ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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May 2015 -
Monisha (Mona) Mahadevan of Dunwoody, an 8th grader at Woodward Academy, won the 2015 Georgia State Spelling Bee and will go on to the Scripps Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. in May.
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May 2015 -
The inaugural Lillian Gordy Carter Award for Exceptional Service to India was presented on March 27, 2015 to environmentalist, activist, and author Carl Pope, at AIF's first Atlanta gala.
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April 2015 -
Taylor Road Middle School Robotics team, the Atomic Bubbles from Johns Creek, won 1st place Champion’s Award on February 7, 2015 at the FIRST Lego League (FLL) State Championship at UGA.
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April 2015 -
Fulton Sunshine Academy’s 5th grade Robotics team competed with 8th graders and won 1st place Champion’s Award at the First Lego League (FLL) State Championship at the Georgia Tech.
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April 2015 -
Sanjeev Anand, 10, has collected more than 450 books for the children of migrant families working on Georgia's farms.
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April 2015 -
Gwinnett County has named STAR high school students, including Rohil Ritesh Shah of Peachtree Ridge High, Yash Pramod Shirsath of Grayson High, and Vikram S. Varadarajan of Duluth High.
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April 2015 -
Georgia's Super Lawyers 2015 List includes K.P. Reddy (GA Top 100, Employment & Labor Law); Rising Stars Rathi Rao (Immigration) and Parag Shah (Personal Injury General Plaintiff & Criminal Defense).
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March 2015 -
A team of first-year students from the Emory College of Arts and Sciences and the Goizueta Business School has advanced to the regional finals of the Hult Prize Challenge, competing for $1M.
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March 2015 -
Aditya Suri, an 11th-grader in Marietta, was awarded a $20,000 scholarship as National Grand Prize winner from Samsung App Academy. His app helps people with visual, vocal, or auditory impairments.
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March 2015 -
Lt. Cmdr. Arti Lamba, a dentist in civilian life, received the Navy Achievement Medal at the Navy Operational Support Center Atlanta for outstanding performance in the Navy Reserve.
