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Rosser Presents at University of Illinois, Chicago Dean
Sue V. Rosser presented a talk to Chairs, Deans, the Provost and
faculty from the University of Chicago and Argonne National
Laboratories, at the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Leadership
Seminar on November 2 entitled "ADVANCEment for Women in Science: Nuts
and Bolts". Her presentation outlined the key points for institutional
change through the NSF ADVANCE Program for Institutional Transformation, including using research findings to inform goals and broaden leadership of a project through institutional structure. |
IAC Professors Promote ICANN Reform  Hans
Klein, Associate Professor, Public Policy; Michael Best, Assistant
Professor, INTA and Seymour Goodman, Professor of International Affairs
& Computing, attend the U.N. World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS) on November 13-16, in Tunis, North Africa. Klein's
address argues that use of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN) can clarify the debates over Internet governance. |
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Georgia Tech-Shanghai Summer Study Abroad Program Accepts New Applications  Jointly
sponsored by Tech's Office of International Education, the College of
Engineering School of ECE, and the Ivan Allen College School of
Economics, the Georgia Tech-Shanghai Summer Study Abroad Program is
open to students from all U.S. colleges and universities. The 2006
program is now accepting applications and will accept up to 80 students
for the Summer term. |
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Public Policy Student Named "Ms. Georgia Tech"  During
halftime at the Homecoming football game on Saturday, October 29, Saira
Amir, an undergraduate Public Policy major, was named Ms. Georgia Tech.
Among many other activities and accomplishments, Amir is Executive Vice
President of the GT Student Government Association and active in the
Georgia Tech Orchestra. She has interned at the Georgia General
Assembly and intends to go to law school after graduation. The criteria
for judging candidates include communication skills, self-assurance,
activities and honors, career goals, enthusiasm and school spirit,
campus and community involvement, and leadership ability. |
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Berry Appears on Georgia Public Broadcasting Roberta
Berry, Associate Professor and Director, Law, Science & Technology
Program in Public Policy, discussed issues surrounding genetic
engineering and genetic information on the Georgia Public Broadcasting Georgia Weekly
show. The air dates were November 6 at 1:00 pm and November 8 at 7:00
pm. Berry appeared in the first half of the show. The show should air
again during December or January; please check your local listings for
specific dates and times. |
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IAC Students Win Dissertation Awards The 2005 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Ph.D. Dissertation Award was won by Asim Zia, a recent graduate of the School of Public Policy. Bryan Norton, Professor, Public Policy, supervised his thesis, which was entitled "Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Decision Behaviors in Response to the Inspection and Maintenance Program in the Atlanta Airshed". In his dissertation, Zia combines broad theoretical interests with analysis of huge datasets to track the fate of automobiles that fail emissions tests. |
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Bozeman and Pearson Jr., Elected AAAS Fellows Barry
Bozeman, Regents Professor, School of Public Policy, and Willie
Pearson, Jr., Professor and Chair, School of History, Technology and
Society, were elected Fellows of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. Bozeman was honored for "distinguished
contributions to scholarship, teaching and mentoring in science and
technology policy, particularly for research in evaluating the societal
implications of research." Pearson was selected for "distinguished
contributions to the scholarship of diversity in science and for
promotion of broadened participation of underserved populations in the
sciences." |
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Carol Colatrella Named Fulbright Scholar Carol
Colatrella, Professor, Literature, Communication and Culture, and
Co-Director of the Georgia Tech Center for the Study of Women, Science,
and Technology (WST Center), has been named a Fulbright New Century
Scholar. Her study will include research on how gender affects
processes of access and advancement for faculty members in Denmark.
Colatrella's collaborative project will investigate aspects of the
academic profession in Denmark to compare and contrast perceptions of
faculty working environments. |
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| GT ROTC Kicks Off Military Week LTG Russel L. Honore is the no-nonsense Louisiana native credited  with
changing the character of the relief effort of Hurricane Katrina from a
mad scramble to an increasingly orderly and effective rescue and
restoration effort. He was the featured speaker at Georgia Tech's
observance of Military Week (November 5-11) at the Student Center
Theatre. Culminating Military
Week was a tribute to General Ray Davis, the GT Alumnus who won the
Medal of Honor during the Korean War. The Sam Nunn School of
International Affairs, Center for International Strategy, Technology,
and Policy (CISTP) unveiled the General Davis "Wall of Honor" on November 11, 2005, |
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Econ Professor Awarded Three Grants Danny
Boston, Professor, Economics, has been awarded the Atlanta Housing
Authority (HUD) HOPE VI Revitalization Grant award to revitalize Grady
Homes located in the historic Sweet Auburn district. Boston also was
awarded a Kauffman Foundation grant to provide support to write a book
and several articles on the fastest growing Black-owned companies in
the country. Boston's third grant was awarded by the MacArthur
Foundation to create a national prototype for measuring the impact of
policies designed to improve the socio-economic status of poor families. |
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HTS Professor and the Creation of a "New Socialist Woman" Laura
Bier, Assistant Professor, History, Technology and Society, will be
presenting a talk at the 2005 Middle East Studies Association
Conference in Washington, DC on the November 21, 2005, entitled, "Socialism as Reveiling: Creating a Post-colonial Public Sphere in Nasser's Egypt".
Bier is researching mini-skirts in Egypt in the 1960's as part of a
chapter in her dissertation, which is about gender politics in Egypt
after the 1952 revolution. Part of what that revolutionary project
entailed was the creation of a "new socialist woman." Bier argues that
the progress of the revolution was measured in part by the visibility
of Egyptian woman, not only in the sense of how uncovered their bodies
had become but also by their presence in the public sphere. |
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Sam Nunn Security Program Heads to Alabama John
Endicott, Director for the Center for International Strategy,
Technology and Policy (CISTP), and Seymour Goodman, Professor of
International Affairs & Computing, led a group of 12 fellows of the
school's Nunn/McArthur Program to Huntsville, Alabama, October 25-26,
for their annual two-day fall field trip. The fellows, faculty, and
student participants visited the GTRI Huntsville Field Office, the
Redstone Army Arsenal, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, and the US
Space and Rocket Center Museum. The field trip introduced the
Nunn/McArthur Fellows to individuals who are already putting their
science and technology degrees to use in realms that influence national
security policy. |
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Inaugural Book Signing Event at Engineer's Deemed a Success Bryan Norton, Professor, Public Policy, held the first book signing event at the Engineer's Bookstore November 9. Norton was introduced by Carol Carmichael, Director, Institute for Sustainable Technology and Development. Gary Gaines, Textbook Manager, Engineer's Bookstore, Inc.,
hosted the event, which took place after regular business hours and
included a reception for attendees. The bookstore has also put together
a campus author display case (see picture of Norton(l) and Gaines with
display) at the front and center of the store. |
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