Emory Magazine / Spring 2016

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[ windows ] OF OPPORTUNITY

If you’ve been touched by the stories in this issue of Emory Magazine, these windows can open up ways for you to turn your inspiration into action. Here you’ll see how you can invest in the people, places, and programs found in these pages and beyond. Gifts to Emory produce powerful, lasting returns; they help create knowledge, advance research, strengthen communities, improve health, and much more.

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TRAINING T R I A L L AW Y E R S

To support these opportunities for students through a gift to the Emory Trial Techniques Program Gift Fund or the Law School Fund for Excellence, contact Robert Jackson Jr. at 404-727-5773 or robert.l.jackson@emory.edu.

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D E V E L O P I N G L I F E S AV I N G V A C C I N E S Polio, yellow fever, smallpox—what will be the next great vaccine? Researchers at the Emory Vaccine Center are working toward clinical trials and testing of preventive vaccinations for infectious diseases like HIV/AIDs, autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis, and neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s. Exciting ideas become viable research projects because donors help provide necessary equipment and other support. For more information on supporting research, contact Jimmy Owen at 404-778-5429 or james.p.owen@emory.edu.

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C H A K R AVA R T Y: K AY H I N T O N ; VA C C I N E S : A N N B O R D E N

The courtroom savvy shown by Aloke Chakravarty 97L is developed early in Emory Law students. They learn by doing in one of the nation’s leading programs in trial techniques, testing their interest in this branch of the law and honing their skills.


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