A trombone player and composer in the School of Music, undergraduate student Mason Pike started with a Japanese pop song and rearranged it for a jazz trombone ensemble. Watch the video →
Dr. Wade Weast has been named the founding dean of Georgia State University’s College of the Arts, a new academic unit that will focus on education in arts and related media, promote creativity and respond to the changing needs of artists, on- and off-campus.
People go to the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta to enjoy nature, but many thoughtlessly toss garbage on the ground and into the water. Teal Gordon, a studio art major with a concentration in photography, is literally shedding light on the problem.
Georgia State’s most creative and thought-provoking course offerings span a wide range of topics, but they all explore intersections—between the environment and the lab, biotechnology and ethics, the academic world and pop culture. Here’s a sampling of the unique classes faculty are teaching this spring and what students have to say about them.
How a thriller set in smalltown Georgia planted the seed for a new type of film industry in the United Arab Emirates.
North Georgia wine is on the rebound and a handful of Georgia State alums are helping to uncork the industry.
Despite what many saw as Oscar-worthy performances by the likes of Michael B. Jordan and Idris Elba, Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony will feature an all-white lineup of acting nominees for the second year in a row.
