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Dina Thornton, Coordinator of the Computing Center at Cox Hall, Academic Technology Services

Dina Thornton has returned to Emory as the new coordinator of the Computing Center at Cox Hall. In between Emory stints, she spent 16 months at Turner Broadcasting (which became Warner Media while she was there) and was on their learning and development HR team to do video production and support their learning programs. She […]

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Clothing swap at the Computing Center? It computes!

If you walked into the Computing Center at Cox Hall on April 25, you might have thought you were walking into a thrift store. Hundreds of clothing items were spread across tables in the Gallery and Classroom A for a free clothing swap. The swap was led by the Emory Climate Analysis Solutions Team (ECAST) […]

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Alloy release party spotlights student expression and engagement

On April 19, around fifty students gathered in the Computing Center at Cox Hall for the Alloy Release Party. Alloy is a student-run literary publication featuring poetry, prose, artwork, and photography. Students’ voices echoed through the back gallery as they shared new pieces from the issue. Half a dozen students even stepped up for an […]

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Study Abroad Photo Contest held in Computing Center at Cox

The 11th Annual Study Abroad Photo Contest was held last month in the Computing Center at Cox Hall. The Cox Hall team curated dozens of amazing student photographs, which are on display in a variety of categories. These students all studied abroad during the spring, summer, or fall of 2018 and the photos were taken […]

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Computing Center hosts clothing swap, supports Emory initiatives

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In mid-October, the Computing Center at Cox Hall hosted X Fast Fashion, a clothing swap, putting the space to use in a new way. The swap supports the university wide initiative Climate@Emory, and a new student group, “./bin.” Clothing was scattered across tables in the Computing Center’s gallery space, ready to be looked through by […]

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Tara McCurley, Assistant Director of ATS, Student Digital Life, Academic Technology Services

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Tara McCurley has been appointed to the position of assistant director of academic technologies. In her previous role she was the coordinator of the Computing Center at Cox Hall before stepping into her current role on an interim basis last year. In her new position, Tara manages Student Digital Life (SDL) and serves on the […]

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Students vying for Hult Prize use MAKEmory to bring idea to life

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In the back of Cox Computing Center, through dimmed, relaxed lighting and students glued to glowing laptop screens, a bright room beckons curious students to wander in and discover MAKEmory, Emory’s campus makerspace (formerly known as TechLab). This semester, a group of three students wandered in and have returned every week since to incubate a […]

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