Emory psychologists to build new connections in Science Commons

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About the Project

Video Tour

Marshall Duke hosts a video tour about the psychology department's transformation
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Emory psychologist Marshall Duke talks about the importance of the new psychology building in this short film. "If you wonder how long I’ve been waiting for this building, it’s 32 years," says Professor Duke.

Science Commons

Robert A. Paul has served as dean of Emory College since May 2003 and interim dean since 2001. His professional interests include psychological anthropology, comparative religion, myth and ritual, and the ethnography of Nepal, Tibet, the Himalayas, and South and Central Asia.

As part of the College's strategic plan, we plan to focus on building special strengths in Psychology and Chemistry, two of the strongest building blocks for scientific research, training and teaching in the College.

Both departments address some of the most serious problems of the twenty-first century: HIV/AIDS, Parkinson's, drug addiction, schizophrenia and depression. By placing these departments in close proximity to each other and other science disciplines—computational sciences, bio-chemistry, mathematics, physics—the College intends to foster a "science commons" that brings scholars and students closer together.