ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 (TNSres) -- Georgia Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Clark Atlanta University, with AI4OPT at Georgia Tech, received a $2.79 million NSF grant to advance AI education and research at HBCUs, led by Charles B. Pierre. * * * Clark Atlanta University (CAU), in collaboration with Georgia Tech's NSF Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT), has been awarded a four-year $2.79 million grant (Award ID 24024  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 -- Alston and Bird, a law firm, issued the following news release: Alston & Bird advised Proprium Capital Partners, a global real estate private equity firm, on the successful closing of multiple investment vehicles, with total capital commitments of over US$113 million from institutional investors, for the acquisition of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) developments in Italy. The new developments will bring the value of Proprium's Southern European PBSA pla  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 -- Alston and Bird, a law firm, issued the following news release: Alston & Bird won the complete dismissal of an $8 billion lawsuit filed against Bank of Baroda, one of the largest banks in India. The lawsuit concerned the collapse of NMC Health Plc, the largest private health care company in the Middle East. NMC's founder Dr. Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty and NMC affiliate Neopharma LLC filed suit in New York Supreme Court, Commercial Division alleging that Baroda cons  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 -- The Georgia Department of Community Affairs issued the following news: A total of more than $120,000 was awarded to eight Certified Local Government municipalities across Georgia, helping each community better support historic preservation activities. These federal subgrants are a product of the 2024 Historic Preservation Fund, a federal program managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service. The Historic Preservation Division of the Georgi  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 (TNSres) -- Georgia Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The ninth cohort of Georgia Tech's Emerging Leaders Program represents academic and research faculty from across campus. * * * The ninth cohort of Georgia Tech's Emerging Leaders Program has been selected for the 2024-25 academic year. Starting in Fall 2024 and continuing through Spring 2025, participants will take part in leadership development activities that include a kick-off retreat, r  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 -- The Georgia House issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: State Representatives Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain), Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta), Sandra Scott (D-Rex) and Rhonda Burnough (D-Riverdale) today call for action against State Superintendent Richard Woods' decision to block an AP African American Studies course from state curriculum for the 2024 academic year. Rep. Davis, who is an advocate for educational equity and justice, strongly condemns these   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 25 -- Georgia Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The Trott Family Philanthropies is doubling its investment in rural student outreach by adding Georgia Tech and 15 other universities to the Small Town and Rural Students (STARS) College Network. * * * Georgia Tech has joined 31 other top universities from around the country in the Small Town and Rural Students (STARS) College Network. Tech's Office of Undergraduate Admission will leverage this part  more

KENNESAW, Georgia, July 26 (TNSres) -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release: A research project conducted by Kennesaw State University sophomore Britt Walker aims to provide personalized hand rehabilitation through the use of a 3D-printed robotic glove. Walker's project, "Development of Soft Robotic Hand Data Glove for Rehabilitation and Gesture Recognition" gathers data on hands and hand movements to facilitate the creation of a device that can assist in hand rehabilita  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 -- Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: Today, Lt. Governor Burt Jones announced that staff from the Department of Community Health (DCH) will be in attendance on Tuesday, August 27, at mobile office hours hosted by his office for constituents in DeKalb and Fulton Counties. DCH representatives will be in attendance to answer constituent questions and share information about the Georgia Pathways Program. "Expanding health   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 -- The Georgia House issued the following news release: State Representative Katie Dempsey (R-Rome), chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources, recently attended the National Conference of State Legislature's (NCSL) 2024 Health Policy Seminar in Washington, D.C. Rep. Dempsey was nominated by House leadership to attend this seminar, which is designed for state legislators and legislative staff who are experienced or emerging leaders in health to   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 -- The Georgia House issued the following news release: State Representative Matt Dubnik (R-Gainesville) was recently appointed to serve as caucus co-chair of the bipartisan and bicameral Georgia Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus. Rep. Dubnik will co-chair the caucus alongside State Representative Chas Cannon (R-Moultrie), and State Senator Russ Goodman (R-Cogdell) will continue to serve as the caucus co-chair in the Senate. Reps. Dubnik and Cannon have assumed the roles   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 25 -- Spelman College issued the following news: Spelman College is pleased to announce that it has joined the STARS (Small Town and Rural Students) College Network, a coalition of 32 of the nation's most prominent institutions dedicated to ensuring students from rural and small-town America have the support they need to enroll and graduate from the college or university of their choice. As one of 16 new member schools, Spelman will combine its own resources with STARS p  more