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Recent News
Georgia State Strengthens Collaborations with Partner Universities in South Africa
Dr. Risa Palm, Provost of Georgia State, and Dr. Jun Liu, Georgia State’s Associate Provost for international initiatives, recently led a delegation of deans and faculty to South Africa to strengthen collaborations with Georgia...read more ❯
Children With Brain Lesions Able to Use Gestures Important to Language Learning
by Jeremy Craig
ATLANTA – Children with brain lesions suffered before or around the time of birth are able to use gestures – an important aspect of the language learning process– to convey simple sentences, a Georgia State...read more ❯
Georgia State University Researcher Discovers Five-Year-Olds Can Understand Time Metaphors
ATLANTA – Children by age 5 are able to understand two types of linguistic metaphors for time based on their experience, a Georgia State University researcher has found.
Lauren Stites, a graduate student under Şeyda...read more ❯
Institute for Research on Poverty Hub
College of Education Professor Julie Washington and Assistant Professor Nicole Patton-Terry have received a four-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to develop one of four national Learning Disabilities Innovation Hubs – epicenters of research on learning disabilities.read more ❯
GSU to lead $10 million research project to improve reading in deaf and hard of hearing children
ATLANTA — Researchers at Georgia State University’s College of Education have been awarded a significant $10 million grant to create the first national research center aimed at dramatically improving reading for children who are...read more ❯
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