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• Schneer Addresses British Academy on Centenary of Balfour Declaration

  November 7, 2017

  Jonathan Schneer, professor in the School of History and Sociology, addressed the British Academy on the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, a landmark document which committed Britain to supporting the establishment in Palestine of “a National Home for the Jewish people.”

  

• Marilyn Brown Named Regents Professor; Helena Mitchell Renewed as Regents Researcher

  November 6, 2017

  The University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents has appointed three new Georgia Tech faculty members as Regents Professors, one of which is Marilyn A. Brown in the School of Public Policy, a unit in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.

  

• Congratulations to Bruce McEver for New Book Release

  November 6, 2017

  Congratulations to Bruce McEver on the release of his new book Like Lesser Gods. An Exclusive Evening with Bruce McEver was held on Friday, October 27, 2017, at the National Arts Club in New York City.

  McEver is founder and chairman of Berkshire Capital and a member on the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Advisory Board at Georgia Institute of Technology. He endows the McEver Chair in Poetry, the McEver Professor of Engineering and the Liberal Arts, and the Leadership and Multifaith Program.

  

• Schmid and Huang Published in ‘International Studies Quarterly’

  November 6, 2017

  Post-doctoral researcher Jonathan Huang and Jon Schmid, doctoral candidate in the International Affairs, Science and Technology Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology, had an article published in the October 6 issue of International Studies Quarterly: “State Adoption of Transformative Technology: Early Railroad Adoption in China and Japan.”

  

• Two Ivan Allen College Students Receive 2017 Foley Scholar Award

  November 6, 2017

  Two students in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Institute of Technology received the 2017 Foley Scholar award at this year’s GVU student awards competition.

  Tom Jenkins, a doctoral student in the Graduate Program in Digital Media in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) and Morgan Orangi, a master’s student in the program's Human-Computer Interaction track, were recipients. Both are advised by Carl DiSalvo, LMC associate professor.

  

• Scott Ganz Examines Charitable Responses to Hurricane Harvey

  November 3, 2017

  Scott Ganz, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, recently co-authored a short article for the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) AEIdeas blog exploring the distribution of U.S. donations to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.

  

• Georgia Tech Hosts 7th Biennial Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy

  November 3, 2017

  The 7th biennial Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy took place October 10 - 11, 2017, in collaboration with the Global Tech Mining Conference in the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center. 

  

• LMC Hosts Homecoming Open House

  November 1, 2017

  The School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) at Georgia Institute of Technology hosted a Homecoming Open House on Friday, October 20, from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. in the Skiles building, 3rd floor.

  

• We Remember Former Nunn School Colleague Angie Levin

  November 1, 2017

  Retired Nunn School staff member Angie Levin passed away on Monday, October 30, after a lengthy illness.

  

• Creating the Next Code Composers

  November 1, 2017

  Teaching computer science to high school students requires creativity. A musical app called EarSketch proves to be the ideal learning instrument.

  

• The Georgia Tech Model United Nations Hosts Conference

  October 30, 2017

  The Georgia Tech Model United Nations (GTMUN) hosted its annual two-day conference for high school students this past 9th and 10th of October.

  

• Dr. Khapaeva Gives Talks on Her Most Recent Book

  October 26, 2017

  Dr. Dina Khapaeva was invited to give book talks on her recent book, "The Celebration of Death in Contemporary Culture" 

  

• Inter-Campus Seminar at Georgia Tech

  October 26, 2017

  The ongoing inter-campus seminar on 'The Practice of Democracy' is coming to Georgia Tech.

  

• Getting to the Whole Truth About America's Torture of Suspected Terrorists

  October 26, 2017

  Dr. Macrakis published an article in Newsweek titled "Getting to the Whole Truth About America's Torture of Suspected Terrorists."

  

• 2017 German Day Brings Together Georgia Tech's German Community

  October 22, 2017

  German Day 2017 highlighted the importance of German to the Georgia Tech community. The event also introduced students to the benefits and requirements of the German language studies.

  

• International Patients Increasingly Seek In Vitro Fertilization Treatment in U.S.

  October 18, 2017

  A new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) in the U.S. by non-U.S. residents is growing. These “reproductive tourists” are more likely, compared to Americans, to use egg donors and carriers and genetically screen early embryos.  

  

• Working Group on Race and Racism Hosts Public Dialogue on the Health Impacts of Mass Incarceration

  October 11, 2017

  The Working Group on Race and Racism in Contemporary Biomedicine hosted a public event on the Health Impacts of Mass Incarceration at Georgia Institute of Technology on Monday, October 2, 2017.

  

• Center for Advanced Communications Policy Achieves Highest Score for RERC

  October 11, 2017

  The Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP) in Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy released its annual report for the period July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017. Among the achievements highlighted in the report, CACP received $4.625 million in funding and achieved the highest score awarded to an RERC in the past 16 years. The School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. 

  

• Sports, Society, and Technology Program Hosts Olympic Pride, American Prejudice Screening and Panel

  October 11, 2017

  The Sports, Society, and Technology (SST) Program hosted a screening of Olympic Pride, American Prejudice and a post-film panel on October 2, 2017 in the Student Center Theater on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Co-sponsors of the event included the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, the School of History and Sociology (HSOC), and the Black Feminist Think Tank. Faculty and students in the SST program study sport in the context of historical and contemporary culture.

  

• Faculty and Staff Mount Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria Relief Effort

  October 9, 2017

  The catastrophic damage resulting from Hurricane Maria has left most residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in dire need. In response, members of the Georgia Institute of Technology community organized a campaign to provide much needed aid to the Puerto Rico. Ivan Allen College’s Juan Carlos Rodriguez in Modern Languages and Marilu Suarez in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs are deeply involved in organizing disaster relief on campus. 

  

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