Georgia Tech Experts Shed Light on Israel-Hamas Conflict |
Attacks carried out by Hamas in Israel, along with subsequent strikes in Gaza and a declaration of war from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have resulted in global unrest. Georgia Tech experts offer their thoughts on the conflict, what comes next, and what role the United States will play.
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Ecohorror: Learning from Mutant Monsters and Killer Plants |
Since Godzilla crawled out of the ocean in 1954, a monstrous consequence of the atomic age, ecohorror has given modern audiences an imaginative way to grapple not only with our primal fear of nature — but also with our complicated feelings about humanity's impact on the environment.
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Our Faculty Take a Closer Look at Gaming |
Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow Lee Hibbard discusses how inclusive gaming helps people in marginalized communities to claim space in the real world. And Keung Yoon Bae, an assistant professor of Korean Studies in the School of Modern Languages, researches how commentators in the Korean esports industry are using novel visual language.
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2023 Fall Compliance Training Deadline is Oct. 27 |
As a reminder, the deadline to complete the 2023 Fall Biannual Compliance Training is Friday, Oct. 27 at 11:59 p.m. All faculty, staff, and student employees who are active employees as of Sept. 18 are required to complete the training by the deadline. The training will take a little over one hour to complete. You can access the training at b.gatech.edu/genius.
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Applications Now Open for Employee Educational Assistance Programs |
Georgia Tech offers several educational assistance programs to further the professional development and growth of employees. The Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) and the Staff Tuition Reimbursement Assistance Program (STRAP) application period is open Oct. 15 – Nov. 15 for spring classes.
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Lisa Yaszek, Regents' Professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, features in "Designing the Future," an interview with award-winning Afrofuturist artist John Jennings for The Nib, a daily comics publication focused on political cartoons, graphic journalism, essays, and current affairs. Yaszek, a foundational figure in Afrofuturist scholarship, is the only academic Jennings cites in the piece.
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Mayra Pineda-Torres, assistant professor in the School of Economics, has been named a 2023 Changemaker in Family Planning. The award from the Society of Family Planning includes a research grant and is given to scholars of color working in the area of family planning.
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Margaret Kosal, an associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was invited to speak at the 2023 Royal Society Neural Interfaces Summit in London, England. Kosal presented on “Emerging Neurotechnologies and the Future of Warfare.”
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Victoria Chang, the Margaret T. and Henry C. Bourne, Jr. Chair in Poetry in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was invited to join U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, former Bourne Chair Ilya Kaminsky, and other poets for an event celebrating art and poetry at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Chang spoke about her commissioned poem on a sculpture by artist Anne Truitt.
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Kirk Bowman, Nunn School
Augusta CEO
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Susana Morris, LMC
Columbia Journalism Review
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Join the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Wednesday, Oct. 18 from noon to 1 p.m. for a virtual seminar on the recent Israel-Hamas war. Register to attend.
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The Georgia Tech Staff Council's Campus Physical Environment Committee is sponsoring a fall recycling drive-thru event for mixed paper, household batteries, plastics, and electronics on Wednesday, Oct. 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the O'Keefe Building (near McCamish Pavilion).
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