Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Angela Dalle Vacche, Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture and an internationally renowned film scholar has been honored with the prestigious Choice award for her book, "Diva: Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Cinema" (University of Texas Press, 2008). Choice is the official publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries in the United States and bestows the award annually in recognition of an exceptional scholarly work.

Jennifer Clark, Assistant Professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy, and co-author Susan Christopherson (City and Regional Planning, Cornell) have won the 2009 Regional Studies Association Best Book Award for their work "Remaking Regional Economies: Power, Labor, and Firm Strategies in the Knowledge Economy" (Routledge, 2008).

What happens when technology runs amok? The "Too Smart City" exhibit at The Urban Center in Manhattan offers a humorous answer. The exhibit is by David Jimison, Ph.D. candidate in the Digital Media program at the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. The "smart bench" (at right) dumps 'loafers'. Videos of the 'smart bench' and "Too Smart City" in action accompany the story.

The President and the Provost of Georgia Tech have announced a nationwide search for a new dean of the Ivan Allen College who can lead the College to continued prominence and accomplishment. The new dean will be a successor to Dean Sue V. Rosser who departed the Ivan Allen College this summer to assume the position of Provost at San Francisco State University.