http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/rental.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/rental-thumb.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/7129.html Racial discrimination is uncovered in apartment rentals advertised online A study conducted by AYS economists found that email inquiries about apartments advertised on a popular classified website are filtered based on the perceived race and social class of the inquirer. http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/parks.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/parks-thumb.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/7022.html Safer Refuge Andrew Parks, a recently minted MPA alumnus (2011) and head of the Atlanta professional chapter of Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA)works to redesign and redefine refugee camps. http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/reu-2011.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/6911.html More REU summer interns pursue graduate degrees http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/tropic.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/tropic-thumb.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/6830.html Research can pinpoint best and worst locations for conservation areas Empirical research conducted by economist Paul Ferraro and his co-authors last year found that, on average, conservation areas in developing countries reduce poverty and deforestation. http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/career-services.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/career-services-thumb.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/6813.html AYS opens new Office of Career Services and Student Life Students from all AYS departments now have a single place to go to learn important career skills and build community through clubs and other activities. http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/sass-2ci.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/sass-2ci.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/6783.html Education policy expert is first 2nd Century Initiative hire

Distinguished Research Professor Tim Sass has joined the Department of Economics as the first of three new faculty members hired by AYS to fulfill its GSU Second Century Initiative.

http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/urban-fellows.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/urban-fellows.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/6677.html AYS students named Urban Fellows Ten students from the Andrew Young School were chosen to participate in the prestigious 2011-2012 Urban Fellows Program hosted by the College of Law's Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth. http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/cj-sw-idea1.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/6573.html Criminal Justice and Social Work join the Andrew Young School July 1st http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/dataportal.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/icon_news.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/6543.html Georgia State University's International Studies Program creates online tax research tool http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/2011awards.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/2011awards.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/6142.html 2011 Andrew Young School Awards The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies has selected six individuals to receive annual awards this year. http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/fulbrights-banner.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/icon_news.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/6131.html AYS Faculty Awarded Fulbrights http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/banzhaf.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/icon_news.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/6114.html Dr. Spencer Banzhaf Receives the GSU Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/aarl.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/icon_news.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/5981.html Andrew Young Papers open for research http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/ayoungemmy.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/ayoungemmythumb.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/5963.html Andrew Young receives Emmy for Lifetime Achievement The Board of Trustees of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) voted unanimously to honor former Ambassador Andrew J. Young with a prestigious Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement. http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/casestudy2.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/casestudy2.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/5651.html New Atlanta Case Studies Examine City Operations and Policies Expert analysis puts eight functions of the city's administration under the microscope. http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/jorgeaward3.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/vigo-thumb.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/5645.html University of Vigo, Spain, awards Martinez an honorary doctorate http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/carter2.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/carter_thumb.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/5643.html The places you'll go M.P.A. candidate Bethany Davis is in Washington, D.C. this February with the Department of State. http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/grad2.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/grad_thumb.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/fall-2010-recognition-ceremony.html AYS Celebrates Fall 2010 Graduating Class http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/ostrum.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/ostsrum-thumbnail.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/5363.html AYS Hosts Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom The Experimental Economics Center (ExCEN) and Department of Economics hosted Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom at an AYS faculty event on November 19. http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/skyline.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/censusredux2.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/5016.html Census Bureau to Open Research Data Center in Atlanta The AYS helped to land the Census Bureau's Atlanta Research Data Center,which is the government's highest-level business, social and health statistical data warehouse. http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/bestacademy.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/bestacademythumb.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/5290.html AYS Students teach Atlanta Public School students about Banking on our Future AYS student volunteers represented the PMAP Community Network, American Humanics, and the Economics Department Graduate Students Association. http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/child_obesity.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/child_obesity_thumb.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/5210.html USDA awards grant to AYS professor to study childhood obesity dynamics AYS professor Rusty Tchernis has received a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to look at the obesity trends from childhood to adolescence. http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/hospital_discharge.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/images/hospital_discharge_thumb.jpg http://aysps.gsu.edu/5212.html NIH awards $1.2 million to GSU for study on discharge decisions at hospitals An AYS professor and an Emory University surgeon have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a joint research project to study discharge decisions at hospitals.