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GDOT Local Beneficiary Analysis of TIA Project Expenditures Phase II: Impact Evaluation
PI: Thomas “Danny” Boston, Nunn School
Sponsor: Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)
Funding: $178,748

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Selected Press for Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Economics alumna Chaunté Howard Lowe was featured in Techs Chaunté Lowe Has High-Jump Medal in Sight.” Atlanta Journal Constitution, August 16.

Kirk Bowman (Nunn School) was quoted in How a Favela Kid Became Brazils Top Badminton Player” for The Christian Science Monitor, August 13.

Clinton Accused of Aiding Moscow Push for Russian Silicon Valley’ featured comments by Margaret E. Kosal (Nunn School). Fox News, August 10.

Gal Nevo (Economics alumnus) was featured in When to Watch Georgia Athletes Compete on Day 5 of Olympics” for 11 Alive, August 10.

Ian Bogost (LMC) was referenced in The Slow-Game App is the New Smoke Break” for The New York Times, August 9.

Marilyn Brown (PubPol) was featured in The Clean Power Plan Turns 1” for Politico, August 3.

Admiral James A. Winnefeld (Nunn School) was featured in “Retired Admiral Prepares CEOs to Battle Cybersecurity Threats” for Hypepotamus, August 1.

Kirk Bowman (Nunn School) and his Reimagine Rio Film Festival were featured on O Globo, Cinema Sim!, and AdoroCinema in July.

Rio de Janeiro-Atlanta Partnership Films Celebrate Community Development” featured Kirk Bowman (Nunn School). Global Atlanta, July 31.

This Badminton Academy in a Favela Will Give You Hope for the Rio Olympics” quoted Kirk Bowman (Nunn School) for The Washington Post, July 26.

The Politics of Innovation” interviewed Mark Zachary Taylor (Nunn School) about his book. Inside Higher Ed, July 26.

With BOAT Lab, Tech, Art, and Ecology Converge in One Floating Makerspace” featured Andrew Quitmeyer, Digital Media alumnus (LMC) in Fast Company, July 23.

5 Reasons That Technology Is Good for Kids” quoted Ian Bogost (LMC) for Parade, July 20.

Nice Attack Witnesses Recall Chaos; ‘Bodies, Limbs and Blood’” quoted James Walker (ECON) for The Washington Post, July 15.

“‘Enough is Enough’: NBA Star Speak Out Against Gun Violence, Racial Profiling” quoted John M. Smith (HSOC) for The Christian Science Monitor, July 14.

I Despise Pokémon Go, and There’s No Way I’m the Only One” quoted Ian Bogost (LMC) for The Washington Post, July 12.

Philip Shapira (PubPol) was featured in “Philip Shapira Motivates Manufacturers for a New Century” for AAAS, July 11.

Marilyn Brown (PubPol) was quoted in How Might Global Warming Affect Air Travel?WUNC, July 10.

Aaron Levine (PubPol) was quoted in Yahoo! News, Japantoday, and The Economic Times concerning the use of cloning for medicine. Agence France Presse, July 4.

Are You Eating Cloned Meat? It Might Be More Common than You Think, Say Scientists” quoted Aaron Levine (PubPol). Daily Mail, July 4.

Computer Films of the 1960s, an event guest curated by Gregory Zinman (LMC), was featured in the SOUND & VISION section of the July/August issue of filmcomment.

Clinics Offering Unproven Stem Cell Therapies Are Proliferating Across the U.S. quoted Aaron Levine (PubPol) in the MIT Technology Review, June 30.

Report: Clean Energy Plan Will Cut Electric Bills reviewed Marilyn Browns (PubPol) report The Clean Power Plan and Beyond in Public News Service, June 27.

Jenna Jordan and Lawrence Rubin (Nunn School) co-authored the article “An Isis Containment Doctrine” published in The National InterestJune 14.

The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs’ study abroad program was featured in UNU-CS Hosts Georgia Tech Study Abroad Program.United Nations University Computer and Society website, June 25.

Admiral James A. Winnefeld (Nunn School) was featured on Charlie Rose to talk on Fighting Extremism. Charlie Rose, June 23.

“Tobin Harshaw: The Danger of Killing Islamic States Caliph” quoted Jenna Jordan (Nunn School). The Commercial Appeal Memphis (Bloomberg), June 17.

John N. Smith (HSOC) co-wrote or was quoted in several publications concerning the death of Muhammad Ali including The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, and The Wallstreet Journal.

How Gaming Helped Launch the Attack of the Internet Trolls quoted Ian Bogost (LMC). The New York Times, June 8.

Video Games Keep Getting Tougher and That's OK quoted Ian Bogost (LMC). Motherboard, June 8.

Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women: A credible window on gender equity? quoted Carol Colatrella (LMC). The Christian Science Monitor, June 7. 

U.S. Government Close to Approving Private Moon Mission, Reports Say quoted Mariel Borowitz (Nunn School). The Los Angeles Times, June 6.

Heres What Mirrors Edge: Catalyst Has to Get Right quoted Ian Bogost (LMC). WIRED, June 6.

Featured Blogs and Columns

Ian Bogost (LMC) wrote Facebook is Not a Technology Company” for The Atlantic, August 3.

Rest in Peace, VCR” was written by Ian Bogost (LMC) for The Atlantic, July 26.

Ian Bogost (LMC) wrote Who Needs Convertible Slippers?” for The Atlantic, July 11.

Ian Bogost (LMC) wrote The Tragedy of Pokémon Go” for The Atlantic, July 11.

Is Political Civility Dead?” featured Carol Colatrella (LMC) and Brian Larson (LMC). Georgia Tech News Center, July 5.

Ian Bogost (LMC) wrote Ulysses and the Lie of Technological Progress.” The Atlantic, June 16.

Ian Bogost (LMC) wrote Im Retweeting Her. The Atlantic, June 9.

Historic Moment in the Nuclear Industry featured Marilyn Brown (PubPol) and her involvement with the first nuclear activation of the 21st century. Georgia Tech Amplifier, June 7.

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global impact and engagement

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2016 Sam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum Will Focus on Ideological Extremism

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National Impact and Engagement

EPA and Georgia Tech Sign Memorandum of Understanding

Public Policy faculty led the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the EPA and Georgia Tech.

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Goodman Appointed Regents Professor and Lifetime Member of National Academies National Research Council

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National Research Council Appointment 

Global Economic Crisis Is Focus for International Urban Innovation Conference

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Thomas Lux Bridges Poetry and Engineering

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Local and Regional Impact

Modern Languages Offers Evening Courses for Professionals

Georgia Tech's Language Institute with our School of Modern Languages inaugurate new personal or professional development courses in Spanish, Chinese, and English as a Second Language as part of Georgia Tech's Evening Programs this fall. 

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Campus Leadership

Three Ivan Allen Faculty Selected for Emerging Leadership Program

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Alumni Success Story

Fast Company Features Digital Media Alum Andy Quitmeyer and His BOAT Lab

Fast Companys Most Creative People column showcased Andy Quitmeyer's floating tech arts lab built with Filipino villagers to promote conservation.

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A Non-traditional, But Very Georgia Tech Path to Leadership: Meet Senior Pastor (and Econ Alum) Jack Glasgow

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Student Focus

United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society Hosts Georgia Tech Study Abroad Program

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Ivan Allen College Rising Sophomores Offer Advice for Incoming Students

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Where Technology and Art Meet

Computational Media major Kartak Kini plans to develop, teach and entertain.

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A Prescient Observation

LMC Chair Richard Utz writes on Facebook: 

“The lines at Starbucks are getting longer. The semester is upon us. There is another person ordering a double espresso. Winter is coming.”

It’s broiling out there today so we say, it can’t come fast enough!

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