Humanizing STEM: How Georgia Tech and the Ivan Allen College Are Redefining Interdisciplinary Learning |
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How Amateur Golfer Bobby Jones Symbolized a New South |
Eric Steagall, a sports studies scholar in the School of History and Sociology, questions how sports can help us understand larger societal issues. The Ph.D. candidate is researching the famous amateur golfer and Georgia Tech alum Bobby Jones, who played during the "Golden Age of American Sports" in the 1920s.
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Literature, Media, and Communication Faculty Lead Interdisciplinary Research Groups |
Yanni Loukissas, Richmond Wong, and Heidi Biggs (Literature, Media, and Communication) received seed grant funding from the Institute for People and Technology to establish two interdisciplinary research groups on sustainability data and critical computing.
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| Ianetta Named Assistant Chair of Conference on College Composition and Communication |
Melissa Ianetta, Class of 1958 Professor and executive director of the Writing and Communication program in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, has been elected Assistant Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication.
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National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week: Sept. 16 – 20 |
National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week will take place nationwide and at Georgia Tech Sept. 16 – 20. The Office of Postdoctoral Services is hosting several events centered around celebrating and empowering postdocs.
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Daniel Matisoff (Public Policy) received the Organizations and Natural Environment Outstanding Book Award for Ecolabels, Innovation, and Green Market Transformation at the Academy of Management's annual meeting in Chicago.
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Helen Anne Curry (History and Sociology) co-edited a special issue of the journal Plants, People, Planet titled "The History of Crop Science and the Future of Food," which explores the historical role of crop sciences in shaping today’s global food system. The fully open-access issue features fourteen papers examining the relationships between ecologies, societies, and technologies that influence the future of food.
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Regents' Professor Marilyn A. Brown (Public Policy) delivered a keynote address at the Applied Energy Conference at MIT on mobilizing residential markets for climate-smart electric technologies, co-authored with doctoral student Snehal Kale. She also served as the lead author of a report from the Southeast Decarbonization Workshop, which brought together over 150 participants to discuss strategies for a clean energy future in the Southeast.
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Harry Oppenheimer (Public Policy) and colleagues presented their paper, “Digital Discrimination of Users in Sanctioned States: The Case of the Cuba Embargo,” at the USENIX Security Conference, where it received the Distinguished Paper Award. Additionally, Oppenheimer was elected as a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Stéphanie Boulard (Modern Languages) presented her research at the Comite International d'Histoire de l'Art World Congress in Lyon, France, delivering a talk titled "Matter and Creation: Pascal Quignard's Pictorial Fact." She also presented a talk on wildness and hospitality, focusing on birds of prey, in contemporary French literature and performances at a conference in Paris on environmental humanities in the arts.
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Hans Klein, Public Policy
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Brian Magerko (Literature, Media, and Communication)
EdTech
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Frank Neville (International Affairs)
The Business Communication Guy Podcast
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Casey Wichman (Economics)
Los Angeles Times
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Milton L. Mueller (Public Policy)
Gizmodo
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Marilyn A. Brown (Public Policy)
EnergyWire
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Thursday, Sept. 19, 11 a.m. – noon
Virtual Only | Join the Event
Please join Provost McLaughlin and guests for a virtual town hall offering academic and budget updates, as well as a live Q&A session. The town hall is open to all faculty, staff, and students.
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Avant South
Monday, Oct. 7
8 a.m. — 2 p.m.
Exhibition Hall
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