Richard Pound, former president of the Montreal-based World Anti-Doping Agency and a former vice president of the International Olympic Committee, is to visit Atlanta Wednesday, May 6. Known as a...
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Dobbins Air Reserve Base to Be Site for Berlin Airlift Ceremony
Atlanta attorneys Thomas J. Harrold Jr. and Charles “Chuck” C. Clay are organizing a ceremony to celebrate 60 years of positive economic and political relations between the United States and...
An Immigrant Guest Worker Program for Georgia
A temporary guest worker program is the most immediate solution for Georgia companies’ labor needs while awaiting comprehensive immigration reform, certified federal court interpreter Erik Camayd-Freixas told GlobalAtlanta in a recent interview. “It is all going...
Georgia State Helps West African University Build Programs
The U.S. Agency for International Development has given Georgia State University a $50,000 grant to help a West African university plot its academic future. Georgia State will develop a five-year...
BRIC Countries to Be Featured at World Trade Center Discussion
Tamer Cavusgil, director of the Institute of International Business at the Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, is to speak about the state of emerging markets during the current...
Georgia State’s New Pres. Wants University to Be Recognized
In his “State of the University” address, Georgia State President Mark P. Becker boldly called for the university to reach out and claim its status as a preeminent institution in...
University in ‘Europe’s Greenest City’ Eyes Pact With SCAD
A university in the Swedish city that calls itself the "greenest city in Europe" will travel to Savannah next week seeking partnerships with local universities. Växjö University has been in...
Interpreters’ Confidentiality Code Is Focus of Speaker at Emory on March 24
The federally certified translator who broke the interpreters' "code of confidentiality" by divulging what was said at a hearing for migrant workers arrested at an Iowa meat packing plant last...
Atlanta Consular Corps Members to Address Trade at March 26 Meeting
The World Chamber of Commerce is to feature a panel of members of Atlanta’s consular corps, who will discuss international trade opportunities on Thursday, March 26, at the Four Seasons Hotel...
The Dominican Republic’s Independence Day Celebrated at Atlanta City Hall
The Dominican International Association and the Atlanta-Salcedo Sister Cities Committee celebrated the 165th Independence Day of the Dominican Republic at Atlanta City Hall on Feb. 26. Victor Ramirez, chair of...