Risa I. Palm, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at Georgia State University, has announced the appointment of Michael Eriksen as the founding dean of the School of Public Health.
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With research papers and final exams finished, nearly 4,000 spring and summer graduates will receive degrees at Georgia State University’s largest ever commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. May 6 in the Georgia Dome.
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When Presidential Scholar Katy Maddux receives her Georgia State University diploma on May 6, she will come full circle from when her mother Carole (B.I.S. '91) dropped her off as an infant at the GSU child development center on her way to class.
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Goizueta Foundation funds 25 GSU scholarships to recruit, retain and graduate Latino students and prepare them as global leaders.
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Georgia State students who attended the Distinguished Speakers Series this semester were able to meet an astronaut, hear an R&B artist sing and have a book signed by a best-selling author.
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On April 12, visitors to an otherwise peaceful Georgia World Congress Center could hear raucous cheering echoing through the halls. It was the sound of hundreds of hospitality professionals, normally a reserved and well-mannered lot, vying for the coveted title of National Hospitality Champions. GSU hospitality students, with a helping hand from Captain Service, planned every last detail of this annual event.
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Georgia State’s 4th annual Film Festival is partnering with the High Museum of Art. The event will run from 5 to 8:30 p.m. April 23-24 at Cinefest before the finalists are screened at the High at 7:30 p.m. April 26.
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Georgia State University’s Student Recreation Center (SRC) has received three Green Globes for its efforts to use less energy, conserve natural resources and emit fewer pollutants into the air.
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Georgia State University signed an agreement April 19 with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta to serve as an affiliate for the Taiwan Academy.
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Economists and political scientists from across the United States will meet at Georgia State University's Andrew Young School Friday (April 20) to attend the university's first multidisciplinary conference focusing on behavioral experiments in Latin America.
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Award-winning journalist, author and MacArthur Fellow Mark Danner will deliver the College of Arts and Sciences’ annual Plummer Lecture on April 19: “Living with the New Normal: Human Rights, U.S. Foreign Policy and the 2012 Elections.”
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The Office of International Initiatives has taken a major step in its work to implement the international component of Georgia State’s Strategic Plan.
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As Trace Taylor listened to a Dekalb County Drug Court participant share his struggle with drug addiction after suffering through Hurricane Katrina, an image of a man straining to carry a 12-foot pile of boxes popped into his head.
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To get a behind-the-scenes look at the press operations of an NBA game is a dream come true for young journalists eager to learn about the industry.
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Sandro Galea, chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, will present the annual Partnership for Urban Health Research lecture at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 18 in the Student Center Speaker’s Auditorium.
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Georgia State University celebrated its rich diversity with the International Spring Festival March 29 – April 6.
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An international team of researchers led by Georgia State University scientists have found a key component in the pathological process of pulmonary fibrosis, a fatal disease for which there is currently no cure.
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Deepak Chopra, an international leader in the field of mind and body healing, will speak at Georgia Sate University at 6 p.m. Thursday (April 12) in the GSU Sports Arena.
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Alicia Lenon walked into the Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence entirely by accident, but when she did, she saw a familiar face on the wall behind the reception desk.
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Georgia State University has accepted an invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2013, and will begin conference competition in the 2013-14 academic year.
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Last week, Holly Avey and Beth Fuller of Georgia State University took part in the first-ever Health Impact Assessment Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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In the face of increasing numbers of youth exposed to tobacco use, GSU students and faculty from the Division of Respiratory Therapy are spending time making sure that Atlanta youth are aware of its dangers.
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Georgia State University Opera Theater presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s beloved opera, "Le nozze di Figaro" (The Marriage of Figaro), in three performances at the Rialto Center for the Arts.
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Scholarship recipient Colton Brown expects a busy April guiding high school prospects on tours like the one that wowed him.
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GSU’s Center for Collaborative and International Arts (CENCIA) will present an exploration of mathematical music theory - where art and science come together in understanding the mathematics behind music.
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Watching a ceramic tile worker draw a circle using a nail and thread provided Stephanie Byrd and Lauren Frazier a real world example of how culture and mathematics are connected in Morocco.
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A sea of students clad in colorful Greek T-shirts gathered in Hurt Park on March 29, to participate in the annual GSU Greek Week Olympics.
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