News and Events
Recent News
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Olympics Continue Athletic Compensation Conversation, Georgia Tech Expert Says
July 24, 2024
For the first time, gold medalists at the Olympics will be paid by an international federation. A Georgia Tech expert discusses the significance of the change.
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Nunn School's Kosal Helps Lead National Academies Consensus Report on Chemical Terrorism
July 9, 2024
Nunn School Associate Professor Margaret E. Kosal helped lead the National Academies committee study on chemical terrorism.
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Noura Howell Receives NSF CAREER Award to Study Emotion AI
July 1, 2024
Georgia Tech’s Noura Howell received a prestigious NSF CAREER award to study emotion AI, which infers people’s emotions from their facial expressions. She discusses the award and her project, as well as this technology’s potential and pitfalls.
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Adam Stulberg Reappointed Chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
June 28, 2024
Adam Stulberg has been reappointed to a second, five-year term as chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029.
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Middle Schoolers’ Feedback Informs New Approach to AI-based Museum Exhibits
June 21, 2024
Researchers at Georgia Tech are creating accessible museum exhibits that explain artificial intelligence (AI) to middle school students, including the LuminAI interactive AI-based dance partner developed by Regents' Professor Brian Magerko.
Ph.D. students Yasmine Belghith and Atefeh Mahdavi co-led a study in a museum setting that observed how middle schoolers interact with the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT.
Belghith and Mahdavi conducted their study with nine focus groups of 24 students at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. The team used the findings to inform their design of AI exhibits that the museum could display as early as 2025.
Recent Press Coverage
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The US Department of Deterrence
July 22, 2024
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Ukraine’s F-16 Ambitions Snarled by Language Barrier, Runways and Parts
July 12, 2024
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Loved to Death? Social Media and Rising Visitation to National Parks, with Casey Wichman
July 9, 2024
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Narendra Modi Becomes the Prime Minister of India for the Third Consecutive Time
July 6, 2024
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Macron’s Dissolution of Parliament: An Agent of Chaos and Polarization
July 5, 2024
Upcoming Events
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IAC Finance Ideas and Insights Virtual Office Hours
July 29, 2024, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Online via Team
Join your Ivan Allen College finance team for virtual office hours to discuss any budget, finance, or procurement-related matter.
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Navigating Autism in Communities of Color Screening and Discussion with GPB Atlanta
July 29, 2024, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us for this virtual event that includes a preview of the film Navigating Autism in Communities of Color, and a discussion with some of the cast.
Navigating Autism in Communities of Color is based on the stories of six Black families, as well as experts in the field, on the unique struggles of navigating autism in a structurally unequal society and determination for equal access. In collaboration between the School of History and Sociology and the School of Literature Media and Communication at Georgia Tech, and The Color of Autism Foundation, Navigating Autism offers a first-hand account of the challenges and hopes for a future that embraces autism in Black communities.
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“The Economics and Measurement of Child Development," presented by James Heckman, University of Chicago
August 2, 2024, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Midtown Ballroom, Exhibition Hall, Georgia Tech
James Heckman, a University of Chicago economist and Nobel laureate, will deliver a lecture titled “The Economics and Measurement of Child Development."
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Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Information Session and Tour
August 6, 2024, 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Location: Stephen C. Hall Building, Room 102
Join us for a 30 minute information session and 60 minute campus tour all about the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
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IAC Finance Ideas and Insights Virtual Office Hours
August 12, 2024, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Online via Team
Join your Ivan Allen College finance team for virtual office hours to discuss any budget, finance, or procurement-related matter.