February 21, 2007

Georgia Targets Vaccine Industry
A bold plan from the Georgia Research Alliance would leverage university research to catapult Georgia as the world leader in vaccine and antiviral drug development. Gov. Sonny Perdue has recommended $10 million in the state's FY08 budget for eminent scholars and joint research among the six universities GRA brings together, ARCHE members Clark Atlanta, Emory, Georgia State, Georgia Tech and UGA, plus the Medical College of Georgia. More >

GRA: Raising Atlanta's Profile Worldwide
Investments in the Georgia Research Alliance are paying dividends in star researchers, jobs and international recognition for the Atlanta region's science work, says a Feb. 14 article in the journal Nature. Read the article>

Georgia State Transforms Downtown
Georgia State University has evolved into a source of life and commerce for downtown Atlanta, particularly the historic Fairlie Poplar district. Last year, GSU President Carl Patton unveiled an updated Main Street Master Plan with $1 billion in expansions in several parts of downtown. The plan will mean 7,000 Georgia State students live downtown by 2015, all the way from the 2,000 bed University Commons near the Downtown Connector to new residences near Underground Atlanta.

In addition, Georgia State recently bought the SunTrust Bank tower on Woodruff Park and broke ground on a state-of-the-art science park at Piedmont Avenue and Decatur Street. 

Spelman Grooms Women Physicians
When Spelman College students visit recruiters at a health-career fair on campus today, they follow the path of many Spelman women before them. Only Xavier and Howard - large co-ed universities - sent more black applicants to medical schools, according to the most recent report by the Association of American Medical Colleges (Table 13 in this PDF).  

"Spelman is known as one of the country's leading producers of black women who graduate from medical school," said vice president for enrollment management Arlene Cash. Spelman's Health Careers Program steers more and better-qualified young women into the medical professions. Centers focusing on behavioral neuroscience, biomedical and behavioral research, biology and chemistry also open doors in the sciences.

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Photo credits: Georgia Department of Economic Development, Georgia Research Alliance, Georgia State University, Spelman College, University of Georgia, University of West Georgia.