Recent News
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The 2023-24 Ivan Allen College Dean's Report
November 6, 2024
Explore the 2023-24 Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Dean's Report to learn more about the College's transformative interdisciplinary teaching, impactful research and scholarship, and the ways we collaborate and engage with diverse communities.
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Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts to Host Fall Masters Commencement Ceremony
October 29, 2024
The Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts will host the Fall Master’s Commencement Ceremony for the first time this year. The ceremony will be held on Dec. 14 at 11:30 a.m.
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Why Dracula Still Matters
October 28, 2024
Carol Senf, a professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, reflects on Dracula's legacy.
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Georgia Tech’s Victoria Chang Wins Prestigious Forward Prize
October 14, 2024
Victoria Chang, Georgia Tech’s Bourne Chair in Poetry, has been named the winner of the prestigious UK poetry award The Forward Prize for best poetry collection.
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TechWrites: Faculty Support to Enhance Student Writing
September 27, 2024
Faculty input is needed via a brief survey to help shape TechWrites, a yearlong series of events to support instructors working with undergraduate writers across disciplines. The first workshop, “Getting Better Student Writing (Without Working Harder)” will take place Wednesday, Oct. 30, from 11 a.m. to noon.
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Ianetta Elected to Lead the Conference on College Composition and Communication
September 4, 2024
Ianetta will serve a four-year term and chair the annual conference in 2026.
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Writing and Communication Program Enhances First-Year Curriculum
August 26, 2024
Students will do more research, idea synthesis, and writing than in previous iterations of the course.
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Meet Ivan Allen College's Newest Faculty Members
August 19, 2024
The Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts attracts some of the best minds in the social sciences and humanities, scholars and practitioners eager to advance Georgia Tech's mission of educating leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. Our newest faculty members are no exception.
This year, we are proud to welcome 14 tenured/tenure-track faculty, 26 non-tenure-track faculty, including Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellows and new cadre members in our ROTC programs, 10 research faculty, and three visiting faculty.
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High School Students Dive Into Filmmaking at Georgia Tech in New 'Cinemagination' Summer Camp
August 13, 2024
This summer, Atlanta high school students learned the basics of filmmaking from Georgia Tech's John Thornton, an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Thornton partnered with Georgia Tech's Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing to offer the Cinemagination Film Camp.
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Noura Howell Receives NSF CAREER Award to Study Emotion AI
July 1, 2024
Georgia Tech’s Noura Howell received a prestigious NSF CAREER award to study emotion AI, which infers people’s emotions from their facial expressions. She discusses the award and her project, as well as this technology’s potential and pitfalls.
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Middle Schoolers’ Feedback Informs New Approach to AI-based Museum Exhibits
June 21, 2024
Researchers at Georgia Tech are creating accessible museum exhibits that explain artificial intelligence (AI) to middle school students, including the LuminAI interactive AI-based dance partner developed by Regents' Professor Brian Magerko.
Ph.D. students Yasmine Belghith and Atefeh Mahdavi co-led a study in a museum setting that observed how middle schoolers interact with the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT.
Belghith and Mahdavi conducted their study with nine focus groups of 24 students at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. The team used the findings to inform their design of AI exhibits that the museum could display as early as 2025.
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Teaching AI to Collaborate, not Merely Create, Through Dance
May 2, 2024
Georgia Tech and KSU faculty are putting a collaborative AI system they’ve developed to the ultimate test: the world’s first collaborative AI dance performance.
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LMC Professor Appears in New Hulu Documentary on ‘Black Twitter’
April 29, 2024
Brock's appearance in 'Black Twitter: A People's History' is based on a 2021 Wired series in which he also participated.
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LMC Scholar of Cognition and Creativity Named Regents’ Professor
April 25, 2024
Brian Magerko becomes the fifth active Regents' Professor in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
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IAC Celebrates Exceptional Teaching, Research, and Service
April 25, 2024
As the 2023-24 academic year comes to a close, the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts community came together for the annual student, faculty, and staff celebration.
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Poetry@Tech Experts Celebrate the Craft and its Challenges During National Poetry Month
April 19, 2024
For Poetry@Tech's Victoria Chang and Travis Denton, instilling a deep appreciation for the challenges and joys of poetry in Georgia Tech students is all in a day’s work.
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Ivan Allen College Non-Tenure Track Academic and Research Faculty Earn Promotions
April 10, 2024
Seven Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts non-tenure track academic and research faculty members have achieved promotion to senior research scientist, senior academic professional, principal academic professional, or senior lecturer.
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Ivan Allen College to Offer AI Applications Minor in Conjunction with Engineering
April 3, 2024
Starting this summer, students at Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts will be able to earn a new minor in applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning designed to help them demonstrate their knowledge to prospective employers.
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Atlanta Global Studies Symposium to Focus on Languages of Sustainability, Global South
April 2, 2024
The Atlanta Global Studies Symposium returns April 12 with a focus on the “Languages of Sustainability and the Global South.” The event will feature a keynote lecture and live performance by Grammy award-winning musician David Sánchez.
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Alasdair Young Named Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Development
April 1, 2024
Alasdair Young, professor and Neal Family Chair in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, has been named interim associate dean for faculty development in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, effective April 1.
