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• Social Media Driving Force Behind Increased Visits to National Parks

  April 1, 2024

  A new study from Georgia Tech's School of Economics is the first to tie high levels of social media exposure to increased visitors to the U.S. National Parks — and the increased crowding and ecological damage they bring with them. 

  

• Celebrate National Poetry Month with the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

  March 27, 2024

  Celebrate National Poetry Month with Poetry@Tech; the School of Literature, Media, and Communication; the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; and the Library.

  

• Paul Alonso Awarded Fulbright to Conduct Research and Teach in Peru

  March 26, 2024

  Paul Alonso, an associate professor in the School of Modern Languages, has studied how political humorists and comedians use media platforms to push social boundaries, make us question what we think we know, and speak truth to power. A Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award will take Alonso to Peru, where he will conduct new research and teach a seminar at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima.

  

• 30 Years Later, Story of Freaknik Gets Told

  March 20, 2024

  Joycelyn Wilson, assistant professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, says the release of Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told continues to raise the profile of Atlanta’s role in hip-hop overall, not just in the South.

  

• Richard Utz Named Interim Dean of Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

  March 19, 2024

  Richard Utz, senior associate dean and professor, has been appointed interim dean of Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, effective April 20. Dean Husbands Fealing, who served in that role since 2020, has been appointed assistant director of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. 

  

• Public Policy Research Powers Sierra Club Report on Black Energy Burden in Georgia

  March 19, 2024

  The study examines the causes of energy burden among Black residents in Georgia.

  

• Civic Data Analysis Finds New Opportunity for Federal Energy Efficiency Initiatives

  March 18, 2024

  A new study from the School of Public Policy finds that federal housing policies accelerate energy efficiency participation among low- and moderate-income households — even when those policies don’t directly address energy efficiency. 

  

• Documentary by Ivan Allen College Faculty Explores Challenges of Autism in Communities of Color

  March 18, 2024

  Georgia Tech faculty members Jennifer Singh and John Thornton produced and directed a documentary film that tells the stories of six Black families raising autistic children. The film premieres at Georgia Tech on Friday, March 22.

  

• Ivan Allen College Faculty Earn Institute Research Awards

  March 13, 2024

  Two Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts faculty members have received Institute Research Awards from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research. 

  

• International Affairs, Public Policy Researchers Contribute to Special Issue of Cybersecurity Journal

  March 11, 2024

  Jon Lindsay of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and Nadiya Kostyuk of the School of Public Policy wrote articles on cybersecurity for a special issue of the Journal of Peace.

  

• New Textbook and Course Explore UN Goals Through the Global Humanities

  March 6, 2024

  This spring, a group of Georgia Tech students in a pilot course are learning about the UN Sustainable Development Goals through the lens of literature, photography, and film from all over the world.

  

• Husbands Fealing Appointed Assistant Director of NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

  February 29, 2024

  Kaye Husbands Fealing, dean of Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, has been appointed assistant director of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences.

  

• Life of a Leap Baby

  February 28, 2024

  Only about 5 million people worldwide — less than 0.1% of the world’s population — have been born on Feb. 29. Andy Eichel, senior managing strategy consultant in Strategic Consulting, is one of them.

  

• Renters Need Better Policies To Cope With Natural Disasters, New Research Shows

  February 27, 2024

  New joint research from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Brookings Institution is some of the first to expose the disaster impact on rental housing markets, examining whether the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) disaster recovery policies work effectively to protect renters.

  

• Seven IAC Staff Join Inclusive Leaders Academy

  February 21, 2024

  Georgia Tech's Inclusive Leaders Academy aims to unlock individual leadership insights while fostering group transformation. 

  

• Public Policy Student Wins EVPR Award at Research, Innovation, & Development Competition

  February 21, 2024

  Ximena Pizarro-Bore, a Ph.D. student in the School of Public Policy, won an Executive Vice President for Research travel grant at the recent Career, Research, Innovation, and Development Conference (CRIDC) poster competition. 
   

  

• Marking Two Years of War in Ukraine. What Does the Future Hold in Store?

  February 21, 2024

  Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts experts assess the state of the Ukraine war on its second anniversary.

  

• LMC's Brock to Serve on AI Network Advisory Board

  February 20, 2024

  Atlanta communities most vulnerable to bias and inequity in artificial intelligence (AI) are the focus of a new Atlanta-based ethics initiative being funded by a $1.3 million Mellon Foundation grant.

  

• Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Could Lead to Eviction Crisis, New School of Public Policy Research Suggests

  February 16, 2024

  The study examined Tennessee's 23005 trimming of its Medicaid rolls and the impact on evictions.

  

• Vanderbilt Professor: Humanities and STEM Can Do More Together, and Here’s How

  February 14, 2024

  Jay Clayton talked to students and faculty about how to integrate the humanities and social sciences into STEM research projects.

  

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