Recent News

Current News and Events

• Georgia Tech Research Into Cuban 'Offline Internet' Could Inform Future Definitions of Connectivity

  

  April 25, 2018

  El Paquete Semanal -- "the Weekly Package" -- is an offline method of delivering digital content to communities in Havana, Cuba.

• Museum Studies Class Debuts New Exhibit

  

  April 24, 2018

  Students in HTS 3100, Introduction to Museum Studies, will be hosting an opening to their exhibit "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Controversial History of Stone Mountain" on April 24th.

• Ph.D. Candidate Receives NSF Grant for Dissertation Research

  

  April 23, 2018

  Elie Sung was awarded an NSF grant for her research on the roles firms and courts play in shaping patent policy.

• Is the Cathedral a Time Machine?

  April 23, 2018

  LMC's Richard Utz answers the question why so many modern visitors of medieval cathedrals think these magnificent buildings have the power of time travel.

• Steve Usselman and Renee Shelby Receive IAC Legacy Awards

  

  April 20, 2018

  Congratulations to Dr. Steve Usselman and Renee Shelby on their 2018 Ivan Allen College Legacy Awards.

• Mass Transit Expansion - Local Areas Have to Buy Into It, Ross Says

  

  April 20, 2018

  Professor Catherine Ross of Georgia Tech and Kyle Shelton of Rice University in Houston sat down with WABE’s Rose Scott to talk about the proposed mass transit expansion in Atlanta.

• Ph.D. Student in Digital Media Tackles Community Engagement and Technology

  

  April 18, 2018

  Eric Corbett, a Ph.D. student in Digital Media, recently wrote a paper with Christopher Le Dantec, an associate professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, examining community engagement and technology from the perspective of city leaders.

• Taking Shape: The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design

  

  April 18, 2018

  The earth is finally beginning to make way for The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design.

• Tokyo Smart City Studio set to present findings to Tokyo partners

  

  April 17, 2018

  A studio team comprised of twenty students from the Schools of City and Regional Planning, Architecture, and Computing is set to present its final studio project to its Tokyo partners on April 18, 2018.

• Nisha Botchwey recognized with the College of Design Outstanding Faculty Award

  

  April 17, 2018

  Associate Professor Nisha Botchwey was honored with the College of Design Outstanding Faculty Award.

• Public Policy Students to Compete at Cybersecurity Event

  

  April 12, 2018

  For the first time, graduate students from the School of Public Policy have advanced to the Cybersecurity Demo Day finale sponsored by the Institute for Information Security & Privacy.

• School of Public Policy Alum honored by the Georgia State Senate

  

  April 9, 2018

  Melody DeBussey was recognized for the alumnus honor she received from School of Public Policy and Ivan Allen College

• School of IC T-Shirt Design Contest: Design Our Shirt For a Chance at $200!

  

  April 6, 2018

  We are producing a new shirt for the IC community, and we’re asking YOU to design it. Dust off those graphics skills and put together a concept of a design for what “interactive computing” means to you.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dream measured 50 years after his assassination

  

  April 4, 2018

  School of City and Regional Planning Associate Professor Nisha Botchwey has a special relationship with the vision presented by Martin Luther King, Jr. during his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.

• Undergraduate Research Forum and Phi Alpha Theta Initiation

  

  April 3, 2018

  Save the date for the Undergraduate Research Forum and the Phi Alpha Theta initiation luncheon on April 16th.

• "Representing the Life of an Outstanding Chinese Aeronautical Engineer"

  

  April 3, 2018

  This new article by John Krige examines Jiao Tong University's Qian Xuesen exhibition through the lens of transnational history.

• HSOC Alumni-Major Networking Event

  

  April 3, 2018

  All alums and students in the School of History and Sociology are invited to this networking reception.

• College of Computing Sends Ph.D., Online Master’s Students to Women in Cybersecurity Conference Chicago

  

  April 3, 2018

  In celebration of the Georgia Tech College of Computing’s role in cybersecurity, the College sent students on scholarship to attend WiCyS Conference, as well as hosting a celebration for online M.S. CS students.

• Georgia Tech Ph.D. Students Win at National Hackathon Competition

  

  April 2, 2018

  Karim Farhat and Karl Grindal were winners of the policy category at the Hackathon competition.

• Serve-Learn-Sustain Studio Session

  

  March 29, 2018

  In a studio session co-facilitated by community partners, Todd Michney will discuss the course design and community-based aspects of his class, "Semester in the City.”