Some question Emory's warning system

Tuesday, August 11th, 2015, 6:35pm

ATLANTA -- The search for two suspects sparked a campus-wide alert at Emory University Tuesday morning.

DeKalb County Police Captain Steven Fore told 11Alive News it started when officers responded to a robbery and carjacking on North Indian Creek Dr. Two men said they were getting into their Jeep Wrangler when they were approached by two young black men. They were dressed all in black and carrying handguns. After forcing the two victims out of the Jeep, the suspects fled in the Jeep.

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Monday, August 3rd, 2015, 5:57pm

ATLANTA -- Former President Jimmy Carter is recovering after undergoing surgery at Emory University Hospital .

The elective procedure removed a small mass from his liver.

A spokesperson for the Carter center said the operation went smoothly and the former president is expected to make a full recovery.

Carter has been on a book tour promoting his new autobiography, A Full Life.

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Submitted by Doug Richards, 11Alive Reporter

Wednesday, July 15th, 2015, 6:34pm

ATLANTA-- Emory University has apologized for mistakenly issuing a tornado warning during Tuesday night's storms. The university initially said it did so out of what it called an abundance of caution – even though there were no tornado warnings issued by the National Weather Service.

Emory issued the warning on Twitter, on its text and email alerts, and folks at Emory say the university even sounded warning sirens – all for a tornado warning that wasn't.

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Tuesday, June 9th, 2015, 11:39am

COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- WellStar Health System no longer plans to merge with Emory Healthcare.

The two health systems announced in February they had begun formal discussions about the possibility of uniting.

But in a statement released Tuesday, WellStar Board of Trustees chair Gary Miller said the board "has determined a new strategic direction."

"WellStar has declined to enter the next stage of discussions with Emory University," Miller said. "We respect Emory University as a leading, international academic medical center. WellStar will accelerate multiple horizontal and vertical integration opportunities with other potential partners."

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Friday, May 15th, 2015, 10:07am

ATLANTA -- A Tennessee couple is looking to move to Atlanta in search of a better life for their three sons, all of whom have autism.

Renita Jackson wants her boys -- ages 9, 7 and 5 -- to get help from the nationally acclaimed Marcus Austism Center, a non-profit organization that treats more than 5,500 children with autism and related disorders every year.

"I love Knoxville, but for my children to be successful, I feel like they need to be somewhere that really focuses on special needs and autism so they can succeed," Jackson said. "Most parents worry about if (their) children will finish college, what kind of career they'll have. I'm just worried about if my children will never speak."

The Jacksons have started a GoFundMe account to raise money for the move to Atlanta.

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Friday, May 1st, 2015, 11:16am

ATLANTA -- A former administrative assistant with Emory University pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing more than $300,000 from the school.

Brenda Michael admitted she created a personal PayPal account, then instructed students to make their tuition and fee payments to it.

"Michael brazenly abused her position with Emory University," Acting U.S. Attorney John Horn said in a statement. "Those funds were owed to the school, paid by students working on their college education."

Michael, 53, was hired by Emory in 2007. Investigators said she began embezzling the funds in 2012. She used the $317,000 she stole to pay her personal expenses.

She will be sentenced July 8 on a count of wire fraud.

Horn said Emory University cooperated fully with the FBI during its investigation.

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Friday, April 24th, 2015, 12:44am

ATLANTA – A fraternity at Emory University has suspended all activities after a group of college students reportedly heckled veterans at a Wounded Warrior event in Panama City Beach, Fla.

WJGH-TV reports that the veterans were in town last weekend for the Warrior Beach Retreat. The soldiers were staying at the Lake Town Wharf Resort at the same time students in the fraternity Zeta Beta Tau from the University of Florida and Emory University were in town for their spring formal.

The veterans said college students threw beer on them from balconies and spit on them.

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