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Georgia State’s Innovators and Inventors Honored

Georgia State’s Innovators and Inventors Honored

In celebration of National Inventors’ Day, Georgia State hosted its first-ever recognition ceremony to honor contributions made by the university’s inventors and innovators. The event recognized members of the research community who exemplify the spirit of innovation and whose groundbreaking work has resulted in invention disclosures, patenting and commercializing intellectual property.

At the Feb. 10 event, 27 researchers were recognized for their innovative accomplishments. Many of the awardees have taken their ideas to the next level by sharing details of new inventions, with some advancing to U.S. patents and commercialization.

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Georgia State Neuroscientist Honored with Lehrman Lifetime Achievement Award

Georgia State Neuroscientist Honored with Lehrman Lifetime Achievement Award

Regents’ Professor of Neuroscience and Biology Geert de Vries has been awarded the Daniel S. Lehrman Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.

Established in 2006, the award honors the lifetime achievements of investigators who have an exemplary record of research, scholarship and mentorship, and who have served the field in leadership roles. Only one recipient is selected each year.

De Vries’ groundbreaking research has unveiled critical insights into sex differences in the brain. His team studies how sex hormones and chromosomes shape our brains and influence behaviors. He was the first to find that male brains produce more vasopressin than female brains.

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University Library and the Provost’s Office Honor Faculty Authors/Editors

University Library and the Provost’s Office Honor Faculty Authors/Editors

The University Library and the Office of the Provost honored faculty authors and editors through a reception this April.

The celebration highlighted works by GSU faculty, including retired and emeriti faculty members, published in 2022 and 2023. This celebration was in conjunction with an exhibition of new faculty books in the Library North Exhibit Gallery throughout the month of April.

Faculty authors/editors, with links to GSU library catalog listings (where available), are available in this news posting on the Provost’s Office website.

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College of the Arts Dean Wade Weast Named American Council on Education Fellow

College of the Arts Dean Wade Weast Named American Council on Education Fellow

American Council on Education (ACE) has announced that Georgia State University College of the Arts Dean Wade Weast has been named an ACE Fellow for academic year 2023-24. Following nomination by the senior administration of their institutions and a rigorous application process, 36 Fellows were selected this year.

Since its inception in 1965, the ACE Fellows Program has strengthened institutions in American higher education by identifying and preparing over 2,500 faculty, staff and administrators for senior positions in college and university leadership through its distinctive and intensive cohort-based mentorship model.

Of the Fellows who have participated to date – including Provost Parsons-Pollard, a past ACE Fellow herself – more than 80 percent have gone on, after their fellowship, to serve as chief executive officers, chief academic officers, other cabinet-level positions and deans.

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Georgia State University Regents’ Professor Jenny Yang Honored As National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Georgia State University Regents’ Professor Jenny Yang Honored As National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Jenny Yang, a Regents’ Professor of chemistry at Georgia State University and the associate director of the Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, has been selected as a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow, the academy board announced on Tuesday.

Dr. Yang, who holds 17 U.S. and 18 foreign patents in the field of protein engineering, is the first professor from Georgia State to be awarded an NAI Fellowship. She is one of 168 academic inventors who will be inducted during the annual NAI meeting on April 10 at the Heard Museum in Phoenix.

“I’m determined to make an impact in biomedical research and human health as a creative researcher as well as an innovative educator,” said Dr. Yang, who started her faculty career 23 years ago at Georgia State. “That I received such an honor at Georgia State means a lot.”

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