Neuroscience in Meditation
Georgia Geiger and Marti Kitchens use brain behavior modification to resolve disputes in their Marietta practice, Above & Beyond Conflict.
Sally Flocks and PEDS
Sally Flocks and PEDS (Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety) were talking about walkability before it was cool.
Computers Everywhere
At the Ubiquitous Computing Research Group at Georgia Tech, professor Gregory Abowd and his team figure out cool ways computers can help in everyday life.
Fox Theatre Institute
Forty years after activists rallied to save the Fox Theatre from demolition, the Fox Theatre Institute is sharing the love with money and restoration support for other historic venues across Georgia.
The Creatives Project
You don’t need to be a Rockefeller to fund the arts. Founded by photographer Neda Abghari in 2011, the Creatives Project underwrites emerging artists and provides children with arts enrichment missing from schools.
Emory University’s WaterHub
Emory University’s WaterHub diverts wastewater from the sewage system and cleans it as it flows through “ecochambers.”
Parent Councils United
An undercurrent of distrust has long pervaded DeKalb County schools. Thanks to perceptions that the “other part” of the county was getting more resources, parents in north and south DeKalb were deeply suspicious of each other. It took a crisis to bring them together.
NCR Midtown HQ
NCR has moved 1,700 employees from various metro-area offices into its new headquarters in Midtown. Citing transit and proximity to Atlanta’s universities, NCR hopes the campus will become the focal point of Atlanta’s “Silicon Valley of the East.”
Atlanta Shakespeare Company
Saying they are “saving the world through iambic pentameter,” the Atlanta Shakespeare Company heads to two high schools in the Atlanta Public Schools system each spring, offering intensive after-school performance residencies for eight weeks.