Gwinnett Pulse

Georgia Gwinnett College Student Ambassador Christopher Young leads a group of new students to Building A, one of the college's academic buildings. This guided tour was part of the college's first "Path to Success Day."

Georgia Gwinnett College’s first, “Path to Success Day.”

Georgia Gwinnett College’s first, “Path to Success Day.”

GGC invited all new students to visit campus so they could learn their way around, locate their classrooms, purchase books and complete other tasks needed to start the 2014 fall semester.

Three Gwinnett schools honored for sportsmanship

Three Gwinnett schools honored for sportsmanship

Three Gwinnett County high schools—Meadowcreek High, Berkmar High, and Lanier High— earned recognition for demonstrating exemplary sportsmanship during the 2013-14 school year. The schools were among 48 earning the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) Cooperative Spirit Sportsmanship Award.

Pfizer to pay $35 Million to 42 States and limit off-Label use and promotion of the immunosuppressive drug Rapamune®

The Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection, along with Attorneys General from 41 other states, have reached a $35 million settlement with Pfizer Inc., who as parent of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc.               agrees to be bound by the judgment, to resolve allegations that Wyeth unlawfully promoted Rapamune, an immunosuppressive drug currently approved by the FDA as prophylactic for organ rejection after kidney transplant surgery.

Monument for Capt. David Bushnell

Area residents erect monument to sub inventor

George Washington and a submarine – who would have guessed there was a relationship!?  Yes, the first wartime submarine, or “1-man underwater machine” called the Turtle was invented during the Revolutionary War.