Dean's Weekly Update — January 3, 2024

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Dean's Weekly Update

January 03, 2024

Borowitz Takes Her Space Expertise to Washington

Mariel Borowitz in front of a satellite dish in Washington, DC

Mariel Borowitz, space policy expert in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, serves part-time as the director of international space situational awareness engagement in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Faculty Media Training Session Jan. 29

a reporter writing in a notebook and holding a microphone

Ivan Allen College Communications has a great upcoming opportunity for faculty interested in media training. Introductory media training is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 29, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Savant Building Conference Room 115. Space is limited and registration is required.

Library and IMA Present Media Arts Day Jan. 18

The Georgia Tech Library and Interdisciplinary Media Arts Center (IMA) are proud to bring Media Arts Day 2024 to campus on Thursday, Jan. 18, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in various locations throughout the Library.

Associate Professor Amanda Weiss in the School of Modern Languages

Film Continues to Shape Historical Memory of World War II in China and Japan

In her new book, School of Modern Languages Associate Professor Amanda Weiss explores how World War II cinema influences cultural memory and perception of that period in history.

Submit Your Work for the Georgia Tech Authors' Celebration

The Office of the Executive Vice President for Research invites faculty and staff to submit information about book(s) they authored or edited that were published between January 2022 and December 2023. Publications will be honored at the third annual Georgia Tech Authors' Celebration on Thursday, Apr. 11. Submissions are due by Friday, Jan. 19.

Buzz Around IAC

Chris Ippolito (ModLangs) presented his research and served on a panel about "Pandemic Impacts: Reflections on Saving French Programs" at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association colloquium. The panel was selected for the Amos Distinguished Chair Sponsorship Award.

Brian Y. An (SPP) was a panelist at "Homes for Profit: Speculation and Investment in Greater Boston," hosted by the Boston Metropolitan Area Planning Council. Watch a recording of the conversation here.

Victoria Chang's (LMC) forthcoming book of poems, With My Back to the World (FSG, April 2024) was named to the spring 2024 top 10 list of poetry books in Publishers Weekly. In the book, Chang explores feminism, art, depression, time, grief, and loss through artist Agnes Martin's abstract paintings and writings.

Philip Auslander (LMC) participated in the "Performing Social Space" symposium at New York University. Auslander also served as a panelist for In Conversation: Paul Pfeiffer at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia.