Georgia State University, an enterprising urban public research university, is a national leader in graduating students from widely diverse backgrounds.
The student body of more than 53,000 demonstrates that students from all backgrounds can achieve at high rates with unsurpassed connections to the city’s business, government, nonprofit and cultural organizations.
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Georgia State University, an enterprising urban public research university, is a national leader in graduating students from widely diverse backgrounds.
The student body of more than 53,000 demonstrates that students from all backgrounds can achieve at high rates with unsurpassed connections to the city’s business, government, nonprofit and cultural organizations.
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Erin McDonald has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. McDonald, of Middlebury, Conn., is a Psychology Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. McDonald will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. Through the Brains and Behavior program at the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, graduate students are granted the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments. They are also encouraged to hold student leadership positions and attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 28
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Nate Himmel has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Himmel, of Marietta, is a Neuroscience Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Himmel will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. Through the Brains and Behavior program at the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, graduate students are granted the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments. They are also encouraged to hold student leadership positions and attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 28
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Niko Rigney has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Rigney, of Atlanta, is a Neuroscience Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Rigney will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. Through the Brains and Behavior program at the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, graduate students are granted the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments. They are also encouraged to hold student leadership positions and attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 28
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Atit Patel has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Patel, of Fairfax, Va., is a Neuroscience Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Patel will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. Through the Brains and Behavior program at the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, graduate students are granted the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments. They are also encouraged to hold student leadership positions and attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Connor Gallimore has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Gallimore, of Atlanta, is a Neuroscience Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Gallimore will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. Through the Brains and Behavior program at the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, graduate students are granted the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments. They are also encouraged to hold student leadership positions and attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Lori Forster has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship. Forster, who is examining the role of sumoylation in ion channel regulation at the BARO Lab at Georgia State, has received the fellowship for her research contributing to the field of Neuroscience. Forster, of Loganville, is a Neuroscience Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Forster will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. The Brains and Behavior Fellowship program, run by the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, promotes student leadership and allows students to attend developmental lectures. Forster will also be given the opportunity to work and collaborate with graduate students from other departments involved in the program. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State Student Janita Poe Presents At International Virtual Exchange Conference
Georgia State University's graduate student Janita Poe presented her Virtual International Exchange as an Antidote to U.S. Racial Hypersegregation: One Graduate Student's Vision for Early-Career Research on the Topic at the International Virtual Exchange Conference in September. Poe, of Atlanta, is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication in the College of Arts & Sciences. Hosted by Newcastle University, the conference provides the opportunity to expand student learning transnationally and for presenters to reach a broader audience. Poe's presentation focused on how virtual education benefits the racially divided by providing a means of connecting with others to integrate learning. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Meghyn Welch has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship, which is awarded to graduate students whose research contributes to the field of neuroscience. Welch, of Macon, is a Biology Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Welch will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. Welch is a graduate student in the Neurobiology and Behavior Program at Georgia State and a member of the university's BARO Lab where she is researching dopaminergic co-regulation in the neurons of mice. The Brains and Behavior Fellowship program, run by the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, offers graduate students the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments involved in the program. The program promotes student leadership and allows students awarded to graduate students to attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Laura Cortes has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Cortes, of Chicago, is a Neuroscience Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Cortes will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. Through the Brains and Behavior program at the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, graduate students are granted the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments. They are also encouraged to hold student leadership positions and attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Ricardo Erazo Toscano has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Erazo Toscano, of Sangolqui, Ecuador, is a Neuroscience Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Toscano will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. Through the Brains and Behavior program at the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, graduate students are granted the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments. They are also encouraged to hold student leadership positions and attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Amanda Arnold has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Arnold, of Amherst, N.Y., is a Neuroscience Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Arnold will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. Through the Brains and Behavior program at the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, graduate students are granted the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments. They are also encouraged to hold student leadership positions and attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Hedi Ma has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded to graduate students whose research contributes to the field of neuroscience. Ma, of Atlanta, is a Chemistry Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Ma will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. The Brains and Behavior Fellowship program, run by the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, offers graduate students the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments involved in the program. The program promotes student leadership and allows students to attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Nicola Bauer has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Bauer, of Fayetteville, is a Chemistry Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Bauer will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. Through the Brains and Behavior program at the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, graduate students are granted the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments. They are also encouraged to hold student leadership positions and attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Leslie-Anne Jansen has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship. Jansen has received the fellowship for her molecular genetics and biochemistry research, contributing to the field of neuroscience. Jansen, of Loganville, is a Biology Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Jansen will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. The Brains and Behavior Fellowship program is run by the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, where Jansen will be given the opportunity to collaborate with graduate students from other departments and attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Li Tian has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship. Tian has been awarded the fellowship for contributing to the field of neuroscience through Chemistry research. Tian, of Chengdu, China, is a Chemistry Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Tian will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. The Brains and Behavior Fellowship program, run by the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, offers graduate students the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments involved in the program. The program promotes student leadership and allows students to attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Felipe Silva has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded to graduate students whose research contributes to the field of neuroscience. Silva, of Atlanta, is a Biology Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Silva will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. The Brains and Behavior Fellowship program, run by the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, offers graduate students the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments involved in the program. The program promotes student leadership and allows students to attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State University Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Hao Xing has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship, which is awarded to graduate students whose research contributes to the field of neuroscience. Xing, of Taian City, China, is a Biology graduate student at the College of Arts & Sciences. Xing will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. The Brains and Behavior Fellowship program, run by the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University, offers graduate students the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments involved in the program. The program promotes student leadership and allows students whose research contributes to the field of Neuroscience to attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State University Student Lands Legislative Internship
Georgia State University student Madison Shaw is interning with the Georgia Legislative Internship Program (GLIP), which offers students the opportunity to intern full-time for Georgia legislators, committees, and staff. Shaw, of Canton, is a junior majoring in Political Science major at the College of Arts and Sciences. Shaw is interning in the Clerk's office where her duties include copying and distributing bills and resolutions and assisting legislators with administrative tasks. While interning at the Georgia Senate, Shaw has gotten to know legislators and lobbyists and become more familiar with government and legal affairs. She plans to use this experience as she prepares for a future career in civil law. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
Georgia State University Graduate Student Earns Research-Based Fellowship
Georgia State University student Christopher Ware has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Ware, of Decatur, is a Neuroscience Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Ware will participate in the fellowship during Spring 2021. Through the Brains and Behavior program at the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State, graduate students are granted the opportunity to collaborate with others across departments. They are also encouraged to hold student leadership positions and attend developmental lectures. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Apr 27
2021 Goldwater Scholar
A second-year biology major in the Honors College at Georgia State University has been named a 2021 Goldwater Scholar.
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2021 Apr 14
2021 Woodruff, Whitehead and Evans Foundations Fellow
The Woodruff, Whitehead and Evans Foundations have named a Georgia State Honors College senior as their 2021 fellow.
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2021 Apr 12
Georgia State University Political Science Student Lands Georgia Senate Internship
Georgia State University student Jordan Savage is interning with the Georgia Legislative Internship Program (GLIP). This program offers students the opportunity to intern full-time for Georgia legislators, committees, and staff. Savage, of Covington, is a Political Science major at The College of Arts and Sciences at Georgia State University. Savage has been assigned to the Office of Legislative Counsel where her duties include preparing resolutions. Savage plans to attend law school with the goal of becoming a civil rights attorney or politician to help better the lives of others. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Mar 1
Georgia State University Student Lands Georgia Senate Internship
Georgia State University graduate student Jennifer Lopez is interning with the Georgia Legislative Internship Program. This program offers students the opportunity to intern full-time for Georgia legislators, committees, and staff. Lopez, of Kennesaw, is a master's degree student in Political Science at The College of Arts and Sciences. Lopez graduated from Georgia State in Spring 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. Lopez has been assigned to the Senate Education and Youth Committee where her duties include creating agenda notices, meeting minutes and updates of bill summaries. Lopez plans to work for an organization that represents, protects and fights for human rights. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Mar 1
2021-2022 Chi Sigma Iota Leadership Fellow
College of Education & Human Development doctoral student Kyndel Tarziers was one of 10 students nationwide chosen as a 2021-2022 Chi Sigma Iota Leadership Fellow.
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2021 Feb 12
NAPDS Anti-Racism Committee Co-Chair
College of Education & Human Development doctoral student Quintin Bostic has been named co-chair of the National Association for Professional Development Schools Anti-Racism Committee.
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2021 Feb 8
Fall 2020 Graduation
More than 3,000 students earned degrees from Georgia State University during the fall 2020 semester.
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2021 Feb 8
Georgia State University Student Receives Prestigious Graduate Teaching Award
Georgia State University student Stephanie Baumann has earned the Walter F. Daves Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award for her instruction the Department of Psychology. Baumann, of Fredricksburg, VA, is a Ph.D. candidate in the Psychology Department in the College of Arts & Sciences at Georgia State University. The Walter F. Daves Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award is annually awarded to a psychology graduate student who displays outstanding instruction in the department. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Feb 4
Georgia State University Student Publishes Paper Assessing Preschool Children's Metacognition
Georgia State University student Brielle James has published a paper assessing preschool children's metacognition through their confidence movements. James, of Bolingbrook, IL, is a Psychology major graduate student in the College of Arts & Sciences at Georgia State University. "Go if you know: Preschool children's movements reflect their metacognitive monitoring" examined the metacognitive responses of children aged 3 to 5 to computerized tasks and was published in ScienceDirect. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Feb 4
Georgia State University Student Awarded Scholarship In Recognition Of Excellence
Georgia State University student Ifrah Sheikh has been awarded the Bailey M. Wade Scholarship for her excellence in coursework, research and scholarship, and departmental service. Sheikh, of Atlanta, is a Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences at Georgia State University. The Bailey M. Wade Scholarship is granted to graduate students who demonstrate need, merit, and career goals that reflect those of Dr. Bailey M. Wade. Bailey M. Wade was a professor and head of the Department of Psychology at Georgia State University from 1951 until 1965, during which the graduate program was started. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Feb 4
Georgia State University Student Earns Doctoral Fellowship
Georgia State University student Martha Ishiekwene has been awarded the Doctoral Fellowship in Trauma Intervention. Ishiekwene, of Lagos, TX, is a Psychology Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences at Georgia State University. The Doctoral Fellowship in Trauma Intervention is awarded to Psychology students whose studies focus on providing specialized assistance to people who have experienced a traumatic event such as physical and/or sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, terrorism, or war. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.
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2021 Feb 4