Last weekend, metro Atlanta residents woke up to snow for the first time in several years. Granted, a snow day in the South usually means making a miniature snowman using the flurries collected on top of your car, but it was a snow day nonetheless. Some folks were hopeful that more snow could be on […]
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SafeHouse and GSU expand medical care for those without homes
By Hannah E. Jones For folks who don’t have consistent access to shelter or work, accessing quality healthcare can feel like an impossible task. In Atlanta, that applies to quite a few folks. Roughly 3,200 residents are without a home, according to a 2020 report by Partners for Home, and many are forced to make […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Georgia State receives $5 million to research brain development
In Atlanta, cars are king. Some folks are looking to change that, though. The Atlanta City Council is considering legislation that would make a three-mile stretch of Peachtree Street car-free on Sunday afternoons. If approved, the ordinance would go into effect in September 2022. Would you support making some of the city’s streets more pedestrian- […]
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From R.E.M. to GPB, a student documents the bittersweet history of college radio powerhouse WRAS
By John Ruch College radio is one of the cultural icons that made me fall in love with Atlanta bad enough to move here. The student-run broadcasts of Georgia State’s WRAS (aka “Album 88”) and Georgia Tech’s WREK were among the ways Atlanta, unlike most every other major city, had not yet been corporatized, homogenized […]
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GSU baseball field to honor Hank Aaron where history was made
It was high on Hank Aaron’s “to do” list – to hear about Georgia State University’s plan for a baseball park that would include a tribute to the baseball legend.
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Reporter’s Notebook: PPP recipients, miles of PATH and more
Plus, in the “help wanted” section, a president for GSU.
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Fulton’s development authority green-lights public assistance for downtown student housing
Fulton County’s development board on Tuesday OK’d a property tax break worth $4.4 million to a developer pitching an $87 million downtown tower that would afford some Georgia State University (GSU) and Atlanta University Center (AUC) students below-market-rate rents.
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Atlanta leaders knock Trump’s seemingly racist remarks on housing policy change
When President Donald Trump dispatched an arguably racist series of tweets that he seemed to think summed up a recent change to national public housing rules, industry leaders and constituents alike let out a collective groan.
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Experts: Coronavirus pandemic demands ’emergency housing response’
Many leaders in the housing realm have long argued that most social issues revolve around whether people have a roof over their heads.
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City Councilman Antonio Brown wants state help enacting rent control laws in Atlanta
Atlanta City Councilman Antonio Brown believes rent control laws would help combat the city’s housing affordability crisis.
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Hurt Park: Fence with locking gates planned at park where Mrs. Georgia America feeds homeless
A fence with gates that can be locked is be the solution for managing homeless and other individuals who linger in Downtown Atlanta’s Hurt Park. Yet to be determined is the impact on routine homeless programs provided there – including one sponsored by Mrs. Georgia America 2017.
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Working Differently to Achieve Better Results
By Kathryn Lawler, executive director, Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI) For several years, Atlanta has made headlines as the city with the greatest income inequality in the United States. Compared to other large metropolitan areas in the U.S., Atlanta has ranked the lowest or among the lowest for the last five years. Atlanta […]
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GSU Welch School of Art – MFA Open House 10/12/18. Photos by Kelly Jordan
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State Farm partnership grows future change-makers
By Mindy Kao, program associate, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta All you need is passion to make a difference, but a few tools and know-how certainly help make an impact! In partnership with State Farm, the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta is giving an energetic cohort of college students a chance to make a change […]
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Centennial Grant Update: The Institute on Healthcare and Human Trafficking
By Cailin Copan-Kelly, Associate Development Officer, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta One year ago, the Junior League of Atlanta awarded one of its Centennial grants to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. This funding has had a transformational impact, enabling Children’s to launch the virtual Institute on Healthcare and Human Trafficking (the Institute), which is part of the […]
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GSU pioneered a system to help all students complete enrollment process
As college students head to campus this month, administrators across the country are mindful of Georgia State University and a program it tested to help students who have been accepted actually enroll and attend classes.
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Bringing Wall Street to Main Street: SEC Invites Atlanta Investors to Georgia State Law for an Interactive Town Hall on June 13
By Nicole G. Iannarone, Associate Clinical Professor and Director, Investor Advocacy Clinic, Georgia State University College of Law With most Americans now responsible for their retirements, it is more critical than ever that investors learn as much as they can about safe investing. In Georgia State University College of Law’s Investor Advocacy Clinic, students help […]
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New ‘Access to Justice’ map provides treasure trove of data in easy-to-use format
A new mapping tool intended to quantify the disparity of legal access in Georgia also shows some striking facts about the state’s population. For instance, a third of Gwinnett County residents don’t speak English at home and a third of Gwinnett’s households don’t have Internet access.
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The Incalculable Value of a Public Research Institution
By James Weyhenmeyer The first day of a new school year is marked by excitement and expectation, and today thousands of new and returning students are buzzing through Georgia State University’s campuses from downtown Atlanta, to Decatur and Dunwoody. Yet Georgia State is not just a place where the next generation of nurses, teachers, artists […]
