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Research

Phase 2 of Rubase: Engaging Russia
PI: Adam Stulberg (Nunn School)
Sponsor: Carnegie Corporation of New York
Funding: $299,000

Other Funding

Support for Brian Magerko's EarSketch/TuneTable project enabling work to broaden student engagement.
Gift from: Amazon.com Services, LLC
Funding: $200,000

Recent Books by Faculty

Mikilus Fabry (Nunn School) wrote the chapter "Theory of State Recognition: A Contemporary Assessmentin" for the book Nationalism, Referendums and Democracy: Voting on Ethnic Issues and Independence (Routledge, 2020).

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Selected Press for Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Lindsey Bullinger (PubPol) was mentioned in "Researchers Highlight Risks for Children In Terms of Abuse and Neglect During Pandemic." The Sector, April 28.

John Endicott (formerly of the Nunn School) was highlighted in "Endicott College: Part of the Legacy in Korea of a Former Georgia Tech." Global Atlanta, April 22.

Alan Marco (PubPol) was quoted in "Patent Filings, Litigation May Shift in Economic Crisis." Bloomberg Law, April 21.

Lisa Yaszek (LMC) was quoted in "A Side Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic? Reading Got a Lot Harder." Chronicle of Higher Education, April 20.

Gregory Zinman's (LMC) book Making Images Move: Handmade Cinema and the Other Arts was mentioned in "Scratching the Surface: Handmade Cinema in the Digital Age." Los Angeles Review of Books, April 17.

A study by Alice Favero (PubPol) was highlighted in "Georgia Institute of Technology-led Study Looks at the Impacts of Woody Biomass Demand." Biofuels Digest, April 16.

Brian Magerko's (LMC) EarSketch program was highlighted in "Middle, High School Students Can Learn Coding and Robotics Through Free Amazon Classes." CBS46, April 15.

Ian Bogost (LMC) was interviewed on "On the Media | Blindsided." WNYC, April 10.

The School of Public Policy was noted as hosting "100 Days In, Atlanta Mayor Shakes Up Cabinet" on WABE, April 8.

Johnny Smith's (HSOC) book War Fever: Boston, Baseball and American in the Shadow of the Great War was quoted in "Special Report: War, Fever and Baseball in 1918." AxiosApril 6.

Kaye Husbands Fealing (PubPol) was interviewed in "Meet the New Dean of Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts." Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, April 2.

Margaret Kosal (Nunn School) was quoted in "Georgia Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Attack White House." WSBRadioApril 1.

COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY

Milton Mueller (PUBP) wrote "The US-China Cold War in Cyberspace." CircleIDApril 22.

Ian Bogost (LMC) wrote "The Supermarket After the Pandemic." The Atlantic, April 17.

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NEWS

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Celebrate the Class of 2020!

Congratulations to our 2020 Ivan Allen College graduates! You worked hard. You hung in there during an incredibly uncertain and difficult time. You got it done! Everyone is invited to celebrate of our graduates on Friday, May 1, from Noon to 1:30pm! Visit our celebration page below, participate on our social media for the College or our schools, or join the campus wide celebration.


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Marilyn Brown Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Brown, Regents Professor and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy, becomes just one of four Georgia Institute of Technology faculty members elected to the NAS, and one of two with membership in both the NAS and National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

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Brown and Georgia Tech Lead Effort to Reduce Georgia’s Carbon Footprint

The Drawdown Georgia project led by Brown and other researchers from Georgia Tech and other universities, are leading a first-in-the-nation effort to identify solutions to reduce the state's carbon footprint in economically justifiable ways by 2030.

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College Offers Robust Schedule of Courses for Summer

Georgia Tech will continue to deliver instruction remotely during May and for the summer semesters, with limited exceptions. Summer liberal arts classes including those supporting minors and electives are offered so students won’t miss the opportunity to enhance their resumes and learning experiences. Registration for summer sessions is open until May 15th.

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HSOC Alumna Leslie Sharp Named Dean of Georgia Tech Library

Leslie Sharp, who earned a Ph.D. in the History and Sociology of Technology and Science with a doctoral minor in architectural history, has served in various administrative posts at Georgia Tech including that of associate vice provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development since 2013. She will assume the role of dean of the Library on July 1.

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Nunn School Experts Participate in US-Russia Workshop at Moscow State Institute of International Relations

The group discussed the impact of new technologies on US-Russia relations and world politics.

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Responding to Coronavirus

Georgia Tech's response to the public health emergency continues to evolve, and the Institute remains open with modified operations. The Student Services and Resources Guide offers information and answers about campus services and academic support. For all of the latest updates, visit the Stamps Health Services website.

The battle against COVID-19 is a worldwide challenge unlike any in living memory. The Georgia Tech community has joined the fight, contributing our expertise, innovation, and indomitable spirit to the effort. Read more. Ivan Allen College faculty are examining the societal impacts of the virus. Read about that work in the stories below.

Woodall on what COVID-19 Can Teach Us about Sustainable Development through a Transportation Lens

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Nunn School Students Help Brazilian Nonprofits Respond to COVID-19 Food Aid Needs

Students in the Global Social Entrepreneurship Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) are all about finding ways to help turbocharge the work of their community partners in Brazil. So, when the COVID-19 pandemic struck South America’s most populous country, these Georgia Institute of Technology students knew they had to act quickly.

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Featured Research

How Virtual Reality Changes Work — and Organizations

Simply adopting virtual reality technologies is not enough for manufacturing-sector managers looking to bring more efficiency and productivity to the plant floor, according to a new study by doctoral student Alyssa Rumsey and LMC associate professor Christopher Le Dantec.

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School of Public Policy Study: No Agricultural ‘Threshold Effect’

A new study led by a public policy researcher Emanuele Massetti offers confirmation that global warming does not appear likely to cause a sudden collapse in U.S. agricultural productivity.

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LMC Film Scholar Teaches the Value of Abstraction

Since cameras first captured a sequence of moving images in 1878, cinema and motion photography have been inexorably linked. Yet LMC's Gregory Zinman dives into a cinema subculture that rejects the camera entirely.

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Biomass Energy Could Benefit Climate with the Right Policies, Study Finds

Biomass energy generated by burning fuel made from trees can play a significant role in meeting the energy needs of the future while helping keep climate change in check -- if the correct incentives are used, according to a new analysis led by public policy researcher Alice Favero.

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Faculty and Staff News and Distinctions

Ronald Bayor Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Ron Bayor, emeritus professor in the School of History and Sociology, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Immigration and Ethnic History Society.

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LMC's Ilya Kaminsky Wins Los Angeles Times Book Award

Poetry professor Ilya Kaminsky garnered yet another honor for his work Deaf Republic.

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Twelve Ivan Allen College Faculty Members Win Class of 1934 CIOS Award

The award is given to faculty members with "exceptional scores and response rates" on the CIOS survey given to students at the end of the semester.

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Jenny Strakovsky Wins CTL’s Innovation in Co-curricular Education Award

This award is open to full-time faculty of any rank who increase student learning outside the traditional curriculum and help Georgia Tech achieve its strategic goal of graduating global citizens who can contribute to all sectors of society.

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Celebrate the 2020 Staff Buzz Award Recipients!

Congratulations to the 11 staff members throughout the College who received Buzz Awards this year in recognition of excellence.

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Alumni and Student News

Aditya Anupam, Tony Harding, and Yusho Yang Win Graduate Teaching Awards from CTL

Anupam and Harding were honored for excellence as graduate instructors, while Yang was recognized for excellence as a teaching assistant.

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Alumni Olufunke and Simon Adebola Co-author Chapter for 'Handbook of Space Policy'

Olufunke Adebola (PHD IAST 2020) and Simon Adebola (MS ANYL 2016) co-athored the chapter “Space-Enabled Integrated Decision Support Systems for Reduction of Agricultural Postharvest Loss” in the Handbook of Space Policy (Springer International Publishing).

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Students Across the College Honored for Excellence in Scholarship

Congratuations to all the award recipients in the schools of History and Sociology, Modern Languages, and the Nunn School.

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Nunn School Students Participate in the 2nd UN Peace Summit

With the financial support from the office of Provost Rafael Bras, Kaelyn Kim, a second-year International Affairs student, and Jack Sheldon, a second-year International Affairs and Modern Languages student, were able to represent Georgia Tech at the summit.

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Check Out the Latest Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Career Roundup

The College's Career Roundup is a useful source of information regarding job opportunities, information sessions, and other useful career tips.

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Destress: A Yoga Session with Val Peterson

Modern Languages graduate students Shaidah Herron and Ci Song organized a virtual yoga session with Tech's former first lady as part of the course ML 8801: Building Community.

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Modern Languages Book of the Month: Digital Humanities in Latin America

The first selection is Digital Humanities in Latin America edited by Juan Carlos Rodriguez.

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