Letter from Vice Provost for International
Affairs
Less than a week before the historic U.S. presidential election,
the splendid City Hall of Paris (“Hôtel de Ville”)
was the venue for an evening that brought together Emory alumni,
friends and hundreds of leaders of national platform NGOs from
developing countries, under the auspices of the French presidency
of the European Union. The Mayor of Paris, Coordination SUD and
Emory University cosponsored the evening’s activities that
included cartooning by award-winning Jean Plantu of Le Monde and
Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the presentation
of awards to young cartoonists and journalists from the participating
NGO nations, and a new Cartooning for Peace exhibition on “Perspectives
of Europe” from around the world. My role was to highlight
Emory’s commitment to international in the work of The Carter
Center, the Institute for Developing Nations and the Global Health
Institute. As I introduced the cartoon-off, I lightheartedly pointed
out that the European Union and Emory University share not only
the same colors (blue and gold) but also the same initials.
In this issue, Emory in the World brings perspectives
from around the world. Taiwan, Italy, Liberia, Germany, Egypt
and Korea represent just some of the places, people and partnerships
featured inside. Read too about the latest pioneering research
on stress reduction to come out of the Emory-Tibet Partnership.
As we go to press, Emory University hosts a unique Tutankhamun
exhibition at the Atlanta Civic Center with photographs from the
excavation on display at the Carlos Museum from November 15, 2008
to May 25, 2009. The remarkable journey by which this exhibition
came to Emory is recounted in this issue.
To access this issue of Emory in the World online, go
to www.international.emory.edu where you will also find links
to Emory’s international institutes, centers and partnerships.
Holli A. Semetko, PhD
Vice Provost for International Affairs
Director, Office of International Affairs & The Claus M. Halle
Institute for Global Learning
Professor of Political Science
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