Editing Emory University (section)

===Twenty-first century===
{{see also|Atlanta annexations and wards}}
The latest additions to the Atlanta Campus include buildings for cancer research, biomedical research, scientific computation, mathematics and science, vaccine research, and the performing arts.<ref name="georgiaencyclopedia.org"/>

Prior to 2018, the campus was in an [[unincorporated area]],<ref name=Niessemayexpand>{{cite web|author=Niesse, Mark|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/atlanta-may-expand-cover-emory-university/bV4ykfyUQuFQ6VSMMLoIXP/|title=Atlanta may expand to cover Emory University|work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|date=August 23, 2016|access-date=March 10, 2020|quote=Emory University hopes to make official what many outside the metropolitan area already assume to be the case: |archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731005335/https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/atlanta-may-expand-cover-emory-university/bV4ykfyUQuFQ6VSMMLoIXP/|url-status=live}}</ref> statistically counted in the [[Druid Hills, Georgia|Druid Hills]] [[census-designated place]].<ref name="CDPMap">[http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st13_ga/place/p1324264_druid_hills/DC10BLK_P1324264_001.pdf "2010 Census – Census Block Map: Druid Hills CDP, GA"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312022641/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st13_ga/place/p1324264_druid_hills/DC10BLK_P1324264_001.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811005943/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st13_ga/place/p1324264_druid_hills/DC10BLK_P1324264_001.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-11 |url-status=live |date=March 12, 2020}} [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on June 1, 2017. Compare this with the address of Emory University ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160705082028/http://www.emory.edu/home/index.html 2016 home page states]: "201 Dowman Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322 USA") and the location of its buildings.</ref> In 2016 the university stated that it intended to petition to be annexed into the City of Atlanta;<ref>{{cite web|author=Chess, Richard|author2=Madison Bober|url=https://emorywheel.com/emory-cdc-to-be-annexed-into-atlanta/|title=Emory, CDC to be Annexed into Atlanta|work=[[Emory Wheel]]|date=December 4, 2017|access-date=March 11, 2020|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731010611/https://emorywheel.com/emory-cdc-to-be-annexed-into-atlanta/|url-status=live}}</ref> in 2017 the university leadership formally submitted its petition.<ref>{{cite web|author=Stafford, Leon|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/emory-university-formally-files-petition-become-part-atlanta/KkN3nSaOPuSOKPGICIxnwJ/|title=Emory University formally files petition to become part of Atlanta|work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|date=June 27, 2017|access-date=March 10, 2020|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805075023/https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/emory-university-formally-files-petition-become-part-atlanta/KkN3nSaOPuSOKPGICIxnwJ/|url-status=live}}</ref> The City of Atlanta annexed Emory's campus effective January 1, 2018, a part of its largest annexation within a period of 65 years; the [[Atlanta City Council]] voted to do so the prior December.<ref name="NiesseEmoryannexed">{{cite news |last=Niesse|first=Mark |title=City of Atlanta's expansion to Emory and CDC approved |work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/city-atlanta-expansion-emory-and-cdc-approved/kMYzghHbvzD6THTyWpN1zH/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205011722/http://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/city-atlanta-expansion-emory-and-cdc-approved/kMYzghHbvzD6THTyWpN1zH/ |archive-date=December 5, 2017}}</ref>

[[Gregory L. Fenves]], formerly the president of the [[University of Texas at Austin]], became Emory University's 21st president in August 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 7, 2020|title=Emory Board of Trustees names Gregory L. Fenves as 21st president|url=https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/04/upress_nextpresident/index.html|access-date=August 18, 2020|website=news.emory.edu|language=en|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806153239/https://news.emory.edu/stories/2020/04/upress_nextpresident/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Gaza war protests in the United States|Gaza war sparked demonstrations]] around the U.S., including at Emory. On April 25, 2024, during a pro-Palestinian protest, immediately subsequent to each objecting to the police presence, police detained both philosophy chair [[Noëlle McAfee]]<ref>{{cite news|title=‘It just became bedlam’: Emory professor arrested during protest speaks out| url=https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/04/26/it-just-became-bedlam-emory-professor-arrested-during-protest-speaks-out/|work=Atlanta News First|access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref> and arrested economics professor [[Caroline Fohlin]],<ref>{{cite news|title=See police detain members of crowd at Emory University during pro-Palestinian protest|url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2024/04/25/emory-university-pro-palestinian-protest-police-digvid.cnn|work=CNN |access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref> who was later charged with battery, following her battering by police.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cop Slammed Emory Professor’s Head Into Concrete, Then Charged Her With Battery|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cop-slammed-emory-professor-head-195707606.html |work=Yahoo |access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref> The College of Arts and Science adopted a motion the following day for a college faculty no-confidence vote for Greg Fenves, president of the university,<ref>{{cite news|title=Emory tenured faculty push for no-confidence vote of university president following violent protests|url=https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/columbia-university-palestine-protests-04-26-24/h_808f0feda1dc51587acb56fee76f3a37|work=CNN |access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref> with an electronic vote organized for the following week.<ref>{{cite news|title=‘Hands off our students’: Emory professors stage walk-out after arrests during campus protest|url=https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/04/29/hands-off-our-students-emory-professors-stage-walk-out-after-arrests-during-campus-protest/|work=Atlanta News First |access-date=April 30, 2024}}</ref>