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EVENTS
- November 15-18, 2006
DramaTech
The Lion in Winter
DramaTech
8:00-10:00pm
- November 16, 2006
WST Learning Community Dinner
Studying the Science
and Engineering Workforce - Cheryl Leggon
Stein House, 4th Street A Apartments study lounge
5:30-7:30pm
- November 17, 2006
WST-LCC Presents
The Haunted Histories of the Femal Body: Gynecology, Obstetrics and Women's Health
Georgia Tech Library, Ferst Room
9:00-5:00pm
Poetry @ Tech presents
Spoken Word/Slam Artists
The Defoor Centre
7:00-9:00pm
- November 27, 2006
WST Learning Community Dinner
Working for NSF - Mary Lynn Realff
Stein House, 4th Street A Apartments study lounge
5:30-7:30pm
- November 28, 2006
GTISC Industry Leaders Lecture Series
Jean-Michel Ares, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
Centergy Building
4:00-6:00pm
- November 30-Dec. 2, 2006
Variety Tech - Let's Try This!
DramaTech
8:00-10:00pm
- December 1, 2006
School of Economics Lecture Series
Per Fredricksson, University of Louisville
Habersham, Room 136
11:00-12:15pm
- December 5, 2006
Annual Holiday Party
Habersham Building
3:00-4:30pm
GTISC Industry Leaders Lecture Series
John A. DiMaria, Product Manager, BSI Management Systems
Centergy Building
4:00-6:00pm
- December 6, 2006
Innovations in Economic Development Forum
Metropolitan Economic Development: A Global Perspective -
Marc Weiss, Chairman and CEO, Global Urban Development
Economic Development Building, Tech Square
4:00-6:00pm
- December 13, 2006
IDT Winter Demo Day 2006
Skiles Building
4:00-7:00pm
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Turner Praises Students for Learning About the United Nations
The
2006 High School Model United Nations conference, hosted by the Sam
Nunn School of International Affairs, held October 16-17 at the Ferst
Center, brought together more than 700 high school students from
Alabama, Florida, and Georgia giving them a personal perspective of
global events. Ted Turner, founder of CNN, chairman of the United
Nations Foundation and co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative,
delivered the keynote address. Dean Sue Rosser introduced Turner by
noting how rare it is that one person's vision changed the world. In
creating CNN, she said, Turner changed the way people see the news. |
Brown Disputes Hubbert's Peak
In
1956, M. King Hubbert, Shell Oil geophysicist, plotted global oil
production volume over time and used that upward slope as a guide to
configure a bell-shaped area representing the world's total known oil
reserves. By extrapolating the historical production data to the top of
the bell, Hubbert could predict the approximate time when oil
production would peak, followed by a steady decline. "I think people
have some faith in Hubbert's analysis, but there is disagreement about
where we are," say Marilyn Brown, Professor, School of Public Policy.
"There are those who say we will keep finding oil as long as we're
looking for it, and through advances in technology and the use of what
they call 'unconventional petroleum,' we will continue to grow our
reserves. And then there's the rest of us, who think we're reaching the
peak," she says. |
Korea Conference Urges Continued Partnerships
The
Korea Conference, sponsored by the Center for International Strategy,
Technology, and Policy in the School of International Affairs, brought
together diplomats and academics from the Republic of Korea and
international affairs experts from a number of universities and think
tanks in the United States. North Korea's decision this week to
re-engage in six-party nuclear disarmament talks after a year's absence
is being greeted with cautious relief since North Korea's underground
nuclear test on October 9. Lee Kwang Jae, Consul General for South
Korea for the southeastern United States, said getting North Korea back
to the negotiating table is imperative for the security of the region.
"This news came as a relief, given the gravity of the current
situation," Lee said. |
Telecommunications Industry Threatened By New Technologies
Following
the AT&T Inc.-BellSouth Corp. merger, the U.S. Department of
Justice said new technologies reshaping the market would keep the $89.4
billion deal from creating a telecommunications monopoly. But the
Justice Department's decision, which examines mergers strictly from an
antitrust perspective, recognizes that technology is changing much
faster than rules and regulations can keep up, said Helena Mitchell,
executive director of Georgia Tech's Center for Advanced Communications
Policy (CACP). “The primary factor underlying changes in the
telecommunications industry is that technology is moving from an analog
to a digital platform that can transmit data, video and text,” Mitchell
said. “As a result, it is no longer necessary to regulate as tightly as
in the past because so many new technologies can operate on the digital
platform. The need to silo the regulation of wired, cable and wireless
technologies is no longer as great.” |
ICANN Revisited in Greece
Following
last year's World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunisia,
the United Nations-sponsored Internet Governance Forum (IGF) began
talks on October 30 focusing on pressing Internet governance. At last
year's meeting, delegates argued about control of the Internet and
whether U.S. interests were too powerful. The IGF hopes to expand the
way Internet users access domain names, root servers, and Internet
Protocol (IP) addresses by incorporating a larger number of characters
to include all languages. Large countries like China could potentially
launch its own Internet that would be technically incompatible with the
global Internet. Hans Klein, Associate Professor, School of Public
Policy, said that there is a real possibility that some countries could
walk away from discussions and establish their own system someday. |
Stereotypes Can Be Detrimental to Individuals
A
recent study at the University of British Columbia confirmed that
stereotypical impressions - women not being good at math - can hurt the
performance of the stereotyped individuals. The study took four groups
of women with average age of 20 where each took a three-part test, two
math sections separated by a reading comprehension essay. The
researchers propose that when group differences are perceived to rest
on specific experiences, "people may reason that their own experiences
are different or that they can resist the effects of their
experiences." It also offers a practical lesson for teachers, says Dean
Sue Rosser. "Faculty should be made aware of how subtle remarks and
examples used in curricular content can influence [student] performance
in math and science courses as well as their choice of major," she
says. |
Lifting the Veil in the Middle East
In an editorial in the International Herald Tribune,
Sylvia Maier, Assistant Professor, School of International Affairs,
says "women's rights are progressing in many Middle Eastern countries,
and numerous small but important victories have been won." Examples of
this progress includes women running, campaigning, and voting in Saudi
Arabia; women were given voting rights as well as hold high government
offices in Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait; and, women in Morocco were
granted more rights in marriage and divorce as well as King Mohammed VI
marrying a computer engineer who does not wear a veil. She also writes
that for economic development to continue, increased female
participation in the public sphere must continue. |
Sam Nunn Security Program Visits GT Savannah
During
the 2006 fall break, the fellows and faculty of the Sam Nunn Security
Program traveled to Savannah, Georgia to advance their understanding of
a number of critical issues involving technology and global security.
Tech’s Savannah Campus currently consists of three contemporary
buildings in a new circular business/research park north of the
Savannah/Hilton Head Airport. Georgia Tech Savannah has 27 faculty
members wired into the Atlanta campus with its own research emphasis
taking advantage of the unique geographic, ecological, and economic
position of Savannah. |
Fox and Miller Receive "Women of Distinction" Awards
At the 2006 Women's Leadership Conference on November 3, Mary Frank
Fox, NSF Advance Professor in the School of Public Policy, and
co-director, Center for the Study of Women, Science, & Technology,
was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Member/Woman of Distinction Award.
Elizabeth Miller, Advisor for PUBP, HTS and for all UIAC majors and
coordinator for undergraduate student services within Ivan Allen
College Dean's office, received the Outstanding Staff/Woman of
Distinction Award. |
Street Criers Wins Best Book Award
Hanchao Lu, Professor, School of History, Technology, and Society, has
won the Cecil B. Currey Best Book Award of the Association of Third
World Studies (ATWS) for his latest book Street Criers: A Cultural History of Chinese Beggars.
His book is a rich and comprehensive study of beggars' culture and the
institution of mendicancy in China from late imperial times to the
mid-twentieth century, with a glance at the resurgence of beggars in
China today. Generously illustrated, the book brings to life the
concepts and practices of mendicancy including organized begging, state
and society relations as reflected in the issues of poverty, public
opinions of beggars and various factors that contribute to almsgiving,
the role of gender in begging, and street people and Communist
politics. The award was presented at their annual meeting, November
2-4, at Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina. Lu's last two
books have won the Best Book Award. The Cecil B. Currey award is named
in honor of one of the foremost experts on the war in Vietnam. |
Ivan Allen College Staff Complete Certifications
Within the past year, IAC staff members have completed certifications
through the Office of Organizational Development advancing their
education to better serve the College and students. The School of
Economics had two graduates: Shirley Smith, Office Professional
Certificate; and Beverly Paul, Supervisory Development Certificate. The
School of History, Technology, and Society had three graduates: Denise
Corum, Management Development Certificate; LaDonna Bowen, Office
Professional Certificate; and Steven Henderson, Departmental Financial
Management Certificate. The School of Modern Languages had two
graduates: Loretta Walker, Supervisory Development Certificate; and
Tiffany Earley, Departmental Financial Management Certificate. The
School of Public Policy had one graduate: Katara Jones, Office
Professional Certificate. |
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