Amanda Murdie Named Dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts |
Following an international search, Georgia Tech has appointed Amanda Murdie as the new dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, effective June 1, 2025. Murdie currently serves as a Regents’ Professor, Georgia Athletic Association Professor of International Affairs, and the Head of the Department of International Affairs for the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs.
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Reflecting on President Carter's Legacy |
President Jimmy Carter’s decades in public life will be warmly remembered around the world for his determined commitment to peace, human rights, public health, and more. We reflect on his legacy.
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Campus Prepares for 2025 MLK Celebration Events |
Each January, the Georgia Tech community commemorates the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrations include community events, student performances, and a keynote lecture.
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Jan. 2 was National Science Fiction Day, a celebration of everything science fiction. This year's recommendations follow the theme of "exploration," whether that's exploring a dangerously alien world, investigating the right recipe for a successful society, or pushing the boundaries of storytelling.
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| Jimmy Carter: Engineer, President, Poet |
In this installment of Decanally Speaking, Interim Dean Richard Utz reflects on President Jimmy Carter's lifelong passion for learning and exploring many fields of study, including science, engineering, prose, and poetry.
"Carter's 'soft' skill as a poet offered him just another opportunity to reflect on and communicate the values that also inform his politics and policy: freedom and human dignity," said Utz.
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Casey Wichman (Economics) started a three-year term as co-editor at the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, one of two top-field journals in environmental economics and the oldest journal specializing environmental and resource economics. Wichman was also elected to the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists' Board of Directors for a three-year term.
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Anthony Harding (Public Policy) also presented at the Southern Economic Association annual meeting. His paper, “Beyond the Haze: Investigating Aerosol Impacts on Park Visitation,” investigates the causal link between weather, air pollution, and outdoor recreational activity at U.S. national parks.
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Gaurav Doshi (Economics) presented his paper, “Chicken and Egg: Electricity Transmission and Investment in Renewable Energy” at an invited seminar at the University of Georgia. The paper won the 2024 Young Professional Best Paper Award Competition at the United States Association for Energy Economics/International Association for Energy Economics North American Conference.
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Cassidy Sugimoto, Public Policy
Times Higher Education
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by Fei-Ling Wang, International Affairs
Global Security Review
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Anthony Harding, Public Policy
Chosun.com
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Anthony Harding, Public Policy
Earth.com
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Eric Schatzberg, History and Sociology
Today I Found Out
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Dalton Lin, International Affairs
Radio Free Asia (in Chinese)
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Thursday, Jan. 23, 10 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Price Gilbert Memorial Library, Scholars Event Theater (Room 1280)
The Georgia Tech Library and the Interdisciplinary Media Arts Center are proud to offer Media Arts Day 2025, featuring events throughout the day in various locations throughout the Library. The event celebrates new ways of learning and creating knowledge at the intersection of arts and technology.
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| Tuesday, Jan. 21, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Crosland 4160 | Register to attend.
One important goal of a college education is for students to engage in productive discussions about important issues, even when they disagree. Our classrooms are key spaces where students can practice effective, respectful discussion. In this workshop, participants will review a variety of resources, including ones from the Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center, and identify opportunities to integrate them into their courses.
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