Happy Groundhog Day! On Feb. 2, Georgia’s favorite groundhog — Official General Beauregard Lee — peeked his head out and wasn’t met with his shadow, meaning we’re due for an early spring. Let’s hope he’s right and the gloomy, winter days are behind us.
On to other local news:
Nathaniel Currie.
CAU Professor named 40 Under 40 scholar list by higher ed magazine
Last month’s issue of “Diverse: Issues in Higher Education” named Clark Atlanta University’s social work professor, Dr. Nathaniel Currie, on its “40 Under 40” scholars list.
The award selects honorees from a pool of candidates recommended by various department chairs, university public information officers and other. The scholars are chosen based on research, teaching record, and competitiveness and uniqueness of their field of study.
Currie, who works in the Whitney M. Young, Jr. School of Social Work, was one of the 15 scholars selected by the magazine. His research interests include the application of social justice to clinical practice, prison reform and abolitionism, environmental and socially engineered trauma with an emphasis on communities of color and the intersection of Black men, mental health and infectious disease.
— Allison Joyner
Cook Park, a 16-acre park with green infrastructure in Atlanta’s Vine City. (Photo courtesy of HDR, Paul Dingman.)
Cook Park receives $180,000 Park Pride grant
The Alliance for the Activation of Rodney Cook Sr. Park recently received a $180,000 grant from Park Pride to install shade structures at the playground and the fitness area. Additionally, the grant will fund more benches, trash cans and dog waste stations.
The Alliance is a nonprofit neighborhood conservancy that aims to activate Cook Park while promoting the historical and cultural importance of the park and Vine City. Park Pride is a nonprofit that works to improve parks around the City of Atlanta and DeKalb County.
The funds are part of Park Pride’s recent…
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