Editor’s note: This commentary was written by Dr. Tara Stoinski, CEO and chief scientist of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund is celebrating a quarter-century headquartered in Atlanta. From our modest offices nestled behind the orangutans at Zoo Atlanta, we’ve had a major global impact. We’ve seen mountain gorillas – the […]
Education
2020 in Review: Global Atlanta Founder Honored by Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College for Africa Series
It all started with a chance conversation in 2011 that stemmed from a transatlantic trip. Global Atlanta founder and publisher emeritus Phil Bolton was reporting from Belgium when he found out that the Royal Museum of Central Africa in Tervuren would be packing up items from its vast trove of African art and sending them on tour […]
Global Atlanta’s 20 Most-Read Stories of 2020
If any year posed the temptation to chase web traffic by reporting in more detail on politics, 2020 was it. But even throughout a contentious election year, rocked by racial-justice protests and a raging pandemic, Global Atlanta resisted the temptation to be consumed by the domestic stories that dominated the news cycle. Of […]
Books 2020: A Deep Dive Into the Great College Admissions Scandal
Book: Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit & the Making of the College Admissions Scandal Authors: Melissa Korn & Jennifer Levitz Reviewer: Christopher N. Smith, Attorney at Law & Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Denmark The FBI’s “Operation Varsity Blues” made headlines from coast to coast in 2019. The bribery scandal involved several of America’s leading colleges, […]
Pompeo Warns of Chinese Influence on U.S. Campuses in Georgia Tech Speech
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used an appearance at Georgia Tech Wednesday to encourage vigilance against what he described as the Chinese Communist Party’s increasing encroachment on American campuses. In a 15-minute speech followed by a dialogue with Georgia Tech President Angel Cabrera, the former spy chief turned top diplomat outlined the Trump administration’s […]
New Georgia Tech Master’s Grads Emerge Ready for Multilingual Careers
Editor’s note: This sponsored commentary was provided by the School of Modern Languages in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. It was written Jenny Strakovsky, associate director of graduate studies. Renowned for its engineers and computer scientists, Georgia Tech has gained the national spotlight as a groundbreaking leader in liberal arts […]
UGA Surges in Study-Abroad Participation to Claim No. 6 Ranking Nationally
University of Georgia football fans have grown accustomed in recent years to seeing the school at the higher end of the top 10 rankings. But catapulting into that list for study-abroad participation took a major surge. According to the newly released Open Doors report from the Institute for International Education, the state’s flagship school jumped […]
UGA, Andrew Young Foundation Partner to Bolster Cote D’Ivoire University
The University of Georgia and the Andrew Young Foundation are working together to help one of Cote D’Ivoire’s first English-speaking university design curriculum and conduct strategic planning. Through the capacity-building grant, UGA faculty are set to provide technical assistance to the International University of Grand-Bassam, building the foundation for a long-term partnership. The $250,000 grant […]
Georgia Bucks International Student Decline, but Spending Falls as Pandemic’s Toll Looms
Georgia bucked a rare national decline as its international student population grew 2.7 percent to 24,265 over the previous year, though their spending fell and early surveys suggested the pandemic will significantly dent next year’s totals. The U.S. hosted more than 1 million students for the fifth straight year, but the total dropped by 1.8 […]
Green Perspective on the Black Experience: Atlanta Student’s St. Patrick’s Day Poem Finds Inspiration for a Better Future
The reading of the winning piece from the Irish Chamber of Atlanta’s St. Patrick’s Day essay contest is a much-anticipated facet of its annual breakfast surrounding the green holiday. But in 2020, the event was narrowly cut short by the emerging coronavirus outbreak, which was declared a pandemic in early March and knocked out events […]
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