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  • LMC Students and Faculty Attend 2013 Meeting of the American Society for the History of Medicine

    May 20, 2013

    Several students and faculty members from LMC and HTS attended the 2013 meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine at Emory, which was co-sponsored by the Ivan Allen College, HTS, and LMC.

     

    Pictured in these photographs, which were snapped by LMC professor Anne Pollock, are Chelsea Howell (HTS), Tracy Hsiao (HTS grad student), and Elizabeth Wedegis (STAC). STAC majors Caroline Gwynn and Elizabeth Wedegis were also photographed with the keynote speaker Bill Foege.

  • Hunter-Gault Joins Africa Atlanta 2014 Advisory Board

    May 15, 2013

    Charlayne Hunter-Gault, the American journalist and former foreign correspondent for National Public RadioPublic Broadcasting Service and CNN, has joined the international advisory board of the Africa Atlanta 2014 project based at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • Comfort Takes Spanish Students into Community

    May 14, 2013

    Volunteering for nonprofits such as the Latin American Association or La Amistad. Interning with local organizations that serve Atlanta’s Latino community. These probably aren’t the activities that come to mind when you think about college Spanish classes.

     

  • On Compassion in Science and Technology: Georgia Tech Hosts Discussion among Five University Presidents

    May 08, 2013

    A remarkable dialog among five Atlanta university presidents took place on campus April 24 when Georgia Tech President G. P. “Bud” Peterson hosted “A Conversation among Presidents:  Compassion in Science and Technology” at the Historic Academy of Medicine.

  • Ivan Allen College 2013 Staff Awards

    May 06, 2013

    IAC faculty and staff were recognized for their extraordinary professional contributions and service in advancing the mission of the college and the Institute at the annual Staff Buzz Awards Ceremony in April.

  • Museum of Design Atlanta Celebrates Women Game Designers with Summer Exhibition

    May 06, 2013

    Offering what is sure to be another popular and engaging summer exhibition, the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) in partnership with Georgia Tech is pleased to announce an interactive show highlighting the work of women game designers and artists titled “XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design.” “XYZ” seeks to challenge the misperception that women neither play nor create video games. The exhibition opens July 12 and runs through September 1, 2013.

  • Patel Receives Possible Woman Foundation International Scholarship

    May 06, 2013

    Binita Patel, a student majoring in International Affairs and Modern Languages, is a recipient of a Possible Woman Foundation International Scholarship.

  • Ries on Income Tax Effects

    May 05, 2013

    "The states with the lowest income tax rates grow the fastest, by far. The difference is astounding," said Christine Ries, professor in the School of Economics, discussing the possibility of nixing Georgia's six percent income tax. "If you want more of something [income], don't tax it." Source: Times Free Press, May 5, 2013

  • Twenty-eight New Officers Commissioned in ROTC Joint Ceremony

    May 03, 2013

    Parents and friends from across Atlanta witnessed as young men and women in the Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (ROTC) took the oath and received their commissions as officers during a joint ceremony at Georgia Tech on May 3.

  • Public Policy Alumnae Receives Best Paper Award

    May 01, 2013

    Agrita Kiopa, a recent doctoral graduate of the School of Public Policy, received the Best Pre-Doc Paper award at the Early Career Researcher Conference (ECRC) held in Madrid from April 8-9, 2013.

  • STAC Alumnae Releases Country Album

    May 01, 2013

    Caryn Womack, a 2011 graduate of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, has released her first album on iTunes.

  • Magerko on EarSketch

    May 01, 2013

    “The students are doing something that’s very technical and cool,” said Brian Magerko, associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, while discussing EarSketch, a project that teaches high school students how to write computer code to create musical remixe.

  • Brown on Renewable Portfolio Standards

    May 01, 2013

    “Many southern states oppose renewable portfolio standards because they believe their renewable resources are insufficient,” according to a working paper written by Marilyn Brown, professor in the School of Public Policy (SPP); Youngsun Baek, SPP doctoral candidate; Yu Wang, SPP doctoral candidate; and Cullen Morris of Duke University.

  • Head on the Limits of Online Teaching

    May 01, 2013

    "There is simply no way to adequately evaluate the writing of thousands of students,” says Karen Head, assistant professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, discussing the challenges of building a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) to teach first-year composition.

  • Jordan's Terrorism Research Reveals Loose Leader Ties

    April 30, 2013

    Jenna Jordan, assistant professor in The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, "and Aaron Mannes, of the University of Maryland, have separately reviewed dozens of past campaigns by governments to destroy terrorist organizations and found that culling leaders works in some instances—especially when terrorist groups are young and small—but not in others," reports The New Yorker.

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