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• International Initiatives Launches Online Guide for Responsible Global Activities

  September 23, 2019

  The Office of International Initiatives announces the launch of the Georgia Tech Guide for Responsible International Activities, a new online resource regarding guidelines, policies, and procedures around the Institute’s global activities and partnerships.

  

• A Globe-Spanning Career Leads Diane Alleva Cáceres to the Nunn School

  September 23, 2019

  Diane Alleva Cáceres talks about why the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs was the right choice for her doctoral degree.

  

• What Arctic Cinema Can Tell Us About a Changing World

  September 18, 2019

  Indigineous filmakers, particularly women, are beginning to shatter the myth of a frozen, never-changing Arctic. School of Modern Lanagues Chair Anna Westerstahl Stenport is one of the world's leading academics studying their work.

  

• China’s Largest Retailer, Hisense Company, Talks with Students about Internships at Chinese Day

  September 18, 2019

  The rising superpower of China in global affairs and the prospect of enormous markets in Chinese-speaking regions have made proficiency in Chinese an important criterion for those seeking to enter both public and private-sector job markets. The School of Modern Languages has taught Mandarin Chinese for many years and watched enrollment continue to rise with China’s entrance onto the world political and economic forums.

  

• Kaye Husbands Fealing Elected NAPA Fellow; Keynotes AAAS Fellowship Program

  September 18, 2019

  The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) recently announced that Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy Chair Kaye Husbands Fealing was among 51 leaders in the field of public administration to be selected for the 2019 Class of Academy Fellows.

  

• School of Economics Students Present Posters at Georgia Transportation Conference

  September 17, 2019

  Two School of Economics students presented posters at a Georgia transportation expo, an event more typically associated with engineering students.

  

• Class Notes: Literature and Medicine

  September 16, 2019

  Literature and medicine might seem like separate worlds with little in common. But Narin Hassan, Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, is interested in exploring their intersection.

  

• Smart Devices Need to Get Smarter to Help Save Energy, Georgia Tech Professor Says in ‘Nature Energy’ Article

  September 16, 2019

  With forecasts calling for the installation of billions more connected smart devices in coming years, the need is ever more acute for ways to encourage energy conservation and address consumer misperceptions about power use, School of Public Policy Asssitant Professor Omar Isaac Asensio writes in Nature Energy.

  

• Georgia Tech Hosts NSF-funded Workshop on Computing and Ethics

  September 12, 2019

  With an increasing number of stories in the news about privacy violations on the Internet, identity theft, and algorithmic bias, ethical concerns related to computing-based education, research, and practice are growing and intensifying. To help address such concerns, a workshop funded by the National Science Foundation was hosted on the Georgia Tech campus on August 29 and August 30, 2019. 

  

• Seven Ivan Allen College Faculty and Staff Named 2019 Faces of Inclusive Excellence

  September 11, 2019

  Numerous faculty and staff from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts have been recognized by the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Institute Diversity as Faces of Inclusive Excellence in 2019.

  

• School of Economics Emphasizes STEM Footing with New Degree Classification

  September 10, 2019

  Degrees earned in the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Economics now count as STEM degrees, a classification that highlights the rigorous analytical nature of the school’s offerings and points to where new Chair Laura O. Taylor wants to take the program.

  

• Georgia Tech Climbs to Top 5 Among Public Universities in U.S. News Rankings, Engineering Programs Remain Among Nation’s Best

  September 9, 2019

  Georgia Institute of Technology continues to rank among the top public universities in the nation.

  

• An 'Interdisciplinary Ecosystem'

  September 9, 2019

  Two Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts teams move into the Coda building to continue their innovative research using data analytics to solve problems in health care, energy, and more.

  

• Oliver Publishes Research on Market Effects of Renewable Energy Penetration

  September 9, 2019

  A study by SOE associate professor Matthew E. Oliver and former SOE faculty member Erik Johnson has been published in the September 2019 issue of The Energy Journal, the flagship journal of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE).

  

• Bahamas Disaster Relief Drive

  September 6, 2019

  The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in collaboration with the School of Economics, School of History and Sociology, School of Literature, Media, and Communications, School of Modern Languages, School of Public Policy, Ivan Allen College and the Police Department at Georgia Tech will be collecting items for the Bahamas.

  

• Georgia Tech Poet Ilya Kaminsky Awarded Prestigious Academy of American Poets Fellowship

  September 5, 2019

  Dr. Ilya Kaminsky, the Bourne Chair in Poetry and director of Poetry @ Tech, was awarded the prestigious Academy of American Poets Fellowship. The Award places him in the company of such giants of American poetry as Robert Frost, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Tracy K. Smith who are past recipients of the Fellowship.

  

• The Poetry of Waffles

  September 5, 2019

  The friendly yellow Waffle House sign has been a source of comfort and artistic inspiration for Karen Head through the years. Recently, Head was appointed as the official Waffle House Poet Laureate — she even has the nametag to prove it. This fall, she’s fulfilling her new role by driving across the state of Georgia and sharing her passion for poetry and arts with high school students in far-flung counties, telling them about her own circuitous path to a meaningful career, and convincing them that they should go to college.

  

• Firefighters Have Mixed Response to Wearable Tech for Emergency Work

  September 4, 2019

  A new study from Georgia Tech Digital Media faculty and students shows how advanced computing tech worn by firefighters impacts the nature of work for emergency responders, and how front-line firefighters and their commanders view its usefulness.

  

• A Message from Interim Dean John Tone

  August 28, 2019

  John Tone, professor of history, takes the reins as interim dean during the national search for a new dean of Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

  

• Dean Searches Begin for Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Library

  August 27, 2019

  Provost Rafael L. Bras has convened two separate search committees tasked with selecting new deans for the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and the Georgia Tech Library.

  

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