During the first Emory University Senate meeting of the academic year on Sept. 24, Emory School of Medicine Professor of Pediatrics Nitika Gupta resigned from her role as Senate past president. Gupta said she found her goals to be “misaligned” with Senate President George Shepherd and President-elect Noëlle McAfee’s goals due to disagreement surrounding Gupta’s process of creating an open expression subcommittee.