TomorrowWorld, the “fairy tale” electronic-dance-music event that expects to attract more than 160,000 enthusiasts to Chattahoochee Hills in south Fulton County, Sept. 26-27, is to hold a job fair on […]
Author Archives: Phil Bolton
Phil Bolton is the founder and publisher emeritus of Global Atlanta.
Posted inEducation
Georgia Tech Receives $4.2 Million Grant to Battle Cyber Threats
A $4.2 million grant has been awarded to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s College of Computing in an effort to develop programs that will improve cybersecurity, especially for […]
Posted inEducation
Part II: Structural Pressures in the Internet’s Foundations
Editor’s note: Since the first segment of the interview with Georgia State University scholars Shawn Powers and Michael Jablonski, authors of the Real Cyber War, earlier this week, a breach […]
Posted inCulture
The High’s New Director Brings Global Scope and Community Commitment
The High Museum of Art has announced that Randall Suffolk, the current director and president of the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Okla., has been appointed its Nancy and […]
Posted inTrade
Rep. Westmoreland Favors Free Trade but Bemoans Complexity of Trade Issues
Although he voted against recent trade legislation, U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, told members of the Atlanta Women in International Trade at a luncheon gathering at the Delta Flight Museum on […]
Posted inDiplomacy
Israel’s Newly Arrived Consul General Assumes Office
Ambassador Varnai Shorer, Israel‘s incoming consul general in Atlanta, officially started her term on Friday, July 24, replacing Opher Aviran after his five years of service here. “The culture, diversity […]
Posted inTrade
NOW Corp. Seeks to Help Small Exporters Hurt by Ex-Im’s Demise
In an effort to fill the vacuum left by the demise of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, an Atlanta company is actively seeking to provide an alternative to help small business […]
Posted inDiplomacy
Military Alliance and Common Values Stressed on Belgium National Day
In the late afternoon of April 22, 1915, near a small hamlet in the western part of Belgium not far from the town of Ypres, a blueish-green cloud of chlorine […]
Posted inDiplomacy
Mandela Washington Fellow: Obama to Receive Warm Reception in Kenya
President Obama’s visit to Kenya next week will receive a warm and widespread reception from Kenyans despite those who have been somewhat disappointed with his lack of personal engagement there […]
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France’s Consul General: French-U.S. Relations at ‘a High Point’
In keeping with the spirit of the Marquis de Lafayette’s landing at Yorktown, Va., in 1780 bringing the good news that France would support the American revolution, French Consul General […]