Georgia State University

Georgia State University student Spencer Kinsey has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Kinsey, of Gainesville, is a master's degree student in Philosophy in the College of Arts & Sciences. Kinsey 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.

Georgia State University student Matthew Dunaway has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Dunaway, of Morgantown, W.Va., is a master's degree student in Philosophy in the College of Arts & Sciences. Dunaway 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.

Georgia State University student Thomas Pietruszewski has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Pietruszweski, of Berlin, Conn., is a Psychology Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Pietruszweski 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.

Georgia State University student Holly Aleksonis has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Aleksonis, of Columbus, Ohio, is a Psychology Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Aleksonis 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.

Georgia State University student Andrew Gradone has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Gradone, of Ellicott City, Md., is a Psychology Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Gradone 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.

Georgia State University student Katie Tobin has received the Brains and Behavior Fellowship which is awarded for research contributing to the field of neuroscience. Tobin, of Atlanta, is a Psychology Ph.D. student in the College of Arts & Sciences. Tobin 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Woodruff, Whitehead and Evans Foundations have named a Georgia State Honors College senior as their 2021 fellow.

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.

A second-year biology major in the Honors College at Georgia State University has been named a 2021 Goldwater Scholar.

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.

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.