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• Celebrate National Poetry Month with the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

  March 27, 2024

  Celebrate National Poetry Month with Poetry@Tech; the School of Literature, Media, and Communication; the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; and the Library.

  

• 30 Years Later, Story of Freaknik Gets Told

  March 20, 2024

  Joycelyn Wilson, assistant professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, says the release of Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told continues to raise the profile of Atlanta’s role in hip-hop overall, not just in the South.

  

• Richard Utz Named Interim Dean of Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

  March 19, 2024

  Richard Utz, senior associate dean and professor, has been appointed interim dean of Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, effective April 20. Dean Husbands Fealing, who served in that role since 2020, has been appointed assistant director of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. 

  

• Documentary by Ivan Allen College Faculty Explores Challenges of Autism in Communities of Color

  March 18, 2024

  Georgia Tech faculty members Jennifer Singh and John Thornton produced and directed a documentary film that tells the stories of six Black families raising autistic children. The film premieres at Georgia Tech on Friday, March 22.

  

• Ivan Allen College Faculty Earn Institute Research Awards

  March 13, 2024

  Two Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts faculty members have received Institute Research Awards from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research. 

  

• Life of a Leap Baby

  February 28, 2024

  Only about 5 million people worldwide — less than 0.1% of the world’s population — have been born on Feb. 29. Andy Eichel, senior managing strategy consultant in Strategic Consulting, is one of them.

  

• LMC's Brock to Serve on AI Network Advisory Board

  February 20, 2024

  Atlanta communities most vulnerable to bias and inequity in artificial intelligence (AI) are the focus of a new Atlanta-based ethics initiative being funded by a $1.3 million Mellon Foundation grant.

  

• Vanderbilt Professor: Humanities and STEM Can Do More Together, and Here’s How

  February 14, 2024

  Jay Clayton talked to students and faculty about how to integrate the humanities and social sciences into STEM research projects.

  

• Ivan Allen College Faculty Earn Summer and Fall 2023 CIOS Honor Roll Placements

  February 13, 2024

  Fifty faculty members from across the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts have been named to the Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching Honor Roll for instructional excellence in the Fall 2023 semester. Ten faculty members from the College were named to the Summer 2023 Honor Roll. 

  

• Prompt Engineering: The Art of Getting What You Need From Generative AI

  February 12, 2024

  An Ivan Allen College communicator went to prompt engineering school with Assistant Professor Yeqing Kong. In this article, she shares what she learned.

  

• Dean's Report Highlights Momentum in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

  January 31, 2024

  The Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts is defying enrollment trends in liberal arts and building momentum to expand its positive impact.

  

• What Can Space Teach Us About Sustainability? 

  January 23, 2024

  Researchers in the Ivan Allen College think big to explore questions of sustainability on Earth, in outer space, and on a cosmic scale.  

  

• First Cohort Announced for Ascend Faculty Professional Development Program

  January 16, 2024

  Ascend, a new career development program for mid-career faculty, launched its cohort for Spring 2024. Supported by the Office of Faculty Professional Development, Ascend cohort members include academic professionals and lecturers from across campus.

  

• Library and IMA present Media Arts Day 2024 Jan. 18

  January 7, 2024

  The Georgia Tech Library and Interdisciplinary Media Arts Center (IMA) are proud to bring Media Arts Day 2024 to campus Thursday, Jan. 18 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in various locations throughout the Library.

  

• Science Fiction Day 2024 — AI in Sci-Fi

  December 19, 2023

  Ivan Allen College science fiction faculty and students offer their suggestions for AI-themed sci-fi.

  

• Sustainability Awards Will Help Redesign Ivan Allen College Courses to Include the SDGs

  November 29, 2023

  Six faculty members each received seed grants to help them work Sustainable Development Goal concepts into their courses.

  

• 14th Annual France-Atlanta Event Series Returns to Georgia Tech

  September 28, 2023

  Since 2010, the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Georgia Tech have partnered together to present “France-Atlanta: Together towards Innovation”. This multidisciplinary event series takes place every fall and is centered on innovation and designed to foster cooperation and exchange between France and the U.S. Southeast. 

  

• Philanthropic Foundation Provides Six-Figure Grant to Engage Underrepresented Students in Computational Media

  July 11, 2023

  A major philanthropic grant is paving the way for more students from underrepresented groups to access computational media programs at Georgia Tech. The $500K grant will fund scholarship opportunities for students interested in video game design, web development, or other interactive media careers.

  

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