Many words describe what Kiana Morris does — she is Associate Director for Policy in the Office of the Associate Director for Science at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
But one word best characterizes what she is: Energetic.
A9 fuels the Amazon search engine, and their work starts long before a customer types a query.
Lucas Puente is a social scientist passionate about using econometrics and data science to improve understanding of the world and turn raw data into useful insights.
Sean Walsh’s view of the world changed his view of the world. After he graduated from Terry, Walsh had a run in the bruising environs of Wall Street where his 80-, 90-, 100-hour work weeks were fueled by caffeine from six Diet Cokes a day. His job in mergers and acquisitions held a tyranny over him until he went on a different kind of run, this one around the world.
The Georgia crowds come every year, like they have for more than three decades, to hear the traveling show. Sometimes the sounds coming from the stage aren’t always upbeat (remember 2009?), and the people onstage can change from year to year, but the event’s importance and message is never diminished.
Numbers govern our lives. Bank account balances, blood pressure, SAT scores — they help define who we are and where we’re going. Some numbers affecting our daily lives are beyond our control — age, height and U.S. GDP — while others, such as the calories we consume, are up to us.
Faculty accolades at the Terry College of Business from Spring/Summer 2018.
What happens to an individual under 50 who suffers a stroke? That person faces the challenges of recovery compounded with the continued responsibilities of the day-to-day world.