| State Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Saturday May 11, 2024 ( 5 items ) |
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'Forbes' Ranks Georgia Tech on New Ivies List
ATLANTA, Georgia, May 10 -- Georgia Institute of Technology issued the following news:
Georgia Tech ranks second on Forbes' Public Ivies list, underscoring the rising value employers are placing on specific universities and skills.
In a survey of nearly 300 Future of Work newsletter subscribers with direct hiring authority, 33% said they are less likely to hire Ivy League graduates than they were five years ago. Conversely, 42% of respondents indicated they are more likely to hire public unive
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Democratic Party of Georgia: New 11 Alive Report - Kemp Administration Chose Unqualified Gift Card Company Over Known Bidders for Billion-Dollar Taxpayer Contract For Political Gain
ATLANTA, Georgia, May 11 -- The Democratic Party of Georgia issued the following news release:
11 Alive just revealed shocking new findings in Governor Kemp's ongoing cash card scandal showing the Governor's office hand-picked a vendor who had no experience to manage the bungled $1.2 billion cash giveaway program based on that company's ability to help his re-election campaign.
According to 11 Alive's Doug Richards, Kemp's Office of Planning and Budget imposed several requirements on the compa
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Georgia Institute of Technology: Flicker Stimulation Shines in Clinical Trial for Epilepsy
ATLANTA, Georgia, May 10 (TNSres) -- Georgia Institute of Technology issued the following news:
Biomedical engineer Annabelle Singer has spent the past decade developing a noninvasive therapy for Alzheimer's disease that uses flickering lights and rhythmic tones to modulate brain waves. Now she has discovered that the technique, known as flicker, also could benefit patients with a host of other neurological disorders, from epilepsy to multiple sclerosis.
Previously, Singer and her collaborator
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Georgia Institute of Technology: Tropical Revelations - Unearthing the Impacts of Hydrological Sensitivity on Global Rainfall
ATLANTA, Georgia, May 10 (TNSres) -- Georgia Institute of Technology issued the following news:
Georgia Tech researcher Jie He set out to predict how rainfall will change as Earth's atmosphere continues to heat up. In the process, he made some unexpected discoveries that might explain how greenhouse gas emissions will impact tropical oceans, affecting climate on a global scale.
"This is not a story with just one punch line," said He, assistant professor in Georgia Tech's School of Earth and At
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Pritzker School of Law: U.S. Senate Confirms Georgia N. Alexakis (JD '06) for District Court Judge
CHICAGO, Illinois, May 4 -- The Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law issued the following school news:
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UPDATE, MAY 2, 2024: The Senate voted 54-44 on Wednesday to confirm Georgia N. Alexakis as a U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
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On February 21, 2024, President Biden nominated Georgia N. Alexakis (JD '06) to serve as a United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
Alexakis has been an Assistant United States
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