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• Diana Hicks to be Inducted as AAAS Fellow

  February 14, 2019

  School of Public Policy Professor Diana Hicks will be inducted as a fellow at the 2019 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. this Saturday. Hicks was one of four Georgia Tech faculty members named AAAS Fellows this year.

  

• John Krige Publishes Op-Ed in Fortune

  February 12, 2019

  In this op-ed, John Krige discusses the competition between China and the US for high-tech supremacy.

  

• Mobile Phone Accessibility Improves, But Gaps Remain, Georgia Tech Study Finds

  February 11, 2019

  Mobile phones are increasingly more accessible by people with disabilities, but significant gaps remain, according to a newly published study from the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Inclusive Technologies (Wireless RERC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

  

• Concrete Better Than Cameras in Protecting Grid, Georgia Tech PHD Finds

  February 7, 2019

  Jenna McGrath, who graduated in December 2018 with a Ph.D. in Public Policy, modeled attacks on a generic substation using software typically used for war gaming and found that concrete and armored transformers may more than high-tech solutions at preventing damage.

  

• Green New Deal Proposal Overlooks Key Element, Georgia Tech Professor Says

  February 7, 2019

  The proposal for a “Green New Deal” to achieve a net of zero greenhouse gas emissions in the United States within a decade might be feasible, but would have insufficient impact on climate change so long as U.S. energy producers continued to export coal, oil, and gas around the world, according to leading energy expert Marilyn Brown of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

  

• Will Moving to the Commercial Cloud Leave Some Data Users Behind?

  February 7, 2019

  A growing volume of information from satellites and other sources is leading many federal agencies to consider commercial cloud services to store and distribute the data. A policy paper published February 7 in the journal Science urges caution about the design of these commercial cloud partnerships and possible imposition of user fees.

   

  

• Black Feminist Think Tank: Spring 2019 Speakers Series

  February 4, 2019

  The Black Feminist Think Tank presents this colloquium series on Power and Citizenship.

  

• Public Policy Academic Professional and Ph.D. Student Publish Article in AMA Journal of Ethics

  February 4, 2019

  Jason Borenstein, an academic professional in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, and Daniel Schiff, a Ph.D. student in the School, wrote an article about the potential harms from artificial intelligence (AI) surgical devices that was recently published in the AMA Journal of Ethics.

  

• POSSE Leads Workshop on Emerging Technology and Risk Reduction

  January 25, 2019

  The Program on Strategic Stability Evaluation (POSSE) in the Center for Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP) in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs led a workshop on “Emerging Technology and Risk Reduction” at the King’s College London

  

• Stulberg Presents on U.S./E.U. Energy Sanctions on Russia

  January 25, 2019

  Adam Stulberg, professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was invited by the King’s Russia Institute in the King’s College London to present

  

• Putin and the Apocalypse, by: Dr. Dina Khapaeva

  January 25, 2019

  Russian professor Dina Khapaeva featured in Project Syndicate

  

• Georgia Tech Cybersecurity Students Attend CyberCorps Symposium and Job Fair

  January 25, 2019

  On January 7-8, Georgia Institute of Technology students attended the annual National Science Foundation (NSF) CyberCorps Symposium and Job Fair in Washington, D.C.

  Seymour Goodman, regents professor in the Georgia Tech Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, led the students to the annual cybersecurity symposium, which he has done for previous groups of Georgia Tech students since 2003.

  

• Public Policy Graduate Appointed City of Atlanta Director of Intergovernmental Affairs

  January 24, 2019

  Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms recently announced two high-level appointments for the City of Atlanta, which included the appointment of Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy graduate Fatimot Ladipo as director of intergovernmental affairs. 

  

• Economics Students Named 2019 Joseph K. Heyman Scholarship Recipients

  January 23, 2019

  The Atlanta Economics Club (AEC) recently named Georgia Institute of Technology School of Economics graduate student Fernanda Arcaraz and undergraduate student Celine Apollon Joseph K Heyman 2019 Scholarship recipients.

  

• Robert Rosenberger Takes Message Against Distracted Driving to City Hall

  January 18, 2019

  Robert Rosenberger, associate professor in the School of Public Policy, was recently invited by the City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Workplace Safety to speak at an event on distracted driving. Rosenberger has drawn national attention for his expertise on the subject.

  

• CommLab Staff Receive Tutor of the Year Awards from Southeastern Writing Center Association

  January 16, 2019

  Leah Misemer and Keely Mruk, two staff members from the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Naugle Communication Center (CommLab), recently received tutor of the year awards from the Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA).

  

• Kaye Husbands Fealing Appointed to Journal of Science Policy and Governance Board

  January 16, 2019

  Kaye Husbands Fealing, chair of the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, was recently appointed to the 2019-2020 Journal of Science Policy and Governance (JSPG) Board of Directors.

  

• Keely Mruk Wins 2019 Southeastern Writing Center Undergraduate Peer Tutor of the Year Award

  January 14, 2019

  Congratulations to Keely on winning this competitive award!

  

• History Undergraduate's Article Published in 'Physics in Perspective'

  January 14, 2019

  Andrew Zhang, a double major in Physics and History, Technology, and Society (HTS), is the first author on the article “Four Facts Everyone Ought to Know about Science: The Two-Culture Concerns of Philip W. Anderson,” published in the Physics in Perspective journal. The article was written with Georgia Insitute of Technology School of Physics Professor Andrew Zangwill, and can be found here.

  

• Spotlight on Georgia Tech at the Modern Language Association Convention

  January 11, 2019

  Georgia Tech's new Graduate Programs were featured at the Programs Showcase of the annual Convention of the Modern Language Association, held this year in Chicago, IL, January 3-6, 2019.

  

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