Recent News
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Black History Month Reading and Viewing Recommendations
January 30, 2024
Faculty and staff members suggest books and feature films that explore race, identity, history, and memory.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If ‘New Media’ Isn’t New Anymore… What’s Next?
November 17, 2023
The term “new media” refers to any media that’s digital, such as a TV show, a blog, or an online newspaper.
However, "even though it's in the title of my professorship, the phrase is old and isn't that commonly used anymore," says Jay Bolter, professor and Wesley Chair of New Media at Georgia Tech's School of Literature, Media, and Communication. "The reason for that is because it has a shelf life. That is to say, what's new media today isn't new media tomorrow, or at least won't be in five years or ten years, given the pace of change in digital technology."
So, if it isn't called new media anymore, what are Georgia Tech students learning?
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Georgia Tech Digital Media Graduate Students Showcase Sustainability Artwork
November 8, 2023
Graduate Students in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication were among other artists whose work was featured in the Extension of Community exhibit on campus.
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How The Posthuman Helps Us Respond to a Changing World
November 7, 2023
The posthuman, or posthumanism, asks what the world could look like if humans weren't the central characters. Applying that question to literature and media can help us learn how to achieve better futures — and avoid worse ones.