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Egg McNothin’
October 8, 2015
Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, published an article entitled “Egg McNothin’.” Read full article in The Atlantic.
Published in: The Atlantic
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A Brief History of Science Fiction's Journey to Mars
October 7, 2015
Lisa Yaszek, professor of science fiction studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, talks to the Daily Dot about the sudden resurgence of interest in Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor, showing how the stories we tell ourselves about Mars change over time in tandem with the development of new technologies that quite literally provide new perspectives on the red planet. With new evidence suggesting the possibility of free-flowing water on Mars and the release of the blockbuster science fiction film The Martian, it seems that everyone has the red planet on their minds these days.
The immediate goal of this interview was to provide historical and cultural context for the recent resurgence of interest in Mars. The secondary goes was to demonstrate how faculty in the humanities at Georgia Tech can help us understand scientific, technological, and cultural developments from new perspectives.
Read full article in the Daily Dot.
Published in: The Daily Dot
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Retired Navy Admiral: Climate Change Poses Security Risk
October 5, 2015
Jarrod Hayes, assistant professor in The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was part of a dialogue with Retired Navy Rear Admiral David Titley, founding director of the Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk at Penn State, to discuss climate change as a threat to national security on WABE’s “Closer Look.”
Hayes argued that ““The challenge with climate change is it’s very difficult to identify a specific event that you can sort of unambiguously trace to the dynamic of changing atmospheric chemistry and oceanic chemistry and so this is part of the problem of communicating climate change to the American public.”
Listen to full interview on WABE.
Published in: WABE
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The Car That Killed Glamour
September 29, 2015
Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, discusses “Tesla and the end of the automobile as an object of desire” in an article for The Atlantic entitled “The Car That Killed Glamour.” Read the full article in The Atlantic.
Published in: The Atlantic
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The Roundtable: The Rise of eSports and Gaming
September 25, 2015
“The Roundtable: The Rise of eSports and Gaming” featured Will Hankinson, M.S. Digital Media alumnus, on Atlanta Tech Edge. Watch full video here.
Hankinson discussed the topic with Tyrone Poole and reporter Cara Kneer:
“eSports is extremely competitive and requires quick reflexes, strategy and coordination. But are these gamers athletes? Will we see eSports in the Olympics in the near future?”
Published in: Atlanta Tech Edge
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Sam Nunn on Vladimir Putin and the Danger of Silence
September 24, 2015
Sam Nunn, distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, interviewed with AJC correspondent Jim Galloway about Vladimir Putin's upcoming visit to the U.S.
Galloway writes:
“Sam Nunn still keeps a small office on the fringes of the Georgia Tech campus. The post-industrial location belies its clout. On Tuesday, just down the hall from the former U.S. senator, was a welcoming party for the newest member of the Tech faculty, retired Adm. James ‘Sandy’ Winnefeld, who recently stepped down as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Maintaining high-level contact with the Russians has been something of a crusade for Nunn. Last year, in the face of the Ukraine crisis, he wrote the White House to urge the Obama administration to deploy a special envoy to Putin. Nunn suggested Colin Powell. Nothing came of it.
I asked Nunn why he thought high-level silence, whether Democrat or Republican, was dangerous. ‘I think that you start with the premise that Russia is the only country in the world that can destroy the United States while we’re having this interview – if it lasts more than an hour,’ he replied. Well, then.
We don’t talk about nuclear war much anymore, but the threat still exists. One glitch in Russia’s warning system, or ours, and the world is toast. ‘When you’re not communicating, accidents are more likely. When you’re not communicating, suspicions are more difficult to deal with,’ Nunn said.”
Published in: AJC
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What’s With All the Movie Mathematicians?
September 22, 2015
T. Hugh Crawford, a professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, commented on the rise of movies featuring solitary geniuses in Popular Science.
According to the article:
“We’re fascinated by computability,” says Crawford, who has written about science depictions in cinema. Figures such as Hawking and Turing can serve as heroes of the digital age. More important, they’re the sort of scientists who work alone, and Hollywood loves a lone wolf, Crawford says.
Published in: Popular Science
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Ivan Allen Economics Degree Ranks #4
September 17, 2015
The Georgia Tech School of Economics ranks fourth in a new nationwide survey of best economics degree programs conducted by College Choice.
College Choice noted that economics is currently a very popular major with a track record of producing some of the highest salaries upon graduation of any undergraduate major. Although many economics majors go on to pursue graduate studies, the College Choice survey focused on undergraduate economic majors with a job after graduation in view. The list takes two factors into consideration: cost of attendance and salary upon graduation. According to PayScale, the average starting salary for Georgia Tech graduates is $60,700.
Published in: College Choice
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Analysis: Syrian Conflict Worsens as Outside States Raise Involvement
September 11, 2015
Lawrence Rubin, assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, said that the refugee crisis may push Europeans to become more involved and perhaps more supportive of U.S. actions, “but the more important game will be between the U.S. and Russia.” Read full article in Jerusalem Post
Published in: The Jerusalem Post
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No One Cares That You Quit Your Job
September 9, 2015
Ian Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, published an article in The Atlantic entitled "No One Cares That You Quit Your Job":
Making the rounds yesterday and today, yet another “why I quit academia” piece. Quitpieces, I guess we’re calling them—or I am anyway. (The term “quit lit” has also circulated, but the “lit” designator seems generous to me.) There are lots more of these, if the genre is new to you.
Guess what. Working for a living is a pain... Nobody cares that I quit finance. Or advertising, retail, technology consulting, the entertainment industry, or anywhere else I’ve worked. The trick with quitting is that you want people to throw a party for you when you do it. Quitpieces are the opposite of parties. If you're writing a quitpiece you've already lost. Everybody knows that quitters quit.
Published in: The Atlanta
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Cybersecurity’s Human Factor: Lessons from the Pentagon
September 8, 2015
Distinguished Professor James A. "Sandy" Winnefeld published an article in the Harvard Business Review with co-authors Christopher Kirchoff and David M. Upton about cybersecurity in the Pentagon.
They say:
The vast majority of companies are more exposed to cyberattacks than they have to be. To close the gaps in their security, CEOs can take a cue from the U.S. military. Once a vulnerable IT colossus, it is becoming an adroit operator of well-defended networks. Today the military can detect and remedy intrusions within hours, if not minutes. From September 2014 to June 2015 alone, it repelled more than 30 million known malicious attacks at the boundaries of its networks. Of the small number that did get through, fewer than 0.1% compromised systems in any way. Given the sophistication of the military’s cyberadversaries, that record is a significant feat.
Published in: Harvard Business Review
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What the Kim Davis Case Tells Us about America’s Long Middle Ages
September 8, 2015
Richard Utz, chair of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, published an article on Medievalists.net entitled “A clerk there was of Rowan County also…What the Kim Davis Case Tells Us about America’s Long Middle Ages.”
He says:
“Have you ever thought about the relationship between the words ‘clerk’ and ‘clergy’? ‘Clerk’ we associate with someone doing ‘clerical’ work, like Kim Davis, the Rowan County Clerk who has now been jailed for contempt of court after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. County clerks are usually responsible for issuing various county licenses (marriage, motel, liquor, bingo), keeping records, issuing certificates of vital statistics (birth, death, marriage), computing tax extensions, and maintaining accurate county maps. ‘Clergy’ we associate with any and all religious leaders, especially those ordained for religious duties in Christian denominations.”
Published in: Medievalists.net
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American Spring: On Roots in Place and in Memory
September 7, 2015
Blake Leland, a professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, explores "the network of connections between North and South" through poetry in SaportaReport.
Published in: SaportaReport
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Egypt Quietly Warms Relations with Syria in Fight Against ISIS
August 30, 2015
Lawrence Rubin, a Middle East expert from The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, told The Jerusalem Post that while Egypt and Saudi Arabia cooperate on many important regional issues like in Yemen and Iran, their policies do not exactly align over Syria.
“Since Sisi came to power, Egypt has prioritized fighting Islamic militants and crushing other forms of domestic dissent. This has meant that Egyptian foreign policy follows its domestic political needs,” said Rubin, author of Islam in the Balance: Ideational Threats in Arab Politics.
Published in: The Jerusalem Post
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There Are No Perfect Nuclear Deals
August 30, 2015
Former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, a distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, co-authored an op-ed in Politico with former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar about the long-term implications of the Iran nuclear deal.
They say:
Although there are no absolute guarantees, nor can there be in diplomatic accords, our bottom line is that this agreement makes it far less likely that the Iranians will acquire a nuclear weapon over the next 15 years.
Published in: Politico Magazine
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Small Manufacturers Key to Building a Nation of Makers
August 29, 2015
Jennifer Clark, an associate professor in the School of Public Policy, participated on a panel with her fellow Miller Center scholars outlining recommendations for making America's small and midsized manufacturers stronger in the global marketplace. Clark discussed the need to better distribute information and training about new technologies for small manufacturers in Chattanooga Times Free Press.
"Diffusion of the latest trends back to the nation's small manufacturing base is critical," she said.
Published in: Chattanooga Times Free Press
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Don't Be Snobs, Medievalists
August 24, 2015
Richard Utz, chair and professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, wrote an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education where he discusses future of medievalism as an academic field.
He argues:
"The future of the field may depend on reconnecting it to the powerful fascination among our students and the general public."
Richard Utz has taught a wide range of topics, from Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval poetry through Bruce Chatwin's postmodern prose, and his scholarship centers on medieval studies, medievalism, the interconnections between humanistic inquiry and science/technology, reception study, and the formation of cultural memories and identities.
Published in: The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Who Gets Credit?
August 24, 2015
According to Inside Higher Ed, a recent study done by John P. Walsh, professor in the School of Public Policy, and Public Policy M.S. graduate Sahra Jabbehdari found that 33 percent of scholarly papers in the biological, physical, or social sciences had at least one "guest" author, or someone whose contribution did not meet some definitions for co-authorship. And 55 percent of papers had at least one "ghost" author, someone who made significant contributions but was not named.
"We are in an era of high-stakes evaluation," John Walsh said, in which professors are evaluated all the time on number of papers written, citations of those papers and so forth. Likewise departments are rated as productive (or not) based on such data. "We know authorship is important," he said. "But how do we assign credit?"Published in: Inside Higher Ed
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Growing the Economy While Tackling Climate Change
August 16, 2015
Marilyn A. Brown, professor in the School of Public Policy, wrote a guest column for the SaportaReport about striking the balance between developing the economy and addressing climate change.
Since the Industrial Revolution, the atmosphere has been the world’s principal repository for carbon pollution, providing a free-for-all approach to waste management that has resulted in global climate change with serious consequences for human and environmental health.
Responding to the need for action, two major climate milestones occurred this summer.
At the federal scale, the Environmental Protection Agency released its final Clean Power Plan, regulating carbon pollution from existing power plants for the first time.
And at the local scale, the City of Atlanta released it Climate Action Plan, setting targets for Atlanta’s carbon emissions.
Published in: SaportaReport
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Experts Call for Greater Scrutiny of Egg Donation Practices
August 14, 2015
Aaron Levine, associate professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in an article by Ob.Gyn. News about egg donation practices.
From the article:
One low-cost step to better inform a woman’s choice to donate would be to make complication rates publicly available along with the federally regulated annual success rates reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Aaron Levine, Ph.D., one of the report authors and an associate professor of public policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
“Sure, the clinics can complain it will require a little more paperwork and so on, but they should be tracking this already and if they’re not, a little nudge to track it better would be beneficial, in my view,” Dr. Levine said.
Published in: Ob.Gyn. News
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