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What Petty Nextdoor Posts Reveal About America

June 22, 2018

Ian Bogost, professor at the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) at Georgia Institute of Technology, wrote The Atlantic, July/August 2018 issue, article, “What Petty Nextdoor Posts Reveal About America.” The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

Here are some of the things I heard about in my neighborhood over the past year: A thunderstorm downed a tree, blocking a central road; a shadowy agent called “the night clipper” arose, surreptitiously cutting overhanging bushes while unsuspecting property owners slept; several dogs and cats were lost, found, or “on the loose,” whatever that means for a cat; a federal-grand-jury-summons telephone scam struck; someone sought belly-dancing classes, an apparent alternative to Pilates; and, innumerable times, people deposited bags of dog poop into lawn-clipping and recycling canisters at the curb. All of this news came courtesy of the social-media service Nextdoor. On its website and app, people can post recommendations, updates, and warnings about their building, block, or neighborhood.

For the full article, visit The Atlantic website.

Published in: The Atlantic
Synthetic Biology Could Enable Bioweapons Development

June 21, 2018

Margaret Kosal, associate professor in the Nunn School, was quoted in the Chemical and Engineering News June 18, article, “Synthetic Biology Could Enable Bioweapons Development.” The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

“The report was extremely well done and delivered something that has potential to be useful for policy-makers,” says Margaret E. Kosal, a chemist by training and currently a professor of international affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology, who reviewed a draft of the report. In particular, Kosal applauds the committee for prioritizing potential threats, “because if everything is a problem, then nothing gets addressed,” she says.

For the full article, visit the Chemical and Engineering News website.

Published in: Chemical and Engineering News
Apple’s Airpods Are an Omen

June 18, 2018

Ian Bogost, professor at the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) at Georgia Institute of Technology, wrote The Atlantic, June 12, article, “Apple’s Airpods Are an Omen.” The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

The moment I put the Apple AirPods in my ears, I feel like I’ve already dropped them in the toilet. They are so small and slippery. The mere act of removing these precious, wireless ear buds from their lozenge-shaped case makes them feel like a futuristic cure to unknown ills. I am late to adopt them, so I indulge a marvel. I take one out of an ear; this time I feel like I’m sure to ingest it, eventually, mistaking it for a space-age apparatus for wellness or transhumanism. My AirPods, I am convinced, are not long for this world.

For the full article, visit The Atlantic website.

Published in: The Atlantic
Gwinnett among Georgia Tech Smart Community Grant Winners

June 18, 2018

Omar Isaac Asensio, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology, was mentioned in the Gwinnett Daily Post June 13 article “Gwinnett among Georgia Tech Smart Community Grant Winners.” The School of Public Policy is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

Albany Housing Data Initiative: Led by the city of Albany, the project will evaluate an automated housing registry. The system will allow for improved neighborhood infrastructure and revitalization and encourage a safe and sustainable housing inventory for the city. The assigned Georgia Tech researcher is Omar Isaac Asensio, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy.

For the full article, visit the Gwinnett Daily Post website.

Published in: Gwinnett Daily Post
Georgia secretary of state shows up on declassified report on Russia

June 6, 2018

Adam Stulberg, professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was quoted in “Georgia secretary of state shows up on declassified report on Russia” by CBS 46.

Excerpt:

CBS46 also asked Georgia Tech professor Adam Stulberg, who specializes in U.S/Russia relations. He said, it's important to distinguish between Russian acts of smearing and propaganda versus actual attacks on the election system -- which he's seen no evidence of.

Professor Stulberg also says, while he "can't comment on the effects of Kemp's decisions, it's likely, the feds are in a better position to know about the vulnerabilities of the infrastructure to Russian attack".

Find the article on the CBS website.

Published in: CBS
Ideas for Creating an Effective Syllabus for Online Learning

June 4, 2018

Danielle Geary, Lecturer & Online Coordinator of Spanish at the School of Modern Languages (ModLangs) at Georgia Institute of Technology, wrote The Faculty Focus, June 4, article, “Ideas for Creating an Effective Syllabus for Online Learning.” The School of School of Modern Languages is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

Online students need to feel an instructor presence in their classes. Thorough explanations and effective communication help fulfill this need and can transform a mediocre online course into a great one—and it all starts with the syllabus.

Structure and communication. That’s what I’ve found to be the keys to an effective online course syllabus. Well, that, and something I call a chapter checklist, to go along with the syllabus. I’ve discovered both to be essential to my asynchronous online foreign language course.

Now that I’ve been teaching Spanish online for five years, experience has taught me some excellent ways to both connect with my students and provide much-needed structure.

For the full article, visit The Faculty Focus website.

Published in: The Faculty Focus
Road Map Lists GA. Climate Questions

June 4, 2018

Marilyn Brown, professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in the Savannah Now, June 1, article, “Road Map Lists GA. Climate Questions.” The School of Public Policy is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

The team of 41 co-authors from academia, government, non-governmental organizations, and industry winnowed the list from 180 questions state-wide experts submitted online. “To our knowledge, we are the first to use this novel research prioritization methodology on such a complex cross-cutting issue at the state level,” said co-author Marilyn Brown of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

For the full article, visit the Savannah Now website.

Published in: Savannah Now
Q&A with Mary Frank Fox: Time to Ditch the Leaky Pipeline Model

May 30, 2018

Mary Frank Fox, ADVANCE professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology, was interviewed in Nature Index, May 25, “Q&A Mary Frank Fox: Time to Ditch the Leaky Pipeline Model.” The School of Public Policy is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

Science revolves around the cooperation of individuals and groups, and entails human and material resources. Collaborative linkages are becoming more global, and work conducted with international collaborators is more influential. International collaboration is especially consequential in Europe where mobility and collaboration are explicitly designated as markers for advancement in ranks.

I am currently working on a project with two scientists in Spain — Carolina Cañibano and Javier Otamendi — looking at gender and mobility of European researchers. We find that men are more likely to be mobile for research. Confidence about career prospects is a factor in predicting who is mobile internationally, and women are often less optimistic about their prospects.

Interestingly, the largest gap in mobility appears in established career stages. This goes back to the point that formal factors of seniority and time do not accomplish gender equity.

For the full interview, visit the Nature Index website.

Published in: Nature-Index
Who gets credit? Survey digs into the thorny question of authorship

May 30, 2018

John Walsh, professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology, was quoted in Nature, May 29, article “Who gets credit? Survey digs into the thorny question of authorship.” The School of Public Policy is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

Previous surveys have focused on one field or just a few, and they have looked at a limited range of contributions, says John Walsh, a sociologist at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. The authors of the latest study “really get down to serious detail”, he says.

Walsh notes that there are no recognized authorship standards across all scientific disciplines: different fields have different norms. For instance, in some subfields of physics, it has become common to have thousands of authors on a research paper. But in biology, author lists tend to be much shorter, Walsh says.

For the full article, visit the Nature website.

Published in: Nature
Georgia Research Alliance CEO Mike Cassidy to retire

May 30, 2018

Michael Cassidy, alumnus of the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology, was featured in Saporta Report, May 23, article “Georgia Research Alliance CEO Mike Cassidy to retire.” The School of Public Policy is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

Mike Cassidy, president and CEO of the Georgia Research Alliancesince 2000, will be stepping down by the end of the year.

The Georgia Research Alliance with its high-powered public-private board has led the state’s technology and innovation efforts since its founding in 1990. Cassidy joined the organization in 1993 as its fourth staff member.

“I will have been there 25 years this May. I will be 65 in November. And we will have a new governor next January,” Cassidy said in an interview. “All those forces converged, and I thought it would be a good time for a change in leadership.”

For the full article, visit the Saporta Report website.

Published in: Saporta Report
City Lights: Chef Todd Richards; “James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction”; And More

May 29, 2018

Lisa Yaszek, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) at Georgia Institute of Technology, was interviewed by WABE on May 25 to discuss James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction, an AMC series in which Yaszek appears.” The School of Literature Media, and Communication is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

For the broadcast archive visit the WABE website.

Published in: WABE
Georgia Group Lays Out Climate Change Questions

May 25, 2018

Marilyn Brown, professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in the WABE, May 24, article, “Georgia Group Lays Out Climate Change Questions.” The School of Public Policy is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

Now the group is figuring out what information is already out there to tackle the questions, and what research still needs to happen.

That’s as guidance – and money – from the federal level on climate change work have gotten scarce.

“I don’t see federal, state, local resources as being the dominant source of funding to accomplish this research agenda,” Brown said. “We’re looking to corporate America and the non-profit NGOs out there.”

For the full article, visit the WABE website.

Published in: WABE
As EU Privacy Law Looms, Debate Swirls on Cybersecurity Impact

May 23, 2018

Milton Mueller, professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in the Digital Journal, May 21, article, “As EU Privacy Law Looms, Debate Swirls on Cybersecurity Impact.” The School of Public Policy is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

Milton Mueller, a Georgia Tech professor and founder of the Internet Governance Project of independent researchers, said the notion of an upsurge in cybercrime stemming from the rule was "totally bogus."

"There's no evidence that most of the world's cybercrime is stopped or mitigated by WHOIS," Mueller told AFP.

"In fact some of the cybercrime is facilitated by WHOIS is because the bad guys can go after that information too."

For the full article, visit the Digital Journal website.

Published in: Digital Journal
The Curse of an Open Floor Plan

May 17, 2018

Ian Bogost, professor at the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) at Georgia Institute of Technology, wrote The Atlantic, May 17, article, “The Curse of an Open Floor Plan.” The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

Driven by buyer preferences in a still-rising real-estate market, designers are beginning to treat the symptoms of open-plan excess. Modernists once designed for multipurpose use or simplicity, but now they design for stowage. Once the kitchen becomes the family room everyone looks for a place to charge their personal electronics. Weninger-Ramirez likes to hide them in a small cabinet with sufficient outlets for a family’s devices. Other bespoke storage spaces have also become common for hiding specialized equipment—mixers, juicers, blenders, instant pots, and the like. The goal, Weninger-Ramirez says, is to allow the family space to be quickly tidied up in case guests come over.

For the full article, visit The Atlantic website.

Published in: The Atlantic
5 organization tips for people who hate organizing

May 14, 2018

Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Institute of Technology, was quoted in the Business Insider, May 13, article, “5 organization tips for people who hate organizing.” The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

According to Bogost, categorizing our lives into bins of work and play dooms us to a certain kind of misery. We also miss out on the delight everyday tasks have to offer.

“Everything is potentially interesting,” Bogost said. “You can look at play as a way of describing the way you can manipulate and work with a system of any kind.”

For the full article, visit the Business Insider website.

Published in: Business Insider
Science, Technology, and Gender: A Sociologist’s Quest for Equality

May 14, 2018

Mary Frank Fox, ADVANCE professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology, was featured in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, May 11, article, “Science, Technology, and Gender: A Sociologist’s Quest for Equality.” The School of Public Policy is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

“As a child I attended meetings and events. I was little and saw and heard my mother with the courage of her convictions,” said Fox.

In high school, with tools from the public library and encouragement from a social sciences teacher in Plymouth, Michigan, Fox designed and completed a study of gender and opportunity for high school students.

“I had a finding: That the status of the students in the school and their families corresponded more closely for girls than for boys. Boys, it appeared, had some independent avenues. They could become socially mobile through athletics. That wasn’t available to girls at the time.

This then opened a world of inquiry for me,” she said.

For the full article, visit the American Association for the Advancement of Science website.

Published in: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sam Nunn Says Iran Nuclear Deal Was Not Designed to Stop Bad Behavior

May 14, 2018

Sam Nunn, distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was interviewed in “Sam Nunn Says Iran Nuclear Deal Was Not Designed to Stop Bad Behavior” by Bloomberg TV. The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

The Europeans have declared they're going to try to keep the agreement. Keeping the agreement, and Russia has said the same thing, means doing business with Iran, because that was the quid for the quo. And right now doing business with Iran would run into the United States secondary sanctions, which would affect European investment in European countries -- telling the Europeans that in effect if you trade with Iran you can't trade with the United States. That is a very, very serious strategic error. And I think it is going to do more damage to the alliance unless it's turned around than anything we've seen in many years.

For the full video clip, visit the Bloomberg TV website.

Published in: Bloomberg TV
GATECH Prof: Looking For the Science in Sci-Fi

May 11, 2018

Lisa Yaszek, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) at Georgia Institute of Technology, was featured in The Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 10, article, “Ga. Tech prof: Looking for the science in sci-fi.” The School of Literature Media, and Communication is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

Yaszek is part of a new AMC series called “James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction,” which airs on Monday nights at 10 p.m.

In the six episodes she is among the celebrities and scientists talking about aliens, time travel, outer space, dystopian futures, monsters, and “intelligent machines.”

In “Aliens” Cameron captures a world in which corporate greed tramples on the human spirit and yet the spirit bounces back.

“I like ‘Aliens,’” she said. “I feel it created the look of the future that made sense -- maybe not scientific accuracy but social accuracy. What if corporations went into space?”

For the full article, visit the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website.

Published in: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Cutting Off Chinese Researchers

May 2, 2018

John Krige, professor in the School of History and Sociology (HSOC) at Georgia Institute of Technology, was quoted in the Inside Higher Ed, May 2, article “Cutting Off Chinese Researchers.” The School of History and Sociology is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

Excerpt:

The Trump administration is considering restrictions that would bar Chinese citizens from engaging in sensitive research at American universities and research institutions because of concerns about them sharing technology or trade secrets with China, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Among the possibilities under consideration, according to the Times, are restricting which types of visas Chinese nationals are eligible for and expanding existing regulations that already apply to Chinese nationals who conduct research with military or intelligence value at American universities… John Krige, the Kranzberg Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology and co-author of a forthcoming book, Knowledge Regulation and National Security in Postwar America (University of Chicago Press), made a distinction between active espionage and the transfer of knowledge that foreign students obtain in high-level science and engineering fields in the normal course of their educations.

For the full article, visit the Insider Higher Ed website.

Published in: Inside Higher Ed
Point-based system launched for Beijing permanent residency

May 1, 2018

Fei-Ling Wang, professor in the Nunn School, was interviewed by the Straits Times Press, a Singapore newspaper, on China's hukou system and internal migration.

Excerpt:

Professor Wang Fei-Ling, from the Georgia Institute of Technol-ogy’s Sam Nunn School of Interna-tional Affairs, noted that the latest changes were part of a trend of us-ing hukou to attract talent to cities.

Beijing first declared its intention to roll out a point-based system in 2015. Similar systems have been launched in the past few years in such cities as Shanghai and Shen-zhen.

“Low-skilled and low-wage work-ers from outside have never had much chance to obtain a Beijing hukou, even though they may have been an indispensable part of the Beijing economy for a long time,” said Prof Wang.

Find the article in The Straits Times website.

Published in: The Straits Times

Recent Press Coverage

What Petty Nextdoor Posts Reveal About America

Synthetic Biology Could Enable Bioweapons Development

Apple’s Airpods Are an Omen

Gwinnett among Georgia Tech Smart Community Grant Winners

Georgia secretary of state shows up on declassified report on Russia

Ideas for Creating an Effective Syllabus for Online Learning

Road Map Lists GA. Climate Questions

Q&A with Mary Frank Fox: Time to Ditch the Leaky Pipeline Model

Who gets credit? Survey digs into the thorny question of authorship

Georgia Research Alliance CEO Mike Cassidy to retire

City Lights: Chef Todd Richards; “James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction”; And More

Georgia Group Lays Out Climate Change Questions

As EU Privacy Law Looms, Debate Swirls on Cybersecurity Impact

The Curse of an Open Floor Plan

5 organization tips for people who hate organizing

Science, Technology, and Gender: A Sociologist’s Quest for Equality

Sam Nunn Says Iran Nuclear Deal Was Not Designed to Stop Bad Behavior

GATECH Prof: Looking For the Science in Sci-Fi

Cutting Off Chinese Researchers

Point-based system launched for Beijing permanent residency

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