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Congratulations to the 2026 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) and Master’s Showcase participants. These brave scholars had the opportunity to share their research in front of a live audience for a chance to represent Emory in the 2027 regional 3MT competition. 

The Laney Graduate School (LGS) announces the upcoming retirement of Ulf Nilsson, associate dean of academic operations and director of admissions and recruitment, who will conclude 19 years of dedicated service to Emory University on March 31, 2026.

A record number of Emory faculty have been elected to the newest class of AAAS Fellows in recognition of outstanding efforts to advance science.

Historian Jeffrey Lesser and students from across Emory are intensely involved with one São Paulo neighborhood to study the effects of place and community on health — and inform interventions for the future.

Emory University researchers helped lead a study that reveals brain mechanisms for vocal flexibility in mammals. Their work uncovers new insights into a key evolutionary question: Why can humans talk when most animals can’t?

Emory neuroscientists have developed a neurocomputational explanation for how humans chart a “mental map” of emotion knowledge. Pinpointing these neural mechanisms may ultimately help in the treatment for some mental illnesses.

Four exceptional Emory College students representing academic achievement and passionate curiosity across the liberal arts and sciences will spend a year studying at the University of St Andrews as part of the prestigious Robert T. Jones Jr. Scholarship.