Robert Spano, the music director for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, has been named a "distinguished artist in residence" at Emory University, college officials announced Tuesday.

Spano will teach seminars and lectures and present programs on a variety of topics, including musicology, for three weeks during the spring semesters of 2010-2012. His residency is scheduled to being March 28.

Spano also will hold a series of lectures and concerts open to the public.

Other people to hold similar roles at Emory include the Dalai Lama and author Salman Rushdie.

About the Author

Featured

Waymo autonomous vehicles operate across 65 square miles inside I-285 and have been involved in six incidents with Atlanta Public School buses since May. Waymo issued a recall because of their cars briefly stopping or slowing down before continuing forward while a bus was stopped and flashing its lights. (Courtesy of Atlanta Public Schools)

Credit: Courtesy of Atlanta Public Schools