollege
, as president. ➡️
Congratulations to
@CandidoMarianaP
of
@EmoryHistory
on her selection for the prestigious 2023-2024 Berlin Prize!
She will focus her time in the fellowship writing a book on African women’s multiple roles in the early days of the slave trade ➡️
The traditional Coke Toast is going virtual this Tuesday for our incoming first-year students (and those of our friends at
@EmoryOxford
). Starting at 11 a.m., post a pic or two of you and your bottle of Coca-Cola, toasting to the school year - remember to tag us!
Here's to you,
#Emory2024
. May your wise hearts lead you to a life of purpose and action.
Now,
@EmoryAlumni
, students and families, tag us with your
#CokeToast
for our incoming class!
"We glorify those who have been deemed resilience. But sometimes resilience can be contorted into the perpetuation of a damaging status quo.
May we continue to change and to grow but never settle for the forces that seek to reduce us."
-
@mikkobiana
,
#Emory2021
Class Orator
Happy Labor Day!
Special thanks to our
@Emory_Dining
icons like Miss Robin at SAAC for keeping the meals coming even when campus is closed.
Breakfast is available at DCT until 10 am and at Eagle Emporium until noon. SAAC Cafe is open from 11:30 am to 10 pm tonight.
Congratulations to Ben Thomas, Balwant-Amrit Singh, Alicia Yin and Carly Colen, who will head to Scotland's
@univofstandrews
next year as Emory's latest prestigious Bobby Jones Scholars:
Proud to welcome
@brandengrimmett
as the associate dean who will lead our new Pathways Center, working to re-envision undergraduate career exploration and professional development!
Details:
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
@jerichobrown
talks with
@josinaguess
about race, violence and sickness in the USA. He also shares his craft. Do not miss the video.
(Photos/video - Darnell Wilburn)
Dean Freeman was welcoming
#Emory2026
first thing this morning.
She, and we, are so inspired by all you’ve accomplished to get here and thrilled to see what you’ll do next!
Congratulations to Emory College professor
@HankKlibanoff
and and
@EmoryRoseMARBL
archivist Gabrielle Dudley on being nominated to serve on the federal Civil Rights Cold Case Board:
Jimmy Carter: 56 when he left the presidency, 94 when the Emory Distinguished Professor earned tenure. Today, he turns 95 and is our oldest living former president. Happy birthday!
Excited to share that Emory College's new Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies will launch this fall. The center advances our unique partnership with
@CMNRavens
. Details ➡️
Congratulations to Emory scholars in
@EmoryAAS
and
@EmoryHistory
for joining a national
@MellonFdn
research project to address racial reparations!
More info:
Our own
@prezsterk
made history when she became Emory's 20th president in 2017.
As she retires from that office on July 31, we look back at her legacy as a groundbreaking social scientist and leader advancing the university's mission and commitments:
Congrats to
@DavisKateM
of
@EmoryChem
, one of just 11 recipients of the
@BeckmanFnd
's Young Investigator Award!
She and the researchers in
@The_Davis_Lab
have been busy working on techniques to view (and make movies!) of metalloenzyme reactions:
A new discovery from
@sshekhr
of
@emory_physics
and colleagues at Ohio State has upended 40 years of understanding how actin - the protein that contributes to the contractile property of muscle and other cells - works ➡️
A multi-institutional network co-led by
@laurenfklein
will explore the intersection of AI, the humanities and social justice.
The
@MellonFdn
has granted $1.3 million toward the hub, which will serve as a national model for such work ➡️
Congrats to
@mikkobiana
, the
#Emory2021
Class Orator.
He will be the only student speaker at Commencement on Sunday.
Want a hint of his speech and to learn more about Mikko, who heads to the
#1
graduate school for education
@PennGSE
next year?
Read:
Tune in tonight (2/20) to cheer on Emory Senior Maya Wright in the
@Jeopardy
High School Reunion Tournament.
Wright - a Spanish &
@EmoryCSHH
double major - placed 3rd in the show's 2018 High School Tournament and has since captained Emory Quiz Bowl ➡️
After earning his honorary doctoral degree,
@tylerperry
shares with
#Emory2022
about his "professors," the people who educated and inspired him.
"For some it takes a while to build a dream."
Emory University student Sarah Shabih is working with the student led nonprofit, TeleHealth For Seniors, to provide veterans with camera enabled devices to communicate with health professionals and family members during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Day 1 of the Jeopardy High School Reunion finals ended on a tough note for Emory senior Maya Wright.
But it's not over yet: The tournament winner will be decided tonight by combining the two-day scores. We are all cheering for you, Maya! 💙 💛
Emory football is and will remain undefeated, so we're putting our fan energy
during today's
@SuperBowl
LIV rooting for the KC City Chiefs. Why? Their record-setting kicker Harrison Butker is the son of
@WinshipAtEmory
physicist Elizabeth Keller Butker: