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Borenstein Appointed Editorial Board Leader for NAE Research Ethics Center

July 3, 2017

Jason Borenstein, director of Georgia Tech’s Graduate Research Ethics Programs and associate director of the Center for Ethics and Technology in the Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy, has been appointed editor for the Research Ethics section of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Online Ethics Center.
Kosal Participates in Halcyon Dialogue on Robotics and Autonomy

June 30, 2017

Nunn School Associate Professor Margaret E. Kosal recently participated in a closed-door discussion on emerging legal, legislative, and security issues at the intersection of robotics, autonomy, machine learning, and policy. Kosal spoke on the strategic role for robotics and autonomous systems in national and international security, including for deterrence.
Ivan Allen College Graduate Students Participate in Annual Polish President Internship

June 28, 2017

Six Georgia Tech graduate students, five from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, were among only 10 graduate students selected from across the United States to participate in the first annual Polish President Internship during May 24 to June 4, 2017.
Georgia Tech Army War College Alumna and Nunn School Professor Brief on Preventing WMD Proliferation

June 28, 2017

Former Georgia Tech Army War College Fellow, U.S. Army Colonel Lonnie Carlson and Nunn School Associate Professor Margaret E. Kosal jointly presented to the defense community on “Preventing Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation — Leveraging Special Operations Forces to Shape the Environment.”
Nunn’s Open Letter to Presidents Trump and Putin

June 28, 2017

Former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, former Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, former British Defense Secretary Des Browne, and former German Ambassador to the United States Wolfgang Ischinger have published an “open letter” to President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin.
Sung Wins the Best Presentation Award at the Technology Management and Policy Graduate Consortium

June 26, 2017

Elie Sung, a doctoral student at Georgia Tech, recently won the Best Presentation Award at the Technology Management and Policy Graduate Consortium at Stony Brook University on Long Island’s North Shore.

This is quite an honor for Sung, as the stakes were notably high. Competing against over 20 other papers from students representing other prestigious institutions such as Carnegie Mellon, Cambridge, and MIT, Sung managed to break through to the top for the Best Presentation Award. Her paper, titled “Evaluation of a Policy Change Weakening Patents and Its Effect on Firm Strategy,” bested several other presentations from many of the world’s best and brightest fellow doctoral students.
Pennywise, Pound Foolish: Takeaways from the Senate Health Care Bill (Better Healthcare Reconciliation Act)

June 26, 2017

Public Policy faculty Kimberley Isett’s comments on the proposed U.S. Senate Health Care Bill.
HSOC Faculty Member Receives Accolades for Research

June 23, 2017

Johnny Smith, assistant professor of History and Shaw Professor, receives awards at the North American Society for Sport History conference.
Magerko’s AdamLab Team Receives First Place at 2017 Turing Tests in Creative Arts

June 23, 2017

Brian Magerko, an associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication and the AdamLab team has been awarded the first place in the DanceX Competition of the 2017 Turing Tests in the Creative Arts.
HSOC Faculty Member’s Work Published in ‘BELT Magazine’

June 21, 2017
Dr. Todd Michney’s research on “white flight” is featured in the summer edition.
HSOC Fall 2017 Speakers Series Announced

June 20, 2017
The speakers who will be participating in the fall series are now available on the HSOC website.
Smith Named to Inaugural Shaw Professorship In Sports, Society, and Technology

June 20, 2017

The University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved the creation of the Julius C. “Bud” Shaw Professorship in Sports, Society, and Technology. The board also approved the appointment of Johnny Smith, assistant professor in the School of History and Sociology, as the inaugural holder of the Shaw Professorship.
School of History and Sociology Welcomes New Chair

June 20, 2017

Eric Schatzberg, professor of history of science and director of the Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison has been named chair of the School of History and Sociology in Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Nunn School Student and Regents’ Professor Participate in Workshop

June 19, 2017

Nunn School International Affairs and Modern Languages undergraduate Angelique Edwards and Regents’ Professor Seymour Goodman participated in the annual workshop of the Cyber Conflict Studies Association, June 8 - 9.
Kranzberg Professor Discusses the Importance of the History of Science and Technology

June 19, 2017

John Krige, Ph.D., in the School of History and Sociology reflects on the importance of understanding the historical roots of scientific and technological developments.
Kosal on Catastrophic Risks of Emerging Tech

June 16, 2017
Nunn School Associate Professor Margaret E. Kosal gave an invited plenary panel talk on “Emerging Technologies and Existential / Catastrophic Risks” at the 5th Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy, and Ethics.
Kosal Speaks in Australia on Emerging Technologies

June 14, 2017

Nunn School Associate Professor Margaret E. Kosal spoke on “Emerging Life Sciences: New Challenges to Strategy & Diplomacy” at the Symposium on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Emerging Military Technologies held at the University of Melbourne.
Milton Mueller Discusses Internet Governance in Washington, D.C.

June 13, 2017

On June 6, Milton Mueller, professor in the School of Public Policy, participated in a panel discussion at the Washington D.C. think tank, New America, on the current global structures and policies that govern the internet and future needs to ensure continued innovation.
Exit Paris Accord, Enter Carbon Tax?

June 13, 2017

President Trump is pulling the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement, which calls on countries to limit global warming by reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Marilyn Brown, the Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, explains the ramifications of Trump’s decision for the U.S. and the world and discusses the rise of the Carbon Dividend Plan.
2017 ADFL Atlanta Summer Seminar Highlights Bipartisan Report on Language Learning

June 13, 2017
2017 ADFL Atlanta Summer Seminar Highlights Bipartisan Report on Language Learning