Recent News

Current News and Events

• Scholars Lead Push on Developing Independent, Transnational Centers to 'Vet' Cyber-Attack Attributions

  

  June 10, 2019

• Georgia Tech Research Center Calls for Comprehensive Voluntary National Standards for Election Security

  

  June 6, 2019

  The Center for Advanced Communications Policy has published a whitepaper proposing a a voluntary, standards-based national model for evaluation of election hardware and processes.

• Tech Students Explore the World of Law

  

  June 5, 2019

  Students are spending the summer interning in anything from patent law to the non-profit sector to paralegal work.

• Cyber deterrence and cyber attribution: A Georgia Tech/Aspen Institute event

  

  June 4, 2019

  Georgia Institute of Technology and Aspen Institute co-hosted "The Challenge of Deterrence in Cyberspace"

• Daniel Matisoff Honored for Hydrofracturing Teaching Case

  

  June 3, 2019

  Daniel Matisoff awarded honorable mention by E-PARCC

• Georgia Tech Scholar Publishes First-Ever Study of Paid Family Leave’s Impact on Maternal Mental Health

  

  June 3, 2019

  California’s paid parental leave law appears to have improved the mental health of mothers and the overall welfare of their infant children, according to a new Georgia Institute of Technology study that is the first to assess the impact of paid family leave on maternal well-being.

• Marilyn Brown Reappointed as Brook Byers Professor in Sustainable Systems

  

  May 28, 2019

  Marilyn Brown, Regents’ Professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, has been reappointed as a Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems.

• 2019 School of Public Policy Awards

  

  May 10, 2019

  School of Public Policy Faculty, Staff and Students all awarded 2019

• Kaye Husbands Fealing Delivers Plenary Talk at AAAS Forum

  

  May 7, 2019

  On May 3, Kaye Husbands Fealing, chair and professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Public Policy, discussed the National Science Foundation’s Science of Science and Innovation Policy program (SciSIP) during the second day of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) forum on science and technology policy in Washington, DC.

• Ivan Allen College Students Win JUMP into STEM Competition

  

  May 3, 2019

  Georgia Tech undergraduates win JUMP into STEM competition as a part of the School of Public Policy Assistant Professor Omar Asensio’s Data Science and Public Policy course (PUBP 4803).

• Richard Barke awarded the “Dean George C. Griffin Faculty of the Year”

  

  April 23, 2019

  Richard Barke awarded the “Dean George C. Griffin Faculty of the Year” by the Georgia Tech Student Government Association.

• Leslie Ross selected for NACADA 2019-2021 Class of Emerging Leaders

  

  April 22, 2019

  School of Public Policy Academic Program Manager, Leslie Ross, selected for NACADA 2019-2021 Class of Emerging Leaders.

• School of Public Policy recognized at the Ivan Allen College Luncheon

  

  April 22, 2019

  The School of Public Policy had several individuals recognized at the Ivan Allen College Luncheon

• Georgia Tech to Launch State’s First Sustainability Master’s Program

  

  April 19, 2019

  The Georgia Institute of Technology is launching a new Master’s of Science in Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management (MSEEM) — the only graduate degree in Georgia fully dedicated to sustainability issues.

  The highly technical, science-based, and interdisciplinary program — approved by the Board of Regents on Feb. 12, 2019 — will prepare students to deliver fact-based policy expertise through robust analytical techniques and a deep understanding of energy and environmental issues and sustainability practices.

  “This professionally focused degree will allow Georgia Tech to educate the next generation of sustainability leaders in corporate, government, and non-governmental organizations,” said Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs and K. Harrison Brown Family Chair. “Georgia Tech is proud to deliver innovative, affordable, and top-quality education in high-demand areas such as sustainability to meet the needs of our evolving workforce."

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• Kaye Husbands Fealing Reappointed as Public Policy Chair

  

  April 19, 2019

  Kaye Husbands Fealing has been reappointed for another five year term as chair of the School of Public Policy. 

• Rise of the 'Splinternet': Experts Warn the World Wide Web Will Break Up and Fragment as Governments Set their own Rules to Filter and Restrict Content

  

  April 12, 2019

• Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology Celebrates 20 Years at Georgia Tech

  

  March 26, 2019

  The Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Techology and its faculty its faculty organizers have played key roles in inspiring Georgia Tech’s learning communities, the Institute’s first undergraduate student-faculty research program, the WST Distinguished Lecture, and in Georgia Tech’s participation in the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE Institutional Transformation program.

• A Conversation with Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic

  

  March 25, 2019

  You are invited to A Conversation with Raphael Bostic:

  Date: April 4th

  Time: 3 pm

  Location: Clary Theater | Bill Moore Student Success Center

• School of Public Policy Climbs Again in U.S. News Graduate Program Rankings

  

  March 22, 2019

  The Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Public Policy moved up another four spots in the U.S. News & World Report latest rankings of the nation’s best graduate programs, with three specializations appearing in the top 20.

• School of Public Policy Climbs Again in U.S. News Graduate Program Rankings

  

  March 12, 2019

  The Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Public Policy moved up another four spots in the U.S. News & World Report latest rankings of the nation’s best graduate programs, with three specializations appearing in the top 20.