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GSU Fulbright Returns to Afghanistan to Rebuild
 A Georgia State University Fulbright scholar and master's student in public health returns to her native Afghanistan this month better equipped to help rebuild her country's healthcare infrastructure and empower women to take care of their health. Zakia Maroof will defend her thesis -- on socioeconomic status and health outcomes of Afghan women -- virtually, via Skype. Full story > |
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Leaders Gather at MSM on Health Disparities
 Health disparities facing people of color have shown little improvement over the past 30 years because of persistent challenges, said John Ruffin of the National Institutes of Health at Morehouse School of Medicine's annual health disparities conference. Against the backdrop of the national healthcare debate, thought leaders from Congress, healthcare, academia and community health came together to hear speakers including U.S. Surgeon General and MSM graduate Regina Benjamin and Louis Sullivan, MSM president emeritus and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. More > |
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Georgia Economy Lags Nation
The Georgia's economic recovery will continue to lag the nation's until real estate and construction stabilize sometime in 2011, according to this week's forecast from the University of Georgia's Selig Center for Economic Growth. |
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Lifelong Learning at Columbia Theological
 In Columbia Theological Center's Center for Lifelong Learning has brought its Journeying Together newsletter online. The Center also offers non-degree courses open to the public. |
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Eddie & Agnes: A Marriage Made in Decatur
 Agnes Scott College and Eddie's Attic, a popular live music venue in Decatur, are partnering to create a concert series called Eddie & Agnes. Agnes Scott's Presser Hall, which seats 800, will host performers who draw crowds larger than Eddie's 150 seats can accommodate. More > |
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Photo credits: Agnes Scott College, Columbia Theological Seminary, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, Morehouse School of Medicine, University of West Georgia
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The world's most widely used drugs for HIV/AIDS were discovered and licensed by Emory University scientists. Ninety-four percent of HIV patients in the United States who are on lifesaving therapy take Emory's Emtriva or 3TC.
And the vaccine for HIV may just be discovered at Emory. One of the leading candidates was created by Emory scientists and is in Phase II clinical trials with an Emory biotech startup. More >
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 The Georgia Aquarium, an ARCHE community partner, offers unpaid internships in a range of areas, from accounting to dive operations to fund raising. Know more >
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Clayton State University will begin offering a master of archival studies degree next semester. Clayton State is strategically located adjacent to both the Georgia Archives and National Archives at Atlanta. More >
Mercer University will offer a specialist in education in school counseling degree and a Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision on its Atlanta campus beginning fall 2010. More >
Mercer will also add a doctor of nursing practice degree in 2010 at its nursing school in Atlanta. More >
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