Atlanta International School has acquired a former boarding school tucked away in Sandy Springs, gaining access to a 25-acre site whose facilities could play a role in advancing its goal […]
Category: Education
Hong Kong Officials Focus on Fintech, Talent Schemes During Atlanta Trip
Hong Kong continued to invest in its outreach to Atlanta’s technology ecosystem last month as top officials from the city’s New York office yet again courted companies during a February […]
Global Issues, Local Solutions: Research Collaborative Awards $80K to Six Projects
The Atlanta Global Research & Education Collaborative (AGREC), launched in 2020 and housed within the Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC), has awarded $80,000 to support this year’s crop of six […]
Emerging Tech, Asia Links Focus of Lunar New Year Forum
Editor’s note: Georgia State University’s Office of International Initiatives is ringing in the Year of the Dragon with its annual business forum — A Rebalanced Asia: The Role of AI, […]
Commentary: Georgia Needs More Doctors, But I Can’t Be One of Them
After I graduated college, I worked as a medical interpreter at a clinic along Atlanta’s Buford Highway corridor. I spent my days speaking Spanish with patients, nearly all of whom […]
Germany Study Tour Underscores Importance of Citizen Diplomacy
What image does “diplomacy” evoke in your mind? Highly trained State Department diplomats in crisp suits, shaking hands with world leaders and working to solve complex global crises? Of course, […]
Atlanta’s Japanese Sister City Offers Fully Funded Exchange for Kids
Atlanta’s 10- and 11-year-old elementary school students can now apply for a chance to travel to Japan for an exchange program this summer. The Asia Pacific Children’s Convention each year […]
For Georgia State-Led Consortium, Brazil Offers Living Laboratory for Researching Sustainability in Business
Editor’s Note: This article was contributed by Cuneyt Evirgen and Salomao Alencar De Farias of Georgia State University’s Center for International Business Education & Research (GSU-CIBER) and Milton Sousa, vice-rector […]
Agnes Scott’s Global Leadership Conference to Focus on Social Mobility, Wealth Generation
Interrogating its history in recent months, Agnes Scott College has clearly seen one thing: the present-day invisibility of many who helped establish the private women’s liberal arts school. Trained by […]
Atlanta Hosts High-Level Dialogue on U.S. Exchange With Japan
Reasons abound to host a conference on cultural and educational exchange The Carter Center, from the gravitas of the Cyprus Room to the legacy of the former president’s work “waging […]