In preliminary results, the Experiential Project-based Interdisciplinary Curriculum (EPIC) is showing promise to help raise grade point averages and to mitigate the chances of poor performance, failing or withdrawing from core curriculum classes. EPIC students work on projects while in foundational courses — like English 1101 and American government — to learn skills that will be valuable in their careers, from data science to project management. (August 12, 2012, Office of the Provost)
Digging in the grounds of a modern-day Atlanta suburb, Georgia State University’s Melissa Scharffenberg is on a mission to learn more about a small-town, humble hotel that for a brief moment, played an important role in Civil War history. (Georgia State University website, 2011)
Georgia State University’s Margo Brinton, a Regents’ Professor in the Department of Biology, received a $289,000 federal stimulus grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue her research on West Nile virus, which is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. (Georgia State University website, 2010)
Two Georgia State University professors in partnership with a South African university are working to build a way to help reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among youth, as well as reducing violence in the community. (Georgia State University website, 2010)
Two women doctoral students in Georgia State University’s computer science program worked to encourage more women and girls to enter the field. (Georgia State University website, 2010)