Funding
U.S. Army War College Senior Service Fellowship
Sponsor: United States Army
Recipient: The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and Margaret E. Kosal
Funding: $119,400
RIPS Type 2: Participatory Modeling of Complex Urban Infrastructure Systems
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Recipients: PI John Crittenden (Civil and Environmental Engineering); Co-PIs Jennifer Clark (Public Policy) and Baabak Ashuri (Building Construction and CEE), Marc Weissburg (Biology), Richard Fujimoto (Computational Science and Engineering)
Funding: $2,499,999
Reimagining Digital Traces to Explore the Use of Internet of Things Technology in Support of Civic Engagement
What Does Georgia Tech Think?
Selected Press for Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
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Blake Butler (STaC alum) on NPR on his new novel, 3,000,000
John Edgar Browning (LMC Brittain Fellow) on NPR on the economics of Dracula
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Decision Making in the Face of Choice Overload
A quick drop-in to your local superstore to pick up a few essentials inexorably stretches into thirty minutes, then an hour, as you stand in front of unending walls of similar products. Likewise, health insurance and financial retirement plans present a seemingly limitless number of options. Research has suggested that increased choice may not be beneficial to decision makers. A new study conducted in part by Tibor Besedes of the School of Economics shows that we are often not the best judge when it comes to choosing the method of our own decision making.
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Unlocking Autism: Illuminating the Complexities of Genomic Science
Jennifer Singh, an assistant professor in the School of History, Technology, and Society, is chronicling the history of genetics-focused autism research. The project expresses her longtime interest in areas where technology, science, and society converge with health. Her research illuminates larger questions about how biomedical research priorities are set and, ultimately, who benefits from the massive research investments of time and money.
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Nunn School Awarded Jean Monnet Center of Excellence
The European Commission has awarded Georgia Tech a Jean Monnet Center of Excellence. The three-year, $125,000 award was one of 14 awarded worldwide in 2014. The Center will pool expertise from across the Ivan Allen College, as well as from the Scheller College of Business, to analyze Europe's place in a changing world with an American reference point but a broader focus.
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Kennedy Elected to Atlanta Council on International Relations
Robert Kennedy, associate chair and professor in the Nunn School, was elected Vice President of the Atlanta Council on International Relations (ACIR). The Atlanta Council on International Relations is a non-profit and non-partisan educational organization that promotes understanding of international affairs through the free exchange of ideas.
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Bankoff Presents Building an Internationalized City in Shenzhen, China
Joseph R. Bankoff, chair and professor of the practice in the Nunn School, was invited by the Shenzhen Foreign Affairs Office to both participate in and present a paper at the Official Symposium on the Further Internationalization and Economic Development of Shenzhen in Shenzhen, China.
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Garver Invited to Speak on India-China Relations in Norway
John Garver, professor in The Nunn School, was invited to give a talk on India-China relations at a half-day seminar on Indian foreign policy and strategic thinking in Oslo, Norway. The seminar was hosted by the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies (IFS), which is concluding a study on the emerging structure of power in Asia.
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HTS Alum Brian Ginn Wins Tanne Foundation Award
Brian Ginn, alumnus of the School of History, Technology, and Society, is a recipient of one of this year's Tanne Foundation awards. Ginn is an interdisciplinary artist whose work involves the creation of video art and live manipulations of video in performance. Ginn’s theater work has been performed with 7 Stages and Actor’s Express as well as internationally with Dah Theater in Belgrade, Serbia.
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Klots Awarded Humboldt Fellowship
Yasha Klots, assistant professor in the School of Modern Languages, has been awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship for his work on Russian literature outside Russia. Klots will be working with the archival collections in Bremen, Germany this academic year while writing his book on the literary culture of the Russian diaspora in the 1960s-1980s.
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Stivers Awarded Professional Tutor of the Year
Clint Stivers, a full-time tutor in the Writing and Communication Program's Communication Center (CommLab), has been selected to receive the annual Southeastern Writing Center Association's Professional Tutor of the Year Award. This is the third time in CommLab's four years that one of its tutors has received the award.
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Public Policy Undergrad Named Miss Georgia Tech 2014
Congratulations to one of our own best and brightest students, Claire Batten (Public Policy), who was selected Miss Georgia Tech 2014 during the homecoming game on November 1. Claire is a senior undergraduate student in Public Policy with a concentration in social and urban policy. She is currently interning as a policy analyst at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Hall Building Receives LEED Gold Certification
The Stephen C. Hall Building, which houses the Writing and Communication Program in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, has attained LEED Gold status.
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4th Annual German Day at Georga Tech
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German Day 2014 was a resounding success, drawing over 300 participants. It served as a showcase of how the study of languages and culture can provide added value to an education with a career path vision for middle and high school students.
Taste of Germany information tables lined Skiles walkway during the lunchtime hour.
A roundtable discussion featuring industry representatives, sponsors, and past participants addressed "An Education for Global Competence: The Case of Germany and The United States."
A German Career Fair, organized by the Office of International Education, joined German companies with students interested in working abroad.
A letter of greetings by Governor Nathan Deal, read at the opening of the Roundtable, recognized the value of German Day in light of Georgia's increasing international trade relations.
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