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How to Balance Security, Sustainability and Profit in International Space Policy
December 28, 2018
“How to Balance Security, Sustainability and Profit in International Space Policy” featured the work of Mariel Borowitz, assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, in a special Q&A. Global Atlanta, December 28, 2018.
Excerpt:
Global Atlanta: What are the most pressing challenges in international space policy for the U.S. right now, and what precipitated the Trump administration’s decision to launch a Space Force branch of the armed services by 2020? Is such a force needed, and if so, how should this force integrate with the rest of the military?
Dr. Mariel Borowitz: In the national security arena, one of the most pressing international space policy challenges is ensuring the sustainable use of outer space. The United States relies on space assets for civil and military communications, weather forecasts, military surveillance and reconnaissance, navigation and even international banking (which uses the timing signal of the GPS system).
There are currently more than 1,800 active satellites in orbit and more than 20,000 pieces of debris large enough to destroy a satellite in a collision. Furthermore, the United States, China, and Russia all have the capability to purposefully damage or destroy satellites in orbit. With such a large reliance on space, the U.S. has a large interest in ensuring that its assets are not subject to intentional or unintentional damage.
Published in: Global Atlanta
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Fantastic Beasts and Muggles: Antihumanism in Rowling’s Wizarding World
December 26, 2018
Dina Khapaeva, professor in the School of Modern Languages, wrote the article “Fantastic Beasts and Muggles: Antihumanism in Rowling’s Wizarding World” featured in the LA Review of Books, December 26, 2018.
Excerpt:
Death remains the most important theme of Fantastic Beasts, much as it was in the Harry Potter series and as Rowling has emphasized herself on several occasions. An avid awaiting of the apocalypse, which looms large in the second installment of Fantastic Beasts, can be seen as an expression of the fascination with death of humanity.
The Harry Potter franchise’s enormous success may indeed rest in part on its articulation of a deep scorn for humanity and the denigration of humans. But this is not a psychological reaction of millions of fans that could be explained away by masochism, sadism, or suppressed desires. It is a cultural trend that offers antihumanism as a popular commodity. We would do well to read the books and view the movies with a critical eye on what is being suggested about the value of human life.
Published in: LA Review of Books
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Specialized Skills Are Crucial in Science. But They May Not Lead to a Tenure-Track Job.
December 20, 2018
A paper co-authored by John P. Walsh, professor of public policy, was cited, and Walsh was quoted, in the article “Specialized Skills Are Crucial in Science. But They May Not Lead to a Tenure-Track Job.” Chronicle of Higher Education, December 20 (* subscription required).
Published in: Chronicle of Higher Education
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How Is Higher Ed Helping To Close The Global Knowledge Gap?
December 19, 2018
Georgia Tech was featured as a “top-ranking school in cybersecurity” that “is working to address this global workforce shortage while increasing higher education accessibility and affordability” through our new online master of science in cybersecurity in the Forbes article “How Is Higher Ed Helping To Close The Global Knowledge Gap?” Read more at https://www.forbes.com/sites/anantagarwal/2018/12/10/how-is-higher-ed-helping-to-close-the-global-knowledge-gap/#64416a9c2830
Published in: Forbes
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Phantom Ringing Syndrome Is the Millennial Condition You Probably Suffer From
December 19, 2018
The Marie Claire (UK) article “Phantom Ringing Syndrome Is the Millennial Condition You Probably Suffer From” quoted Robert Rosenberger, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy.
Excerpt:
Living life day to day as a millennial is like navigating a minefield. You can’t even date without being confronted with a modern phenomenon – Kittenfishing, Scrooging, Roaching, Submarining, Stashing, Haunting – the list goes on. And if you thought avoiding online dating would make you immune, we have some bad news for you, because millennial phenomenons aren’t limited to dating apps, just to technology, something we all use every day. The latest issue everyone’s talking about? Phantom Ringing Syndrome … What causes phantom ringing syndrome? According to The Independent, Dr Robert Rosenberger at the Georgia Institute of Technology reported that the phenomenon is caused by ‘learned bodily habits.’
Published in: Marie Claire (UK)
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Accenture Security to Invest $500,000 in Georgia Tech’s Online Master of Science in Cybersecurity Degree Program
December 19, 2018
The MetroAtlantaCEO article “Accenture Security to Invest $500,000 in Georgia Tech’s Online Master of Science in Cybersecurity Degree Program” highlighted the three tracks of the program “information security...policy, and energy systems.”
Excerpt:
To help meet the growing demand for highly skilled cybersecurity professionals, Accenture will become the first corporate donor to invest $500,000 over the next twelve months in the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Online Master of Science in Cybersecurity (OMS Cybersecurity) degree program. The OMS Cybersecurity program will launch January 7, 2019 with approximately 250 students and is projected to scale over time to meet increasing demand and greater student needs. The online program has the same content as the on-campus program but is designed to serve working professionals who can study part-time and earn a master’s degree, which will increase the number of trained and educated cybersecurity professionals available for organizations to hire.
Published in: MetroAtlanta CEO
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How Facebook and Instagram Became as Addictive as Painkillers
December 10, 2018
Robert Rosenberger, a professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, was recently referenced in a CNET article entitled “How Facebook and Instagram Became as Addictive as Painkillers.”
Read an excerpt here:
When it comes to apps and social media platforms, the habit forms less around what we see, and more around the anticipation of what we could potentially experience when we check our smartphones or open an app.
The motivation element comes when the smartphone vibrates. You might feel a spark of excitement. Did someone like your photo? Do you have a new message or follower?
In fact, we're so fixated on our devices that we feel them buzz or hear them ring when they're not. About 90 percent of smartphone users have experienced Phantom Vibration Syndrome, according to findings from Dr. Robert Rosenberger at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The Georgia Tech School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Published in: CNET
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How Far Has Germany Actually Moved to the Right?
December 3, 2018
Claire Greenstein, a postdoctoral fellow in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, has written the article, "How Far Has Germany Actually Moved to the Right?" published in New America.
Indeed, despite the AfD’s minority appeal—the party’s blatant ethnic nationalism has appalled most Germans, though it’s delighted many others—it’s captured extensive media attention, voters, and power since its formation in 2013. In the process, it’s also weakened Chancellor Angela Merkel’s influence on politics, with Merkel recently delivering the surprise announcement that she’s stepping down as the chief of her party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and that she won’t seek re-election in 2021.
Find the article on the New America website.
Published in: New America
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How Colleges are Helping Retool the Labor Force in the Age of AI
December 3, 2018
Richard Utz, chair of the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was recently quoted in a Forbes article entitled “How Colleges are Helping Retool the Labor Force in the Age of AI.”
Here's an excerpt:
Richard Utz, chair of Georgia Tech’s School of Literature, Media and Communication, holds up the computational media degree as an example. One student applied computing to her passion in digital photography, and also minored in marketing. The multidisciplinary skillset, he says, opens her up to a wide spectrum of in-demand jobs. “That’s the kind of person a company wants to hire,” says Utz, so that’s the kind of environment universities need to create.
The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Published in: Forbes
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Women Writing Scientifiction in the 1930s
November 29, 2018
Lisa Yaszek, a professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was recently quoted in a Wired article entitled “Women writing scientifiction in the 1930s”
Here's an excerpt:
Lisa Yaszek: I read a lot of stories for The Future is Female! To give a sense of scope: nearly 300 women entered the science fiction community between 1926 and 1940; about 300 more made their own contributions in 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s. I wanted to honor these genre pioneers by considering at least one story from all of them (and often many more); to put together an anthology that included both classics by science fiction luminaries and stories by women who were celebrated in their own time but then lost to history.
The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Published in: Wired
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The Best Sci Fi Movies of 2018 That Starred Women
November 29, 2018
Lisa Yaszek, a professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was recently quoted in a Marie Claire article entitled “The Best Sci Fi Movies of 2018 That Starred Women.”
Here's an excerpt:
In a recent anthology, edited by Lisa Yaszek and called The Future is Female!, 25 science fiction stories written by women between 1920 and 1969 imagine worlds very different from our own. What those worlds look like—be they cyborg-centric, egalitarian, or dystopian—varies, from a 1930s pulp tale by C.L. Moore to a piece by the late, great Ursula K. LeGuin penned at the end of the 60s. It’s an impressive and super fun-to-read collection that’s well worth picking up, and what it will leave you with (other than the notion that the future ain’t what it used to be) is the sense that women have always been into sci-fi—and they’ve been good at it.
The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Published in: Marie Claire
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‘The Future Is Female’: New Anthology Collects Sci-fi by Women
November 29, 2018
Lisa Yaszek, a professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was written about in a Chicago Tribune article entitled “'The Future Is Female': New anthology collects sci-fi by women.”
Here's an excerpt:
When science fiction’s Hugo Awards were presented in August, all the fiction categories were won by women. But women weren’t always so celebrated. Lisa Yaszek’s fascinating and well-researched anthology presents a trove of writers who helped define the genre from the 1920s through the 1960s, some nearly forgotten today. While Yaszek has been careful to find stories that represent, for better or worse, the characteristic styles of each generation, she’s not focused specifically on feminism; her main theme is that female writers were always an influential part of the field.
The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Published in: Chicago Tribune
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The Secret History of Science Fiction's Women Writers: The Future is Female!
November 29, 2018
Lisa Yaszek, a professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was quoted in a Boing Boing article entitled “'The Future Is Female': New anthology collects sci-fi by women.”
Here's an excerpt:
Eminent science fiction scholar Lisa Yaszek (Georgia Tech Professor of Science Fiction in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication) has edited "The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin," a forthcoming anthology of science fiction (and scientifiction!) by woman writers from the 1920s published last month by Library of America.
In a wide-ranging interview about the book, Yaszek discusses the historical research she did on the influence women writers had on the field and the ways that their contributions were viewed, and her discovery that the received narrative (women were viewed with suspicion and wrote under androgynous or masculine pen-names to avoid stigma) is at best incomplete and often dead wrong.
The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Published in: Boing Boing
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RSA Conference: This Time with More Women
November 14, 2018
Carol Colatrella, co-director of the Georgia Tech Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology was recently quoted in an article entitled “RSA Conference: This time with more women,” which was posted on Cnet.com
Colatrella is also a professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC), and associate dean for graduate studies in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Here's an excerpt:
Earlier this year, RSA Conference organizers named only one woman out of 20 for its initial lineup of headline speakers at the massive cybersecurity conference. The result: a wave of complaints and a rogue conference, entitled OurSA, that featured women and minority speakers.
RSA Conference isn't making the same mistake next year. Conference organizers on Tuesday said they're banning all-male panels and urging their sponsors to send keynote speakers from diverse backgrounds. They're also adding new programs designed to make all attendees feel welcome and safe, like on-site child care and a safe walk program to escort attendees to nearby hotels and transit.
LMC is a unit of the Ivan Allen College.
Published in: Cnet
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Inside the Computer Science Tech Comm Classroom
November 14, 2018
Kelly Ann Fitzpatrick, a visiting lecturer in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC), recently published the second part in her series on the intersections of technical communication in the tech industry and classroom. RedMonk, an industry analyst firm, has been hosting her series.
Here's an excerpt:
One (but by no means the only) path to a career in software development is through an undergraduate degree in Computer Science (CS). For most of the Georgia Techstudents majoring in CS or Computational Media (CM), a related interdisciplinary degree, this path includes a two-semester CS Junior Design course sequence. The Junior Design sequence is offered as a co-requisite to a two-semester tech comm course sequence in which communicative deliverables are tied to software development design, planning, and implementation practices that students are likely to encounter in the tech industry.
LMC is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Published in: RedMonk
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Creating the Atlanta Community Engagement Playbook
November 12, 2018
Mariam Asad, a doctoral candidate in the Georgia Insitute of Technology School of Literature, Media, and Communication's Digital Media program, and Christopher Le Dantec, an associate professor in the Digital Media program, recently wrote an article for the Atlanta Studies blog about their work designing the Community Engagement Playbook for the City of Atlanta.
Here's an excerpt:
In the summer of 2016, a team of students and researchers from Georgia Tech collaborated with the City of Atlanta, a group of Atlanta residents, and service providers to produce a community engagement playbook for the City of Atlanta. This “playbook” is a collection of best practices – or “plays” – for how to implement effective and impactful civic engagement projects across different city concerns. The goal of the playbook is to increase the capacities of both community associations and service providers to collaborate to achieve authentic and impactful change that represents the needs of Atlantans. Written as a collection of resources, the playbook contains a variety of practices and strategies that can be picked up in part or in whole depending on who’s involved, community needs, and availability of time and resources. Instead of rehashing what we learned about the playbook, which is freely available online, here we’d like to share a little about what we learned about community engagement through the process we used to create the playbook.
The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Published in: Atlanta Studies
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Violence Around Election Time Actually Makes People More Likely to Vote
November 7, 2018
David Muchlinski, assistant professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was recently quoted in a Washington Post article entitled “Violence around election time actually makes people more likely to vote."
Here's an excerpt:
David Muchlinski, a political science professor at Georgia Tech, offered a parallel to the Philippines, where local militias are either hired directly or encouraged by politicians to attack their opponents around election time. In the United States, Muchlinski said, extremists are being egged on by Trump and the Republican Party.
The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Published in: The Washington Post
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What happened to all the women in science fiction?
November 6, 2018
Lisa Yaszek, a professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was recently quoted in a Chicago Tribune article entitled “What happened to all the women in science fiction?”
Here's an excerpt:
Part of her research is on “recovery of lost voices in science fiction,” and in early 20th century, she said, there were around 300 female writers contributing to Weird Tales, Wonder Stories and other pulps. Keeping with conventions of the time, they were often at home with kids, writing between child care, or if they were teachers, writing while their students were hunched over classwork, Yaszek said.
The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Published in: Chicago Tribune
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Georgia Smart Communities Challenge Kicks Off in Albany
October 31, 2018
The research of Omar Isaac Asensio, professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, was recently featured in an Albany Herald article entitled "Georgia Smart Communities Challenge kicks off in Albany."
Read an excerpt here:
A team from Georgia Tech and officials with the city of Albany took part in an engagement workshop Tuesday in an effort to move the Georgia Smart Communities Challenge forward in the city.
Four Georgia communities, including Albany, are seeking “smart solutions” through the Georgia Tech-led program to implement smart design solutions to some of the city’s challenges. This initiative, in its inaugural year, is meant to bring together industry and public agencies to help local governments implement smart development.
Published in: Albany Herald
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Is Germany's Future Brown or Green?
October 31, 2018
Claire Greenstein, a postdoctoral fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, recently co-authored an article in Slate entitled "Is Germany’s Future Brown or Green?"
Here's an excerpt:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Monday that she’s stepping down as the party chief of the Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, and that she won’t seek re-election to Germany’s highest political office in 2021. “The time has come to open a new chapter,” she explained, leaving pundits scrambling to figure out who might succeed Europe’s most powerful leader.
For the first time in at least a decade, no one can accuse German politics of being boring.
Published in: Slate
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