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Centers, Institutes, and Other Resources

Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry
The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry (CHI) serves both those trained in the humanities as traditionally defined and also others in the University who are interested in humanistic issues; outreach to faculty and students in the social sciences, the sciences, and the professional schools at Emory is an important part of the CHI's work. The CHI is dedicated to providing occasions and spaces for encouraging intellectual community and scholarship across disciplines.

Center for Health, Culture and Society
The Center for Health, Culture and Society works to provide a forum for interdisciplinary dialogue on issues of public health importance by providing a meeting ground for social and health scientists, humanists and health professionals interested in the interplay of health, culture and society. Read more about choosing Global Health, Culture and Society as a degree minor.

Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture
The Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture (CMBC) explores issues and phenomena associated with mind, brain, and culture from an inter-disciplinary perspective. The Center rests on the assumption that multiple explanatory perspectives are essential for explaining the cognitive and social abilities of humans and other species. The aim is for inter-disciplinary exchange to inform faculty and student research, contribute to undergraduate and graduate curricula, and lead to a wide variety of inter-disciplinary research projects that establish multi-perspective explanations.

Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life
Emory University's Center on Myth and Ritual in American Life (MARIAL) is one of five Sloan Centers on Working Families, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Program on Dual-Career Working Middle Class Families. The MARIAL Center researches the functions and significance of ritual and myth in dual wage-earner middle class families in the American South.

Center for Science Education
The Center for Science Education (CSE) promotes access, interest and participation in science careers. CSE programs bolster science literacy and provide hands-on research experiences for students and teachers at the precollege, college and postgraduate levels. Through student and curriculum development activities, the CSE integrates research and education and helps students explore the vast array of careers open to individuals with a solid background in science.

Center for the Study of Public Scholarship
The Center for the Study of Public Scholarship (CSPS) at Emory University promotes scholarly work that crosses the boundary between the academy and the public. Established in 1995, it is guided by the assumption that academic scholarship has the potential to address and engage with a broad range of different communities. It brings together academic and community based scholars whose work relates to one another and provides a space where models can be developed for collaborative scholarship that connects knowledge produced inside and outside of academic institutions. During 2000-2004, CSPS will host Institutions of Public Culture, a collaborative program funded by the Rockefeller Foundation that links universities, museums, arts organizations and other cultural institutions in the United States and South Africa through fellowships, internships, workshops, and seminars.

Center for Teaching and Curriculum
The Center for Teaching and Curriculum (CTC) recognizes and rewards excellent teaching throughout Emory College; provides material support for the development of new courses, curricula and methods of instruction; studies the attitudes toward teaching and learning among Emory undergraduates; and promotes public discussion of teaching and learning among members of the faculty.

Emory College Language Center
Established in 2000, the Emory College Language Center contributes to the fulfillment of Emory's commitment to international education by promoting the teaching and learning of languages as an essential component of the intellectual experience of students and faculty at Emory College.

Emory-Tibet Partnership
The Emory-Tibet Partnership is a university-wide initiative committed to bringing together the best of the Western and Tibetan Buddhist intellectual traditions for their mutual enrichment and the discovery of new knowledge for the benefit of humanity.

Emory-Tibet Science Initiative
The Emory-Tibet Science Initiative is an historic initiative to develop and implement a comprehensive science education curriculum for Tibetan monastics. ETSI is comprised of faculty within both the sciences and humanities from Emory and other universities and institutions.

Faculty Science Council
The Faculty Science Council pursues excellence in science education and scholarship within the Arts & Sciences and serves as an advisory body to the College Office on scientific issues. The Council's mission is to stimulate and facilitate faculty-driven initiatives in both teaching and scholarship and to provide a faculty-based forum for discussion and evaluation of those initiatives. The Program in Science & Society is a component of the Faculty Science Council. It aims to instill the thrill and importance of science in Emory students, especially non-science majors, and in the Emory and Atlanta community at large.

Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts
The Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts (ILA) is Emory University's institutional center for comparative and interdisciplinary studies across the social sciences and humanities. Since the 1950s, the ILA has offered graduate students the opportunity to pursue doctoral work in the study of culture and society from historical, ethnographic and comparative perspectives.

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offers degrees in 28 departments and divisions across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. The Ph.D. is offered in 24 of these highly competitive programs, preparing graduates for a range of careers, from college and university teaching to research and administration in the public and private sectors.

Institute for Comparative and International Studies
ICIS's primary purpose is to enhance international education and scholarship within Arts and Sciences at Emory University. ICIS is the home for four area studies programs--African Studies, Asian Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Russian and East European Studies (see above). The Institute also serves to coordinate a variety of other international programs and activities within Arts and Sciences, including the Center for International Programs Abroad, where students may learn about opportunities for study abroad.

Institute for the Study of Modern Israel
Established in 1997, ISMI's objectives are to build and strengthen an understanding of modern Israel for Emory students and to inform the general public, which are accomplished through collaborative undertakings with other Emory University units and the sponsorship of visiting professors, lectureships, programs, and conferences. For the general public, ISMI engages in outreach to the media, general community, civic organizations, and educators in their desire to learn about modern Israel. ISMI is not an academic department nor does it confer a degree or award scholarships.

James Weldon Johnson Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies
The mission of the James Weldon Johnson Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies is to foster new scholarship, teaching and public dialogue that focuses upon the origins, evolution, and legacy of the modern civil rights movement from 1905 to the present. Through its research and public programming, the Johnson Institute is one site within Emory University where members of the Emory community are challenged to reflect upon and examine the shifting and complex meaning of race and difference in a national and global context.

Kenneth Cole Fellowship in Community Building and Social Change
The Emory Community Building and Social Change Fellows Program is an intensive twelve-month program that introduces a talented, dedicated, and diverse group of Emory undergraduates to the challenges and opportunities for building community in contemporary urban America.

Office of University-Community Partnerships
Through academic courses, research programs, and service projects, the Office of University-Community Partnerships (OUCP) connects Emory students, faculty, and staff with community-based groups, nonprofit organizations, private businesses, and government agencies to address important community concerns. In addition to supporting academic-based service learning, advancing faculty professional development, and encouraging student volunteer service activities, OUCP stimulates community dialogue about strategies for resolving issues of critical importance to the Atlanta region.

Program in Science and Society
Science and Society aims to instill the thrill and importance of science in Emory students, especially non-science majors, and in the Emory and Atlanta community at large. They promote a better understanding of the impact of science on society and work with the Science, Social Science, and Humanities disciplines to convey the message that science is vital across disciplines--that science is not merely a collection of facts but is, at its core, a way of thinking and of approaching problems.

Theory Practice Learning
In an effort to influence the future of pedagogy at Emory, TPL aims to strengthen the connection between academics and contemporary social issues, train Emory teachers to effectively implement experiential education, and create an intellectual environment of learning by doing.

Writing Center
Tutors offer a wide range of help for writers with varying skills and abilities. While the Writing Center offers basic help and encourages struggling writers to come in, we also offer assistance for experienced writers. We believe that all writers benefit from discussing their ideas with others and that successful writers seldom turn anything in without sharing it with someone first.