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Research

New Sponsor Funding

Developing an Infrastructure for a Novel Personal Mobile Application in Nephrotic Syndrome to Enhance Its Applicability and Scalability: Urapp Version 4
PI: Megan Denham (CACP)
Sponsor: Emory University
Funding: $100,000

Ricoh Accessibility and Usability Support Program - State of Minnesota Software
PI: Brad Fain (CACP)
Sponsor: Ricoh USA Inc.
Funding: $83,760 

NEW BOOKS BY FACULTY

Distributed Blackness (NYU Press, 2020) by André Brock (LMC).

Sociocultural Examinations of Sports Concussions (Routledge, 2020) edited by Mary G. McDonald (HSOC) and Matt Ventresca.

What Does Georgia Tech Think?

Selected Press for Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Marilyn Brown  and PhD student Majid Ahmadi's (both PubPol) research on the economic effects of carbon taxes was the focus of "Carbon Taxes Would Boost Jobs across the U.S." Scientific American, Feb. 20.

Margaret Kosal (Nunn School) was interviewed on the podcast "Authors of Mass Destruction." Authors on the Air Global Radio Network, February 17.

Aaron Levine (PubPol) was quoted in "Should California Invest Another $5.5 Billion Into Stem Cell Research?" Long Beach Business Journal, February 17.

Lawrence Rubin (Nunn School) was quoted in the Kurdish newspaper Gulan, February 5.

DramaTech's (LMC) production of "Tribes" was highlighted in "Scenes & Motions: Not Me. Us: Six Chances to Connect." Creative Loafing, February 4.

Milton Mueller (PUBP) was cited in "Who Should Control the Internet's .Org Addresses?" WIRED, February 4.

COLUMNS, ARTICLES AND COMMENTARY

Ian Bogost (LMC) wrote "How to Generate Infinite Fake Humans." The Atlantic, February 24.

Susana Morris (LMC) wrote about her strategy of teaching Toni Morrison's "Recitatif" in "How Black Feminist Scholars Remember Toni Morrison in the Classroom"Ms., February 18.

Eliza Markley (Nunn School) wrote "Making Security Cooperation More Effective." The Cipher Brief, January 31.

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NEWS

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Kaye Husbands Fealing Named Dean of Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Husbands Fealing, the current chair of the School of Public Policy, will assume the position on June 1.

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There's Still Time to Register for Shadow Day 2020!

With more than 38 classes to experience and the opportunity to meet Ivan Allen faculty, advisors, students, and more, this is a fantastic way to experience what it's really like to study in the College. Don't miss it!

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Please Join Us for the Dedication of the Ivan Allen Jr. Exhibit

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The 2020 Ivan Allen College Distinguished Alumni Awards Celebrating 30 Years as the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Do you know one of this year's honorees? Cllick the link below to see who is receiving awards and to RSVP for an evening of great food and fun as we honor their achievements! 

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The Student Alumni Association has invited back alumni of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts to share their experiences with current students and give advice about having a fruitful career in liberal arts. This is an opportunity to learn about the unique skillset that Tech provides liberal arts students and what you should be doing now to prepare for success after college. The second hour of the event will be reserved for networking and mingling between students and alumni. Refreshments provided. 

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2020 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize Honors Pioneers of the Integration of Higher Education, Hamilton Holmes, Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Holmes and Hunter-Gault were the first two African-American students to enroll at the University of Georgia and were honored on February 5.

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Nunn School Hosts U.S. Space Force Chief

A daylong tour of Georgia Tech on Feb. 24 introduced General John Raymond to some “next-gen thinking” in policy, ROTC, and in Georgia Tech's space lab. 

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Nunn and Breedlove Support Statement by the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group (EASLG)

Former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn and General (Ret.) Philip Breedlove, Nunn School distinguished professors of practice, met at the Euro-American Security Leadership Group to discuss security issues in former Soviet Union states.

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Atlanta Global Studies Center Co-hosts “The Future of Atlanta’s Global Workforce”

The networking event brought together industry leaders, higher education representatives and community members for a conversation about educating for global competence and careers.

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Faculty Mentoring Program Formalized with New Ways to Connect

A new faculty development program in the College designed to encourage mentorship and collaboration across disciplines could create even more exciting scholarship.

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FACULTY DISTINCTIONS, NEWS, AND COMMENTARY

Marilyn Brown Elected to National Academy of Engineers

Brown was chosen for her work “bridging engineering, social and behavioral sciences, and policy studies to achieve cleaner electric energy,” according to the NAE.

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'It Doesn’t Matter If Anyone Exists or Not: 'What a Website that Generates Infinite Fake Humans Tells Us about Modern Life''

LMC Professor Ian Bogost's think piece for The Atlantic

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Margaret Kosal Speaks on the Impact of AI on Nuclear Governance at CSCAP Discussions in Singapore

Kosal spoke to how certain emerging technologies, particular artificial intelligence, can affect nuclear governance. The CSCAP is comprised of 21 countries in the Asia Pacific region, including China, Japan and the United States. 

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Britta Kallin Gives Invited Talk at the Elfriede Jelinek Symposium in Austria

Kallin’s talk entitled “Fairy tale figures and intertextual strategies in selected works by Elfriede Jelinek,” examined the usage of fairy tale characters in Jelinek’s plays “Snow White” (1999), “Das Werk” (1999), “Rosamunde” (1999), and “Sleeping Beauty” (2000).

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Featured Research

#blacktwitter: André Brock Works to Unravel the Complexities of Race, Technology, and Culture

Scholar's work offers path towards understanding the values we build in and the values we seek to elevate in technology as a whole by studying the intersection of race, culture, and technology.

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Black Media Studies Brings New Dimension to LMC Research and Curricula

Georgia Tech, and Atlanta with it, has a rich history of invention and innovation, both in the technological and cultural spheres. It makes sense, then, that the School of Literature, Media and Communication (LMC) in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts has incubated the growth and development of the field of black media studies.

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New Paper by Tibor Besedes on Multilateral Environmental Agreements

The main thrust of the paper by Besedes, an associate professor in the School of Economics, is to understand the economic factors that have a strong impact on environmental agreements.

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Todd Michney Article on New Deal Housing Policy

The authors debunk the common assumption that the Home Owners Loan Corporation -- the 1930s federal housing agency that invented redlining -- denied loans to black borrowers. However, it lent in ways that reinforced racial segregation, and with the primary objective of bailing out these homeowners' mostly white creditors.

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ALUMNI AND STUDENT FOCUS

Bekah St. Clair Achieves Triple Jacket Dream

With a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from the School of Public Policy, Bekah St. Clair is proof of how far an Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts education can take you.

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Ivan Allen College Students Win JUMP into STEM Competition for Second Straight Year

The five-student team from Georgia Tech presented their project on data science and sustainable energy practices, “Behavioral Incentives on Children and Their Parents to Reduce Energy Consumption.” The project drew from both social science and data science disciplines in its ideas, which included incorporating smart building sensors and gamification to encourage conservation.

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Economics Student Sarah Tinsley Named 2020 Joseph K. Heyman Scholarship Recipient

Named for the Atlanta Economics Club's founder and first president, the scholarship is awarded to outstanding undergraduate or graduate economics students enrolled at a metro Atlanta college or university. In total, AEC has awarded scholarship winners roughly $26,000 since 1992.

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