IAC Friends,
This link (below) goes to an *incredible* set of kodachromes - including women in industry during the 1940s.
Thank you to Valerie Thomas for sending these !
with regards, -Mary
Mary - I thought you might enjoy scanning through these photographs. I was fascinated by the ones of women in engineering and manufacturing. - Valerie
https://pavelkosenko.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/4x5-kodachromes
Dear IAC Friends,
Congratulations - and all good wishes- to Kaye Husbands Fealing (chair, School of Public Policy) on her recent appointments at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: 1) the Committee on Developing Indicators for Undergraduate STEM Education, and 2) the Panel on Reengineering the Census Bureau's Annual Economic Surveys.
With our many regards, -Mary
IAC Friends,
Congratulations -and all good wishes- go to Betttina Cothran (ML) on the recent grant of The Halle Foundation to support scholarships for students in the School of Modern Languages to study abroad in Germany. Bettina directs the program.
With our many regards, -Mary
Dean Jacqueline J. Royster was recently named one of the top five women role models in Atlanta. “For me, I’m a problem finder/problem solver type person who likes to do interesting stuff. I like to invoke that critical, creative imagination. My response [to Georgia Tech] was I would like to see that happen,” she said in the profile. Read full profile on Women@TheFrontier.
- See more at: https://iac.gatech.edu/news/item/486941
The HERS Institutes (training for women as academic administrators) are offered at three locations and in two residential formats.
HERS Wellesley Institute: Core curriculum delivered in cumulative, multi-weekend sessions held throughout the academic year; traditionally in October, November, and March
HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute: Core curriculum delivered in a concentrated, 12-day campus residency format; traditionally held in June or July
The Leading Edge Digital Publications Series
Georgia Tech Liberal Arts at Work in the World
Inspired in 2013 by the 125th anniversary of LiberalArts@Tech, the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts made our first steps toward launching a digital publications series, The Leading Edge.
Leiden Manifesto for Research Metrics
Research evaluation has become routine and often relies on metrics. But it is increasingly driven by data and not by expert judgment.
IAC Friends,
Our colleague, Marilyn Brown (PubPolicy) has a new book just published: Benjamin Sovacool, Marilyn Brown, and Scott Valentine, Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy, Johns Hopkins University Press (2016).
Congratulations, Marilyn - and all good wishes !
IAC Friends,
It is that time of year - launching research proposals !
The National Academy of Sciences' Guidelines are worth the read (brief) !
with good wishes - Mary
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline for submission is August 15, 2016
Mobilizing the University: Curriculum, Access, and Solidarity
[working title]
