Emory University
Atlanta, GA
At Emory University, you will find an Atlanta, Georgia-based private, national research university with a history of working collaboratively for positive transformation in the world through courageous leadership in teaching, research, scholarship, health care, and social action. Emory is known for its outstanding liberal arts colleges and superb professional schools, a long-standing commitment to great teaching by great faculty, and for having one of the leading health care systems in the South.
Emory is home to nearly 7,000 undergraduates, 20 percent of whom hail from Georgia. Every other state and 65 countries also are represented. Admission to Emory College is highly selective— about fourteen high school students apply for every opening in the first-year class—and Emory consistently ranks among the top 20 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey.
Emory’s location in the vibrant, international city of Atlanta is a tremendous asset. Atlanta provides limitless opportunities for student learning and service, as well as fun and entertainment for students, faculty, and staff. Emory collaborates with numerous Atlanta-based organizations such as The Carter Center, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
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Removing obstacles to majority rule in the Senate, such as the filibuster, may be necessary as American politics continue to fracture into increasingly opposed parties according to Emory University political […]
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Personal attacks and overheated rehtoric are nothing new across the spectrum of American political history. Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz discusses the mud slung at Jefferson, Roosevelt and other […]
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Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz says that having clear differences between Democrats and Republicans can be good for America’s democratic system, but can lead to higher levels of animosity […]
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Changing demographics will continue to reinforce a move toward polarization across American politics according to Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz.
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Alan Abramowitz is the Barkley Professor of Political Science at Emory, and a renowned expert on national politics and elections. His expertise includes election forecasting models, party realignment in the […]
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Political scientist Alan Abramowitz says calls to “heal the divide” across political parties and bring back the center are unlikely to materialize into real action. Bipartisanship today is difficult due […]
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Alan Abramowitz is the Barkley Professor of Political Science at Emory, and a renowned expert on national politics and elections. His expertise includes election forecasting models, party realignment in the […]
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Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz profiles citizen driven to action when their political party is not currently in power.
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Alan Abramowitz is the Barkley Professor of Political Science at Emory, and a renowned expert on national politics and elections. His expertise includes election forecasting models, party realignment in the […]
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Dolphin intelligence is even more impressive than scientists previously believed. So what are the ethical ramifications for our treatment of these extraordinary creatures?
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Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino says there is no evidence that zoos help promote conservation through education. For example, Japan has more marine parks than any other […]
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Dolphins are living proof that you don’t need hands to create and use tools. Their sophisticated manipulations of water, air, and sea floor also demonstrate how culture spreads among their […]
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Lori Marino’s discoveries around the incredible level of intelligence in dolphins show they should be treated as sentient beings with lives to lead, not objects or commodities.
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Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino campaigns against the treatment of dolphins as commodities, especially the dolphin slaughters around the world, including the Taiji drives in Japan.
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It’s easier to read the facial expressions of chimpanzees due to their close evolutionary ties to humans, as compared to the facial expressions of dolphins. Though in the end, both […]
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Studying the intelligence, behavior and evolution of dolphins can help humans to gain perspective on who we are.
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Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino discusses how evolution has allowed a basic psychological continuity to develop across human, dolphins, primates and all species.
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Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino discusses the impact of her research on dolphins and primates. She encourages young students to become sciencists of, and advocate for, animals.
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The discovery that dolphins can recognize themselves in a mirror was the first time self awareness was identified outside of the primates, making them one of a handful of species, […]
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Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino knows when dolphins got brainy, and speculates their sophisticated social lives required the evolution.
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Dolphins in captivity are not happy or healthy, according Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino.
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Dolphins have the second largest brain-to-body size ratio next to humans, earning them a spot among the most intelligent specidies on the planet.
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The dolphin’s natural language system is so complex that we cannot yet fully decode it, but believe that they communicate in a human-like system of signs and can likely understand […]
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Luke Timothy Johnson explains how many secular phenomena—from political campaigns to college football—can have a religious character.
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New Testament scholar Luke Timothy Johnson explores whether the ways in which Christians practice their faith might be more important than the content of their beliefs.
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Professor Luke Timothy Johnson reviews New Testament writers, including Paul, and whether their condemnation of paganism was a product of their time.
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