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A slate of Emory QUEST courses to debut this fall invite the community to examine the inner workings of the brain, to study the coexistence of science and religion, and to reawaken the author within.

Everyone from literary fans to NASCAR fans can find something Emory-related to enjoy during the Labor Day Weekend.

Wright Caughman can diagnose a melanoma or diagram a sentence with equal precision. The newly appointed interim executive vice president for health affairs, CEO of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, and chairman of Emory Healthcare is a dermatologist by training, but he began his career as a high school English teacher in his hometown of Columbia, S.C.

Gloria Santona, executive vice president, general counsel and secretary at McDonald¿s Corp., will discuss diversity in the workplace and her role as in-house counsel for the world¿s largest fast-food restaurant company at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9.

A chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Nubians shows that they were regularly consuming tetracycline, most likely in their beer.

Former President Jimmy Carter left Pyongyang, North Korea this morning, Aug. 27, accompanied by Aijalon Mahli Gomes. Gomes was imprisoned in January of this year and later sentenced to eight years of hard labor with a fine of about $600,000 for the crime of illegal entry into North Korea.

Hollywood legend Walter Mirisch, producer of "West Side Story" (1961), "In the Heat of the Night" (1967) and hundreds of other films, visits Emory this month.

Pulitzer-prize winning poet Natasha Trethewey, who grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, has written "Beyond Katrina," which includes details of her family's history as well as her poetry.

Internationally known humanitarian and award-winning actor Richard Gere will join Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker for "The Creative Journey: Artists in Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Spirituality and Creativity" at Emory University on Oct. 19.

Through genomic analysis, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have shown that the Ashkenazi Jewish population is genetically more diverse than people of European descent.

Lawrenceville native Terry "Mr. 500" Green has been named the grand marshal for this year's race, to be held on Labor Day weekend at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The entire freshmen class at Emory University started their careers on campus in the same spot in which they'll end, the quad. The class gathered for the first ever class photo, wearing Emory t-shirts and spelling out 2014. The heat couldn't stop the excitement.

Emory University's Class of 2014 represents one of the most academically competitive and diverse freshmen classes in its history. Emory College of Arts and Sciences, the university's primary undergraduate division, welcomes 1,348 first-year students to campus for fall semester, chosen from a highly selective pool of 15,550 applicants.

World leaders within the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist traditions will discuss their views on happiness at ¿The Pursuit of Happiness in Interreligious Perspective, Monday, Oct. 18, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at Emory University School of Law. Emory's Center for the Study of Law and Religion (CSLR) is hosting the event as the capstone of its Pursuit of Happiness Project.

Roughly 1,350 freshmen moved in at Emory University. What could be a chaotic day is made easier by the help and support from orientation staff, President James Wagner and his cabinet. It's even further proof of Emory's true "community" campus.

Rev. Dr. Margot Kässmann, the former head of the Protestant church in Germany, will be in residence at Emory University during the fall semester, serving as Distinguished Theologian-in-Residence at the university¿s Candler School of Theology, and as a Distinguished Fellow of the Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning.

Emory University has launched Emory Mobile, a collection of smartphone apps that gives device-toting students, staff, faculty and visitors the ability to navigate the Atlanta or Oxford campuses, browse event calendars, get the latest news, find contact information for people at Emory, identify a place to eat on campus and more.

Sandra Dunbar, DSN, RN, FAAN, FAHA, has been chosen to serve as the associate dean for academic advancement at Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, effective Sept. 1.

The Woodruff Library's new Library Service Desk, expected to open the week of Aug. 16, will combine Circulation, Reference and Learning Commons desks on the main floor.

Emory University's newest sustainable residence hall opens its doors for the Class of 2014 this month. The facility, named Longstreet-Means Hall for the two residence halls it replaced, completes Phase 3 of the university's planned freshman complex.