Also, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation gave $15 million to develop a pediatric mental-health program in Greece and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative opens a grant competition for biomedical researchers who advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in their scientific fields.
The O. Wayne Rollins Foundation has committed $100 million to Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health. The transformative gift, the largest in the school’s history, will establish endowed funds for faculty excellence and student success.
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Candler School of Theology has received a $3 million gift from The O. Wayne Rollins Foundation to establish an endowed chair in biblical studies honoring the late Don Harp, Candler alumnus and former pastor/theologian-in-residence at the school.
James W. Curran, dean of the Rollins School of Public Health, has announced his plans to step down as dean. He will continue to remain actively engaged in his position until a new dean is selected and arrives.
The search for a new dean will begin shortly. Linda McCauley, dean of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, and Paul Johnson, director of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, will serve as co-chairs of the search committee. Education Executives, LLC, has been engaged as the search firm.
“Through his decades of dedicated and visionary leadership, Dean Curran has established the Rollins School as a powerhouse in public health,” says Emory President Gregory L. Fenves. “He has positioned Rollins faculty, students, and staff to thrive in their lives and careers, and their enormous impact on the world of health and health care is the result of his peerless talent as a leader.”