Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

March 2016 Newsletter Newsletter Archives ›

Stay Connected
Instagram Facebook Twitter Research Twitter LinkedIn Tumblr YouTube Flickr

Research

New Sponsor Funding

NSF EPSCOR: Powering the Kentucky Bioeconomy for a Sustainable Future
PI: Julia Melkers (PubPol)
Sponsor: University of Kentucky Research Fund, Lexington
Funding: $45,134

 

Rapid Disruptions:  Understanding Dental Knowledge Networks
PI: Julia Melkers (PubPol)
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Funding: $229,229


Implementation and Evaluation of Mid-Level Executive Leadership Training:  Assessing Short and Long-Term Effects
PI: Juan Rogers (Econ)
Sponsor: Georgia Department of Transportation 
Funding: $227,337


Handmade: The Moving Image Without Photography
PI: Gregory Zinman (LMC)
Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities
Funding: $6,000 

New Books by Faculty

Multiple Autisms: Spectrums of Advocacy and Genomic Science by Assistant Professor Jennifer Singh (HSOC), University of Minnesota Press, 2016

What Does Georgia Tech Think?

Selected Press for Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

ISIS Possessing Dirty Bombs Concerns Nuclear Security Summit interviews Sam Nunn. NPR, March 31.

Sam Nunn Addresses Nuclear Industry Summit 2016 features Sam Nunn. NTI, March 30.

Martin Schram: Our Reoccurring Dream of Nuclear Terror mentions Sam Nunn. Naples News, March 30.

How to Talk About Videogames: A Book that Is Serious (But Never Dull) About Games features Ian Bogost. Boing Boing, March 28.

How an Arcade Classic Broke All the Rules quoted Ian Bogost. Polygon, March 25.

Disney’s Georgia Boycott Could Be ‘Disastrous’ for State’s Billion Dollar Industry quoted Tibor Besedes. The Wrap, March 23.

Campus Carry Law May Be Too Much Even for Georgia’s ‘Guns Everywhere’ Governor quoted Ian Bogost. The Trace, March 16.

Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X was reviewed or featured in a wide array of publications in March including the New York Times, Times of London, Sunday Times (London), Daily Beast, and the Dallas Morning News.

JC Reilly Named Managing Editor of Atlanta Review features JC Reilly (LMC). Atlanta INtown, March 14.

March Madness featured the bookThe Sons of Westwood by John M. Smith (HSOC). Washington Post, March 11. 

We Don’t Want Guns on Our Campus wrote Jennifer Abrams a public policy major and president of the Georgia Tech SGA. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, March 9.

Ga. Tech Grad Sews Together Training Program For Liberian Women featured Archel Bernard (LMC alum). WABE News, March 8.

In-Depth Feature: VR (R)evolution quoted Janet Murray (LMC). Canadian Film Centre, March 4.

Atlanta Plugged In featured Johnny Smith (HSOC). CBS46, March 4.

What's the Face of U.S. Innovation? Don't Think Bill Gates quoted John Walsh. Science Magazine, March 3.

International affairs minor Suraj Sehgal described his experience at the 2016 Youth Assembly at the United Nations in Changing the World: A Youth Perspective. The Huffington Post, March 2.

Urban Sprawl’s Poster Child Grows Up featured Ronald Bayor (HSOC). Harvard Political Review, February 28.

More Coverage

Teaching Economic Sociology interviews John Walsh (PUBP). American Sociological Association Section Newsletter, Spring 2016.

FrankenBot: The Inevitable Monstrosity of Artificial Life wrote Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow Tobias Wilson-Bates (LMC). The Amplifier, March 31.

Events

 All events
April 5, 2016
Phi Alpha Theta Initiation & HTS Undergraduate Awards Night
5:00 pm
April 6, 2016
LMC Distinguished Speaker Series: On Not Saving the World; Or, the Problem with Sustainability
3:00 pm
April 7, 2016
Poetry at Tech presents: Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Bruce McEver
7:30 pm
April 8, 2016
Marshall Scholarship Information Session
11:00 am
April 8, 2016
The Changing Energy Landscape in Europe and Eurasia: Emerging Threats and Opportunities
11:00 am
April 8, 2016
Sustainability, Diversity, and Service - a lunch conversation
11:30 am
April 8, 2016
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Info Session and Tour
2:00 pm
April 8, 2016
SOE Seminar Series: Trade Liberalization and Mortality
2:00 pm
April 8, 2016
DramaTech presents THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
8:00 pm
April 9, 2016
IAC Student Faculty Field Trip
10:00 am
April 9, 2016
DramaTech presents THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
8:00 pm
April 12, 2016
Ivan Allen College Graduate Student Spring Lunch
11:00 am
April 12, 2016
Global Lunch Forum with Dr. Lee Karen Stow
12:00 pm
April 13, 2016
GVU Center and Digital Media Spring 2016 Research Showcase
2:00 pm
April 13, 2016
Ivan Allen College Distinguished Alumni Awards
5:30 pm
April 14, 2016
(Net)Working it with HTS- Alum and HTS Major Networking Event
6:00 pm
April 14, 2016
DramaTech presents THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
8:00 pm
April 15, 2016
East Asian Studies - an ICLAST conversation
12:00 pm
April 15, 2016
SOE Seminar Series: Market Size and Fuel-Saving Technology Adoption in Passenger Vehicles
2:00 pm
April 15, 2016
DramaTech presents THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
8:00 pm
April 16, 2016
DramaTech presents THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
8:00 pm
April 21, 2016
SPP Speaker Series - Venkatesh Narayanamurti
3:00 pm
April 21, 2016
DramaTech presents THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
8:00 pm
April 22, 2016
HSOC Symposium on Metropolitan America in a Globalizing Age: Inequalities and Opportunities
10:00 am
April 22, 2016
SOE Seminar Series: A Model of Patent Trolls
2:00 pm
April 22, 2016
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Info Session and Tour
2:00 pm
April 22, 2016
DramaTech presents THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
8:00 pm

NEWS

 All news

Public Policy Rises to 45th Best Graduate School in U.S. News & World Report , and #2 and #22 in Specific Disciplines

Read more

Football Legend Homer Rice Will Be Honored April 13

The Ivan Allen College Distinguished Alumni Awards only a week away!

RSVP by April 6 for the event which will be held Wednesday evening, April 13. In addition to honoring alumni from each of our six schools, and our Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Award recipients, the College will present a special award to legendary football coach Homer Rice.

DETAILS

GLOBAL IMPACT AND ENGAGEMENT

A World of Conflict: Insights from the Nation's Top Military Minds, Two Georgia Tech Alums

Read more

Bankoff Part of D.C. Discussions on International Cooperation on Intellectual Property Issues

On March 10, Joseph Bankoff, chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, met with officials at the U.S.-China Business Council, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation to discuss international cooperation on intellectual property issues.

Modern Languages Awards Project GO Study Abroad Scholarships

Read more

NATIONAL IMPACT AND ENGAGEMENT

Fealing Explores Pipelines and Pathways Approaches to STEM Education, Organizes the Symposium on the Science of Broadening Participation

Read more about the study

Symposium Recap

Working Group on Race and Racism in Contemporary Biomedicine Presents at Vanderbilt Conference

Read more

Local and Regional Impact and Engagement

Atlanta Multifaith Leaders Attend LAMP Symposium on Food, Farming, and Faith

Read More

Symposium Videos

Reflections on the West Side: Lessons from Semesters in the City Evoke the Promise and Future of the Westside Communities Alliance

Read more

Students bring TEDx to Georgia Tech and Douglasville

Read more

Faculty Distinctions

Boston Named Atlanta Business League Entrepreneur of the Year

Read more

Featured Research

Olga Shemyakina Studies the Microeconomic Impact That Violent Conflict and Upheaval Have Upon Humanity

Read more

Alumni Focus

Alumni Success Story: Abby Turano Is Georgia’s Chief of Protocol

Read more

Student Focus

Mock Trial Team Advances to National Championship Tournament

Read more

Graduate Student Poster Competition Winners Announced

Read more

After They Get Out, What's Next for the Ivan Allen College Class of 2016?

Read more

Congratulations 2016 - 2017 Liberal Arts Ambassadors

Read more

Stephen C. Hall Proposes New Tradition: Kissing at the Crosswalk

Read more

In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Friend and Donor Mary Wesley

Read more

About Us

Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts forms a vanguard for 21st century liberal arts interdisciplinary research, education, and innovation. Working at a crossroads of engineering, science, and computing, and the humanities and social sciences, faculty and students consider the human implications of technologies, policies, and actions, and create sustainable solutions for a better world. Comprised of six schools, we offer ten undergraduate degrees, thirteen master's degrees, and six doctoral degrees. Learn More

Contact Us

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Savant Building
631 Cherry Street NW, 1st Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0525
404-894-2601

Feedback

We always welcome your thoughts. Click here to contact us or you can email us with any questions, comments or suggestions.
Copyright © 2020 Georgia Institute of Technology
Savant Building | 631 Cherry St NW, 1st Floor | Atlanta, GA 30332-0525 		Home  /  Legal & Privacy Info  /  Contact Us