Recent News
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Cybersecurity Policy Graduate Student Published in 'Journal of Science Policy & Governance'
November 26, 2019
Ming "Sherry" Chen, a graduate student pursuing a Master's in Cybersecurity Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, had her paper entitled "China’s Data Collection on US Citizens: Implications, Risks, and Solutions" published in the Journal of Science Policy & Governance.
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Aaron Levine Elected to Board of American Society of Bioethics and Humanities
November 26, 2019
Aaron Levine, associate professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy was recently elected to the board of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH). During a three-year term, Levine is serving as a director at-large.
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SPP Faculty and IEEE TechEthics Event
November 20, 2019
IEEE hosted an event titled “Navigating the (Mis)Perceptions of Autonomous Vehicles” on November 14, 2019 at The Cooper Union in New York City.
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Qatar’s Outdoor Air Conditioning Is Not the Real Climate Villain
November 6, 2019
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SPP faculty and National Academy of Engineering ethics workshop
November 4, 2019
The School of Public Policy faculty Jason Borenstein was part of the National Academy of Engineering ethics workshop as a organizer and presenter.
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Energy Regulation Rollbacks Threaten Progress Against Harmful Ozone
November 4, 2019
The fight against harmful ozone, which attacks the respiratory system, would get harder, and progress in the fight would reverse if helpful regulations disappear. With the regulations currently in limbo, a new study strips them away to model the effects on this pollutant.
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Meg and Sam Flax Endow Public Policy Speaker Series to Further Understanding of Urgent Policy Issues
October 31, 2019
Meg and Sam Flax, CE 1979, have made a $100,000 gift to the Georgia Tech Foundation in support of the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Expendable funds, along with income from the permanent endowment fund, will support the creation of the Meg and Sam Flax Speaker Series in Public Policy, which invites top scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to speak to students and faculty across campus on urgent issues. The inaugural lecture on ebola response took place October 10, 2019.
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Cybersecurity and the Hybrid Workforce
October 23, 2019
As an internationally prominent scholar specializing in the political economy of information and communication, Milton Mueller is a professor in Georgia Tech's School of Public Policy and heads up the Policy Track of the Online Master of Science in Cybersecurity (OMS Cybersecurity) program. It’s a field that has captivated Mueller for decades.
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Public Policy Student Hanka Kirby Selected as 2019 Millennium Fellow
October 23, 2019
Hanka Kirby, an undergraduate student in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, has been selected as one of 17 Tech students to receive the 2019 Millenium Fellowship.
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Study Probes Gender Pay Gaps in U.S. Federal Science Agencies
October 23, 2019
Men make more than women at U.S. federal science agencies, but the reasons for these gender-based pay gaps differ by organization, according to new research involving Kaye Husbands Fealing of the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Public Policy.
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School of Public Policy Welcomes International Cohort for 2019 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy
October 9, 2019
Since its inception in 2006, the Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, which is organized by the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Public Policy, has played a critical role in bringing internationally-renowned policy experts to Georgia Tech's campus to discuss urgent challenges in science, technology, and innovation.
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Proposed Georgia Power Rate Hike Hearings Begin This Week
September 30, 2019
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Borenstein Gives Talks on Responsible Conduct of Research and Engineering Ethics during Distinguished Speaker Series at UW - Madison
September 25, 2019
Borenstein gives talks on Responsible Conduct of Research and Engineering Ethics during Distinguished Speaker Series at UW - Madison
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Georgia Tech Partners with Universities, UN on Sustainable Development Goals
September 23, 2019
Three faculty from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts are among the representatives from leading world universities — including Georgia Tech and three Ivan Allen College facutly — will convene today, September 23, at Rutgers University - Newark to participate in the University Global Compact (UGC)’s 17 Rooms-U, hosted in partnership with the United Nations.
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Kaye Husbands Fealing Elected NAPA Fellow; Keynotes AAAS Fellowship Program
September 18, 2019
The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) recently announced that Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy Chair Kaye Husbands Fealing was among 51 leaders in the field of public administration to be selected for the 2019 Class of Academy Fellows.
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CAR T-cell Therapy Has Some Patients Crowdfunding to Cover Costs
September 17, 2019
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Smart Devices Need to Get Smarter to Help Save Energy, Georgia Tech Professor Says in ‘Nature Energy’ Article
September 16, 2019
With forecasts calling for the installation of billions more connected smart devices in coming years, the need is ever more acute for ways to encourage energy conservation and address consumer misperceptions about power use, School of Public Policy Asssitant Professor Omar Isaac Asensio writes in Nature Energy.
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The 8th Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy to be held in October at Georgia Tech
September 9, 2019
The 8th Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, SciSIP PI conference, Advanced IP Analytics for Research Workshop, and 9th annual Global TechMining Conference in October.