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Research

Strategic Implications of the Changing Nuclear Energy Landscape: U.S. Energy Landscape: U.S. Energy Industry as a Warning or Remaining Source of Leverage for Nonproliferation
PI: Adam Stulberg
Sponsor:  Scaife Foundation
Funding: $127,292

AHA-Smart and Connected Communities
PI: Carl DiSalvo
Sponsor: Atlanta Housing Authority
Funding: $75,000.00

The National Dental PBRN
PI:  Julia Melkers
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Funding:  $240,777

Understanding Key Components of Successful Autonomous Space Missions
PI: Ute Fischer
Sponsor: NASA
Funding: $70,000 (supplement to original $340,662 grant)

Specialized Testing Services Agreement between GTRC and Facebook
PI:  Nathan Moon (PubPol)
Sponsor:  Facebook
Funding: $30,142

What Does Georgia Tech Think?

Selected Press for Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Margaret Kosal (Nunn School) appeared on CNN International for an interview on the Syria – North Korea connection and what it means for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation. CNN International, February 27.

Lisa Yaszek (LMC) was quoted in “Why Smart Sci-Fi Struggles to Find Its Audience in a ‘Star Wars’ World.” USA Today, February 20.  

Johnny Smith (HSOC) was quoted in “Black Athletes in 1980s, 90s Not Outspoken, But Not Silent.” ABC News, February 16.

Philip Auslander (LMC) was quoted in, “This Is What LSD Does to a Musician’s Creative Process.” Tonic, February 13.

Ian Bogost (LMC) was interviewed in “Hawaii 5 Oh-no! Chips with Everything Podcast.” The Guardian, February 9.

Ian Bogost (LMC) was quoted in “How to Spot a Fake Twitter Follower and Assess the Value of a Real One.” KQED, February 7.

Melvin Kranzberg (HSOC) was featured in “Technology Might Be Killing Us, But It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way.” Entrepreneur, February 7.   

Lisa Yaszek (LMC) was quoted in “It’s Alive!: ‘Black Mirror’ and TV’s New Golden Age of Science Fiction.” Book Trib, February 6.

Sarah Dada (PubPol alumna) was the subject of “Marietta Student First Fulbright Scholar at Europe’s Top Vet School.” Marietta Daily Journal, January 31. 

Fei-Ling Wang (Nunn School) wrote “The Rise of China: A Major Choice for the World.” The Chinese Research Center, January 29.

Margaret E. Kosal (Nunn School) was quoted in “Is the U.S. Prepared for an Attack with a Weaponized Biothreat like Smallpox?” Infectious Disease News, January 22.

Blogs and Columns

Milton Mueller (PubPol) wrote “U.S. Government Should Not Reverse Course on Internet Governance Transition.” Brookings, February 7. 

Ian Bogost (LMC) wrote “Sorry, Alexa is Not a Feminist.” The Atlantic, January 24. 

Ian Bogost (LMC) wrote “All Followers Are Fake Followers.” The Atlantic, January 30.

Events

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March 27, 2018
Global Energy Outlook with a Spotlight on Two Energy Extremes: Norway and Republic of Congo
1:30 pm
March 27, 2018
‘Currents: Illuminating the Past, Defining the Present, and Shaping the Future’ Exhibit Opening
3:30 pm
March 28, 2018
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumni Awards
5:30 pm
March 29, 2018
Race, Biomedicine, and Reproductive Justice
2:00 pm
March 29, 2018
Global Media Fest: Documenting the Journeys of Syrian Refugees in Germany
4:00 pm
March 29, 2018
2018 WST Distinguished Lecturer: Dr. Daryl E Chubin
4:15 pm
March 30, 2018
Shadow Day! Experience Liberal Arts @ Georgia Tech!
8:30 am
April 2, 2018
Global Media Fest: Political Comics in China: the Works of Li Xiaoguai
4:30 pm
April 2, 2018
Author Event at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
7:00 pm
April 4, 2018
Global Media Fest: Stories of Minority Teenagers Growing up in Paris’ Housing Projects
4:00 pm
April 5, 2018
Gender and the Politics of Rights in the Middle East
12:00 pm
April 5, 2018
Talk by Gary Powers, Jr.
4:00 pm
April 5, 2018
Ivan Allen Major Cup: Trivia
7:00 pm
April 6, 2018
Ivan Allen College Information Session & Campus Tour
1:30 pm
April 7, 2018
Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference
8:30 am
April 7, 2018
Dramatech presents THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
8:00 pm
April 9, 2018
HSOC Spring 2018 Speakers Series- Nancy Reynolds
4:00 pm
April 12, 2018
IISP Cybersecurity Demo Day Finale
4:00 pm
April 12, 2018
Global Media Fest: Bolivian Indigenous Media and the Protection of the Forest
4:00 pm
April 12, 2018
Poetry at Tech Presents:A Spring Poetry Event
7:30 pm
April 12, 2018
Dramatech presents THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
8:00 pm
April 13, 2018
A Changing Europe in an Uncertain World: Taking stock of the EU's role in the world at a time of internal and external challenges
1:00 pm
April 13, 2018
Dramatech presents THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
8:00 pm
April 14, 2018
Korean Speech & Quiz Festival
10:00 am
April 14, 2018
Dramatech presents THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
2:00 pm
April 14, 2018
Dramatech presents THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
8:00 pm
April 18, 2018
Global Media Fest: Down Here There Are No Shooting Stars
4:30 pm
April 18, 2018
Comics and Civic Engagement: Exhibition Opening
6:00 pm
April 19, 2018
Dramatech presents THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
8:00 pm
April 20, 2018
Ivan Allen College Information Session & Campus Tour
1:30 pm

NEWS

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Please Join Us Today for an Authors Exhibit Celebrating 130 Years of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech

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Distinguished Alumni Awards on March 28 Will Celebrate 130 Years

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New Chair for School of Economics Appointed

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Brown Presents at Department of Energy’s Advisory Committee Meeting

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Langford and Owens Join College Advisory Board

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School of Public Policy Announces Inaugural Advisory Board Members

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Research Focus

Research by Scott Ganz Helps Pin Down County-Level Costs of Opioid Epidemic

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Cifci and Oliver Research Highlights Trade-Off between Emissions Reductions and Economic Growth

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Self-Driving Car or ‘Killing Robot’?

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Morris Reflects on the ‘Black Panther’ Phenomenon

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Faculty Distinctions

Dalle Vacche Receives Invitation to Be Goggio Visiting Professor at The University of Toronto, Canada

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Burnett Recognized with 2018 Regents’ Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award 

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Thomas Honored with Class of 1934 Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities Award

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Michney Awarded $25,000 DILAC Grant to Digitize Archives of College Namesake Mayor Ivan Allen Jr; Wins Serve-Learn-Sustain Award

DILAC Grant

SLS Award

Program News

Sports, Society, and Technology Symposium Examines Concussion Issue

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Ivan Allen College Race and Gender Studies

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Photo Exhibition Celebrates 70 Years of DramaTech

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ALUMNI FOCUS

Then A Funny Thing Happened

How Sarah Cooper (MS DM 2001) left a successful corporate career to take herself out of the comfort zone and into the scary world of comedy.

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Student Focus

Graduate Student Paper Competition Winners Honored

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Two Doctoral Students Named IISP Cybersecurity Fellows

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Georgia Tech Model United Nations Hosts First Collegiate Conference

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Grant Finds Passion in the Japanese Language

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