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• Atlanta Multifaith Leaders Attend LAMP Symposium on Food, Farming, and Faith

  March 31, 2016

  Members of the Atlanta community, Emory University, and the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts joined the Leadership and Multifaith Program (LAMP) on March 1, 2016, at the Historic Academy of Medicine for a public symposium on “Food, Farming, and Faith.”

  

• Second Study Questions Validity of Pipeline and Pathways Approaches to STEM Workforce Participation

  March 30, 2016

  A new study argues that the STEM “pipeline” metaphor is a flawed approach to increasing women and minority representation in STEM fields. 

  

• Gallery Exhibition Showcases Atlanta’s Emerging Downtown Arts Scene

  March 30, 2016

  A gallery exhibition sponsored in part by Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication opened to the public in late March.

  

• Students bring TEDx to Georgia Tech and Douglasville

  March 28, 2016

  Georgia Tech students are organizing two TEDx events in April that will feature several short talks, with topics ranging from scientific breakthroughs to inspiring human stories.  

  

• 97th Civil Affairs Battalion visits class

  March 17, 2016

  On March 10, Dr. Katja Weber and the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP) hosted the 97th Civil Affairs Battalion out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for a discussion on International Institutions in Southeast Asia.

  

• Mock Trial Team Advances to National Championship Tournament

  March 14, 2016

  Georgia Tech’s Mock Trial team is having a season for the record books.

  

• Annual Ivan Allen College Paper Competition Winners Announced at CRIDC

  March 14, 2016

  On Thursday, March 10, the annual Career, Research, and Innovation Development Conference (CRIDC) poster competition took place in the Georgia Tech Student Center.

  

• Olga Shemyakina Studies the Microeconomic Impact of Violent Conflict and Upheaval

  March 9, 2016

  In the aftermath of a violent conflict or natural disaster, economists like Olga Shemyakina are very interested in the data that become available — data that can help them understand the human impact. In her research, she asks: Who stopped their education because of such a shock? Who suffered health consequences? Who migrated? And what do such impacts mean for a country or region’s recovery?

  

• Kissing at the Crosswalk

  March 9, 2016

  Stephen C. Hall, a member of the Ivan Allen College and the namesake of the Stephen C. Hall building at Georgia Tech, published a piece in the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine about his undergraduate experience at Georgia Tech.

  

• The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC): Working Toward a World Free of Chemical Weapons

  March 8, 2016

  On February 16, 2016 Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP) hosted Ms. Carmen Kifer for a discussion of the challenges that the US and others face as we seek to rid the world of the threat of chemical weapons once and for all. The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) seeks to achieve a world free of an entire class of weapons of mass destruction to foster cooperation in the peaceful uses of chemistry. The U.S. Army's Chemical Materials Activity (CMA) is the world leader in safely storing, treating, and disposing of chemical weapons. 

  

• A World of Conflict

  March 8, 2016

  Adm. James A. “Sandy” Winnefeld and Gen. Philip Breedlove share their expert opinions on the multitude of conflicts and threats the United States and the global community now face.

  

• Combating ISIS: The Special Operations Approach to an International Threat

  March 8, 2016

  On February 22, 2016 the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP) hosted a lecture from Lieutenant Colonel Paul Brister who presented contemporary military strategy with a specific focus on Special Operations strategies for combating ISIL. 

• Why Cyber Deterrence Doesn't Work

  March 8, 2016

  On February 25, 2016, the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy hosted Dr. James Lewis for a discussion on cyber deterrence. This visit was generously funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which awarded the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs funding for a scenario-based project on the dynamics of command, control, and coordination in cyber-conflict escalation.

  

• Dr. Johnny Smith Featured on CBS-TV's "Atlanta Plugged In"

  March 4, 2016

  School of History and Sociology Assistant Professor Johnny Smith was featured on the program "Atlanta Plugged In," which aired on CBS tv station 46 on March 4th.  Dr. Smith was interviewed about his recently co-authored book Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammed Ali and Malcolm X.

  

• Kaye Husbands Fealing Organizes the Symposium on the Science of Broadening Participation

  March 2, 2016

  Kaye Husbands Fealing, chair of Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy, organized the Symposium on the Science of Broadening Participation sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

  

• In Memoriam: Mary Phillips Wesley

  March 2, 2016

  The College remembers our friend and colleague Mary Phillips Wesley who passed away on February 23, 2016

  

• Head to Succeed Founding Editor of Prestigious Atlanta Review

  February 25, 2016

  Georgia Tech’s Karen Head has been named editor of the world renowned poetry journal, Atlanta Review. Head inherits the mantle for the 22-year old publication from founding editor, Dan Veach. Georgia Tech’s JC Reilly will serve as associate editor.

  

• Nunn Calls for Renewed U.S. - Russia Cooperation to Fight ISIS and Avert Global Catastrophe

  February 25, 2016

  In a speech February 24 in Moscow, former senator Sam Nunn outlined six points to address "clear and dangerous challenges" in U.S. - Russia relations that undermine global strategic stability.

  

• International Affairs Student's ‘FretWizard’ Is InVenture Prize Finalist

  February 25, 2016

  The annual InVenture Prize competition celebrates interdisciplinary entrepreneurship and innovation at Georgia Tech. Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts student Molly Ricks, a international affairs major in the Sam Nunn School, is co-designer of FretWizard, a novel learning tool for aspiring guitarists that qualified as a finalist for this year's prize.

  

• Georgia Tech Course Selected for NAE’s Book on Exemplary Engineering Ethics Programs

  February 23, 2016

  An ongoing project in undergraduate course design by Georgia Tech public policy professor Robert Kirkman is one of 25 “exemplary” programs showcased by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Center for Engineering Ethics and Society (CEES) in a new report, Infusing Ethics into the Development of Engineers.

  

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