Emory University

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

At Emory University, you will find an Atlanta, Georgia-based private, national research university with a history of working collaboratively for positive transformation in the world through courageous leadership in teaching, research, scholarship, health care, and social action. Emory is known for its outstanding liberal arts colleges and superb professional schools, a long-standing commitment to great teaching by great faculty, and for having one of the leading health care systems in the South.

Emory is home to nearly 7,000 undergraduates, 20 percent of whom hail from Georgia. Every other state and 65 countries also are represented. Admission to Emory College is highly selective— about fourteen high school students apply for every opening in the first-year class—and Emory consistently ranks among the top 20 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey.

Emory’s location in the vibrant, international city of Atlanta is a tremendous asset. Atlanta provides limitless opportunities for student learning and service, as well as fun and entertainment for students, faculty, and staff. Emory collaborates with numerous Atlanta-based organizations such as The Carter Center, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino says there is no evidence that zoos help promote conservation through education. For example, Japan has more marine parks than any other […]
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Dolphins are living proof that you don’t need hands to create and use tools. Their sophisticated manipulations of water, air, and sea floor also demonstrate how culture spreads among their […]
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Lori Marino’s discoveries around the incredible level of intelligence in dolphins show they should be treated as sentient beings with lives to lead, not objects or commodities.
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Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino campaigns against the treatment of dolphins as commodities, especially the dolphin slaughters around the world, including the Taiji drives in Japan.
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It’s easier to read the facial expressions of chimpanzees due to their close evolutionary ties to humans, as compared to the facial expressions of dolphins. Though in the end, both […]
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Studying the intelligence, behavior and evolution of dolphins can help humans to gain perspective on who we are.
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Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino discusses how evolution has allowed a basic psychological continuity to develop across human, dolphins, primates and all species.