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• The Greatest Terrorist Threat

  November 17, 2015

  Senator Sam Nunn recently published an Op-Ed piece entitled “The Greatest Terrorist Threat.” Read full articile in Politico.

  Published in: Poltico

  

• ‘Fallout 4’ Is a Niche Video Game

  November 13, 2015

  Ian Bogost calls “‘Fallout 4’ a niche video game.” Read full article in Motherboard.

   

  Published in: Motherboard

• Charting a New Course for the U.S. Navy

  November 8, 2015

  "The Obama administration made an important statement in recently authorizing the Pentagon to order a warship, the U.S.S. Lassen, to transit close to an island constructed by China on a submerged reef in the contested South China Sea," wrote James A. Winnefeld in an opinion piece which appeared in the Boston Globe, November 8, 2015.

  The former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Winnefeld is a distinguished professor in The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and a non-resident fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School.

  "Key U.S. interests served include protection of the global economic system, the security of our allies in the region, and preserving the rules-based international order that has maintained peace in the Asia-Pacific region for decades."  

   

  Published in: Boston Globe

  

• Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers

  November 5, 2015

  Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, published an article entitled “Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers.” Read full article in The Atlantic.

  Published in: The Atlantic

• US Arms Exports to Egypt: I Wish I Knew How to Quit You

  November 5, 2015

  Lawrence Rubin, assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was quoted in an article entitled “US Arms Exports to Egypt: I Wish I Knew How to Quit You.” Read full article in Vice News.

  Published in: Vice News

  

• The Logic Behind the Sky-High Candy Crush Deal

  November 4, 2015

  Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, published an article entitled “The Logic Behind the Sky-High Candy Crush Deal.” Read full article in The Atlantic.

  Published in: The Atlantic

• Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Launches Global Women’s Initiative for Entrepreneurs

  November 3, 2015

  Dean Jacqueline Royster and DeShawn Jenkins launched the Global Women’s Initiative for Entrepreneurs at an exclusive event that took place November 1-4. The initiative creates “a platform for collaboration and innovation by fostering and highlighting global connections and developing the entrepreneurial and leadership skills of women in Atlanta and internationally.” Read more in Atlanta Daily World.

   

  Published in: Atlanta Daily World

  

• Why Zombies Don’t Have Dracula’s Charm

  October 30, 2015

  Carol Senf, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication explains why Dracula still matters today. Read full article on Futurity.

  Published in: Futurity

  

• Why Video-Game Culture Is Stuck Between Leftism and Libertarians

  October 28, 2015

  Following the release of his new book, Ian Bogost gave an interview for Vulture to discuss “gaming’s curious place in the critical discourse and the problems of gamer culture.” Read full interview on Vulture.

  Published in: Vulture

• Browning's Vampire Research in the Press

  October 27, 2015

  In the spirit of Halloween, John Edgar Browning’s (LMC) research on vampire culture has recently been featured in a column for The Atlantic entitled “Life Among the Vampires”, the Time article “The Vampire Craze in Popular Culture Isn’t Dead Yet”, the Washington Post feature “Inside the Human Blood-Drinking, ‘Real Vampire’ Community of New Orleans”, the New York Daily News article “5,000 Vampires Live in the U.S.”, and the BBC article "The People Who Drink Human Blood".

  Published in: Time

  

• Walsh Discusses Ghost Authors Study on GPB

  October 21, 2015

  John P. Walsh, associate professor in the School of Public Policy, discussed his study “The Bureaucratization of Science” on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s “On Second Thought.” Listen to the full interview on SoundCloud.

  He says in his abstract: “While science is traditionally treated as a distinct domain of work organization, increasingly science is organized around larger and larger work groups that resemble small firms, with knowledge as the product. The growth of organized science raises the question of whether we also see a bureaucratic structuring of scientific work groups as predicted by organization theory, with implications for the academic credit system and scientific labor markets. Building on organization theory, we examine the relation between project group size, technical environment, and bureaucratic structuring of scientific work. Using survey data on scientific projects, we find size predicts bureaucratic structuring, with declining marginal effects. We also find that interdisciplinarity and task interdependence have distinct effects on bureaucratic structuring. Finally, the relationship between size and some dimensions of bureaucratic structuring is contingent on levels of work group interdependence in the field. We conclude with a discussion of the implications for policy debates about authorship and scientific careers.”

  Published in: Georgia Public Broadcasting

  

• Islamic Movement leader in court: In spirit and blood we will defend al-Aksa

  October 15, 2015

  Lawrence Rubin, assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed about the role of Israel’s Islamic movement in the recent spate of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Read the full article in The Jerusalem Post.

  More specifically, Rubin commented on the role of Sheikh Ra’id Salah role, the leader of the northern branch of Israel’s Islamic movement. Rubin wrote a paper for the Brookings Institutions on “Islamic Political Activism in Israel” that addresses this issue.

  Published in: The Jerusalem Post

  

• Atlanta Exporters Could Benefit Long-Term Despite Trade Deficit

  October 8, 2015

  Tibor Besedes, associate professor in the School of Economics, told WABE  “to some extent this campaign to increase Atlanta-area exports is running into a headwind given the global slowdown and the strengthening of the dollar.” Read full article on WABE.

  Published in: WABE

  

• The Hidden Depths of Sandra Boynton’s Board Books

  October 8, 2015

  Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, published an article entitled “The Hidden Depths of Sandra Boynton’s Board Books.” Read full article in The New Yorker.

  Published in: The New Yorker

• Egg McNothin’

  October 8, 2015

  Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, published an article entitled “Egg McNothin’.” Read full article in The Atlantic.

  Published in: The Atlantic

• A Brief History of Science Fiction's Journey to Mars

  October 7, 2015

  Lisa Yaszek, professor of science fiction studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, talks to the Daily Dot about the sudden resurgence of interest in Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor, showing how the stories we tell ourselves about Mars change over time in tandem with the development of new technologies that quite literally provide new perspectives on the red planet. With new evidence suggesting the possibility of free-flowing water on Mars and the release of the blockbuster science fiction film The Martian, it seems that everyone has the red planet on their minds these days.

  The immediate goal of this interview was to provide historical and cultural context for the recent resurgence of interest in Mars. The secondary goes was to demonstrate how faculty in the humanities at Georgia Tech can help us understand scientific, technological, and cultural developments from new perspectives.

  Read full article in the Daily Dot.

  Published in: The Daily Dot

  

• Retired Navy Admiral: Climate Change Poses Security Risk

  October 5, 2015

  Jarrod Hayes, assistant professor in The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was part of a dialogue with Retired Navy Rear Admiral David Titley, founding director of the Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk at Penn State, to discuss climate change as a threat to national security on WABE’s “Closer Look.”

  Hayes argued that ““The challenge with climate change is it’s very difficult to identify a specific event that you can sort of unambiguously trace to the dynamic of changing atmospheric chemistry and oceanic chemistry and so this is part of the problem of communicating climate change to the American public.”

  Listen to full interview on WABE.

  Published in: WABE

  

• The Car That Killed Glamour

  September 29, 2015

  Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, discusses “Tesla and the end of the automobile as an object of desire” in an article for The Atlantic entitled “The Car That Killed Glamour.” Read the full article in The Atlantic.

  Published in: The Atlantic

• The Roundtable: The Rise of eSports and Gaming

  September 25, 2015

  “The Roundtable: The Rise of eSports and Gaming” featured Will Hankinson, M.S. Digital Media alumnus, on Atlanta Tech Edge. Watch full video here.

  Hankinson discussed the topic with Tyrone Poole and reporter Cara Kneer:

   “eSports is extremely competitive and requires quick reflexes, strategy and coordination. But are these gamers athletes? Will we see eSports in the Olympics in the near future?”

  Published in: Atlanta Tech Edge

  

• Sam Nunn on Vladimir Putin and the Danger of Silence

  September 24, 2015

  Sam Nunn, distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, interviewed with AJC correspondent Jim Galloway about Vladimir Putin's upcoming visit to the U.S.

  Galloway writes:

  “Sam Nunn still keeps a small office on the fringes of the Georgia Tech campus. The post-industrial location belies its clout. On Tuesday, just down the hall from the former U.S. senator, was a welcoming party for the newest member of the Tech faculty, retired Adm. James ‘Sandy’ Winnefeld, who recently stepped down as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

  Maintaining high-level contact with the Russians has been something of a crusade for Nunn. Last year, in the face of the Ukraine crisis, he wrote the White House to urge the Obama administration to deploy a special envoy to Putin. Nunn suggested Colin Powell. Nothing came of it.

  I asked Nunn why he thought high-level silence, whether Democrat or Republican, was dangerous. ‘I think that you start with the premise that Russia is the only country in the world that can destroy the United States while we’re having this interview – if it lasts more than an hour,’ he replied. Well, then.

  We don’t talk about nuclear war much anymore, but the threat still exists. One glitch in Russia’s warning system, or ours, and the world is toast. ‘When you’re not communicating, accidents are more likely. When you’re not communicating, suspicions are more difficult to deal with,’ Nunn said.”

  Continue to full article…

  Published in: AJC

  

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