On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, Georgia State University College of Law hosted the Supreme Court of Georgia for oral arguments. The court’s tradition of convening outside its downtown Atlanta courtroom promotes accessibility and transparency and created a unique opportunity for law students and the public to observe the state’s judicial process firsthand.| Georgia State News Hub
Georgia State University College of Law hosted a U.S. Senate Human Rights Subcommittee public hearing led by U.S. Georgia Senator and U.S. Senate Human Rights Subcommittee Chairman Jon Ossoff on Oct. 30.| Georgia State News Hub
Georgia State Law alumna Catherine Henson uses her legal experience to advocate for educational equity and give back her alma mater. In the College of Law, she serves on the board of visitors, named the atrium, and endowed a professorship and scholarship.| Georgia State News Hub
Two Georgia State University School of Music faculty members have been named candidates for national leadership positions with the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). Dr. Patrick Freer, Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Education, is a candidate for NAfME National President-Elect, while Dr. Matthew Koperniak, part-time instructor of music education, has been nominated for Southern Division President-Elect.| Georgia State News Hub
Whether it’s through classwork, internship opportunities or developing leadership abilities, Leslie Tornez-Cruz is staying busy, and building the skills she needs to turn her interests into her career.| Georgia State News Hub
Jada Tulloch, a Stamps Scholar in the Honors College at Georgia State University and a student in the Biomedical Science and Enterprise bachelor’s program, is working toward achieving her dream of becoming a physician while giving back to others through service.| Georgia State News Hub
liquid blackness, founded by Georgia State Distinguished University Professor of Moving Image Studies Alessandra Raengo, has been awarded a three-year grant of $750,000 from the Mellon Foundation to support the study of aesthetic practices in the contemporary arts of the Black diaspora.| Georgia State News Hub
The K.H. Lockett Truth and Justice Fellowship will provide a paid summer experience in law, public service or journalism.| Georgia State News Hub
Gender, Confidence and the Mismeasure of Intelligence, Competitiveness and Literacy is groundbreaking new research from economists at the Center of Economic Analysis of Risk at Georgia State’s Robinson College of Business.| Georgia State News Hub
Since the redesign, new enrollment has increased by nearly 40 percent compared to the two years prior, and the program has sustained this growth for two consecutive years.| Georgia State News Hub
A new study led by Assistant Professor Brennan Chandler has found that spelling instruction plays a critical role in helping students with learning disabilities succeed in both reading and writing.| Georgia State News Hub
Georgia State University has developed a new Sport Social Work graduate certificate program, which prepares students to address the mental health and well-being of athletes and other sports professionals at the individual and organizational levels.| Georgia State News Hub
Georgia State University’s undergraduate business programs in computer information systems and risk management and insurance are ranked as national top 10 programs in the 2026 “Best Colleges” edition of U.S. News & World Report, released today (Sept. 23).| Georgia State News Hub
GSU also ranked among the top 5 public universities for Innovation, Learning Communities and First-Year Experiences in U.S. News & World Report Survey.| Georgia State News Hub
Eleven of the 30 early-stage ventures selected for Cohort 5 of the Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund are helmed by Robinson College students and alumni.| Georgia State News Hub
Daniel D. Driffin has focused much of his career at the intersection of advocacy and assisting communities impacted by HIV. He said he was drawn to Atlanta and Georgia State’s Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program by the opportunity to develop the kind of population-level solutions that can change lives for the better.| Georgia State News Hub
Chong Hyun Shin, a research associate professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a $25,000 grant to develop mechanisms for treating obesity and obesity-related metabolic dysfunctions.| Georgia State News Hub
M.S. in Information Systems student Sumedha Dasgupta traded drafting homes for designing business systems, proving creativity and technology can power the future together.| Georgia State News Hub
Georgia State University’s Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence will host its 2025 Sources of Urban Educational Excellence Conference on Nov. 7-8, 2025, in Georgia State’s College of Law.| Georgia State News Hub
Jasmine Knight wishes she hadn't stepped away from college but doesn't regret becoming a mother. She finishes her B.B.A. in computer information systems in December.| Georgia State News Hub
Georgia State University space scientists collaborate on an audacious effort to find life in the cosmos.| Georgia State News Hub
With the help of Georgia State University’s career resources, and the support of family and community, Armida Yee-Muñoz built on her academic and career experiences to land her dream role as a writer interning for the Fortune 500 company Workday.| Georgia State News Hub
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Gina Sample, who joined the School of Public Health in 2013 and was previously Director of Academic Effectiveness and Student Success, has been named Assistant Dean for Academic Effectiveness and Student Success.| Georgia State News Hub
Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business will launch a Master of Interdisciplinary Studies (MIS) with a focus on actuarial science, artificial intelligence (AI), and information systems in spring 2026.| Georgia State News Hub
With the recent passage of major tax legislation, local attorneys will be turning to the Atlanta Bar Association Tax Law Section for timely programming and expert guidance —and several Georgia State University College of Law alumni will be among those leading the way.| Georgia State News Hub
Renowned labor economist Thomas Lemieux, whose research shapes global discussions on wage inequality, will deliver the 20th W.J. Usery Lecture Sept. 26 at Georgia State.| Georgia State News Hub
The worlds of pop culture and professional sports collided in late August when Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement, and the ripple effects are being felt across countless industries.| Georgia State News Hub
The Georgia Health Policy Center will host the 2025 Realist Conference, advancing realist methods in research, evaluation and policy.| Georgia State News Hub
In honor of Michael P. Eriksen's retirement, the School of Public Health is raising funds to create an endowment for the Michael P. Eriksen Scholarship, which will support graduate students with an interest in tobacco control, health behavior and policy.| Georgia State News Hub
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As Georgia State’s Atlanta Campus undergoes a historic transformation — creating a "College Town Downtown” — it’s cementing its status among the most consequential and enduring parts of the city's fabric.| Georgia State News Hub
Shannon Self-Brown, a Distinguished University Professor who has held several leadership positions within the Georgia State University School of Public Health, has been named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.| Georgia State News Hub
The Andrew Young School is honoring Alumni Champions for their outstanding commitment to fostering the next generation of public policy and nonprofit leaders.| Georgia State News Hub
IBMS Research Day 2025, a student-led research symposium for undergraduate and graduate students in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) at Georgia State University, featured outstanding student research projects and mentorship from professionals in industry and academia.| Georgia State News Hub
Papers coauthored by risk and insurance scholars Richard Phillips and Glenn Harrison were recently recognized as the most outstanding articles published during the past decade by two of the discipline’s premier journals.| Georgia State News Hub
Georgia State Law College of Law celebrated ten years since the college relocated from the Urban Life Building on Decatur street to its permanent home at 85 Park Place. To mark the anniversary and celebrate with alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the community, Georgia State Law hosted “Built for Law: Celebrating 10 Years of Impact at 85 Park Place.”| Georgia State News Hub
The Goat Farm’s mega-art event "Site 25" is back! Among the 40+ art activations, the one-night-only contemporary art festival will feature over a dozen GSU-affiliated artists throughout the Goat Farm’s 12-acre campus.| Georgia State News Hub
Georgia State University College of Law is pleased to announce the appointment of new members to Dean Courtney Anderson’s leadership team. These appointments reflect the College’s continued commitment to academic excellence, faculty engagement, experiential innovation, and strategic vision.| Georgia State News Hub
The Georgia Policy Labs has revamped its leadership team to expand its research expertise and enhance its reputation as a leading research center.| Georgia State News Hub
Associate Professor Lisa Domke and doctoral student María Cerrato conducted a systematic review to find out how content-based instruction – where K-12 teachers simultaneously teach subject-area content and language – is used in classrooms.| Georgia State News Hub
College of Education & Human Development faculty members discuss how educators can use International Literacy Day as an opportunity to consider how they support children and adults’ digital learning.| Georgia State News Hub
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Faculty in the College of Education & Human Development's M.Ed. in School Counseling program offer their recommendations for how schools and families can support students’ mental health this academic year.| Georgia State News Hub
Georgia State University startup Da Zen Theranostics has reached a key milestone in developing a targeted treatment with the potential to transform cancer care.| Georgia State News Hub
Phillip Grovenstein, a Ph.D. student in the Translational Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program, has received a two-year, $89,658 predoctoral fellowship grant to address the urgent need for a more effective universal influenza vaccine.| Georgia State News Hub
Karyna Perahudava (A.S. ’22, B.I.S. ’24) has parlayed the business savvy and self-starter skills she developed while earning her bachelor’s degree in media entrepreneurship at Georgia State into a successful modeling career — on the runway and behind the scenes.| Georgia State News Hub
A leading voice in environmental law, legal history and interdisciplinary research, Professor Ryan Rowberry, co-director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth, continues to bridge past and present legal systems to solve pressing global challenges.| Georgia State News Hub
The university also supported 21,013 full- and part-time jobs across the state, underscoring its role as one of the state’s most significant economic engines.| Georgia State News Hub
The observatory is set to unveil the cosmos in sharper focus, capturing stars across the visible and near-infrared spectrum like never before.| Georgia State News Hub
From Silver Springs, Maryland to Atlanta, Adam Mullins (J.D. '27) has always been rooted in communities striving to overcome systemic barriers like housing inequity, poverty and, drug abuse. Now a second-year law student at Georgia State University College of Law, Mullins is channeling those early experiences into action, working to become an advocate, a leader and a gateway for others navigating similar paths.| Georgia State News Hub
Ashli Owen-Smith, a behavioral scientist who has led several community based research projects, has been named Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Behavioral Sciences at the School of Public Health.| Georgia State News Hub
The Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions has launched a new degree program, the Graduate Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD), for students seeking to become registered dietitians.| Georgia State News Hub
MPH student Lindsay Hall chose the Biostatistics concentration to harness her engineering background. With a passion for math and science, she’s embraced the power of statistics in shaping health outcomes.| Georgia State News Hub
The Georgia State University Alumni Association welcomed a new slate of officers and seven new members to its Board of Directors July 1.| Georgia State News Hub
William G. Resh will bring the Civic Leadership Education and Research (CLEAR) Initiative, integrating experiential learning, student research and community-engaged research, with him to Georgia State.| Georgia State News Hub
Cathy Yang Liu has been named associate dean for strategic initiatives at Georgia State's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, a role designed to drive research, teaching and partnerships.| Georgia State News Hub
Many people know nothing about the mutual fund manager whose investment decisions impact the performance of their IRA and 401(k) accounts. But new research suggests it’s well worth one’s while to know who’s minding your funds – specifically their birth order – due to implications for how your fund performs.| Georgia State News Hub
Gal Kaldes (B.A. '09, M.Ed. '12, Ph.D. '21), a postdoctoral fellow in the college's Adult Literacy Research Center (ALRC), has combined her clinical background, research skills and commitment to supporting adult learners into her work in the ALRC.| Georgia State News Hub
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In a dazzling display of vocal harmony and musical brilliance, the Georgia State University Singers embarked on an extraordinary journey to Istanbul, Turkey, to perform at the prestigious 2023 World Symposium of Choral Music this past April.| Georgia State News Hub
Susan Richmond will transition from her role as interim associate dean of the College of the Arts to lead the School of Art & Design, effective July 1.| Georgia State News Hub
The Board of Regents has appointed and reappointed faculty to the system’s highest academic rank, the Regents’ Professor.| Georgia State News Hub
GSU physicist Ramesh Mani has uncovered new states of matter by exploring the behavior of flatland electrons in extreme conditions.| Georgia State News Hub
Nine students at Walker State Prison in Rock Spring, Ga., will receive their associate degrees in general studies. The students participated in Georgia State University’s Prison Education Project, which provides college courses in prisons.| Georgia State News Hub
Cheick Kouyate, a political science major, has been selected for a spot in this year’s Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program.| Georgia State News Hub
The appointment of Distinguished University Professor at Georgia State is intended to recognize a sustained and outstanding record in scholarship and instruction, and to provide the impetus for continuing high achievement.| Georgia State News Hub