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 discusses the impact of her research on dolphins and primates. She encourages young students to become sciencists of, and advocate for, animals.
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The discovery that dolphins can recognize themselves in a mirror was the first time self awareness was identified outside of the primates, making them one of a handful of species, […]
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Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino knows when dolphins got brainy, and speculates their sophisticated social lives required the evolution.
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Dolphins in captivity are not happy or healthy, according Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino.
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Dolphins have the second largest brain-to-body size ratio next to humans, earning them a spot among the most intelligent specidies on the planet.
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The dolphin’s natural language system is so complex that we cannot yet fully decode it, but believe that they communicate in a human-like system of signs and can likely understand […]
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Luke Timothy Johnson explains how many secular phenomena—from political campaigns to college football—can have a religious character.