Community Engagement

Emory’s Community Engagement Strategy, launched in 2021, aligns our university vision, mission, strategic framework, and institutional values with purposeful and measurable community engagement efforts.

Where there are common interests and alignment, we aspire to address local and global societal challenges by building on community strengths and strategic partnerships.

Our goal is to ensure the intentional use of our research, scholarship, and human capital—including faculty, staff, students, and alumni—as well as our economic influence—such as local buying and hiring—by focusing our efforts on the greatest need areas, as determined by internal capacity and external community feedback.

We look forward to growing and measuring our collective work over time.

Overall, Emory is a significant driver of economic activity for Atlanta, the region, and the state of Georgia. In aggregate:

• Emory generates $24.1 billion in economic activity and supports approximately 122,200 jobs across the state each year, either directly or indirectly.
• It contributes over $400 million annually to state tax revenues.
• Student, visitor, and patient spending totals $746 million annually, with $370 million kept within Georgia.
• Alumni living and working in Georgia earn an additional $1.9 billion annually as a result of the education and credentials they received from Emory.