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Commencement 2007

Congratulations to Andrea Dixon 06C, who completed her Emory degree last fall at the age of eighteen and received her diploma during Commencement in May. Andrea entered Emory at age fifteen as a transfer from Mary Baldwin College, majoring in political science with a minor in economics. She is among the youngest graduates in Emory University history.

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BY PAIGE P. PARVIN 96G

 

Changing the Way We Die

Living well and dying quickly—that’s the ideal. But Americans are dying more slowly than ever before, and the end is often prolonged with an array of medical technology. The Emory community came together to ask: Is there a better way?

BY MARY J. LOFTUS

 

Easing Pain, Providing Comfort

Emory’s Palliative Care Team works with patients in chronic pain or with terminal illnesses, addressing both physical and mental discomfort through medication, songs, stories—and sometimes simply by listening.

BY MARY J. LOFTUS

 

Bonus Feature:

Associate Editor Mary Loftus reflects on her mother’s hope for a good death.

BY MARY J. LOFTUS

An Unexpected Gift
BY PAIGE P. PARVIN 96G

Sharing the Health
BY PAIGE P. PARVIN 96G

Prepared for Success
BY MARY J. LOFTUS

2007 Faculty Awards and Honors

Creating Future Farmers
BY MARY J. LOFTUS

On Death and Happiness
BY ZACHARY MANFREDI 07C

Guiding Through Grief
BY MARGARET BLEVINS 87T

Windows

A son finds memories and solace in the Mobile, Alabama, law office of his late father, Emory alumnus Charles Hoffman 31L.

BY ROY HOFFMAN

 

The Emory register

From the President

Emory Weekend

Alumni Ink

The Biodiesel Bus

 

Departments

Prelude

Of Note

Letters to the editor

 

 

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