For years, Atlanta has enjoyed an embarrassment of riches when it comes to university research on international business education. That trend is set to continue thanks to revelation that both Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology have once again won prestigious federal CIBER grants. The U.S. Department of Education grants establish and maintain Read more
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Georgia State and Georgia Tech Receive $2.5 Million Grant for Atlanta Global Studies Center
The U.S. Education Department has awarded a $2.25 million grant to Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology jointly for an Atlanta Global Studies Center. The center is to focus on research and instruction for student populations underrepresented in international and advanced language studies. It is to provide specialized instruction in international education Read more
Atlanta Recruits New Airport General Manager From JFK
The City of Atlanta has named John Selden, second in command for John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, as the next general manager of the world’s busiest airport. The city-run Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the metro region’s economic crown jewel, generating $35 billion in economic impact and serving as the linchpin for Read more
MARTA Joined by Soccer in the Streets in Furthering Atlanta’s ‘League of Stations’
What began as an inspired vision of a network of soccer fields around Atlanta’s major transit stations in 2016 has taken another forward pass with the announcement that two new community pitches for Station Soccer – West End are to be opened on Sept. 8 at 3 p.m. The Aug. 15 announcement of the city’s Read more
Lights. Camera. Atlanta. Take 2
The global ambitions of Georgia’s emerging filmmakers were front and center at the World Affairs Council of Young Leaders event “Reeling Out Georgia Film to the World” held on Aug. 9 in Buckhead. Panelist Sheoyki Jones, senior manager of Creative Industries at the city’s economic development agency Invest Atlanta, said that her associates attended the Read more
Georgia U.S. Sen. Isakson Takes on Trump Tariffs
With tariffs becoming a wedge issue not only between the Democrat and Republican political parties, it also is revealing splits among the Republicans. U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, a leader of Georgia‘s Republican party, has leapt into the fray. Normally a reliable supporter of Republican initiatives, Mr. Isakson has become increasingly vocal in his opposition to Read more
With NRA Flap Over, Gov. Deal Exempts Airlines from Jet Fuel Tax
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has suspended collection of the state’s sales tax on jet fuel, welcome news for airlines especially in the wake of a political firestorm the issue ignited earlier this year. Mr. Deal had sought to roll back the tax as part of a broader bill in March, but that effort was quashed Read more
This Year’s Atlanta Metro Export Challenge to Launch With July 18 Event
The Atlanta Metro Export Challenge, which has distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars since 2016 to help local exporters with their global sales journeys, is returning again this year with backing from JPMorgan Chase. Administered by the Metro Atlanta Chamber but open to firms from the 29-county region, the challenge will hold an information session Read more
The Delta Student Success Center Launches Robinson as the ‘Business School of the Future’
For Robinson College of Business Dean Richard Phillips, glimpses of the future can be seen from as close as the smartphone on the table in front of him or as far away as the horizon seen from a medieval tower. First, the smartphone: “We can now produce, collect, analyze and send information on almost everyone Read more
Chinese Company Haier to Invest $55 Million in Commerce for GE Distribution Center
Chinese home appliance manufacturer Haier, which acquired household appliance manufacturer GE Appliances in 2006, is to invest $55 million in a new Southeast Region Appliance Distribution Center to be built in Commerce by April 2019. Qingdao, China-based Haier is the world’s leading appliance manufacturer, but until it acquired GE Appliance in the U.S., it was Read more
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