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Sanders Financial Management Chairman Emily Sanders Leads Panel at Atlanta Women’s Leadership Forum

Submitted by msleff on Tuesday, May 15th, 12:18 pm
Sanders Financial Management Chairman Emily Sanders Leads Panel at Atlanta Women’s Leadership Forum

Emily Sanders, Chairman and CEO of Sanders Financial Management, moderated a panel at the 14th Annual Women’s Leadership Forum, held May 4, 2012, at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta. Sanders, consistently ranked one of the top women in wealth management nationwide, led a discussion on “Developing Relationships That Support Entrepreneurial Success.”

The Women’s Leadership Forum is presented by Atlanta Business Chronicle, in partnership with the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.

The experts on the panel included:

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Emory gets $5 million for pediatrics department

Submitted by Associated Press
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 6:46am
Emory gets $5 million for pediatrics department

ATLANTA -- The Emory University School of Medicine has received a commitment for a $5 million gift for its pediatrics department.

The money from the Marcus Foundation, Inc., will be used to create the Marcus Society in Pediatrics. The society will be the "intellectual home" for 15 Marcus Professors in Pediatrics -- six existing Marcus Professors and nine who are newly funded. The society will also host an annual visiting scholar.

The nine new Marcus Professors will specialize in rheumatology, general pediatrics/adolescent medicine, emergency medicine/faculty development, cystic fibrosis, neurology, immunology, cardiology, general academic pediatrics/hospital medicine and hospital epidemiology/infection control.

The six existing Marcus Professors specialize in pulmonology, infectious diseases, nephrology, gastroenterology, endocrinology and neonatology.

The foundation and the department of pediatrics have a longstanding philanthropic relationship.

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When does the school year end?

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, May 14th, 2012, 1:09pm
When does the school year end?

DECATUR, Ga. -- The last day of school is right around the corner for DeKalb County students.

Public schools, as well as Decatur City Schools, will dismiss for the summer on Thursday, May 24.

The last days of school in other metro Atlanta districts are staggered throughout the second half of May. They include:

Wednesday, May 16
Clarke County

Thursday, May 17
Hall County

Friday, May 18
Bartow County
Clayton County
Fulton County

Tuesday, May 22
Atlanta Public Schools
Barrow County

Wednesday, May 23
Carroll County
Gwinnett County
Newton County

Thursday, May 24
Cobb County
Rockdale County

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Emory Men's Tennis Advances To National Quarterfinals

Submitted by Jenna Herb, Sports Producer
Sunday, May 13th, 2012, 8:06pm

ATLANTA -- The No. 2-ranked Emory men's tennis  team has advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA D-III Championships following a victory over No. 19 North Carolina Wesleyan in the regional final played Sunday afternoon at Emory University.   The Eagles raised their overall record to 22-0 following a 5-1 decision over the Battling Bishops who closed out the campaign with a won-lost slate of 17-3. 

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Local company may hold key to HIV prevention vaccine

Submitted by Keith Whitney, 11Alive Reporter
Saturday, May 12th, 2012, 12:14am

ATLANTA, Ga. --- One of the keys to HIV/AIDS prevention, or possibly even a cure, may very well be sleeping in frozen quiescence in a small freezer in a hidden corner of a non-descript one-story building in Smyrna.

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Emory swimming heading to US Olympic trials

Submitted by Marc McAfee, Multimedia Journalist
Friday, May 11th, 2012, 5:55pm

ATLANTA, Ga -- Most student athletes would probably be more than happy to graduate from college with a nine individual championships and three team titles, others would be happy to have a job lined up after school. 

Claire Pavlak has all of the above, and just added another line to her resume-US Olympic trial qualifier. She's the first swimmer from Division III Emory to ever qualify for the trials in Omaha this July. 

There she'll be up against the fastest swimmers in the country.

"She's really charting new territory for us, it's exciting," said Emory swim coach Jon Howell.

The best part about her qualifying time? It wasn't even planned. 

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