Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology have established the Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC), a National Resource Center and a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship program funded by a $2.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
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Georgia State University is ranked the second most innovative university in the nation and second in the country for its commitment to undergraduate teaching in the 2019 Best Colleges edition of U.S. News & World Report magazine.
For thousands of years, we’ve bred canines to hunt, herd, help and protect us, and to be our best friends. But what is it that makes a dog good at its job, and how has all of that breeding affected behavior and personality? A Georgia State researcher is investigating dogs’ brains to find out.
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For the sixth consecutive year, Georgia State University is first in the nation among not-for-profit colleges and universities in awarding bachelor’s degrees to African Americans, according to Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
Georgia State University has enrolled the largest freshman classes in its history this fall at the university’s downtown campus and the five campuses of Georgia State’s Perimeter College.
High school students from across the state — and occasionally beyond — can participate in programs that allow them to attend college-level lectures and gain experience in research labs focused on neuroscience, cancer and more.
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Students who pass one or more College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests in high school or college are more likely to earn a post-secondary degree, according to research published as a Georgia State University W.J. Usery Workplace Research Group working paper.
Georgia State University has received two four-year grants totaling almost $3 million from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to research the epigenetic mechanisms that may fuel obesity.
Jennifer Sherer, vice president of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Metro Atlanta Chamber, has been appointed director of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Institute (ENI) at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
An increase in single-family rentals (SFRs) has important implications for fair housing, and affordable housing, policy and planning. Research by Georgia State University Professor Dan Immergluck suggests that the growth of SFRs has broadened rental options for families in lower-poverty and racially diverse neighborhoods, at least in the Atlanta area.
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