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Alumnus Chris Ferguson is helping Atlanta’s homeless population in his role as the development manager for the Midtown Assistance Center (MAC) in Atlanta.
Amid the continuing opioid epidemic in the United States, a new report on opioid prescribing from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine claims guidance for treating acute pain is lacking, which could play a factor in the crisis.
In 1956, three African American women — Barbara Pace Hunt, Myra Payne Elliott, and Iris Mae Welch — sued to desegregate Georgia State and won. Their victory set an important legal precedent that paved the way for the integration of universities in the South. Georgia State, now the nation’s leading institution in conferring degrees to African American students, honors the struggle of these civil rights pioneers.
Dr. Jan Ivery, an associate professor of social work, joins the Dean’s Office in the Andrew Young School as assistant dean for academic programs.
The Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth hosted a lunchtime lecture with Brazilian professor Romulo Sampaio.
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