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Determining when Homecoming began as a named “tradition” at Georgia State is not an easy task. Sources disagree, are unclear, and sometimes are mistaken. The…

Continue reading Chasing Clues: Identifying the First Homecoming

More than 5.7 million people call metro Atlanta home — that's a more than 300 percent increase over the past 45 years. Specifically, the Atlanta…

Continue reading Faculty Research: The Changing Face of Atlanta

January marks the 50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty, legislation initiated by President Lyndon B. Johnson.  The War on Poverty was launched to combat…

Continue reading War on Poverty’s 50th Anniversary

[caption id="attachment_35166" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="CC BY-NC 2.0 by Bonito"][/caption] The books in the photo on the left  may be selling for only $4 each, but…

Continue reading GSU receives $10 million grant to support adult literacy

[caption id="attachment_34091" align="alignright" width="384" caption="By mhobl (CC BY-NC 2.0)"][/caption]   Ask Dr. Iman Chahine in the College of Education. Chahine teaches the course, “Ethnomathematics and…

Continue reading What do Zulu hats, tile work, and divination have in common?