Regents' Professor Marilyn Brown of the School of Public Policy hosted a seminar on "Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure" to launch the "Tracking (and Activating) Climate Solutions in Georgia" seminar series supported by The Ray C. Anderson Foundation. The next seminar is Nov. 3 at 1 p.m., on Recycling & the Circular Economy." For more details, go to the Climate and Energy Policy's website.

Cassidy R. Sugimoto, the Tom and Marie Patton Chair in the School of Public Policy, reviewed a research paper on academic hiring practices in a recent edition of the journal Nature.

Lisa Yaszek, Regents' Professor of Science Fiction Studies, published The Future is Female! Volume Two, The 1970s: More Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women. The is the second book in an edited series that Yaszek produces for the Library of America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and disseminating the best of American letters.

Dina Khapaeva, professor of Russian and director of the Russian program in the School of Modern Languages, wrote a commentary titled "Putin the Terrible" in 'Project Syndicate.'

Lisa Yaszek, Regents' Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication. will discuss the literary and technical factors shaping the production of her new book, The Future is Female! Volume Two: The !970s, at the book launch for this volume on Monday, October 10, 2022, at Eagle Eye Book Shop in Decatur.

Britta Kallin, associate professor of German and director of graduate studies in the School of Modern Languages, presented at the Klett World Language Conference, which focuses on trends in world language teaching and learning. Her presentation was titled "Transgender and Non-Binary Gender Pronouns and Expression in Foreign Language Classrooms."

Dina Khapaeva, professor in the School of Modern Languages, wrote a commentary on Russian President Vladimir Putin's use of nuclear threats. 

Sara Milkes Espinosa, digital media Ph.D. student, and Carl DiSalvo, associate professor of digital media, were awarded best paper for their co-authored work  "Trash Work Futures: A Design Fiction" at the CHIWORK 2022 Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work. They presented their paper on June 6 during the session "Worker Organizing."
 

The American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) named the Georgia Tech German program one of three Centers of Excellence nationwide for 2022. This designation is presented to well-established and growing German programs with demonstrated excellence in instruction and strong support from administration, professional colleagues, alumni, and students. 

Hongchen Wu, assistant professor of Chinese in the School of Modern Languages, presented her co-authored research “Processing of Mandarin Negative Polarity Item and Free Choice Item Renhe” at the 34th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, held from Sept. 23-25, 2022, at Indiana University—Bloomington.