The Georgia State University Panther Band has been selected as a featured marching band in the 2026 Southern Division review of the College Band Directors National Association, marking the fourth time the ensemble has earned this regional distinction.
Folklorist John Burrison marks six decades of scholarship, influence and inspiration on the Georgia State faculty.
The Department of Africana Studies shaped Heart Carbajal's (B.A. '25) academic journey, sense of justice and path toward a career in law.
Nearly 40 years after completing her first bachelor's degree, Gail McFarland (B.A. '17, M.A. '19, Ph.D. '25) returned to school through the GSU-62 program. Her work extends the conversation about race, representation and cinematic possibility.
Isaac Breiding (B.A. '25) has spent his life exploring what a camera can do. Now graduating from Georgia State’s School of Film, Media & Theatre, he’s channeling that curiosity into making theater more accessible.
At 73, Lydia Mitcham Meredith (M.P.P. '13, Ph.D. '25) is completing her Ph.D. in English, drawing on a lifetime shaped by education, community service and advocacy.
From international competitions to major ensemble stages at Georgia State, trumpet graduate Rodrigo Borges González (M.Mu. '25) has built an impressive foundation for a professional career.
When Isosceles Jane, a spirited isosceles triangle with a knack for teaching friendship and geometry, makes her leap from the pages of a children’s book to the screen, the magic behind the transformation comes from a team of Creative Media Industries Institute students.
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.
Why does downtown Atlanta have so many bridges, overpasses and viaducts? Georgia State University Library’s new online exhibit, "The Elevated City: Atlanta, a new city of raised streets, platforms and plazas, rises from its railroad past," answers that question by tracing the fascinating history of the city’s infrastructure.
