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• Westside Communities Alliance Unveils Interactive Data Dashboard

  February 1, 2016

  The Westside Communities Alliance (WCA) at Georgia Tech introduced a comprehensive interactive Data Dashboard for Atlanta on February 1.

  The WCA Data Dashboard serves as a one-stop shop for key data that is accessible to community stakeholders, researchers, local government agencies, and relevant foundations interested in sustainable Westside community development. 

  

• Ivan Allen College Applications and Enrollments Are Up

  February 1, 2016

  A more aggressive admissions policy for students applying to liberal arts at Georgia Tech yielded a 2 percent increase in fall 2015 freshman enrollment for the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, the first increase in five years.

  

• Sports On Film Series

  February 1, 2016

  The Sports, Society and Technology program of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and the Georgia Tech Office of the Arts present Sports on Film, a series of sports films that will be held in the Student Center Theater. Reflecting this year’s Arts@Tech theme of “Get Your Game On,” the program is free and open to the public.

• Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Students at the State Capitol

  February 1, 2016

  Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts students have a strong presence at the State Capitol. Georgia Tech boasts eight interns at the Gold Dome, half of whom are Ivan Allen College students. Moreover, during the Georgia Tech Student Day at the Capitol, a group of students from the School of Public Policy represented the College.

  

• Social Media Tells the Story in DramaTech’s ‘Five Faces for Evelyn Frost’

  January 29, 2016

  DramaTech’s upcoming production of Five Faces for Evelyn Frost takes place in a social media ecosystem powered by lists, likes, loves, and lies. Behind the bright lights of smartphone screens, identities are constructed and realities are blurred. 

  

• Professor Alasdair Young Chairs Inaugural Meeting of the U.S. Jean Monnet Cooperation Network in Washington, D.C.

  January 28, 2016

  On January 28 - 29, Alasdair Young, as chair of the European Union Studies Association, led the inaugural meeting of the U.S. Jean Monnet Cooperation Network in Washington, DC.

  

• Ries Tapped for New State Tax Policy Advisory Groups

  January 26, 2016

  Economics Professor Christine Ries is an invited member of two new advisory task forces convened in January by the Georgia Department of Revenue – the Industry Partners Advisory Group and the Tax Preparers Advisory Group. 

  

• Congratulations to President’s Undergraduate Research Award Recipients

  January 26, 2016

  Two economics and two public policy majors are recipients of President’s Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA).

  

• McGruder Elected President of the AFP Greater Atlanta Chapter Board of Directors

  January 20, 2016

  Juan McGruder, director of development for the Ivan Allen College, will serve as president of the 2016 board of directors for the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Atlanta Chapter.

  

• Humanitarian Activist to Receive Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage

  January 14, 2016

  The Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage recognizes individuals who, by standing up for clear moral principles in the social arena, have positively affected public discourse at the risk of their own careers and livelihoods.

  

• David Bowie: 1947-2016

  January 13, 2016

  Professor Phil Auslander wrote a book in 2006 about Glam rock, a term coined in Great Britain in the 1970s to describe a style of rock and pop music played by artists who wore over-the-top clothes, make-up, hair and, well, more.

  

• Magerko at TEDx Discusses the Integration of Computer Science and Music

  January 13, 2016

  Brian Magerko, an associate professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication, discussed his vision for compelling STEAM educational experiences in his talk at the TEDxPeachtree event in November. 

  

• Cyber Security “Field Trip” in Washington, D.C.

  January 12, 2016

  Seymour Goodman took his current group of cyber security scholarship students to the NSF program’s annual symposium and job fair in Washington DC, January 12-14.

  

• How the Korean War Shaped Our Changing National Security Landscape

  January 5, 2016

  The symposium honored the legacy of the late alumnus General Raymond G. Davis, as well as the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, where General Davis earned his Medal of Honor. It also focused on the Korean War and how that conflict shaped the U.S. national security landscape at the beginning of the Cold War.

  

• The Science (Fiction) of Star Wars

  December 29, 2015

  One is an academic. The other is an author. Lisa Yaszek (professor) and Kathleen Ann Goonan (award-winning novelist and professor of the practice), both in the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication, team up to explain science fiction and Star Wars. They discuss the appeal of the series, why the original was such a success and how the franchise defined the roles of men and women.

  

• Kosal Participates in International Summit on Human Gene Editing

  December 16, 2015

  In between classes, Nunn School Associate Professor Margaret E. Kosal traveled to Washington, D.C. to take part in discussions on the future of new technology that enables unprecedented manipulation of genes and DNA.

  

• Watch Out for Political Fallout from the Paris Climate Accord

  December 14, 2015

  When the U.S. climate negotiators return from Paris, the partisan bickering is going to intensify, said Marilyn Brown, the Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy, in her blog.

  

• B and B Stern Foundation Renews Support for Kranzberg Research

  December 14, 2015

  The B and B Stern Foundation will continue its generous support of research under the Melvin Kranzberg Chair in the History of Technology through a new gift that provides funding for a five-year period through 2020. 

  

• Halle Foundation Supports Scholarships for Study Abroad in Germany

  December 14, 2015

  The Halle Foundation has made a generous grant to support scholarships for students in the School of Modern Languages German Program to study abroad in Germany. The program is directed by Professor Bettina Cothran. 

  

• Melkers Personalizes U.S. Government Course with Creative Projects

  December 11, 2015

  Julia Melkers, an associate professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy, taught her “Government of the U.S.” course this fall with an ambitious goal in mind: making an intro class of 150 students feel smaller. 

  

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