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Holiday Reception Celebrates Dean Rosser As The Ivan Allen, Jr. Chair Holder  Jean-Lou Chameau, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, hosted a holiday reception to celebrate the selection of Dr. Sue V. Rosser, as the first holder of the Ivan Allen Jr. Dean's Chair of Liberal Arts and Technology, December 12. Pictured above from left to right are: William Long, Chair, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs; Peter McGuire, Associate Dean, Ivan Allen College; Sue Rosser, Dean, Ivan Allen College; Kenneth Knoespel, Chair, Literature, Communication and Culture; Ann Bostrom, Associate Dean, Ivan Allen College; Charles Liotta, Vice Provost of Research and Dean for Graduate Studies; Diana Hicks, Chair, School of Public Policy; Patrick McCarthy, Chair, School of Economics; and Phil McKnight, Chair, School of Modern Languages. |
IAC Professors Receive Fulbright Scholar Award Recipients
of Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic or
professional achievement and because they have demonstrated
extraordinary leadership potential in their fields. Stuart Goldberg,
Assistant Professor in the School of Modern Languages, will research
“Mandelstam, Blok, and the Boundaries of Mythopoetic Symbolism” at the
Russian State Humanities University in Moscow, Russia. Fei-Ling Wang,
Associate Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs,
will teach “U.S. Foreign Policy and a Possible East Asian Community:  American Studies and U.S.–East Asian Relations” at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea.
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LCC Professor Receives Fulbright New Century Scholars Award Carol
Colatrella, professor of Literature, Communication and Culture (LCC),
is one out of 31 higher education specialists selected this year to
study a topic of global significance. This year’s topic is Higher Education in the 21st Century: Global Challenge and National Response.
Of the 31 Fulbright Scholars selected, one-third come from the US, with
the remainder selected from among the 140 nations worldwide with active
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School of Public Policy Launches New Website
Mary Frank Fox, professor of Public Policy, together with two of her
graduate students, has developed a new website highlighting the
extraordinary strength of School of Public Policy (SPP) faculty in the
area of Human Resources in Science and Technology (HRST) . Some
thirteen individual faculty members are featured, whose disciplinary
backgrounds span city and regional planning, philosophy, political
science, psychology, public administration, sociology, science and
technology studies, and women's studies. Key issues their research
addresses include education and training in science and technology;
scientific and technological workforce; organizational contexts of
workers and the workplaces; organization and impact of scientific
knowledge; and policies and practices for sustained human resources of
science and technology. |
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LCC Demo Day Showcases Innovation in New Media More
than 30 displays showcased the work of graduate students and faculty in
the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture (LCC) at this
fall's Information Design & Technology (IDT) Demo Day, December 14.
The students in the IDT program continue to stretch the limits of new
media as they investigate the commercial, artistic, and philosophical
possibilities of developing technologies. |
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ICANN Reform Summit Leaves Internet Control in Question Hans
Klein, Associate Professor, Public Policy; Michael Best, Assistant
Professor of International Affairs (INTA) and Seymour Goodman,
Professor, INTA and Computing, attended the UN World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS), November 13-16, in Tunis, Tunisia. Klein
reported for Tunis on National Public Radio (click here to listen to audio).
He indicates that, after three days of debates, the issue of internet
control is far from over. Delegates to the Summitdid agree, however, to
the creation of an open-ended, nonbinding international forum for
raising important Internet issues. The new Internet Governance Forum
will convene early next year, with Greece as a likely host for the
event. |
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Public Policy Professor Shows How Companies Can Compete Philip
Shapira, Professor of Public Policy (SPP), co-author of the 2005
Georgia Manufacturing Survey, has completed a study showing that
companies basing their competitive strategies on the development of
innovative products or processes enjoy higher returns on sales, pay
better wages and have less to fear from outsourcing than do
manufacturers relying on other competitive strategies. The Georgia
Manufacturing Survey is conducted by the Georgia Tech Office of
Economic Development and Technology Ventures and the SPP through its
collaborative program in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (www.stip.gatech.edu). |
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Colloquium Advocates Global Education At
the 8th Annual International Colloquium on International Engineering
Education, hosted by the School of Modern Languages, educators,
recruiters, and executives from across the country and world, discussed
the hot topic of educating globally competent engineers. As Paul
Camuti, president and CEO of Corporate Research for Siemens, stated,
"Here's a list of what the engineer of the 21st century will need to
succeed: good communication skills, including multiple languages; the
ability to work in teams; cross-cultural sensitivity and knowledge;
social awareness; capacity to handle complex systems; business acumen;
and sense of entrepreneurship. To develop all of the skills I just
listed,” he continued, “the curriculum for engineering students will
need to encompass much more than technical courses. These students will
need a large dose of liberal arts, including humanities, social
sciences and foreign languages.” |
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Military Week Capped With Visit From LTG Russel L. Honore
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part of Military Week on the day before Veterans Day, Lieutenant
General Russel L. Honoré, Commanding General First United States Army
and Commander of Joint Task Force Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans,
addressed an audience of Georgia Tech ROTC cadets, veterans, and other
campus members.“I think the best of America is yet to come. I think the
best of America is the future,” said Honoré. |
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Faculty Snapshot: John Kelly John Kelly is ambassador-in-residence at the Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy
(CISTP) of the School of International Affairs (INTA). An assistant
secretary of state for the Near East and South Asia from 1989 to 1991,
Kelly played a major role in shaping US foreign policy for the Gulf War
and the Madrid Middle East Peace Conference. He was American Ambassador
in Beirut from 1986 to 1988 and again in Helsinki, Finland, from 1991
to 1994. A career diplomat, Kelly has testified before committees of
the U.S. Congress on more than two dozen occasions. |
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