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About Emory
facts & figures2010 EMORY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (1836)
Emory College of Arts and Sciences distinctively combines
the student-centered education and personal engagement of
the best liberal arts colleges with the unparalleled resources
of a major research university. With a student/faculty ratio
of 9:1, the college offers 80 majors, one co-major, 55 minors,
and a variety of joint undergraduate-graduate programs with
other Emory schools. Emory College had 15,610 applicants
for the 2009 first-year class, which numbered 1,315 students
from 45 states, the District of Columbia, and 23 countries.
Students enjoy a vibrant campus life: many join one or more
of the more than 200 arts, civic, athletic, religious, and pre-
professional student organizations located on campus and
many participate in a variety of Emory-sponsored service
and leadership opportunities.
OXFORD COLLEGE (1836)
Oxford College, a specialized division of Emory that provides
a liberal arts-intensive program for the first two years of a
baccalaureate degree, has around 750 students and is located
thirty-eight miles east of Atlanta on the site of Emory’s original
campus in Oxford, Georgia. It is one of four undergraduate
options at Emory. Students choose to attend Oxford because of
its emphasis on teaching, personal interaction with professors,
community setting, student diversity, leadership opportunities,
and connection to Emory University. Each year between 90 to
95 percent of Oxford graduates choose to continue on automati-
cally to the Atlanta campus to complete a bachelor’s degree at
Emory College, Goizueta Business School, or the Nell Hodgson
Woodruff School of Nursing.
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (1854)
One of the nation’s finest teaching and research institutions,
the medical school receives 42 applications for each of its
first-year positions. The school has 517 medical students,
including 14 MD/MPH students, and shares 73 MD/PhD, two
MD/MBA, and three MD/MSCR (master’s in clinical research)
students with Emory’s graduate programs. Additionally, the
school trains more than 1,100 residents and fellows. It also
houses five top-ranked health professions programs with 447
students. A total of 2,233 faculty teach in basic science and
clinical departments. In 2009 the medical school received
$383.5 million in research funding, including $45.8 million
in funds received by medical faculty based at Y erkes National
Primate Research Center. The school is known for its research
programs in cancer, neuroscience, vaccine development, trans-
plantation biology, cardiology, biomedical engineering, and
genetics. The school has long-standing affiliations in patient
care, teaching, and research with Grady Memorial Hospital,
the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Children’s
Healthcare of Atlanta. Faculty clinicians in Emory’s own or
affiliated teaching hospitals are responsible for more than 3.8
million patient services annually.
NELL HODGSON WOODRUFF SCHOOL OF NURSING
(1905)
The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing has 210 bac-
calaureate, 163 master’s, and 16 doctoral students. Bachelor’s
degree graduates go on to become national and international
leaders in patient care, public health, government, and educa-
tion. Master’s degree graduates are qualified to seek certification
as nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and/or clinical nurse
specialists. The doctoral program focuses on clinical research,
with emphasis on health policy, health outcomes, and ethics.
In 2009 the nursing school received $2.38 million in research
funding. U.S. News & World Report ranked the school’s gradu-
ate programs 26th overall and its nurse midwifery graduate
program eighth in the nation. The School of Nursing has 58
faculty, and students also learn from volunteer faculty at some
300 clinical sites. The school has 6,322 graduates.
CANDLER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY (1914)
Strong educational programs, a superb 55-member faculty with
an impressive record of research and publications, and a diverse
student body of 499 from more than 50 denominations make
Candler stand out among seminaries. Pitts Theology Library is
the premier theological library in North America, with more
than 550,000 volumes, about 20 percent of which are in its spe-
cial collections. Candler’s 7,266 living alumni serve in leadership
positions around the world. One of thirteen United Methodist-
related seminaries, Candler’s mission is to educate faithful and
creative leaders for the church’s ministries in the world. Candler
students can pursue one of three master’s degrees and one
doctoral degree. The innovative Master of Divinity Program
gives students a broad and contextualized theological educa-
tion, while requiring students to do concentrated work within a
particular area of study. Joint degree programs in law, business,
and public health further provide an extraordinary context for
theological education.
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LANEY GRADUATE SCHOOL (1919)
The Laney Graduate School awards doctoral and master’s degrees in forty programs, spanning biomedical and natural sciences, business, the humanities, nursing, public health, and the social sciences. These competitive programs prepare graduates for careers ranging from college and university teaching to policy making, research, administration, and service in the public and private sectors. The Teaching Assistant Training and Teaching Opportunity Program, a core requirement for the PhD, prepares graduate students to balance the demands of teaching and research in a university setting. Emory’s graduate programs encourage interdisci-plinary study and cross-disciplinary exchange within the context of excellent training in core disciplines. Among the graduate school’s interdisciplinary programs are the
Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, the Graduate Division of Religion, and Women’s Studies. In addition, the Laney Graduate School offers joint degrees with the School of Law, the School of Medicine, and Georgia Institute of Technology.ROLLINS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (1990) The Rollins School of Public Health has 866 master’s and 104 doctoral students who earn degrees related to behavioral sciences and health education, biostatistics and bioinformat-ics, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, health policy and management, and global health. Students also seek dual degrees in medicine, nursing, health profes-sions, business, and law. Master’s degrees are available with a SCHOOL OF LAW (1916)
Ranked among the top law schools in the country, Emory Law combines a practical and disciplined view toward the study of law with a commitment to providing its 752 stu-dents experiential learning opportunities that engage them in the varied and integral roles the law plays in our com-munity, society, and world. The incoming class has a median LSAT score of 166 with a median GPA of 3.57, making it one of the most intellectually talented groups of law students in the nation. Emory Law’s student-centered focus, innovative programs, field placements, and commitment to scholarly research ensure our graduates are prepared for more than practice. Throughout the world, Emory Law alumni are
making an impact in real and significant ways as lawyers and engaged citizens within the communities they serve.GOIZUETA BUSINESS SCHOOL (1919)
Goizueta Business School teaches students to become prin-cipled leaders for global enterprise who not only create value for their organizations but also improve society. The school is home to an undergraduate degree program, a full-time (two-year) MBA, a one-year MBA, an evening MBA, the W . Cliff Oxford Executive MBA (weekend and modular formats), a PhD program, and a portfolio of innovative non-degree executive education programs. The school’s Executive MBA and Undergraduate BBA programs are consistently ranked in the top 10 among their respective peers, while the full-time and evening MBA programs are ranked in the top 25.
ATHLETICS
Emory fields eighteen varsity sports under the auspices of NCAA Division III, whose members voluntarily agree to award no athletic scholarships or preferential treatment for student-athletes. Emory has one of the top all-around athlet-ics programs in the NCAA Division III, based on cumulative results in the NACDA Directors’ Cup standings since fall 2000 and has had the second-highest total of student athletes receiving NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships than any other NCAA school in the past eight years.
FACULTY AND STAFF
Employees: 23,469* (includes 3,777 faculty)
Emory is the largest employer in DeKalb County and the third largest employer in metro Atlanta.
* Includes Emory University, Emory University Hospital,
Emory University Hospital Midtown, Emory Children’s Center, Emory Healthcare, The Emory Clinic, Emory University Orthopaedics and Spine Hospital, Wesley Woods Center, and Wesley Woods Senior Living
ALUMNI
The mission of the Emory Alumni Association (EAA) is to strengthen relationships among alumni worldwide, provide lifelong learning and leadership opportunities, and facili-tate alumni participation in the University and its mission. The EAA represents more than 110,000 alumni living in all 50 states and more than 150 nations. By keeping alumni informed and involved in the actions of the University, the EAA keeps the spirit of Emory alive within its graduates. The EAA wants alumni to feel not only a constant connection to the University, but also feel as if they never left it.
FINANCIAL DATA
Tuition: $37,300 for undergraduates. Approximately 76 percent of all students receive some financial aid.Operating budget: $3.0 billion, as of August 31, 2009.Endowment and trust funds: $4.5 billion, as of August 31, 2009.
Sponsored research (2008–2009):
Emory University received $484.2 million in 2009.
SUSTAINABILITY
Emory’s long-standing commitment to sustainability seeks to help restore the global ecosystem, foster healthy living, and reduce the University’s impact on the local environ-ment. A leader in sustainability, Emory was named the “2008 Distinguished Conservationist of the Year” by the Georgia Conservancy and was one of only eleven universities in the country to receive a spot on The Princeton Review’s Green Honor Roll. Emory has set aside more than half of its cam-pus as protected green space. A portion of this forested green space includes some of the richest biodiversity within metro Atlanta. The University holds the distinction of having one of the largest inventories by square footage of LEED-certified building space among campuses in America. And Emory runs one of the largest shuttle fleets in metro Atlanta—a sys-tem in which all shuttles are 100 percent alternatively fueled.
Emory aims to serve 75 percent locally or sustainably grown food in its cafeterias and hospitals by 2015.
facts & figures2010 ACADEMIC SUPPORT
Holdings of the nine Emory University Libraries total almost 3.4 million volumes, including some e-books. The librar-ies also provide access to thousands of electronic informa-tion resources, including more than 55,000 e-journal titles. Emory’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) offers rich collections in areas such as the Irish lit-erary revival; twentieth-century American, British, and Irish poetry; and African American literature, history, and culture. MARBL also is strong in research collections devoted to the social and cultural history of the American South, with a particular emphasis on Georgia and Atlanta.
Digital innovations at the Robert W. Woodruff Library include the continuing creation of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, which provides the first solid, continually updated database on this five centuries-long practice. In addition, the Internet journal and scholarly forum Southern Spaces (www. southernspaces. org), based in the Woodruff Library, provides a forum for multimedia scholarship on Southern culture, while also facilitating innovative ways of organizing, presenting, and updating research.
Pitts Theology Library, one of the largest theology li-braries in the country, is home to the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection, which documents the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation in Germany. The Kessler collection includes more than 900 publications by Martin Luther himself—more than any other U. S. library. The Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library includes branches at Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory Hospital, as well
as a Housestaff/Medical Student Learning Center at Grady. Emory’s Hugh F. MacMillan Law Library is a selective depos-itory for U. S. government documents and is a full depository for publications of the European Union.
University Technology Services (UTS) enables Emory to teach, learn, and innovate by providing stable informa-
tion technology services. UTS provides services to Emory University and Emory Healthcare including administrative applications (PeopleSoft), email and calendaring (Exchange), and twenty-four-hour support services (call center and data center). UTS also provides telephone, wireless and wired data networking, paging, cable television, and radio and video services to the Emory community.
Additionally, UTS provides academically focused technol-ogy resources such as Blackboard, iTunesU, and LearnLink, along with support for 230 technology-enhanced classrooms in Emory College. UTS Centers for Educational Technology, including ECIT and the nationally acclaimed Computing Center at Cox Hall, foster faculty/student interaction and collaborative academic activities using the latest technology.
MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM
The Michael C. Carlos Museum, located at the heart of Emory’s campus, is Georgia’s premier museum devoted
to the art and history of world cultures. Founded in 1919, the museum is home to the Southeast’s most distinguished collection of art and artifacts from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Nubia, the Near East, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. In addition, a works on paper collection spans from the Renaissance to the present. The Carlos Museum offers an array of educational opportunities including special exhibi-tions, audio tours, family guides, gallery talks, children’s programs and summer camps, interactive technology, films, internships, and much more.
THE CARTER CENTER
The not-for-profit Carter Center advances peace and health in neighborhoods and nations around the world in partner-ship with Emory. Guided by a fundamental commitment
to human rights, the center works to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health. Center projects have helped to improve quality of life for people in more than seventy nations.
YERKES NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER For eight decades the Yerkes Research Center has been dedicated to conducting essential basic science and transla-tional research to advance scientific understanding and to improve human health and well-being. Yerkes is one of only eight National Institutes of Health-funded national primate research centers (NPRC). In this role, the center provides leadership, training, and resources to foster scientific creativ-ity, collaboration, and discoveries. Yerkes-based research is grounded in scientific integrity, expert knowledge, respect for colleagues, an open exchange of ideas, and compassion-ate, quality animal care.
The Yerkes Research Center’s multidisciplinary research programs are leading to life-changing discoveries in infec-tious diseases and neuroscience. Researchers at the center are seeking to develop vaccines for infectious and noninfectious diseases, increase understanding of progressive illnesses, treat drug addiction, advance knowledge about the links EMORY HEALTHCARE
Emory Healthcare is the largest, most comprehensive health care system in Georgia and comprises the fol-lowing components: Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Emory Orthopaedics
and Spine Hospital, Wesley Woods Center, The Emory Clinic (the largest, most comprehensive group practice in Georgia, with approximately 1,500 physicians, nurse clini-cians, and physician assistants and health centers through-out metro Atlanta), and the Emory-Children’s Center (the state’s largest pediatric multispecialty group practice). In addition, Emory Healthcare has joint ventures with HCA (Emory Johns Creek Hospital and Emory Eastside Medical Center) and with Adventist Health System (Emory-Adventist Hospital). Emory Healthcare’s total portfolio of inpatient operations includes more than 1,700 licensed beds.
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