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• 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?

  

• Georgia Tech Offers New “Black Media Studies” Minor

  June 13, 2022

  Joycelyn Wilson, assistant professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, discussed the new Black Media Studies minor on the WABE podcast Closer Look with Rose Scott on June 13.

  Published in: Georgia Tech Offers New “Black Media Studies” Minor

  

• The FAA Says SpaceX Can’t Expand Its Texas Launch Site — Yet

  June 13, 2022

  Mariel Borowitz, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, talked to Wired about environmental concerns delaying SpaceX's upgrades to its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas.

  An excerpt:

  “There’s always some chance you’ll have a failure in that first 30 seconds to a minute, where it would be close enough to the ground where you’ll see debris fall. I think it’s a very small chance—and this is what the FAA will quantify—maybe less likely than being hit by lightning. But the chance isn’t zero. What if a rocket blows up and it lands in a wildlife refuge or over someone’s house?” asks Mariel Borowitz, a space policy expert at Georgia Tech.

  Published in: The FAA Says SpaceX Can’t Expand Its Texas Launch Site — Yet

  

• Dr. Ritter Appointed as New Chair for LMC Program

  June 5, 2022

  Kelly Ritter, incoming Chair of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was interviewed by the Georgia Tech student newspaper The Technique in the article "Dr. Ritter appointed as new chair for LMC program."

  An excerpt: 

  She added that her top priority is to, “Help keep the School of LMC strong, creative, and inclusive, and to promote its excellence wherever and however possible,” and that she also wants to, “Communicate to new and prospective Tech students how exciting a time it to study at the intersections of the humanities and technology. I want our majors and minors to know how to make the most of the opportunities that the School of LMC can provide them, both during and after their college years.”

  Published in: Dr. Ritter Appointed as New Chair for LMC Program

  

• Investor-Owned Housing Emerging as Key Issue for Metro Atlanta Officials

  June 2, 2022

  Research by Brian An, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. An presented said research at the Atlanta Regional Housing Forum on June 1.

  An except:

  Brian An, an assistant professor at Georgia Tech, found that large investor activity in a neighborhood was linked to a 3.5% decline in homeownership rates, but the connection disappeared when looking at predominantly white areas. In African American neighborhoods, he found as much as a 10% decline in homeownership rates.

  An's presentation at the forum was also cited by Axios.

  Published in: Investor-Owned Housing Emerging as Key Issue for Metro Atlanta Officials

  

• Putin Propagates State Terror as a National Tradition

  May 29, 2022

  Dina Khapaeva, professor and director of the Russian program in the School of Modern Languages, discussed Putin and the war in Ukraine with the German television news channel n-tv. She spoke about Putin's "memory politics," his use of state terror as a "national tradition," and the fate of the country following the war in Ukraine. The article, titled "Putin propagiert Staatsterror als nationale Tradition" [Putin Propagates State Terror as a National Tradition], was published on May 29, 2022. 

  An excerpt: 

  "The whole point of Putin's memory politics is to make Russians believe that the Russian Middle Ages was a great society, a wonderful alternative to democracy, much better than democracy. The goal of this memory politics is the restoration of an empire, the militarization of public opinion, and the propagation of state terror as a great national tradition."

  Published in: Putin Propagates State Terror as a National Tradition

  

• Hostile Architecture: The Blurring Line Between Public and Private Space

  May 27, 2022

  Robert Rosenberger, associate professor in the School of Public Policy, discussed hostile design with TBR News Media.

  An excerpt:

  “Hostile architecture refers to when objects in public spaces are designed in a way to control those spaces and push out or control the behavior of already vulnerable groups,” he said in a phone interview. “Benches redesigned to deter people from sleeping on them is one of the main examples of hostile architecture, and we mainly see that done through the addition of armrests.”

  Published in: Hostile Architecture: The Blurring Line Between Public and Private Space

  

• China's Children of the 70s Come to the Fore as Next Generation of Leaders Starts to Emerge

  May 23, 2022

  External article: South China Morning Post

  Professor Fei-Ling Wang talked to the South China Morning Post about how people born in the 1970s are beginning to see more power in the Chinese Communist Party as President Xi Jinping gets closer to determining a successor.

  An except:

  "Professor Fei-Ling Wang of Georgia Institute of Technology’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, said Xi had taken a 'much more personal' approach to succession planning compared to his predecessors, and 'personal loyalty to him seems to override other qualities.'"

  Published in: China's Children of the 70s Come to the Fore as Next Generation of Leaders Starts to Emerge

  

• Russia's War in Ukraine Is Threatening an Outpost of Cooperation in Space

  May 23, 2022

  External article: NPR

  Mariel Borowitz, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, spoke to NPR about how the war in Ukraine has strained relationships about the International Space Station. She also discussed the history of the craft, which was built on international collaboration.

  An excerpt:

  "At the time 'it was in the U.S. national interest to engage with Russia,' says Mariel Borowitz, an associate professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The joint program kept Russian rocket scientists employed during a moment when Russia faced political and economic instability, she says."

  Published in: Russia's War in Ukraine Is Threatening an Outpost of Cooperation in Space

  

• Pivot Into Covid-19 Research Eases as Publishing Surge Starts to Level Off

  May 17, 2022

  External article: Science

  Professor Philip Shapira's research was quoted in an article from Science about how new research on Covid-19 is beginning to decrease.

  An excerpt:

  "The easing of the COVID-19 publishing frenzy doesn’t diminish the value of the work done by scientists who jumped into COVID-19 research—and of the experience they gained. 'Not everything paid off,' Shapira says. But the influx 'probably trained a whole set of researchers to think about pandemics from medical, public health, and other aspects. There’s been a human capital investment.'”

  Published in: Pivot Into Covid-19 Research Eases as Publishing Surge Starts to Level Off

  

• Facing the Future: This Is Not Your Father’s Cold War

  May 17, 2022

  External article: WKXL

  Adam Stulberg, Sam Nunn Professor and Chair in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, talked to WKXL: New Hampshire's Talk Radio about the war in Ukraine.

  An excerpt:

  "One of the most profound elements of this war — and it really is a war of choice by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine — is that it's emblematic of a changing international system that has been undergoing change for a number of years now."

  Published in: Facing the Future: This Is Not Your Father’s Cold War

  

• GA Tech Graduate Student Offers Cybersecurity Tips for Families in New Children's Book

  May 16, 2022

  Zinet Kemal, M.S. in Cybersecurity (policy track) student, published a children's book about privacy called Oh No... Hacked Again! The book is based off of cybersecurity and privacy lessons she shared with her own children during the pandemic.

  An excerpt:

  "Some important lessons of saying how to stay safe online and password security — you know, how to spot online predators, etc. — those are some of the themes that are covered within the story."

  Published in: GA Tech Graduate Student Offers Cybersecurity Tips for Families in New Children's Book

  

• Atlanta Seeing 2nd Highest Inflation Rate in the Country

  May 13, 2022

  Tibor Besedes, the Mary S. and Richard B. Inman, Jr. Professor of Economics in the School of Economics, was interviewed for the article "Atlanta Seeing 2nd Highest Inflation Rate in the Country," published May 13, 2022, on CBS46.com.

  Besedes discussed forces driving inflationary pressures in Atlanta. An excerpt:

  “A lot of people moving to Atlanta are bidding up the prices of housing and that creates an inflationary pressure,” said Tibor Besedes , professor at Georgia Tech School of Economics.

  The global supply chain issues are also making matters worse, and it’s unlikely any cities or states can do much to prevent further damage or loss.

  “These are systemic issues. A lot of driving — can’t really reduce that quickly, and a lot of people can’t do that quickly. It’s difficult to require more fuel-efficient cars. You can’t increase public transportation overnight, so it’s really difficult,” Besedes said.

  Published in: Atlanta Seeing 2nd Highest Inflation Rate in the Country

  

• Tech Professor Discusses War in Ukraine

  May 10, 2022

  External article: the Technique

  Nadiya Kostyuk, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy and the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, talked to Georgia Tech's student newspaper about the war in Ukraine. She discussed the social media and cyber dimensions, as well as her ties to it as a native of Ukraine. Daniel Aum, Ph.D. student in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, wrote the article.

  An excerpt:

  Technique: Why should Tech students care about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? 

  The crisis will shape the global order. I know, it’s a grandiose statement. But look at Russia’s actions: they tried to prevent Ukraine from joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), contrary to the principle of self-determination. The invasion itself violates the UN Charter’s prohibition on the use of military force against another state. Russia’s actions are undermining the principles established since the end of World War II. 

  Published in: Tech Professor Discusses War in Ukraine

  

• The Death of Expertise Has Been Exaggerated

  May 9, 2022

  Research by Professor Diana Hicks, Assistant Professor Omar I. Asensio, and Ph.D. students Matteo Zullo and Ameet Doshi of the School of Public Policy was the subject of a commentary published in the May edition of Physics Today.

  The article details the team's research into how the public uses downloads of National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine consensus reports, finding strong demand among everyday people for sophisticated scientific research.

  An excerpt:

  The research conducted by Hicks and her collaborators illuminates the rewards for successfully engaging the public. In the concluding paragraph of their paper, they write: “The overall impression is of adults motivated to reach higher, seek out the most credible sources, engage with challenging material, and use it to improve the services they provide or learn more about the world they live in.”

  Published in: The Death of Expertise Has Been Exaggerated

  

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