November 2025 Archives

November 19, 2025November 19, 2025

Hank Klibanoff’s classes on cold cases featured in Emory Report

Renowned for his work on Georgia Civil Rights cold cases and his WABE series “Buried Truths,” Pulitzer-Prize winner and journalist Hank Klibanoff’s teaching is showcased in Emory Report.

https://tinyurl.com/3bhdfbuh

November 7, 2025November 7, 2025

Ghazala Hashmi, 1992 English Ph.D. alum, elected Virginia’s lieutenant governor

Congratulations to Ghazala Hashmi on an incredible accomplishment!

She has just been elected as Virginia’s lieutenant governor! Hashmi earned her doctorate in Emory’s English department in 1992 with a dissertation titled William Carlos Williams and the American ground of “In the American Grain” and “Paterson.” Her advisor was Prof. Peter Dowell.

Most recently, she was elected to the Virginia Senate in 2019 and was then reelected in 2023.

Well done, Ghazala!

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Emory students and alumni continue to be competitive for international Critical Language Scholarship October 21, 2025
Emory’s language offerings support students’ applications for a unique U.S. State Department program that places American students in immersive language study around the globe. Get to know Emory’s four most recent participants.
April Hunt
Four Emory Eagles awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships October 16, 2025
The National Science Foundation’s coveted Graduate Research Fellowships support graduate study for high-potential, early-career scholars across a range of fields. Applications are due in early November, and only first-year graduate students are eligible to apply.
April Hunt
Incoming Jenkins Scholars excel while overcoming challenges, looking ahead to next chapter September 12, 2025
Jason Garcia-Rios and Kimberly Madrid are Emory’s latest recipients of the George W. Jenkins Scholarship. The full-tuition award through Publix Charities is given to academically gifted students who have demonstrated resiliency against adversity.
April Hunt
Emory College graduate Tuan Vinh to study genomics, predictive modeling as NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholar July 3, 2025
As one of only nine students admitted to the PhD pathway of the highly specialized, accelerated doctoral program, Tuan Vinh will work to discover biomarkers to enable earlier diagnosis and treatments of diseases.
April Hunt
Emory College graduates excel in their chosen next steps June 24, 2025
Approximately 98% of Emory College 2024 graduates were working, studying or volunteering six months after graduation. This year’s graduating class is similarly equipped with the skills and knowledge needed for their next steps.
April Hunt