Jamaal Barber (M.F.A. ’21) creates art to showcase the Black experience. His work has been shown in galleries and featured in the New York Times. Now, the printmaker, podcast host and father of two is preparing for his biggest show yet.
Can in-home piano therapy help homebound stroke survivors achieve better motor skills outcomes? Georgia State University researchers, Yi-An Chen of occupational therapy in the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions and Martin Norgaard of the School of Music, found in preliminary results that piano therapy was enjoyable and effective.
In her latest book, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson acknowledges students and the dean in the Honors College at Georgia State University.
Darryl Farley (M.A.T. ’19, Cert. ’19) wrote and published a children’s book entitled, “I Will Be Here,” which depicts the impact Black fathers can have on their kids.
Ackeem Evans (B.A. ’15) is the Georgia team leader for World Central Kitchen, which has been helping feed thousands in Atlanta, Athens and Augusta during the pandemic.
Melissa Huang (M.F.A. ’21) and Drew Tetz (M.F.A. ’21) are both in their third year of the Master of Fine Arts program. Married for two years, the couple is adjusting to making art at home and discovering ways for people to experience their work online.
GSUTV, which provides students with training for creating broadcast programming, scored big in the 2020 International Telly Awards, with awards across several categories.
Xhenet Aliu’s debut novel, “Brass,” a “wise and wisecracking exploration of working-class mothers and daughters,” is the winner of the 2020 Townsend Prize for Fiction.
A background role for Shahreen Elahi (B.S. ’18) in “Spider-Man: Homecoming” brought a glaring lack of Muslim representation in TV and film front and center.
Author Tom Chaffin (B.A. ’77) digs deep into the past to uncover some of history’s most intriguing stories.
