CONTENTS
18 IMAGINE THIS One of the most innovative computers of its time finds a new home at Georgia State.
24 THE FALL LINE A cold missing persons case led Laurah Norton (M.F.A. ’06) to create one of the nation’s top podcasts.
28 GAME CHANGER As the Panthers’ first esports teams plug in, one of the world’s fastest growing sports comes to campus.
BEST IN SHOW 8 Splicing his love of cinema and passion for preservation, Christopher Escobar (B.A. ’08, M.A. ’13) helped buy the iconic Plaza Theatre.
THE SIGN 11 Karen Graham runs Sign1News, the first news network to broadcast exclusively in American Sign Language.
PANTHER HISTORIAN 12 A lifelong Panthers fanatic, Ed Gadrix (B.B.A. ’65) chronicles the rise of Georgia State Athletics in his new book.
ON THE COVER: 3-D ILLUSTRATION BY WILLIAM DAVIS (B.A. ’11) M A G A Z I N E. G S U . E D U
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