David Hounshell, one of the leading historians of technology and business historians in the U.S., will be speaking at GT on Monday afternoon at 4:00 on the history of R&D. His talk titled "What Led to the Rise of Industrial Research in America, Why Did It Once Flourish, and What Led to Its Decline?" will be held at 4:00 p.m. in the GTMI Auditorium.

Dr. Jennifer Singh will be giving a presentation at the Autism Conference and EXPO of Georgia. She was invited to discuss my book at the "State of Research Keynote Conversation," April 15, 2016 from 9 - 10:30am.

This year’s Somers Lecture at Georgia State University will be presented by Corey Robin, who writes on the history of conservatism. He will speak on the topic: “What Clarence Thomas Sees in Capitalism.” This is scheduled for Friday April 8, 3.30 pm, in the History Department, 25 Park Place, room 2150. Click here for flier.

The Fulbright Student Association at Georgia Technology is pleased to invite you to the 3rd Annual Southeastern Fulbright Symposium. Join us for an exciting day of listening to prominent speakers, participating in enriching discussions, and building new friendships over lunch. Fulbrighters from Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and some nearby states are expected to join us at the Symposium.

11:00am - 6:30pm
Bill Moore Student Success Center

This event is open to all Georgia Tech students. Limited seats.
RSVP at https://goo.gl/1Z92V2.

GE and the Center for Career Discovery and Development (C2D2) bring you lunch speaker Katherine Maxwell of General Electric (GE), who will share the tips, tricks, and general knowledge she wishes she had known when she was launching her career. Thursday, 7 April, 11:00-12:00, Student Success Center, President's Suite A. Students should RSVP to r.south@gatech.edu and indicate if they prefer a vegetarian meal. 

Thursday, March 17, 4pm: "Gender Mainstreaming in Higher Education in Africa," a talk by Catherine Guma, Fulbright Scholar and guest instructor at Clark Atlanta University. Co-sponsored with IAC Dean’s Office and Women’s Resource Center. Gordy Room, Wardlaw, with refreshments.

HTS Major Ambar Johnson recently delivered a TED Talk at Georgia Tech's "TECHx: A Student Speaker Series". See what she had to say by clicking here.

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

As a part of the JCI Foundation’s mission to help young women achieve greatness in their lives through positive mentorship, education, and sport, The Judson Women’s Leadership Conference was created. It aims to help young women, entering or already in the workforce, achieve greatness in their lives by providing insight and tools which will help them become leaders in their respective fields.

The 2016 Leadership and Multifaith Program (LAMP) symposium will explore issues of food and farming from religious, scientific, historical, and public policy perspectives. LAMP seeks to provide a forum for students, scholars, and community members in Atlanta to consider the current practices and ethical challenges of food production and consumption, from small-scale local agriculture to the global food supply. In keeping with the LAMP vision to promote multifaith understanding in a religiously plural society, speakers will address the unifying concerns for food justice and sustainability and the distinct practices of food preparation and eating that have sustained historical and contemporary religious communities. Through attention to the health of the body, soul, and natural environment, this second annual LAMP symposium aims to work across religious and academic boundaries to promote strong communities, a vibrant nation, and a peaceful and prosperous world.

Panelists include Georgia Tech professors Carl DiSalvo, Jennifer Leavey, Jenny Leigh Smith, and Bill Winders. This event is open to the public.

In celebration of Black History Month, the African American Student Union is holding a celebratory lecture addressing "The Criminal Justice System, #BlackLivesMatter, and College Student Activism Today".
When: Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Where: Georgia Tech Student Center Ballroom
Benjamin Lloyd Crump, Esquire

The popularity of the social media hashtag #BlackLivesMatter can be traced to 2012, when George Zimmerman was acquitted for the murder of Trayvon Martin, a verdict many viewed as an example of the country’s divisive social inequity. The impact of #BlackLivesMatter was felt again last fall, when institutions for higher education received public demands from their students aimed at addressing culture and climate on college campuses and renewing a conversation about the ways society is falling short in its pledge of “liberty and justice for all.”

Benjamin Crump, partner of Parks & Crump Law Firm and known for his cases with civil rights implications, was representing Martin’s family at the start of this national social movement. More recently, he has served as an advocate for the families of Michael Brown.

To view Mr. Crump's full bio, click HERE.

Join the School of History and Sociology for a talk on Monday, February 15th at 4.00 PM in the Old CE Building 104. Dr. Christopher J. Ward, Professor of History at Clayton State University, will give a talk on "Stagnation or Stability?: The Brezhnev Years from the Perspective of the Construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline Railway (BAM)."  Everyone is welcome.

Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage Symposium: Civil Rights, Ethics, and Leadership

Are you passionate about human rights, leadership, and social change issues?  If so, you need to attend the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage Symposium: Civil Rights, Ethics, and Leadership.

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Join campus and local leaders as we engage in a dialogue centered on these important issues and celebrate the achievements of Allen Prize Award recipient Nancy Parrish, Founder and CEO of Protect Our Defenders.

Admission and meals are free; however, space is limited.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, February 10 at www.ivanallenprize.gatech.edu/rsvp.

Click HERE to see a full listing of the day's activities, including the symposium, luncheon, and student-only conversation with Nancy Parrish.

Healthy Dissent: Urban Ecologies and the Art of Relational Politics
A Public Lecture by Michael Montoya
Introduced by Camara Jones, Morehouse School of Medicine
Monday, January 25, 3pm
Student Center Theater
Georgia Tech

Sponsored by the Working Group on Race and Racism in Contemporary Biomedicine, with the support of GT-FIRE

Michael J. Montoya is a professor of anthropology, Chicano/Latino Studies, public health and nursing science at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Making the Mexican Diabetic: Race, Science, and the Genetics of Inequality. Montoya is also the director of the Community Knowledge Project, which is an experimental space for communities of all kinds to learn and engage in action together. Montoya's work seeks to characterize the ways community knowledge can make academic questions more relevant and research more robust. Equally important, he believes that making community is a birthright and that health and wellbeing require it.

The annual lecture in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be held on Wednesday, January 13th at 3.00 PM in the Student Center Ballroom.  The speaker is Jeff Johnson, who will ask the audience to take a bit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and speak the truth, enter nontraditional partnerships, maybe become a little uncomfortable. “Ask yourself, ‘What will I leave on this earth?’” A D.C.-based, award-winning journalist, social activist, and political commentator, Johnson has spent the last decade merging the worlds of politics and popular culture.

Celebration events will continue in the Student Center Ballroom the following evening (January 14th) at 7.00 PM.  Featured will be student speeches, cultural performance, a candle lighting ceremony, and a reception.

On April 22nd, the School of History and Sociology will host a symposium entitled "Metropolitan Inequalities in a Globalizing America: Inequalities and Opportunities."  More details will be coming soon, so make sure to save the date!

The Ray Davis ’38 Legacy Symposium

The Korean War had a huge part in shaping the national security landscape during the Cold War, but it is often largely forgotten as a significant conflict.

Sponsored by: The General Ray Davis Fund, The Callahan Fund for Global Technology and National Security, The Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy and the School of History and Sociology

Location: The Gordy Room, Wardlaw Building

Please RSVP to Chris McDermott – chris.mcdermott@gatech.edu

Join the School of History and Sociology for a talk on Monday, November 30th in the Old CE Building 104. Dr. Todd Michney, a Visiting Assistant Professor of History, will speak on "African American Access to New Deal Housing Programs and Early Civil Rights Activism."

Join the School of History and Sociology for a talk on Monday, November 23 in the Old CE Building 104.  Dr. Van Vleck joins us from Yale University to speak on "Corporate Globalism in the American Century: The Privatized Infrastructure of Modernization and Development, 1930s-1970s."