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Spring 2011

Cover Story

Crash Course


When fifteen-year-old Thomas Sowell was transferred to Grady Memorial Hospital after experiencing severe brain trauma in a snowboarding accident, Emory neurologists prepared his parents for the worst. Then something remarkable happened.

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Brain injury patient who has recovered

Mind Mend?

Progesterone is the next best hope for brain injury patients

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Don Stein

Living with a Brain Injury

More than three decades after a tragic car crash, alumna Sam Renfro struggles to keep her daughter safe and get her the help she needs

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Alumna Sam Renfro and her daughter, Debbie

Features

The Problem Solver

Since 1990, babies around the world have been benefiting from a vaccine developed by Porter Anderson 58C. You might expect to find him basking in the glow of that accomplishment. You would be wrong.

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Historic image of Porter Anderson

Patterns in Black and White

A formal apology for the role slaves played in building Emory's campus and a landmark conference on slavery and universities are only recent chapters in a bigger story the University is trying to tell—through critical African American scholarship, accessible historic archives, civil rights cold cases warmed up, and a remarkable "family reunion."

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Artwork created to represent Miss Kitty's past

What's the Big Idea?

From tiny pills that carry an atomic punch, to lasers that excise tumors, to software that predicts heart attacks, discoveries by Emory researchers are bringing new health and hope to millions every day.

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Bottle of Emtriva with pills

Reading List

Emory faculty (and former faculty) explore race, slavery, civil rights, and African American scholarship

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Of Note

  • The New Math
  • Lab Partners
  • What Nurses Know
  • Destination Deep Space
  • Gods and Monsters
  • Practice without Preaching
  • Pulling Some Strings
  • Art Appreciation
  • Emory 'Study' Makes The Onion
  • Save the Scrapbooks
  • How Many Tacos Does It Take...
  • Trickle-Down Knowledge
  • Uncovering Discovery
  • Can Meditation Enhance Memory?
  • Research at the Cellular Level
  • Sugarcane and Sunshine
  • iTunes U Hits 10M Mark
  • As the Circle of Survivors Shrinks, a Way to Remember
  • Dali Lithographs at Hillel
  • Uncharted Territory
  • Something Fishy
  • Rushdie on truth vs. memory, books vs. movies, and writing his memoir
  • Perfect Pitch
  • Ticker

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