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Interview by Adam Van Brimmer African American professionals are underrepresented in science fields, and schools, educators and STEM-related organizations across the country are collaborating to address the shortage. Karla-Sue Marriott, a biomedical researcher at Savanah State University and the founder of the school's forensics science program, is our latest Difference Maker. Find the latest and archived episodes of Difference Makers at SavannahNow.com/podcasts or search "Savannah Difference Makers" on podcast app. Past Difference Makers include the Ossabaw Island Foundation's Elizabeth DuBo...

Copied! Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft, Patriots Foundation president Josh Kraft and Patriots and Pro Football Hall of Famer Andre Tippett take a virtual group photo with the 2020 Patriots Difference Makers of the Week. (photo courtesy of New England Patriots). FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Throughout the 2020 season, the Kraft family and the New England Patriots Foundation continued its Celebrate Volunteerism initiative by teaming with nonprofit organizations to educate fans about the need for volunteering, highlighting deserving volunteers from across the region and ...

Enocha Edenfield For Do Savannah The Savannah College of Art and Design hosts a fantastic film festival each year here in the Hostess City, which makes attendance a little easier, but the school also hosts a TV festival at its Atlanta campus. The festival is a celebration of television and streaming services. This year, you can enjoy the ninth SCAD aTVfest from the comfort of home. The festival will be presented virtually from Feb. 4-6. “This dramatic digital debut extends the festival's preeminent reputation, built over the past eight years, to a global audience,” said Paula Wallace, SCA...

Savannah Morning News Savannah's squares are, in many ways, a portal to the past — more than green spaces, they are a mostly-untarnished window to the nearly 288-year history of the oldest city in Georgia. But history isn't always comfortable. Contemporary values rarely resemble those of the past, and after a few hundred years of social change, prominent historic figures and the ideas they represent come to be viewed by some as antiquated, unethical, or in some cases, offensive.  Last summer, the U.S. was faced with a racial reckoning. Following the death of George Floyd at the hands ...

This is a column by Editorial Page Editor Adam Van Brimmer. Al Scott has taken to the political stage twice in his life, first at the state level, where he served in the Georgia General Assembly and as Georgia’s labor commissioner; and more recently as Chatham County’s top official, the Chatham Commission chairman. He’s not ruling out an Act III. Few caught the bombshell Scott recently dropped in the closing moments in an interview for the Difference Makers podcast. Scott discussed his political career for close to an hour, culminating in the final question: What's next as far as your p...