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Space Policy Edition: How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Has Changed Space, With Mariel Borowitz

May 6, 2022

Mariel Borowitz, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, spoke on The Planetary Society's podcast, Planetary Radio, to discuss the space policy implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

An excerpt:

"I think if you look at the situation today, we don't have that same demand to try and engage with Russia [on collaboration in space]... I think it's just becoming less and less tenable to have this kind of close cooperation."

Published in: Space Policy Edition: How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Has Changed Space, With Mariel Borowitz
Redlined Neighborhoods More Likely to Have Oil and Gas Wells, Study Finds

April 27, 2022

Todd Michney, assistant professor in the School of History and Sociology, was interviewed for the article "Redlined Neighborhoods More Likely to Have Oil and Gas Wells, Study Finds," published on April 27, 2022, in The Tennessean.

The article discussed a study by University of California, Berkeley researchers finding that communities historically subjected to redlining, the illegal practice of using race as a basis for making mortgage decisions, have a higher presence of oil and natural gas wells.

The article quoted Michney on his reaction to the research, of which he was not part. An excerpt:

Todd Michney, an assistant professor of history at Georgia Institute of Technology who studies the origins of redlining, called the results “shocking but not surprising.”

“It’s just another way in which low-income neighborhoods and especially neighborhoods of color have been subjected to disproportionate environmental burdens,” Michney said.

Published in: The Tennessean
What Happens to Social Justice and Culture on Twitter With Elon Musk at the Helm?

April 26, 2022

André Brock, associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was quoted in the article, 'What Happens to Social Justice and Culture on Twitter With Elon Musk at the Helm?' posted on April 26, 2022 on The Philadelphia Inquirer.

An excerpt:

Twitter’s technology allows us to have multiple conversations at a time, thread conversations, and quote tweets. (Musk says he plans to make that better by adding an edit button and to be more transparent about the algorithms that determine what you see on your Twitter feed.) That is what makes Twitter such a force within the culture, Brock said in a tweet thread.

“Collectively we can be heard,” Brock said to me. “I’m not willing to give that up without a fight.”

Published in: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Pandemic Led To Fewer C-Sections & Induced Births

April 21, 2022

Daniel Dench, a professor in the School of Economics was quoted in the article, 'Pandemic Led To Fewer C-Sections & Induced Births' posted on April 21, 2022 on Babygaga.

An excerpt:

Daniel Dench, the lead author of the study, stated that these interventions may not be necessary and that is what this study has highlighted. However, they also stated that more work needs to be done to look at how these changes affected infant mortality rates, and how doctors assessed risk throughout the pandemic when they had fewer in-person visits.

Published in: Babygaga
Losses, Morale and Counterattacks Stymie Russia’s Donbas Offensive

April 18, 2022

Robert Bell, distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed for the piece, 'Losses, Morale and Counterattacks Stymie Russia’s Donbas Offensive', which aired on April 18, 2022 in The Moscow Times.

An excerpt:

Ukrainians remain in heavily fortified positions to the west of the line of contact with separatist forces that has been in place since 2015, explained Bell.

“The plan of the Russians is to bring pincer movements down from the north and up from the south in an attempt to encircle Ukrainian forces and get beyond the line of contact,” he said.

Published in: Losses, Morale and Counterattacks Stymie Russia’s Donbas Offensive
C.I.A. Director Airs Concern That Putin Might Turn to Nuclear Weapons

April 14, 2022

Gen. Philip Breedlove, distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed for the piece, 'C.I.A. Director Airs Concern That Putin Might Turn to Nuclear Weapons', posted April 14, 2022 on The New York Times.

An excerpt:

Gen. Philip Breedlove, the former supreme allied commander in Europe, who is now retired, said Thursday that while Mr. Putin may be able to paint his narrower operation as a win, the war will be a loss for Russia in the long term.

Published in: The New York Times
Russia Has yet to Slow a Western Arms Express Into Ukraine

April 13, 2022

Robert Bell, distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed for the piece, 'Russia Has yet to Slow a Western Arms Express Into Ukraine', which aired on April 13, 2022 on Associated Press.

An excerpt:

The Russians also face practical obstacles. Robert G. Bell, a longtime NATO official and now a professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech University, said the shipments lend themselves to being hidden or disguised in ways that can make them elusive to the Russians — “short of having a network of espionage on the scene” to pinpoint the convoys’ movements.

Published in: Associated Press
Blinken: We Cannot Confirm the Use of Chemical Weapons in Ukraine

April 12, 2022

Margaret E. Kosal, an associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed for the article, 'Blinken: We Cannot Confirm the Use of Chemical Weapons in Ukraine' which was published on April 12, 2022 on Voice of America.

An excerpt:

First of all, you need to get evidence. One type of weapon that could conceivably have been used, and which is often used in urban warfare, is white phosphorus. White phosphorus is not a chemical weapon. It is used primarily as a smoke generating agent, which can also be used as a military incendiary. Phosphorus can cause burns and harm people if used accidentally or intentionally. It does not apply to chemical weapons, but falls under the existing ban on the use of indiscriminate weapons against civilians. And this, in any case, qualifies as a war crime,’ says Kosal.

Published in: Blinken: We Cannot Confirm the Use of Chemical Weapons in Ukraine
Atlanta Hit Harder by Historic Inflation Than Other Cities

April 12, 2022

Tibor Besedes, the Mary S. and Richard B. Inman, Jr. Professor in the School of Economics, was quoted in the article, "Atlanta Hit Harder by Historic Inflation Than Other Cities", which aired on April 12, 2022 on CBS46.

An excerpt:

Delays with ports, not being able to clear the ships with the lack of truck drivers, and then it’s being compounded by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the increases of the price of oil,” said Tibor Besedes, professor at Georgia Tech School of Economics.

Published in: CBS46
Moral Outrage in Europe Forcing Decisions That Were Unbelievable a Month Ago, Says Professor

April 7, 2022

Robert Bell, distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed for the piece, 'Moral Outrage in Europe Forcing Decisions That Were Unbelievable a Month Ago, Says Professor', which aired on April 7, 2022 on CNBC.

An excerpt:

Well, I think the trend line is good here. Its not going to happen overnight but its clear that there's a sensitivity and a sense of moral outrage in Europe that is forcing decisions that were unbelievable just a month ago.

Published in: Moral Outrage in Europe Forcing Decisions That Were Unbelievable a Month Ago, Says Professor
Putin's Great Hero is Ivan the Terrible (GT Login Required)

April 3, 2022

Dina Khapaeva, professor and director of the Russian program in the School of Modern Languages, was interviewed in the article "Putin's Great Hero is Ivan the Terrible" by CE Noticias Financieras English on April 3, 2022.

An excerpt:

What Putin wants is to turn back the clock, he wants to go back to a society where democracy as a social regime did not exist. It's not just about political democracy or elections, it's the idea that people should be prisoners, not have freedoms, not be free to change their professions, to move. It is the idea of going back to serfdom in a very deep way.

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Published in: CE Noticias Financieras English
‘The War Never Left’ a Conversation With Ilya Kaminsky About Memory, Viral Poetry, and the Tragedy of Ukraine.

March 28, 2022

Ilya Kaminsky, a professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was featured in the article, 'The War Never Left’ a Conversation With Ilya Kaminsky About Memory, Viral Poetry, and the Tragedy of Ukraine', posted on March 15, 2022 in New York Magazine.

An excerpt:

Four years before the country’s collapse — it is the era of Gorbachev’s prohibition reforms. Alcohol is impossible to find in the USSR, though I am too young to care. As I bike by Rodina, someone in the line of drunks is shouting angrily about Metcheny Mikhail — their name for Gorbachev, because of the enormous birthmark on his forehead — Marked Mikhail.

Published in: New York Magazine
Why Are Black Men Just Two Percent of American Public School Teachers?

March 25, 2022

Joycelyn Wilson, an assistant professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was interviewed for the piece, 'Why Are Black Men Just Two Percent of American Public School Teachers?', posted on March 25, 2022 on Revolt.

An excerpt:

One of the things that happened during Brown vs. Board of Education is that black teachers and black leadership was removed from the schools and were replaced with white teachers and white leadership.

Published in: Revolt
Will Summit Provoke Putin?

March 24, 2022

Robert Bell, distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, appeared on "Arnab Goswami on The Debate" on March 24. The show appeared on Republic World.

Where this [situation] should go is the direction the United Nations called for... an immediate ceasefire coupled with the beginnings of a complete withdrawal of Russian forces, back to their start lines on Feb. 24. That's also the position that the 30 heads of state of NATO endorsed this morning, meeting in Brussels.

Published in: Will Summit Provoke Putin?
Ex-Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Forces Discusses the State of War in Ukraine

March 22, 2022

Gen. Philip Breedlove, distinguished professor of the practice in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed for the piece, 'Ex-Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Forces Discusses the State of War in Ukraine', posted March 22, 2022 on NPR.org.

An excerpt:

Well, I think that the way they use this particular missile in this conflict - it really is just that they're trying to make a statement. They've had no real tactical effect on the battlefield that any other missile - you know, we have sort of stopped tracking it, but we're well over 900 missiles fired so far in this conflict. And one more really is not a tactical effect on the battlefield. I think they're just trying to get the world's attention that we're willing to escalate this business here.

Published in: Ex-Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Forces Discusses the State of War in Ukraine
Suspending Gas Tax: What it Means for Georgians

March 22, 2022

Tibor Besedes, the Mary S. and Richard B. Inman, Jr. Professor of Economics, was interviewed for the segment "Suspending Gas Tax: What it Means for Georgians" on WSAV-TV. It aired on March 18, 2022.

An excerpt:

"Deliveries like Amazon, UPS, all of those things will likely start to become expensive because prices have increased so much in such a short period of time."

Published in: WSAV-TV
The Rise of Citational Justice: How Scholars are Making References Fairer

March 22, 2022

Cassidy Sugimoto, Tom and Marie Patton School Chair in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in a piece 'The Rise of Citational Justice: How Scholars are Making References Fairer.' The article was published by Nature.

An excerpt:

“To me, citational justice isn’t only about justice,” Sugimoto says. “It’s about doing robust, rigorous science, where you are truly exploring all the potential areas of research and what has been conducted before to accelerate the progress of science.”

Published in: The Rise of Citational Justice: How Scholars are Making References Fairer
Augusta Manufacturer Largest Source of CO2 in Georgia, Emissions Tracker Reports

March 17, 2022

Margaret E. Kosal, an associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed for the piece, 'Augusta Manufacturer Largest Source of CO2 in Georgia, Emissions Tracker Reports' published on March 17, 2022 on The Augusta Chronicle.

An excerpt:

"Our business development successes in the clean tech areas are going to grow jobs and grow opportunities for Georgians to walk the talk," said Marilyn Brown, Regents' and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. "I'm really happy about that, it's not as significant a push, though, of course, as it would be to put a price on (carbon)."

Published in: The Augusta Chronicle
Inside the High-Stakes Race to Test the Covid Tests

March 15, 2022

Sarah Farmer, a research scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute and the project manager of Georgia Tech’s HomeLab, was quoted in the article, 'Inside the High-Stakes Race to Test the Covid Tests' published March, 15, 2022 in The New York Times.

Sarah discusses the effort that involves Georgia Tech in evaluating COVID tests.

An excerpt:

Researchers also assessed the user-friendliness of each product. “You want to make sure that nothing requires too much force, make sure that it’s easy to grasp, grip,” said Sarah Farmer, managing director of Georgia Tech’s HomeLab. “Let’s streamline it where possible, cut down steps where possible.”

Published in: The New York Times
Have Chinese Spies Infiltrated American Campuses?

March 14, 2022

John Krige, Kranzberg Professor Emeritus in the School of History and Sociology, was quoted in the article "Have Chinese Spies Infiltrated American Campuses?" on March 14, 2022, in The New Yorker.

An excerpt:

With the money came unprecedented secrecy regulations and loyalty oaths. John Krige, a historian of science and technology, told me that academics accepted the compromise: “They were willing to sacrifice a certain amount of freedom to publish as long as the spigot was open.”

Published in: The New Yorker

Recent Press Coverage

Space Policy Edition: How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Has Changed Space, With Mariel Borowitz

Redlined Neighborhoods More Likely to Have Oil and Gas Wells, Study Finds

What Happens to Social Justice and Culture on Twitter With Elon Musk at the Helm?

Pandemic Led To Fewer C-Sections & Induced Births

Losses, Morale and Counterattacks Stymie Russia’s Donbas Offensive

C.I.A. Director Airs Concern That Putin Might Turn to Nuclear Weapons

Russia Has yet to Slow a Western Arms Express Into Ukraine

Blinken: We Cannot Confirm the Use of Chemical Weapons in Ukraine

Atlanta Hit Harder by Historic Inflation Than Other Cities

Moral Outrage in Europe Forcing Decisions That Were Unbelievable a Month Ago, Says Professor

Putin's Great Hero is Ivan the Terrible (GT Login Required)

‘The War Never Left’ a Conversation With Ilya Kaminsky About Memory, Viral Poetry, and the Tragedy of Ukraine.

Why Are Black Men Just Two Percent of American Public School Teachers?

Will Summit Provoke Putin?

Ex-Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Forces Discusses the State of War in Ukraine

Suspending Gas Tax: What it Means for Georgians

The Rise of Citational Justice: How Scholars are Making References Fairer

Augusta Manufacturer Largest Source of CO2 in Georgia, Emissions Tracker Reports

Inside the High-Stakes Race to Test the Covid Tests

Have Chinese Spies Infiltrated American Campuses?

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