Dear ADVANCE Professors and Associate Deans,

Dear early career faculty,

Harvard B-school dean offers unusual apology-

-- The dean of the Harvard Business School made an extraordinary public apology on Monday in San Francisco for his school's past behavior toward women. At a ballroom in the Ritz Carlton Hotel before 600 alumni and guests, Dean Nitin Nohria acknowledged that HBS had sometimes treated its female students and professors offensively.

M L King, Jr. Day
20 January

"I have been to the mountain top . . . "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL4FOvIf7G8

IAC Friends,


You 'gotta see this
Ellen DeGeneres on the Bic pen for women: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCyw3prIWhc


With laughs - Mary

Dear IAC Friends,

Appreciation goes to you in sharing multiple journeys through academic pathways and passages in today's IAC ADVANCE Lunch Discussion. Thanks to panelists Susan Cozzens, Narin Hassan, and Katja Weber, to Dean Jackie Royster, and to all for sharing experiences and ways-sand-means for successful academic pathways. 

Your commitment and community in shared goals of equity, diversity, and inclusion are at-core of the ADVANCE initiative !

With thanks and regards - Mary

Dear IAC Friends,

Our colleague, Nancy Nersessian, retires from Georgia Tech at the end of this semester. Nancy is Regents' Professor and Professor of Cognitive Science in the School of Interactive Computing and the School of Public Policy, and Adjunct Professor in the College of Architecture and School of Literature, Media, and Communication. 

JOIN THE SCI FI LAB!

On Monday, April 22, the Sci Fi Lab will host an information session in Skiles 343 from 6-7 pm. Student members of the Lab will talk about their work with one of Georgia Tech's most unique radio programs, lead an open conversation about "what does science fiction mean to you?" to be aired on the last episode of the spring 2013 season, and tell you about all the different ways you, too, can get involved with the show. Both the conversation and the information session are free and open to all members of the Georgia Tech community.

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