News coverage validates the meaningful work being done here. It brings the perspectives of Georgia State people onto the public agenda, and it helps to build recognition of our university regionally, nationally and internationally. This compilation of news clips from the Office of Public Relations and Marketing Communications highlights some of the most prominent recent stories that focus on or include Georgia State.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Investigating Family’s Wealth,
China’s Leader Signals a Change
Andrew Wedeman, a professor of political science, was interviewed for an article about a corruption inquiry into Zhou Yongkang, the Chinese Communist Party leader who was China’s top security official and the de facto head of its oil industry. The corruption inquiry is a first for a Chinese party leader of Zhou’s rank, which has affected his family’s extensive business interests. “Because of his connections to energy, land and the internal security system, in effect the family had kind of carte blanche to go into anything they wanted,” said Andrew Wedeman, a professor of political science who studies corruption in China. Read More »
CNN
Supreme Court Puts Its Legitimacy At Risk
Eric Segall, a constitutional law professor, wrote an opinion piece about the fundamental changes that need to be made to the U.S. Supreme Court. “The American people have a right to see on their televisions, tablets and smartphones the oral arguments and decision announcements of the Supreme Court,” he said. “More than half of state supreme courts, and the Supreme Courts of Canada and the United Kingdom, televise their proceedings with great success, and there are simply no persuasive arguments that the most powerful court in the world shouldn’t do the same.”
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CNN
Death And Desecration In Syria: Jihadist Group ‘Crucifies’ Bodies To Send Message
Abbas Barzegar, assistant professor of Islamic studies, was interviewed for a story about an Al Qaeda splinter group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), putting bodies on crucifixion displays as a lesson to anyone who challenges its rule. “What they are conveying is those who oppose ISIS rule oppose God’s rule, and those who are enemies of ISIS are enemies of God and deserve the highest form of punishment possible,” Barzegar said. Barzegar was also quoted in a story in the Washington Times. Read More »
ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Georgia State, Developers
Want The Ted For Major Project
President Mark P. Becker was interviewed for an exclusive story about Georgia State and a prominent Atlanta development team submitting a proposal to acquire Turner Field and the parking lots between it and downtown to create a new southern campus for the college and a $300 million mixed-use development. The university wants to convert stadium into a 30,000-seat football, soccer and track-and-field stadium and build a new baseball park, academic buildings and green space. A private team, led by real estate development company Carter and Columbia Residential, would build private student housing, a mixed-use campus of shops, restaurants, retail and single-family and market-rate apartment homes on a majority of the surrounding area of about 80 acres. “We are focused on the future for the best possible use for Atlanta and honoring the history and tradition of (the Braves and Olympics),” Becker said. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote a series of stories about the impact of the proposal on Atlanta. Becker was also quoted in the Associated Press, the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Yahoo Sports and WSB-TV, among others.
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Georgia State University Celebrates Graduation
This photo slideshow reported on Georgia State’s 99th commencement exercises on May 10 at the Georgia Dome. The university celebrated the achievements of more than 5,000 bachelor’s, master’s and specialist graduates completing their degrees this spring and summer.
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Georgia State, Penn State To Do Camp Together
Football Coach Trent Miles was interviewed for an article about Georgia State and Penn State forming a partnership in the pursuit of football recruiting. Incoming Penn State Coach James Franklin and his staff will work as guest coaches for the Trent Miles Football Camp at Georgia State on June 10. “The way the rules are set up, you’re not allowed to have any camp outside of your state, unless you’re on the border and within a 50-mile radius. And a lot of people recruit in Atlanta,” Miles said. “But you can legally work somebody else’s camp. “So it’s beneficial to both parties where Penn State can come down here, work our camp and get to see the kids that they’re recruiting. And it benefits us by the amount of kids that are coming.”
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Georgia State’s Indian Creek Lodge
Receives Green Certification
This article reported on Georgia State’s Indian Creek Lodge being awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) certification. The lodge, within a 15.5-acre recreational area, is used for group meetings and retreats, and is Georgia State’s first project to achieve the LEED certification. The facility’s sustainable features include high-energy water fixtures, preservation of more than 77 percent of the project for open space and bicycle storage and changing areas for bicycle commuters. The environmental certification was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, and includes several categories for facilities based on the number of points achieved for sustainable features.
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Graduations An End And A
Beginning For College Students
This story highlighted 85-year-old Robert Brennan, who graduated from Georgia State on May 10 with a bachelor’s degree in English. Brennan served in the Korean War, earning A Purple Heart, a Battle Star and several campaign ribbons. He also had an impressive career in the media industry and served on the committee that put in the bid for Atlanta to host the Olympics. When Atlanta won, he was made press chief. “I’ve enjoyed my experience immensely: the professors, other students, all the subjects — except math,” Brennan said. “I had to have a math credit to graduate and had to get two tutors to help me.”
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Remake Of Capitol Hill Includes New, ‘Liberty Plaza’
Tim Crimmins, director of the Center for Neighborhood and Metropolitan Studies, was quoted in an article about plans to tear down an aging parking deck east of the Georgia Capitol building and turn it into a public plaza large enough to accommodate more than 3,000 visitors. There have been plans for such an area next to the 125-year-old statehouse for more than 100 years, according to building authority officials. “The whole idea of a Capitol is that it is the representation of the government of the people,” Crimmins said. “There is an incredibly important symbolic dimension to it. It should be something that is visible. What green space does is it provides perspective you need to get the grandeur of the building to have an effect on you,” he said. “Just think of the view you get of the (U.S.) capitol from the National Mall in Washington.” Crimmins was also interviewed for a WABE story about the history of Atlanta’s Morris Brown College and one of the school’s most famous teachers—W.E.B. DuBois.
WXIA-TV
Olympian Elana Meyers Gives
GSU Commencement Speech
This story reported on Olympic bobsledder Elana Meyers’ speech during the Georgia State commencement on May 10. Meyers, the silver medal winner in the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, advised the students to take risks. “I love trying new things and I really think that’s how you are going to get to where you want to go in life, by being open to new things and being open to new experiences,” Meyers said. She says keeping an open mind led her to bobsledding and to her silver medal. Read More »
GEORGIA TREND
Where The Students Are
Toby McChesney, assistant dean of graduate recruiting and student services in the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, was interviewed for a story about how Georgia institutions are increasingly offering ways to make MBAs more relevant and accessible. McChesney discussed Georgia State’s Global Partners program, “a true full-time MBA where students quit their jobs and get an MBA degree that is focused on international business.” Students in the program do three residencies abroad: Brazil, China and Paris. “They actually have to do an internship [overseas], and we help them with placement,” he says. “Students in the program are typically wanting to work with an international company or work abroad. Some are from the U.S., and some are international students who come to the U.S. for the program.”Read More »
WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY
Economy Maintaining A Balancing Act
Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting Center, was quoted in an article about consumer spending. Dhawan said consumers are still shopping, but that spending “seesaws up and down every month depending where the deals are, especially in the car sales.” He noted stock portfolios have reinflated since the crash and that home prices have risen, giving shoppers more confidence to spend when given the right incentive. “The consumer these days is a deal junkie,” he said.Read More »
