Dean Jacqueline Royster led the program and recognized the accomplishments of the College throughout the year.
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Dean Jacqueline Royster led the program and recognized the accomplishments of the College throughout the year.
For more information on this conference: http://ga-autismplan.com/autism-conference-and-expo-of-georgia/autism-conference-agenda/
Is there a gene for autism? Jennifer Singh, a sociologist of science, technology, and medicine at Georgia Tech, investigates this very question in her new book Multiple Autisms: Spectrums of Advocacy and Genomic Science. The book critically examines the practices, politics, and meanings of autism genetics from scientific, cultural, and social perspectives. Based on over 70 interviews with scientists, parents, and people living with autism, the book charts parent activism and their promotion of autism genetics research, the scientific optimism and subsequent failure of finding a gene for autism, and the utility of genetic information for the immediate lives of people living with autism. Singh will visit Charis to discuss her findings about the ever-expanding meanings of autism from those who study it and to those who live with autism everyday. This is a Charis Circle Urban Sustainability and Wellness event.
For more information:
http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/multiple-autisms-spectrums-advocacy-and-genomic-science-jennifer-singh
Or visit on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1673264696231578/
For more information:
http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/multiple-autisms-spectrums-advocacy-and-genomic-science-jennifer-singh
Or visit on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1673264696231578/
The Ivan Allen College Student Advisory Board is reaching out to both students and faculty to attend a field trip to the Atlanta High Museum of Art!
SPSC is hosting a Harry Potter themed trivia night. There will be Italian food and some wizard-themed goodies! Get to know the GA Tech faculty and staff while also showing off your wizarding knowledge.
Tickets are available here!
Kirkus Reviews
“[Roberts and Smith] sharply detail Malcolm's growing disillusionment with Elijah, his heartbreak at the loss of Ali's allegiance, and the ugly dynamic within the Nation that left the defiant minister murdered. A page-turning tale from the 1960s about politics and sports and two proud, extraordinary men whose legacies endure.”
On Tuesday, March 8th, Johnny Smith will be giving a book lecture at the Atlanta History Center. Here is a link to the event: http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/program/elson-lecture-randy-roberts-and-johnny-smith-blood-brothers-fatal-friendship-between
“[Roberts and Smith] sharply detail Malcolm's growing disillusionment with Elijah, his heartbreak at the loss of Ali's allegiance, and the ugly dynamic within the Nation that left the defiant minister murdered. A page-turning tale from the 1960s about politics and sports and two proud, extraordinary men whose legacies endure.”
On Tuesday, March 8th, Johnny Smith will be giving a book lecture at the Atlanta History Center. Here is a link to the event: http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/program/elson-lecture-randy-roberts-and-johnny-smith-blood-brothers-fatal-friendship-between
The full article can be read here.
Students, staff, faculty, and other members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to join Tuesday, March 8th, from 4:15-5pm in the Piedmont Room of the Student Center Commons. Coffee and desserts will be served!
We hope you'll join us for this important discussion on how we #BuildABetterTech! For more information, visit www.reinnovation.studentcenter.gatech.edu.
When: Thursday, March 10 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Where: Room 152, Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons
To ask a question in advance, send an email to townhall@gatech.edu.
Where: Room 152, Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons
To ask a question in advance, send an email to townhall@gatech.edu.
Changing the Face of Engineering: The African American Experience edited by John Brooks Slaughter, Yu Toa, and Willie Pearson, Jr.(HSOC), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Advancing Women in Science: An International Perspective edited byWillie Pearson, Jr. (HSOC), Lisa Frehill, and Connie McNeely, Springer, 2015
If you are interested in reading either of these books feel free to follow the links above.
The NPR article and audio can be found here.
For more information, please visit http://leadership.gatech.edu
Written with Randy Roberts, Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X presents the first in-depth portrait of the pivotal friendship between Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali. This is the story of how Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali and the central role Malcolm X played in his life. It is a tale of friendship and brotherhood, love and deep affection. It is also a story of deceit, betrayal, and violence—inside and outside the ring—during a troubled time.
Fall 2015 graduates, along with their parents and friends, are invited to share in the excitement of Commencement at Georgia Tech’s President's Graduation Celebration. Held on Friday, December 11, from 3-5 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom, families and graduates have an opportunity to take photos with beloved Tech mascots, meet administrators, faculty, and staff, and share in unique traditions that make Georgia Tech such a cherished institution.
Admission is free to all graduates and their families. More information can be found at www.commencement.gatech.edu/presidents-graduation-celebration.
Jonathan Pollard’s release from prison a couple of weeks ago attracted a lot of attention. But another more important spy—Ronald Pelton—was paroled last week. They are both the last of the 1985 “Year of the Spy” inmates to be let out into society 30 years after they were caught.
In fact, Pelton, a former National Security Agency analyst was one of the NSA’s most damaging spies before the Edward Snowden revelations. Pollard’s story shouldn’t be viewed in isolation. The Pollard and Pelton cases mark the end of a Cold War spy era, a tidier era of ideological polarities when the enemy was in focus, not diffuse and spread out.
For defections and spy catching, 1985 was a remarkable year. Major intelligence officers like KGB London Station Chief Oleg Gordievskydefected from the East to the West, a top West German counter-intelligence officer Hans-Joachim Tiedge defected from the West to the East and another KGB officer Vitaly Yurchenko defected from the Soviet Union to the United States, only to return to the Soviet Union a few months later.
Read the rest of the piece here.