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• Atlanta BeltLine's new Budget is 35% Higher Than Last Year Amid Rising Inflation

  August 5, 2022

  Tibor Besedes, ECON

  Published in: Atlanta BeltLine's new Budget is 35% Higher Than Last Year Amid Rising Inflation

• Mass Audubon has 'No Plans' to Change Name Over Naturalist's Ties to Slavery

  July 30, 2022

  Gregory Nobles, HSOC

  Published in: Boston Globe

• Mass Audubon has 'No Plans' to Change Name Over Naturalist's Ties to Slavery

  July 30, 2022

  Gregory Nobles, HSOC

  Published in: Mass Audubon has 'No Plans' to Change Name Over Naturalist's Ties to Slavery

• As Escalating Violence Hits Atlanta’s Music Industry, a Shaken Hip-Hop Community Seeks Solutions

  July 28, 2022

  Joycelyn Wilson, LMC

  Published in: As Escalating Violence Hits Atlanta’s Music Industry, a Shaken Hip-Hop Community Seeks Solutions

  

• Russia Says It Will Pull out of the International Space Station After 2024

  July 27, 2022

  Mariel Borowitz, INTA

  Published in: Russia Says It Will Pull out of the International Space Station After 2024

  

• What Does Climate Change Look Like in Georgia and What Do We Do About It?

  July 25, 2022

  Marilyn Brown, SPP

  Published in: What Does Climate Change Look Like in Georgia and What Do We Do About It?

  

• Investors Bought a Quarter of Homes Sold Last Year, Driving Up Rents

  July 22, 2022

  Brian An, SPP

  Published in: Investors Bought a Quarter of Homes Sold Last Year, Driving Up Rents

  

• A Closer Look at QBS

  July 20, 2022

  Gordon Kingsley, associate professor in the School of Public Policy, was a guest on the American Council on Engineering Companies's (ACEC) podcast, Engineering Influence. There, he discussed a study he helped produce for the ACEC Research Institute on qualification-based selections.

  An excerpt:

  This is an area where there's been so much experimentation by governments across the United States, trying to figure out what's the right balance in terms of their contracting practices.... In that process, though, there's been this commitment by the Brooks Act to qualification-based contracting. That's a long-standing commitment in the United States, and it's been an important one because it injects into our procurement process a focus on quality and making sure that those levels of expertise are brought into the decision-making by public sector actors.

  Published in: A Closer Look at QBS

  

• Constructing a Taxonomy of Implicit Hate Speech Grounded in Social Theory with Diyi Yang and David Muchlinksi

  July 18, 2022

  David Muchlinski, assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, joined the Diaries of Social Data Research podcast to discuss a paper he co-authored titled "Latent Hatred: A Benchmark for Understanding Implicit Hate Speech." Muchlinksi, alongside co-author Diyi Yang of the School of Interactive Computing, discussed how their annotation process for the paper took two years and incorporated the human aspect of hate speech into it.

  An excerpt:

  What we understand about some of these groups — especially some of these hate groups — is they're not stupid.... They understand how content moderation policies work, and they understand how to game them. If you continue  doing content moderation based off of explicit references, you will eventually allow hate speech onto your platform in all sorts of disguises.

  Published in: Constructing a Taxonomy of Implicit Hate Speech Grounded in Social Theory with Diyi Yang and David Muchlinksi

  

• Will Roper on the Future of eVTOL Aircraft in Military and Commercial Applications

  July 7, 2022

  Will Roper, distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed for the article, "Will Roper on the Future of eVTOL Aircraft in Military and Commercial Applications," published July 1, 2022 by evtol.com

  In the article, Roper discusses the potential and challenges of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, one of the technologies Roper worked on as an assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for acquisition, technology, and logistics.

  An excerpt:

  From a regulatory perspective, there’s always uncertainty about when there will be comfort in new systems intended for everyday use around populations. But I believe early military adoption and public trust in the military certification process will help accelerate it. These systems have some immediate benefits for a variety of niche operations [in the military]. But as the underlying technology, batteries, etc., get better over time, I think the operational use will expand as well. The faster military flight hours ramp, the faster we’re likely to see civil certification.

  Published in: Will Roper on the Future of eVTOL Aircraft in Military and Commercial Applications

  

• 2022’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States

  July 7, 2022

  Associate Professor Matthew Oliver in the School of Economics was featured in the "Ask the Experts" section of WalletHub's article "2022’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States." He answered:

  1. What are some good tips for saving money on energy bills?
  2. What makes energy costs higher in some states than in others?
  3. Are tax deductions and credits effective at incentivizing households to be more energy-efficient?
  4. Do you believe the government should continue to provide energy assistance to low-income households? If so, what’s the best way?
  5. As economic activity resumes within strict limitations and with many employees still working from home, what is the impact on energy production and prices?

  Read the full article here: https://wallethub.com/edu/energy-costs-by-state/4833

  Published in: 2022’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States

  

• Phosphorus Bombs: What You Should Know About Russia’s Alleged Use

  July 7, 2022

  Al Jazeera quoted Margaret E. Kosal, an associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, in the article “Phosphorus Bombs: What You Should Know About Russia’s Alleged Use,” published July 5, 2022.

  In the article, Kosal discussed the effects of munitions.

  An excerpt:

  What is particularly cruel is that the mixture of white phosphorus and rubber contained in the bombs sticks to the victims’ skin. Once in contact with phosphorus, the individual will attempt to knock out the burning spots. However, since phosphorus bombs are mixed with rubber gelatine, the viscous mass sticks to the skin worsening the effect.

  “If some white phosphorus remains embedded in the body, it can re-ignite if re-exposed to air (such as during medical care). It is incredibly nasty, causing debilitatingly painful burns if a person comes into contact with it,” Kosal noted.

  Published in: Phosphorus Bombs: What You Should Know About Russia’s Alleged Use

  

• Round up: New Mexico awarded DOE grants; senior fellow selected at Savannah River; Triad studies fire alarms

  July 7, 2022

  Margaret E. Kosal, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was mentioned in a story in ExchangeMonitor about her recent appointment as senior fellow in Savannah River National Laboratory's Nonproliferation Applied Science Center.

  The article, Round up: New Mexico Awarded DOE Grants; Senior Fellow Selected at Savannah River; Triad Studies Fire Alarms," was published July 1, 2022.

   

  Published in: Round up: New Mexico awarded DOE grants; senior fellow selected at Savannah River; Triad studies fire alarms

  

• Global Health Humanities in Transition

  July 7, 2022

  Narim Hassan, LMC

  Published in: Global Health Humanities in Transition

• 30 Times People Snapped a Pic and Realized It’s “Accidental Renaissance” (New Pics)

  July 5, 2022

  Lisa Yaszek, Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, shared her ideas about why we are fascinated with everyday photographs that take on qualities of classical Western art in the Bored Panda article "30 Times People Snapped a Pic and Realized It's 'Accidental Renaissance.'"

  An excerpt:

  "People are fascinated with photos that look like classic art because they allow us to connect some of the most prosaic moments of everyday modern life with the greater sweep of history," Yaszek explains.

  Published in: 30 Times People Snapped a Pic and Realized It’s “Accidental Renaissance” (New Pics)

  

• Pandemic Lockdown Triggered Sharp Drop in Preterm Births, Georgia Tech Study Finds

  June 30, 2022

  Fox 5 Atlanta interviewed Daniel Dench, assistant professor in the School of Economics, about his research on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on premature births for the segment, "Pandemic Lockdown Triggered Sharp Drop in Preterm Births, Georgia Tech Study Finds."

  In the piece, which aired June 30, 2022, Dench discussed his findings that premature births declined during the pandemic.

  An excerpt:

  The numbers stayed down throughout the rest of 2020, and Dench says access to prenatal care may have been a driving factor.

  "Women weren't spending as much time in the care of the doctor, and not as many tests were run that would have led a doctor to be concerned and want to take the baby early," he says.

  Published in: Pandemic Lockdown Triggered Sharp Drop in Preterm Births, Georgia Tech Study Finds

  

• America’s Middle Class is Deteriorating. The Death of Roe Will Make it Worse.

  June 29, 2022

  Assistant Professor Mayra Pineda-Torres in the School of Economics was quoted in "America’s Middle Class is Deteriorating. The Death of Roe Will Make it Worse." published in NBC News. 

  An excerpt: 

  Some women will have to wait to come up with necessary funds — and could end up waiting too long. Mayra Pineda-Torres, assistant professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Economics, warned in an email that even for middle-class women, “arrangements can be so costly or impossible to make that some may end up not accessing abortion services.”

  Published in: America’s Middle Class is Deteriorating. The Death of Roe Will Make it Worse.

  

• The Debate Over tax Breaks for Nonprofit Cleveland-area Hospitals is Also About Racism and Redlining

  June 29, 2022

  Assistant Professor Todd Michney in the School of History and Sociology was quoted in "The Debate Over tax Breaks for Nonprofit Cleveland-area Hospitals is Also About Racism and Redlining" published in The Land.

  An excerpt:

  Redlining helped create health problems that disproportionately plague Black Clevelanders, said Dr. Todd Michney, a history and sociology professor at Georgia Tech University and an expert on 20th-century Black upward mobility in Cleveland.

  Redlining was part of a federal program started in the 1930s that rated neighborhoods across the country to help mortgage lenders predict whether an area was a good financial risk. Black neighborhoods were deemed ‘hazardous” risks, which led to decades of disinvestment, according to the University of Richmond.

  “Sociologists have taken the [redlining] data … and found that really, across the board, these real estate predictions correlate with bad health outcomes (today),” Michney said. “The correlation is striking.”

  Published in: The Debate Over tax Breaks for Nonprofit Cleveland-area Hospitals is Also About Racism and Redlining

  

• Professor Joyce Wilson is Disrupting Academia

  June 27, 2022

  Joycelyn Wilson, assistant professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was interviewed in the article "Professor Joyce Wilson is disrupting academia" published by Rolling Out on June 27, 2022.

  Published in: Professor Joyce Wilson is Disrupting Academia

  

• What Is Black Joy, and How Is It Connected to Juneteenth?

  June 16, 2022

  André Brock, associate professor of media studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was quoted in the article "What Is Black Joy, and How Is It Connected to Juneteenth?" by Everyday Health on June 16. 

  An excerpt: 

  “Juneteenth is a moment of joy,” says Brock. “Yes, it's celebrating a moment where we found out we were free, but since then, it's also become — depending on which neighborhood or city you live in — it’s a picnic, it's a DJ, it's kids doing games and contests. It's cookouts and everything else. It's not simply breaking the chains every time we get together on Juneteenth. It's the celebration of us as a community.”

  Published in: What Is Black Joy, and How Is It Connected to Juneteenth?

  

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