Wellbeing & Flourishing

Emory’s Graduate Student Government Association is launching a MARTA pilot project to subsidize transit passes. The goal is to ease the financial burden for graduate and professional students and facilitate access to the campus and larger metro community.

This year’s cohort was chosen from the most competitive applicant pool yet. In all, 26 ventures led by founders from six of Emory’s schools and colleges are participating. Learn about this year’s projects — and the students behind them.

Emory’s Student Case Management and Intervention Services is leading a campus-wide restock of the Eagle Food Pantry to support students facing food insecurity as finals approach.

The expansion of The Ridge, which opened to residents in 2024, is officially underway. The second part of the structure will complete the project with 383 additional beds and more community spaces.

The agreement between Emory and Service Employees International Union governing terms and conditions of work for PhD students was ratified Sept. 12 following over a year of collaborative, good-faith negotiations.

A new approach to an old reaction boosts the ability to synthesize vinylic ethers — key building blocks for many molecules important to human health. Emory chemistry graduate student San Pham led the breakthrough work.

Representing five of Emory’s nine schools and colleges, these students are working in community to build and scale their business venture ideas, get feedback and present to area businesses and potential investors in late July.

During the 2025 NCAA Division III championship in Geneva, Ohio, Nikki Boon won the women’s heptathlon and Eva Carchidi won the 400-meter dash. Boon and Carchidi’s wins made program history at Emory.

Emory University has been a top producer for the Fulbright U.S. Student program, the prestigious flagship international exchange program, for nine years running.

The nine schools that make up Emory University have plans for new programs, engaging events and more during the spring semester. Read a roundup of what’s in store.

Six Emory students traveled to Baku, Azerbaijan, in November to observe high-level global negotiations at the 2024 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as Conference of the Parties, or COP.

Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing doctoral student Hina Raheel has been selected to join the 2024-26 cohort of Jonas Scholars, awarded to promising nursing doctoral students to support their education and expand the pipeline of nursing faculty.

The Emory Oaks program is working to make navigating college easier for autistic students across every level of the university through building community, regular meetings and cross-campus coordination.

Emory student founders developing their ventures in The Hatchery Incubator were celebrated earlier this month. Highlights of the evening included the announcement of the inaugural Ellen Bailey Achievement Award recipients.

Part of being human is to make mistakes and missteps. With faculty, staff and alumni sharing their personal stories, Emory introduces “Reframes: Discovering the Possible,” a student-facing project seeking to ignite a campus-wide conversation about embracing the power of reframing unexpected moments in life.

Emory University has been a top producer for the Fulbright U.S. Student program, the government’s flagship international exchange program, for eight years running.

The nine schools that make up Emory University have plans for new programs, inspiring events and more during the spring semester. Read a roundup of what’s in store.

The Hatchery received more than 50 applications for the 16 slots in its 2023-24 Incubator cohort. Learn about the students — and projects — selected from across Emory’s schools.

As summer ends, student founders who participated in The Hatchery's inaugural Summer Incubator program celebrate milestones and look ahead to what’s next in their ventures.