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• Georgia Tech Scholar Publishes First-Ever Study of Paid Family Leave’s Impact on Maternal Mental Health

  June 3, 2019

  California’s paid parental leave law appears to have improved the mental health of mothers and the overall welfare of their infant children, according to a new Georgia Institute of Technology study that is the first to assess the impact of paid family leave on maternal well-being.

  

• Georgia Tech's Johnny Smith Wins Journal of Sport History's Best Article Award

  June 3, 2019

  Georgia Institute of Technology faculty Johnny Smith has been recognized with the Best Article Award for 2018 by the Journal of Sport History for his article, “The Magnitude of Me: Reggie Jackson, Baseball, and the Seventies.” 

  

• Georgia Tech Professor Conducting First-Ever Economic Impact Study of State’s Bicycling Sector

  May 29, 2019

  National Bike Month is about to wrap up, but there is still time to note that Georgia Institute of Technology economist Shatakshee Dhongde is conducting the first-ever project to measure the economic impact of bicycling in the state.

  

• Marilyn Brown Reappointed as Brook Byers Professor in Sustainable Systems

  May 28, 2019

  Marilyn Brown, Regents’ Professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, has been reappointed as a Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems.

  

• Seymour Goodman Reappointed USG Regents’ Professor

  May 28, 2019

  Seymour E. Goodman, a professor of international affairs and computing in the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, has been reappointed Regents’ Professor by the University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents. The title is the highest academic research recognition bestowed by USG, and represents distinction and achievement in teaching and scholarly research. 

  

• John Krige Appointed USG Regents' Professor

  May 28, 2019

  John Krige, Kranzberg professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of History and Sociology (HSOC), has been appointed a Regents’ Professor upon recommendation by the Provost and approval by the University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents.

  

• Georgia Tech Smart Cities Conference Focuses on Inclusiveness, Equity

  May 28, 2019

  Smart Cities Dialogue: Building Inclusive Communities and Partnerships, a two-day conference, looked at ways to put people at the center of the discussion about the future of smart cities.

  

• Ivan Allen College Faculty Elected to Faculty Standing Committees

  May 23, 2019

  Three faculty from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts have been elected to serve on Georgia Tech Faculty Standing Committees.

  David Shook, associate professor of Spanish in the School of Modern Languages, will continue to serve on the Institute Undergraduate Curriculum Committee; Karen Head, associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication will serve on the Institute Graduate Curriculum Committee; and Justin E. Burkett, assistant professor in the School of Economics, will serve on the Academic Integrity Committee. 

  

• 13 Global Development Students are Finalists and Winners at Ideas2Serve 2019

  May 22, 2019

  Students in the INTA/ME 4744 Global Development Capstone course (taught every Spring by Prof. Neha Kumar) presented their research at the annual, campus-wide Ideas to Serve (I2S) competition this past April. All four teams (of 12 students) were chosen to be finalists on the Problem Discovery track, while three of them also won awards — winning second and third place, and the special MBA award.

  

• Three Ivan Allen Faculty Selected for Emerging Leaders Cohort

  May 21, 2019

  Three faculty from Ivan Allen College have been selected for the fourth cohort of Georgia Tech’s Emerging Leaders Program for 2019-2020. They are associate professors Karen Head, Olga Shemyakina, and Jennifer Singh.

   

  

• John Krige Wins Nonproliferation Challenge Award

  May 20, 2019

  Congratulations to Kranzberg Professor John Krige from the School of History and Sociology.

  

• Innovative Career Course Features Cross-Cultural Studies, Importance of Humanities

  May 16, 2019

  The School of Modern Languages' Career Design for Global Citizenship course helps students look at career exploration as a form of cross-cultural studies and emphasizes the values of humantiies skills in the modern workplace.

  

• An Age of Empowerment: Neha Kumar

  May 14, 2019

  Kumar’s work looks at mobile technologies and how they are designed for and adopted in underserved communities around the world, specifically in India and diverse rural contexts.

  

• Ivan Allen College Student-Athletes Shine at Commencement

  May 14, 2019

  On May 3 and 4, seven student-athletes in the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts were conferred degrees during the Institute’s spring commencement ceremonies at McCamish Pavilion.

  

• The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Announces MOU with the U.S. Navy for Fellowship Program

  May 13, 2019

  The Georgia Insitute of Technology’s global footprint took another step forward last month as the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the School and the U.S. Navy to initiate the placement of a Federal Executive Fellow at Georgia Tech beginning this fall.

  

• Kaye Husbands Fealing Delivers Plenary Talk at AAAS Forum

  May 7, 2019

  On May 3, Kaye Husbands Fealing, chair and professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Public Policy, discussed the National Science Foundation’s Science of Science and Innovation Policy program (SciSIP) during the second day of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) forum on science and technology policy in Washington, DC.

  

• U.S. Navy Destroyer Named in Honor of Senator Sam Nunn

  May 6, 2019

  Former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, and namesake of the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, has been honored by Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer who named a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer after him.

  

• Prospective Students Explore the Liberal Arts at Ivan Allen College Shadow Day

  May 6, 2019

  Prospective students interested in joining the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts family were given the unique opportunity to test their fit during the College’s annual Shadow Day events held in February and March.

  

• Ivan Allen College Students Win JUMP into STEM Competition

  May 3, 2019

  Cade Lawson and Sarah Tinsley, two undergraduate students in the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Economics, have been named winners of the JUMP into STEM national competition in Golden, Colorado for their projects on smart/connected communities and building energy performance, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

  

• Georgia Tech Symposium Offers Vision of Atlanta as Global Higher Education Hub

  May 2, 2019

  he symposium and other initiatives of the Atlanta Global Studies Center—a partnership of Georgia Tech and Georgia State University—helped highlight the city’s growing role as a global hub for higher education.

  

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