Cosa (chi) è Emory University - definizione
![Aerial view of Emory University's Atlanta Campus (bottom) and the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (top), Atlanta, Georgia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emory Campus Aerial Image.jpg?width=200 "Aerial view of Emory University's Atlanta Campus (bottom) and the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (top), Atlanta, Georgia")
![[[Clock tower]] at Cox Hall](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emory Clocktower.JPG?width=200 "[[Clock tower]] at Cox Hall")
![Main Quadrangle on Emory University's [[Druid Hills]] Campus](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emory Quad.jpg?width=200 "Main Quadrangle on Emory University's [[Druid Hills]] Campus")
![Matheson Reading Room, Candler Library Annex, [[Robert W. Woodruff Library]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emory ReadingRoom.jpg?width=200 "Matheson Reading Room, Candler Library Annex, [[Robert W. Woodruff Library]]")
![Charles and Peggy Evans Anatomy Building, [[Emory University School of Medicine]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emory University - Charles and Peggy Evans Anatomy Building.JPG?width=200 "Charles and Peggy Evans Anatomy Building, [[Emory University School of Medicine]]")
![Gambrell Hall, [[Emory University School of Law]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emory University School of Law.JPG?width=200 "Gambrell Hall, [[Emory University School of Law]]")
![Stack Tower, [[Robert W. Woodruff Library]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Woodruff Library.jpg?width=200 "Stack Tower, [[Robert W. Woodruff Library]]")
![[[Alben Barkley]], 35th [[Vice President of the United States]] (1900C, 1949H)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alben Barkley, Vice-President.jpg?width=200 "[[Alben Barkley]], 35th [[Vice President of the United States]] (1900C, 1949H)")
![[[Isaac S. Hopkins]], First President of the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] (1859C)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isaac S. Hopkins.png?width=200 "[[Isaac S. Hopkins]], First President of the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] (1859C)")
![[[Yun Chi-ho]], Author of "''[[Aegukga]]''{{-"}}, national anthem of [[South Korea]] (1893C)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1892 Yun Chi-ho student at Emory Universitys.png?width=200 "[[Yun Chi-ho]], Author of \"''[[Aegukga]]''{{-\"}}, national anthem of [[South Korea]] (1893C)")
![Rockefeller Institute]], "Father of Modern [[Virology]]" (1909C)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas Milton Rivers.png?width=200 "Rockefeller Institute]], \"Father of Modern [[Virology]]\" (1909C)")
![Grand Slam]] and founder of the [[Masters Tournament]] (1929JD)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bobby Jones 1930 winnaar US Amateur.jpg?width=200 "Grand Slam]] and founder of the [[Masters Tournament]] (1929JD)")
![[[Robert W. Woodruff]], President of [[The Coca-Cola Company]] from 1923 until 1954](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert Winship Woodruff, President of the Coca-Cola Company.jpg?width=200 "[[Robert W. Woodruff]], President of [[The Coca-Cola Company]] from 1923 until 1954")
![''Hiroshima'']], Organized the [[Hiroshima Maidens]] Program (1940T, 1986H)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kiyoshi Tanimoto, Emory University.jpg?width=200 "''Hiroshima'']], Organized the [[Hiroshima Maidens]] Program (1940T, 1986H)")
![[[Newt Gingrich]], 50th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (1965C)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore retouched.jpg?width=200 "[[Newt Gingrich]], 50th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (1965C)")
![[[Larry Leon Palmer]], [[United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean]] (1970C)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larry Palmer ambassador portrait.jpg?width=200 "[[Larry Leon Palmer]], [[United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean]] (1970C)")
![Coretta]] and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] (1990JD)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernice King at LBJ Presidential Library and Mueseum, 2014.png?width=200 "Coretta]] and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] (1990JD)")
![[[Natasha Trethewey]], 19th [[US Poet Laureate]], Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Natasha Trethewey during book signing at the University of Michigan.jpg?width=200 "[[Natasha Trethewey]], 19th [[US Poet Laureate]], Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing")
![[[Desmond Tutu]], [[South Africa]]n social rights activist, Recipient of 1984 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for opposition to [[Apartheid]] (Professor)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Archbishop-Tutu-medium.jpg?width=200 "[[Desmond Tutu]], [[South Africa]]n social rights activist, Recipient of 1984 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for opposition to [[Apartheid]] (Professor)")
![[[Han Qide]] Vice Chairman of [[National People's Congress]], [[People's Republic of China]] (Professor)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Han Qide.png?width=200 "[[Han Qide]] Vice Chairman of [[National People's Congress]], [[People's Republic of China]] (Professor)")
![[[William Foege]], tenth [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] Director, Credited for global eradication of [[Smallpox]] (Professor)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William H. Foege.jpg?width=200 "[[William Foege]], tenth [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] Director, Credited for global eradication of [[Smallpox]] (Professor)")
![[[Tenzin Gyatso]], [[14th Dalai Lama]], Recipient of 1989 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] and [[Congressional Gold Medal]] in 2007 (Professor)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dalailama1 20121014 4639.jpg?width=200 "[[Tenzin Gyatso]], [[14th Dalai Lama]], Recipient of 1989 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] and [[Congressional Gold Medal]] in 2007 (Professor)")
![[[Jimmy Carter]], [[39th President of the United States]], Recipient of 2002 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (Professor)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JimmyCarterPortrait2.jpg?width=200 "[[Jimmy Carter]], [[39th President of the United States]], Recipient of 2002 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (Professor)")
![Bobby Jones]] (1929JD)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bobby Jones c1921.jpg?width=200 "Bobby Jones]] (1929JD)")
![Baseball broadcaster [[Ernie Harwell]] (1940C)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernie Harwell - WJROneOfAKind.jpg?width=200 "Baseball broadcaster [[Ernie Harwell]] (1940C)")
![Kai Rysdall]], an American radio journalist and the host of ''Marketplace''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kai Ryssdal, host of Marketplace (15668169184) (cropped).jpg?width=200 "Kai Rysdall]], an American radio journalist and the host of ''Marketplace''")
![[[Salman Rushdie]], iconic novelist and University Distinguished Professor](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Salman Rushdie 2014.jpg?width=200 "[[Salman Rushdie]], iconic novelist and University Distinguished Professor")
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Wikipedia
Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of higher education in Georgia.
Emory University has nine academic divisions: Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Oxford College, Goizueta Business School, Laney Graduate School, School of Law, School of Medicine, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Rollins School of Public Health, and the Candler School of Theology. Emory University students come from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, five territories of the United States, and over 100 foreign countries.
Emory Healthcare is the largest healthcare system in the state of Georgia and comprises seven major hospitals, including the Emory University Hospital and Emory University Hospital Midtown. The university operates the Winship Cancer Institute, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, and many disease and vaccine research centers. Emory University is the leading coordinator of the U.S. Health Department's National Ebola Training and Education Center. The university is one of four institutions involved in the NIAID's Tuberculosis Research Units Program. The International Association of National Public Health Institutes is headquartered at the university and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Cancer Society are national affiliate institutions located adjacent to the campus.
Emory University has the 15th-largest endowment among U.S. colleges and universities. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and is cited for high scientific performance and citation impact in the CWTS Leiden Ranking. The National Science Foundation ranked the university 36th among academic institutions in the United States for research and development (R&D) expenditures. In 1995 Emory University was elected to the Association of American Universities, an association of the 65 leading research universities in the United States and Canada.
Emory faculty and alumni include 2 Prime Ministers, 9 university presidents, 11 members of the United States Congress, 2 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, a Vice President of the United States, a United States Speaker of the House, and a United States Supreme Court Justice. Other notable alumni include 21 Rhodes Scholars and 6 Pulitzer Prize winners, as well as Emmy Award winners, MacArthur Fellows, CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, heads of state and other leaders in foreign government. Emory has more than 149,000 alumni, with 75 alumni clubs established worldwide in 20 countries.
