Rueben Carter doesn’t have many memories of his late uncle who died of AIDS when Carter was very young, but he does remember his relatives who spoke of him with a sense of disgrace.
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While in law school, a mural painted outside Jonathan Todres' apartment window was a stark reminder of just how fragile a child's life can be. The colorful graffiti was a memorial in remembrance of a child who had been killed in the neighborhood.
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In everyday life, GSU senior Caitlin Andrews is a polite young woman with blue eyes, blond hair and fair skin.
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Watching a child run and play after hours of surgery and weeks of recovery, Ben Landis got a glimpse of the impact life-saving heart surgeries can have on the lives of children in Iraq.
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Students sending text messages in class might drive some instructors batty, but in a handful of business classes at Georgia State University, it is a way for students to ask questions and learn.
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Last fall, we were delighted to welcome new senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, Risa Palm. She came to us from the State University of New York system.
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President Mark Becker presents highlights and kudos of the past year, talks about our current status with regard to the budget climate and other factors and, most importantly, where we are headed in the future.
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Georgia State University College of Law captured the national title in the 25th Annual Dean Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition, held at the Brooklyn Law School in New York earlier this month.
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Georgia State University will host a U.S.-China environmental conference April 24 to address the pressing international problems of energy and the environment in the 21st century.
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During a recent practice leading up to the Colonial Athletic Association Championship, junior Sandra Maier had just blasted a long and straight tee shot down the fairway of the par 5, 7
th hole at Druid Hills Golf Club, when head coach Cathy Mant joked that the native of Grossbottwar, Germany, who was nursing a tight hamstring, should play injured all the time.
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Yolanda Figueroa's four children entered a contest to have an "extreme bedroom makeover" by the Agape Community Center; something that, at first glance, seems just to involve putting a new coat of paint on the walls and a few cosmetic changes.
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Sharon Baldwin-Tener has been named the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at GSU following an extensive national search, Georgia State Director of Athletics Cheryl Levick announced April 16.
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Georgia State University's College of Law and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business continue to advance in the
U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Graduate Schools" rankings for 2011.
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When Russia implemented its flat tax structure in 2001, drastically slashing personal income tax rates, it was soon hailed by experts as an economic windfall for that country.
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Senior James Dutton figures he and 35 other GSU students got about 12 hours of sleep total between March 28 and April 3. They stayed awake until well past midnight, sometimes as late as 4:30 a.m., writing resolutions and practicing debates, and were getting up by 6 a.m. for opening caucuses.
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Georgia State University will recruit new faculty in eight target areas in the first round of a five year hiring initiative aimed to build internationally recognized scholarly strength around research themes.
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A cybersecurity researcher at Georgia State will work with other U.S. security experts to face the needs, risks and challenges of defense in the face of the growing threat of information warfare in the 21st century.
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There are many who everyday brave Atlanta's notorious traffic to commute to Georgia State by bicycle. Yet there are many more who want to bike to campus, but just don't know where to start.
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For the first time ever, scientists working with Georgia State University’s Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) array have captured very high resolution images that shed new light on what causes the mysterious stellar eclipses of the double star system Epsilon Aurigae.
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Internationally acclaimed journalist Christiane Amanpour will be the keynote speaker at Georgia State University’s spring commencement ceremony, President Mark Becker announced this week.
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More than 100 scientists from the Southeast will converge to share their knowledge and research during the inaugural Southeastern Enzyme Conference April 10 at Georgia State University.
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Georgia State University will celebrate its rich diversity this week with the International Spring Festival. All events are free and open to the public.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker will speak at Georgia State University at 6 p.m., April 8, in the GSU Sports Arena, located at 125 Decatur St.
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Georgia State fans are invited to get a sneak preview of the Panther football team as GSU holds its first-ever spring football scrimmage at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 10, at the Georgia Dome. Admission is free.
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Georgia State will celebrate Earth Week April 5-10 with a variety of events focused on sustainability and environmental awareness.
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