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This Online Group Shares Images With Misleading Headlines That Completely Change What We See (30 New Pics)
September 13, 2021
Lisa Yaszek, Regents Professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was quoted in the article "This Online Group Shares Images With Misleading Headlines That Completely Change What We See (30 New Pics)," published Sept. 8, 2021, in Bored Panda. Yaszek discussed optical illusions as a symbol of human creativity.
An excerpt:
“Whatever the source of our love for optical illusions, it’s fascinating to note that the desire to create optical illusions seems to be as old as humanity itself. The prehistoric artists who decorated the Cave of Altima 20,000 years ago used the natural bulges in the rock walls of the cave to give volume and depth to the animals they drew there;
Published in: Bored Panda
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Blood Brothers: The Friendship and Fallout of Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali
September 9, 2021
Johnny Smith, the Julius C. "Bud" Shaw Professor of Sports History and an associate professor in the School of History and Sociology, was mentioned in the article, "Blood Brothers: The Friendship and Fallout of Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali," published Sept. 9, 2021, in The Guardian.
The article discusses the Netflix documentary Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali, which is based in part on Smith's 2016 book of the same name with co-author Randy Roberts.
An excerpt:
Blood Brothers, which is produced by the creator of Black-ish, Kenya Barris, adapts Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith’s book about X and Ali’s relationship, drawn from heavy research into past biographies, documents and FBI surveillance records. Roberts and Smith also appear in the film...Clarke adds that he saw an opportunity to balance the scholarly work of Roberts and Smith with more intimate accounts from those close to X and Ali, while exploring social and cultural details that the book doesn’t consider to the same extent.
Published in: The Guardian
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Philip K. Dick Adjacent #14 — Judith Merril Roundtable
September 7, 2021
Lisa Yaszek, Regents Professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, appeared on the Phillp K. Dick Adjacent podcast on Sept. 7, 2021, to discuss pioneering female science fiction author Judith Merril.
An excerpt:
"I'm interested in science fiction as a global language. I think it's one of the ways we all talk to each other across centuries, continents and cultures. Next time someone tells you we have no such thing as a common culture, I dare you to go up to the person you think is the most opposite of you and ask their opinion of science fiction...
Published in: Phillp K. Dick Adjacent Podcast
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China's Kids Get Schooled in 'Xi Jinping Thought'
September 3, 2021
Fei-Ling Wang, professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was quoted in the article, "China's Kids Get Schooled in 'Xi Jinping Thought," published by France 21 on Sept. 1, 2021.
An excerpt:
Wang Fei-Ling, a professor of international affairs at Georgia Tech, said the textbooks were an example of the Communist Party's effort to "bet on a cult of personality in a Mao-like strong leader."
"However, given what has happened in the Chinese society over the past four decades, I think many parents may not like it very much and many students may find it boring -- but few would or could protest it publicly," Wang added.
"Most are likely to simply not take it very seriously."
Published in: France 24
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Georgia Tech Prof’s Book Basis of Netflix’s ‘Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali’ out Sept. 9
September 3, 2021
Johnny Smith, the Julius C. "Bud" Shaw Professor of Sports History and Associate Professor of History in the School of History and Sociology, was quoted in "Georgia Tech Prof’s Book Basis of Netflix’s ‘Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali’ out Sept. 9," published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Sept. 3, 2021.
An excerpt:
The documentary by Marcus A. Clarke relies heavily on a 2016 book, also called “Blood Brothers,” co-authored by Georgia Tech associate history professor Johnny Smith and his former academic advisor Purdue University history professor Randy Roberts. Both were consultants on the film and Smith was happy with the final result.
“Being able to participate and tell the story though a different medium was fascinating and fun,” said Smith in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Published in: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Women in Science Face Authorship Disputes More Often Than Men
September 3, 2021
Cassidy Sugimoto, Tom and Marie Patton Chair in the School of Public Policy, was quoted about her research on the impact of gender on scholarly authorship decisions in Physics Today, published Sept. 1, 2021.
An excerpt:
Study coauthor Cassidy Sugimoto, an information scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, attributes the results in part to the fact that men are more likely to be principal investigators and thus can make unilateral authorship decisions, which may lead to women’s work being devalued. “What we see is women want to have more clear-cut guidelines,” Sugimoto says. “I think that’s because it protects them, and it gives them tools to use in conversations” with the PI.
Published in: Physics Today
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Georgia Tech Study: Bicycling Has $496 Million Impact in Georgia
August 27, 2021
Shatakshee Dhongde, associate professor in the School of Economics, was quoted in the article "Georgia Tech Study: Bicycling Has $496 Million Impact in Georgia," published Aug. 27, 2021, in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
An excerpt:
Shatakshee Dhongde, an associate professor of economics, conducted the study for the Georgia Department of Transportation. She examined five years of sales and employment records for more than 700 businesses, the construction and maintenance costs of more than 80 biking trails and the budgets and other information for more than 60 events and 30 bicycling organizations.
“People are going to need this information if they want to justify any type of investments or improvements in the bicycle infrastructure in Georgia, so there is definitely a need to conduct a rigorous impact analysis for any new project,” Dhongde said in a press release announcing the study. You can read the report here.
Published in: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Global Space Economy Swells in Spite of the Pandemic
August 24, 2021
Mariel Borowitz, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was quoted in "Global Space Economy Swells in Spite of the Pandemic," published Aug. 23 in Space News.
The article discussed spending on military and civilian space programs in 2020.
An excerpt:
Employment in the space sector was relatively stable in 2020. There were additional spacecraft manufacturing jobs, while space telecommunications employment decreased.
The changes were “relatively steady across the year,” said Mariel Borowitz, associate professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. “So, not so much pandemic-related as larger trends that were already happening.”
Published in: Space News
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40 Funny And Weird Moments From The ’80s And ’90s News That Got Shared By This Twitter Page
August 23, 2021
Regents Professor Lisa Yaszek of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication was quoted by Bored Panda in an article about a Twitter page dedicated to stills from 1980s era broadcast news programs.
Yaskek discussed how the current nostalgia for 1980s analog news imagery reflects contemporary anxieties about the authenticity of reporting in an age of digital manipulation.
An excerpt:
“There are two main differences between current news screen grabs and those from the 1980s. First and foremost, current news screen grabs have much higher resolution rates: people and places are presented in clear detail with seemingly little inappropriate color shifting or pixilation,” she said.
“Second, the graphic design framing these images and presenting key information has become much more sophisticated as well. Subtitles that fade into the background or cover the people being filmed are replaced by small but easy-to-read ones that are placed in ways that complement rather than impede the visual narrative, while stock images are replaced by customized ones that match the verbal narrative presented in the story at hand.”
According to the professor, taken together, these differences demonstrate how greatly our visual recording and designing technologies have changed in the past 40 years. Moreover, they provide us with “ever greater control over the way we shape and share images—and ever greater anxiety about what people might do with that kind of control.”
Published in: Bored Panda
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Southern Women in Hip-Hop Are Having a Moment
August 23, 2021
Joycelyn Wilson, assistant professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was quoted in the article "Southern Women in Hip-Hop Are Having a Moment," published Aug. 19, 2021, in Atlanta Magazine.
The article discusses the recent success of female hip hop artists, especially artists from Atlanta, and the reasons for it.
An excerpt:
There’s finally room for more than one woman—and more than one type of woman— on the lineup. From the introspective rhymes of Kodie Shane to the soulful poetics of Yani Mo, these artists are creating music for generations of young women to see themselves and their experiences in the same way Missy Elliott and Da Brat made songs that still make us turn up the volume today.
“We’re in a world now where women’s voices are being elevated in a way that’s unprecedented,” says Wilson. And women are using their reach to drive the conversation forward.
Published in: Atlanta Magazine
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Historian: Savannah's and Cuyler-Brownville's peculiar place in the history of redlining
August 17, 2021
Todd Michney, assistant professor in the School of History and Sociology, published an op-ed titled "Historian: Savannah's and Cuyler-Brownville's Peculiar Place in the History of Redlining" in the Savannah Morning News.
In it, Michney explores an anomaly he discovered during his redlining research in Savannah: "the only known Black neighborhood in the country that HOLC evaluators, working in the depths of the Great Depression, did not downgrade on the basis of race."
Read it here: "Historian: Savannah's and Cuyler-Brownville's Peculiar Place in the History of Redlining"
Published in: Savannah Morning News
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Georgia Climate Conference This Week Will Highlight Risks And Solutions
August 13, 2021
School of Public Policy Regents Professor Marilyn Brown, lead author on a recently published article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the potential to reduce Georgia's carbon footprint, was quoted in "Georgia Climate Conference This Week Will Highlight Risks And Solutions," published Aug. 10, 2021, by WABE.
The article discusses plans for the Georgia Climate Conference, which comes amid recent warnings about global warming. The article quoted Brown discussing Drawdown Georgia, an effort to develop a carbon reduction framework for the state, and the findings of her recent paper, written with colleagues at Georgia Tech, the University of Georgia, and Emory University.
An excerpt:
“I’m particularly bullish with the impact of large-scale solar because it’s a very big driver,” said Marilyn Brown, a public policy professor at Georgia Tech and lead author on the paper, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Solar combined with electric vehicles make for an even bigger impact, she said. And there would be positive public health outcomes, too.
“If you invest in EVs, and you don’t clean the grid, you actually may not make any difference. With a clean grid, though, it’s a profound impact. And it’s an immediate impact,” she said.
Published in: WABE
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Conspiracy, Complaining and Cooking
August 9, 2021
Nassim Parvin, associate professor of Digital Media in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, published the article "Conspiracy, Complaining and Cooking," on August 6, 2021, in Inside Higher Ed.
The article focused on post-Ph.D. life.
Published in: Inside Higher Ed
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Drawdown Georgia Shows 50% Reduction in Carbon Emissions Possible by 2030
August 4, 2021
The Drawdown Georgia research team, headed by Marilyn Brown, Regents' and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy, was featured in "Drawdown Georgia Shows 50% Reduction in Carbon Emissions Possible by 2030," published August 2, 2021, in SaportaReport.
The article focuses on how Georgia could curb carbon emissions by 50% in 2030, compared to 2005 levels, if the state adopted 20 solutions previously identified by Drawdown Georgia scientists.
“Georgia can show the rest of the country how to scale key regional solutions that reduce carbon footprints in a way that is also friendly to the economy. These solutions also advance the public health, as well as equity in under-resourced communities," Brown said.
Published in: SaportaReport
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Opinion: New Findings on Redlining Detail Roots of Racist Housing Policies
August 2, 2021
Todd Michney, assistant professor in the School of History and Sociology, was quoted in "Opinion: New Findings on Redlining Detail Roots of Racist Housing Policies," published July 30, 2021, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The article focused heavily on Michney's work on the history of redlining in political and educational contexts.
Published in: AJC
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A People’s History of Black Twitter - Parts I, II, and III
August 2, 2021
Andre Brock, associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communications, was featured in "A People’s History of Black Twitter," a three-part series, published July 2021, in WIRED.
WIRED defined the series as exploring "Black Twitter's complex, ongoing legacy."
Brock's role in the series was attributed to his authoring of Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures.
Published in: WIRED
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Georgia Experts Offer Path To Lower Emissions
July 29, 2021
Marilyn Brown, Regents' and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in "Georgia Experts Offer Path To Lower Emissions," published July 28, 2021, in POLITICO Pro.
The article examines a new study which Brown co-authored to analyze Drawdown Georgia and carbon emission reduction targets in the state of Georgia.
“Georgia can show the rest of the country how to scale key regional solutions that reduce carbon footprints in a way that is also friendly to the economy. These solutions also advance the public health, as well as equity in under-resourced communities,” she added.
Published in: POLITICO Pro
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In Our Own Words: Ilya Kaminsky, Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech
July 28, 2021
Ilya Kaminsky, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was featured in "In Our Own Words: Ilya Kaminsky, Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech," published on July 22, 2021, in ArtsATL.
In the article, Kaminsky reflects on how his native country, Ukraine, is at war, and how the artists there are impacted by tragedy.
Is it foolish to speak of little joys that occur in the middle of tragedy? It is our humanity. Whatever we have left of it. We must not deny it to ourselves. I am a love poet, or a poet in love with the world. It is just who I am. If the world is falling apart, I have to say the truth. But I don’t stop being in love with that world.
Published in: ArtsATL
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Tennessee Valley Authority Considers Replacing Coal With Gas
July 6, 2021
Marilyn Brown, Regents Professor and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems, was quoted in, "Tennessee Valley Authority Considers Replacing Coal With Gas," published July 2, 2021, in AP News.
The article explored the Tennessee Valley Authority’s plan to shut down three of its remaining five coal-fired power plants and replace the lost megawatts with energy produced from natural gas. Brown’s quote was about the role of energy efficiency in the utility transition.
Published in: AP News
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Why Are We so Obsessed With UFOs? Here’s How Aliens Invaded (and Conquered) Pop Culture
June 25, 2021
Lisa Yaszek, Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, was quoted in " Why Are We so Obsessed With UFOs? Here’s How Aliens Invaded (and Conquered) Pop Culture," published June 24, 2021, in USA Today.
The article explored the reign of aliens and alien invasions in pop culture. Yaszek spoke about how UFOs and aliens have “long served as a funhouse mirror to ourselves as humans.”
Excerpt:
They represent both the familiar and the unfamiliar. When we speculate about UFOs, we’re also speculating about our hopes and fears, about our best and our worst selves and our society and even our species.
Published in: USA Today
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