Growing up in an Italian neighborhood in 1940s New Jersey, Candler Professor of Psychology Marshall Duke saw the strength of family all around him. He became part of those extended families and discovered they were not just a source of economic support. They were a compass for the rest of life. That experience shaped his career.
 
As a researcher convinced of the healing power of family, Duke co-directed the Family Narratives Project, a three-year study revealing that children whose families regularly share meals together have higher self-esteem and more resilience. Read about his work on the Campaign Emory Web site.

Campaign Emory | Undergraduate programs

Today Dr. Kenneth Brigham serves as director of the Predictive Health Institute, where the focus is on wellness. Thirteen years ago, he was grappling with his own diagnosis of cancer.

Hard Bargain: Life Lessons from Prostate Cancer is the result of a journal that he kept to deal with his illness. "It wasn't until I re-read my journal and had some distance from it, that I felt that it might really help others," Brigham says.

Listen to Excerpts from Hard Bargain 

Health Sciences Research | Predictive Health Institute

What game are these guys playing, and why isn't it played at Emory anymore?*

Learn more about Emory's history and traditions during Founders Week, a festival of academic, social and cultural events that commemorates the founding of Emory College in 1836 and celebrates the role of the University in promoting intellectual life. Take in the Jane Austen film festival, enjoy varied musical performances, take part in presentations about Emory's history and more, February 1-8.

Founders Week Events | University History

*Pushball: Scoreless but not goreless