Pieces of the 27-mile Berlin Wall are not the rarest of historical artifacts; it just takes a quick search on Ebay to find crumbled fragments of the physical barrier that separated free and communist sections of what’s now the German capital. But metro Atlanta is home to at least three complete concrete slabs weighing multiple tons each — […]
Education
Indonesia Seeks Deep, Sustained Educational Exchange With Georgia, U.S.
After 9/11, the backlash was swift. Faced with tense security measures, visa denials and perceived xenophobia, many travelers and students from the Muslim world no longer felt welcome in the United States. Yet for most countries, the wound healed relatively quickly. Iran, not exactly an ally of the U.S., continued to send scholars to institutions […]
Atlanta Fed, IMF Partner to Decode China’s Economy Amid Uncertainty
In an era where economic policy on China can change with a tweet, a group of scholars at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta this week are taking a deeper look at what some call the world’s most consequential trading relationship. The Atlanta Fed in 2016 launched a collaborative research workshop with the International Monetary […]
Former Chevy Exec: How Foreign Language Accelerates Global Careers
Tim Mahoney had one dream while in college: to become a pilot like a good friend’s father, who lived a romantic life traveling the world for Pan Am and experiencing the world through the windshield of a jet. But Mr. Mahoney’s vision didn’t pan out, in more ways that one. As a rising junior he […]
GSU PhD Candidate Seeks to Ally Insects With Humans to Cure the Earth’s Ills
Sarah Ku, a PhD candidate at Georgia State’s Robinson College of Business, has her own vision of how to deal with the earth’s environmental challenges. Be they how to feed 8.5 billion people by 2030, or how to clean the pollution coagulating in the oceans or the mountainous ranges of landfills circling the world’s great […]
Teaching the Teachers: Georgia State CIBER Hosts Workshop on International Business Instruction
More than 100 educators focused on university instruction in international business convened in Atlanta in June hoping to hone their methods for preparing students for a changing global economy. Fittingly for its subject matter, the annual International Business Pedagogy Workshop at the Georgia State University Robinson College of Business attracted faculty from nine countries, as […]
Georgia State Welcomes the World — Literally — in Diverse Incoming Class
Georgia State University’s 53,000 students enrolled this year feature many internal records for diversity, from the fact that more than a third of students are black to the unprecedented numbers of Asians and Hispanics entering as freshmen. But the university also improved on one already staggering statistic: As of Friday, the school will feature students […]
BMW Set to Open $17M Training Center Near Atlanta Airport
BMW is set to open a $17 million training facility near the Atlanta airport next week, the latest in a series of investments in the German auto maker’s training capabilities in the U.S. One of the 53,000-square-foot College Park facility’s aims will be to prepare recent graduates from auto technician programs for employment throughout the […]
Bavaria and Georgia Underscore Ties Amid ‘Worry’ Over U.S.-Germany Trade
Georgia and Bavaria, two influential southern states an ocean apart, have an array of business and cultural ties binding them together, but both sides still see a personal touch as vital to furthering their relationship. State Minister Florian Herrmann, a cabinet member for the German state, stopped into Atlanta in mid-June to meet with Atlanta […]
Scholarship Applications for Liberian Students Due July 10
Students of Liberian descent are encouraged to apply by July 10 for five scholarships of between $500 and $1,000 in fields ranging from STEM to athletics. The scholarships are awarded by the University Consortium for Liberia, a group formed in 2015 in large part thanks to the West African nation’s honorary consulate in Atlanta. The awards are […]
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