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Following Emory’s Waste: Where Does It Go And Who Does It Affect?

Posted on November 9, 2020July 13, 2022

Historically, waste has been a burden placed on vulnerable and marginalized communities, so our office wanted to follow Emory’s waste by using the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Justice tool to … Continue Reading →

Science at Emory: a Sustainability Project

Posted on June 24, 2019June 29, 2019

As a nationally recognized leader in scientific education and research, Emory University has hundreds of teaching and research labs throughout its campuses.  Beginning in the Summer of 2019, labs will … Continue Reading →

Presenting the Morran Lab – A Gold Certified Green Lab!

Posted on August 24, 2018August 24, 2018

By Ramsey Baden | August 19, 2018 The Morran Lab is an Emory Biology lab that studies coevolution (which accounts for much of the evolution that occurs in nature) and mating … Continue Reading →

Presenting the Steinhauer Lab – A Gold Certified Green Lab!

Posted on August 18, 2018August 18, 2018

By Ramsey Baden | August 12, 2018 The Steinhauer Lab is a microbiology and immunology lab at Emory, and it is on the front lines against influenza. Their study of the … Continue Reading →

Presenting the Hickman Lab – A Gold Certified Green Lab!

Posted on August 12, 2018August 24, 2018

By Ramsey Baden | August 26, 2018 Emory’s Department of Biology is one of the most active in the country for a reason – there will always be questions waiting … Continue Reading →

Presenting the Blakey Lab – A Gold Certified Green Lab!

Posted on August 3, 2018August 12, 2018

By Ramsey Baden | July 29, 2018 Discovery is part of the fabric of chemistry at Emory, and Dr. Simon Blakey’s lab pushes for discovery every day. Some of his team’s … Continue Reading →

Presenting the McBride Lab – A Gold Certified Green Lab!

Posted on July 18, 2018August 24, 2018

By Ramsey Baden | July 15, 2018 At the Emory School of Medicine, Dr. Shonna McBride and her team of researchers are hard at work learning how the pathogen Clostridium difficile survives … Continue Reading →

Presenting the Kim Lab – A Platinum Certified Green Lab!

Posted on July 10, 2018August 12, 2018

By Ramsey Baden | July 8, 2018 In the Center for Drug Discovery at Emory, Dr. Baek Kim and his team are working hard to uncover and fight weaknesses in HIV and … Continue Reading →

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