Nunn School Chair, Professor William Long expressed that, “The prestige associated with operating a EUCE enhances the state, the Nunn School and Georgia Tech’s profile on the global stage by expanding existing European partnerships as well as forging new connections with the EU member states.”

The Center’s core mission is to promote wider understanding of EU and transatlantic relations. Dr. Vicki Birchfield, Associate Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Center said, “The Center reinforces Georgia Tech’s role as a world class technical institute in that we will promote the integration of science and technology policy within areas of pressing concern to the United States and the EU. These include energy, the environment, and the implications of emerging technologies such as nanotechnology.”

The EU funding will enable The Nunn School and faculty from across the Ivan Allen College to initiate a range of outreach activities leveraging Georgia Tech’s special ability to foster an entrepreneurial climate between education and the local economy.

Georgia Tech is one of eleven American universities selected to host a EUCE. The newly announced EUCE network includes the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Colorado at Boulder, Florida International University and the University of Miami, the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Washington (Seattle), the University of Wisconsin, and the Washington, DC, Consortium (American University, George Mason University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, The Johns Hopkins University).

Patrick McCarthy, Chair of the School of Economics, elaborated, “I think the Ph.D. has characteristics that give us some competitive advantages: our unique focus, the quality and diversity of our faculty, and GaTech as one of the world’s premier technological universities. The Ph.D. will offer students rigorous training in economic theory, quantitative methods, and fields of specialization.” Doctoral students will engage the program’s core courses in the first year of study, including a two-course sequence in the economics of innovation.

The program, which will launch in Fall 2010, is the sixth Ph.D. offered within the Ivan Allen College. Dean Sue Rosser expressed, “We are thrilled to bring to fruition this long held goal. This Ph.D. represents another significant step toward our mission to create a dialog between science, technology, the humanities, and social sciences within GaTech and the global intellectual community.”

Lux, holder of the Margaret T. and Henry C. Bourne, Jr. Chair in Poetry within the School of Literature, Communications and Culture is guiding “Poetry at Tech” into its seventh year. The season opening event begins Friday, September 19th with readings by acclaimed poets Kim Addonizio, Andrew Hudgins, and Mark Jarman. This is the first of five events scheduled for September, November, December, February and April.

Poetry at Tech’s boundary-breaking approach has made it a premier program on the national and international literary stage, yet events remain free and open to the public.

Poetry at Tech, Friday, September 19th at 7:00pm at The Clary Theatre in the Bill Moore Student Success Center.

Read more at http://www.poetry.gatech.edu/poetryhome.php

Dr. Brown, a Professor of Energy Policy at the School of Public Policy within Ivan Allen College, spoke at The Innovations in Economic Development Forum September 3, 2008. Her report, “Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America,” was co-authored for the Brookings Institute and featured landmark data that illuminates “a distinct geography for the nation’s carbon footprint.” The clustering of large footprints east of the Mississippi River and South of the Mason-Dixon line was not previously understood or recognized in the national climate debate, partly because data on GHG emissions is so inadequate and difficult to analyze.

“The metro carbon footprints reported here are the most comprehensive to date,” Brown stated. “They provide a starting point for showing how smart growth can tackle global climate change.”

Brown shared report findings that “America’s settlement area is widening; we are driving more, building more, and consuming more energy” and thus, the buildings and transportation sectors are likely to dominate energy demand and carbon growth in the future. She and her coauthors recommend new federal policies that would help metropolitan areas shrink their carbon footprints. “Both presidential candidates have included some of the recommendations in their platforms so I am optimistic that the report’s federal policy actions for addressing the nation’s climate challenge may become a reality.”

See the latest Georgia Tech EnergyBuzz: http://www-dev.gatech.edu/energybuzz/

Breznitz is a 2008 Sloan Foundation Industry Studies fellow and an Assistant Professor at the Sam Nunn School of Public Affairs and the School of Public Policy, both housed within the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. His book examines how three countries moved to the forefront of Information Technologies (IT) using very different business models leading them to unique positions on the global IT production networks. Breznitz posits a new way of thinking about state-led rapid-innovation-based industrial development within a global arena.

To learn more about Breznitz’s work and his next book, “The Run of the Red Queen: Government, Innovation, Globalization, and Economic Growth in China” (co-authored with Michael Murphree), visit IAC websites.

http://www.inta.gatech.edu/faculty-staff/listing.php?uID=15

http://www.spp.gatech.edu/faculty/faculty/dbreznitz.php

Meet the author October 9, 7:00pm at the GaTech Barnes & Noble Bookstore

The Special Sections program was piloted in Spring 2008 with both introductory English 1102, and more advanced 3401 courses focusing on technical communication. For example, a Section class geared toward Science and Engineering majors explored the ethical and sociological ramifications of scientific “advancements” such as cloning, transgenics, and genetic enhancement as they appear in film and literature. Another, relevant to Architecture students, focused on ways in which representations of space and architecture in American literature and film become staging grounds for constructing, defending, and renegotiating definitions of both individual and national identity.

"The pilot proved a great success," says Dr. Burnett. "Faculty found students in the Special Section courses to be highly engaged."

Like the standard English courses, Special Sections teach written, oral, visual, electronic, and nonverbal (WOVEN) communication. These courses stimulate students to create, analyze, interpret, and use multimodal communication in face-to-face situations, print documents, and a variety of digital artifacts. “The goal,” Burnett concluded,“ is to strengthen communication skills across Georgia Tech’s curriculum and in all the disciplines represented on campus. "We believe that, by approaching the coursework in a manner that is highly relevant to the students' interests, we heighten learning of these communications skills which are vital to their success in the work world."

Symposium: Toward a Strategic Vision for Chemical & Biological Defense

On August 7 and 8th, CISTP hosted a 2-day event – a “Symposium: Toward a Strategic Vision for Chemical and Biological Defense.” Chaired by Margaret E. Kosal, Assistant Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, the Symposium brought together 30 leading academics from across the U.S. and representatives of the Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program. Participants focused on revolutionary science research and strategized potential countermeasures to existing and future chemical and biological threats. The intent was to aid in generation of a keystone strategic vision for chemical and biological defense.

For the past 17 years, Bauchspies has been actively pursuing research, collaboration and teaching in West Africa. Her long term commitment to working in West Africa has built an extensive social network that includes teachers, professors, administrators and community workers. “My hope is to share my West African network with the Georgia Tech community by engaging students, colleagues and others in activities, from study abroad to community projects.”

Dr. Bauchspies earned her earned Ph.D. in science and technology studies from Renssalear Polytechnic Institute. After spending ten years at Penn State, she is looking forward to the cross-disciplinary collaborations afforded within the College and Georgia Tech. “I am thrilled to be in a polytechnic institute where there are so many rich collaborative opportunities available - from working with engineers who want to do sustainable projects in West Africa to Modern Language classes in French about Francophone Africa.”

Bauchspies is teaching courses on the sociology of science; science, technology, and development; women, science and engineering; and technology and culture. Current projects include co-editing a special issue on feminist science studies for the new journal, “Subjectivity.” She also has underway two manuscripts focusing on issues in West Africa: one addressing women science educators and another focusing on everyday technologies, infrastructures and modernity.

A senior, Georgianna came to Georgia Tech wanting a broad-based "traditional liberal arts education" to gain a foundation for thinking and learnedness that she could build upon for any direction in the future. When it came time to declare a major, Georgianna said, “To my great delight I discovered GEML,” the Global Economics/Modern Languages joint degree. She had studied Spanish extensively during high school, made nine trips to Nicaragua, and felt an affinity for Latin cultures and language. “Including Modern Languages in my degree was an exciting addition to my class-load. It helps me to feel that I have a balanced schedule and provides a definite "global" edge to my credentials!”

GEML, and a minor in History, is a perfect fit for Georgianna’s on-going involvement in Latin America. She has been involved with Amigos for Christ, one of Atlanta’s top ten non-profit organizations, offering services to people in villages surrounding the city of Chinandega, Nicaragua. “City planning and economic relief programs have challenged me to employ my economics training and my Spanish skills are definitely put to the test! I have developed relationships with this community and seen first-hand the necessities and applications of many concepts from Development Economics.” More recently, and in alignment with her plans to become a doctor, Georgianna joined surgical and clinical teams in Nicaragua as an interpreter and medical assistant.

Georgiana contributes to Ivan Allen College as President of the Student Advisory Board. In her spare time, she plays and teaches piano and organ, “a consuming hobby which I hope to keep always.”

Bob was a well known economist and academic. He served as Dean of the Ivan Allen College from 1992 to 1998. During his tenure as Dean, Bob shaped the early vision of the college by emphasizing Georgia Tech’s role in national and international economic development.

Prior to Bob's tenure at Georgia Tech, he served as Dean of the School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for eight years. His academic career started at New York University where he received his Ph.D. in Economics in 1966 and later became Professor of Economics and International Business. He also held roles as Chairman of International Business and Chairman of the Finance Department and served as Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration. He served as a consultant to many organizations throughout his career including USIA, the US Treasury, the Port Authority of NY, GE, IBM and Morgan Guaranty. He was an active board member of numerous corporations and served as President of the Academy of International Business and executive secretary treasurer of the American Finance Association. A generous and compassionate man, he will be missed by the many whose lives he touched.

Dr. Hawkins is survived by his wife, Estelle; sons, Paul and Kenneth; their wives, Andrea and Kristen; grandchildren, Henry and Amelia; and his sister, Rae Marie Hastings. Those who wish to remember him may send donations to the American Parkinson's Association or charity of their choice. A memorial service at Georgia Tech will take place in late September or early October. Contact Georgia Tech or the Ivan Allen School for information.