A recent Georgia Tech study found that people in food deserts, a term used by the USDA to describe communities with limited access to grocery stores, eat food that is 5-17 percent higher in fats, sugars and cholesterol. The university gathered three million geo-tagged posts on Instagram from residents in both non-food desert areas and […]
Annmarie Stockinger became a victim of assault her freshman year of college. With the help of friends and family she was able to recover from the trauma — she had to transfer schools and move states, ending up at Georgia State University — but she couldn’t entirely wipe the event from her mind. The data […]
Learn how you can play a role in reducing violence by 40% by the year 2020. Way too many people are victims of violence each year in the United States. Scarier still is that the number of violence-related deaths continues to increase each year. As Goodie Nation is preparing to launch its Fall 2017 social […]
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport employs more than 63,000, takes up 4,700 acres, and sees an annual foot traffic of more than 20 times the population of metro Atlanta — though it is an undisputed global leader, it’s quite a behemoth to innovate within. That was the challenge embraced by 22 teams in the ATL Thinks! Airport Hackathon, organized by […]
As champions of the thriving Atlanta entrepreneurial and technology scene, there is so much to be proud of: our city is home to one of the oldest accelerators in the country, the fourth-largest tech startup hub, and the top University for female engineers. However, it’s important to acknowledge areas where we can use our enthusiasm […]