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• The 2024-25 Ivan Allen College Dean's Report

  November 19, 2025

  Explore the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts 2025 Dean's Report for highlights from the exciting new initiatives and creative, purpose-driven teaching, scholarship, and community engagement happening across our College.

  

• Modern Languages Professor Recognized Through Thank a Teacher Program

  November 13, 2025

  Georgia Tech students share how inspiring faculty shaped their academic journeys through the Thank a Teacher program.

  

• Georgia Tech’s French Program Joins National Network of Centers of Excellence

  November 10, 2025

  The French program in the Georgia Tech School of Modern Languages has been designated a member of the Centers of Excellence University Network by Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education.

  

• Meet the Ivan Allen College's Newest Faculty Members

  August 20, 2025

  The Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts attracts some of the best minds in the social sciences and humanities, scholars and practitioners eager to further Georgia Tech's mission of educating leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. Our newest faculty members are no exception.

  This year, we are proud to welcome 13 tenured or tenure-track faculty, 21 non-tenure-track faculty,  including Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellows and new cadre members in our ROTC programs, four research faculty, and 11 visiting faculty.

  

• ‘Birds in Arts and Media’ VIP Brings Together Humanities, Sciences, and Technology

  July 10, 2025

  From swans to sparrows, birds are bridging the humanities and STEM fields in Stéphanie Boulard’s new 'Birds in Arts and Media' Vertically Integrated Project (VIP).

  

• Georgia Tech School of Modern Languages to Offer Global Seal of Biliteracy

  June 9, 2025

  This fall, the School of Modern Languages at Georgia Tech will offer its graduating students the Global Seal of Biliteracy.

  

• Strategic Interactions: Amanda Murdie Brings Her Expertise in Building Connections as New Dean

  June 2, 2025

  Amanda Murdie, Dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, is an expert in international relations and game theory — skills she plans to use to foster strategic connections for liberal arts education and research at Georgia Tech.

  

• Ivan Allen College Celebrates 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards

  April 18, 2025

  The cocktail hour and awards ceremony at the Georgian Terrace recognized graduates from each of the six Schools in Ivan Allen College and the three ROTC units. This year’s winners have forged exceptional careers in public health, policy, business, and the Armed Forces.

  

• Poetry Helped 20th Century Physicists Make the Quantum Leap

  April 18, 2025

  Early 20th century quantum physicists like Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, Albert Einstein, and others weren’t just conversant in poetry — they viewed it as essential to their work. Georgia Tech Professor John Lyon explores how.

  

• Help Shape the Future of the Humanities at Georgia Tech

  March 24, 2025

  This full-day event hosted by the Schools of History and Sociology, Literature, Media, and Communication, Modern Languages, and Public Policy will explore how to expand and strengthen the humanities at Tech through faculty research, external partnerships, and institutional support.

  

• María Corina Machado Receives Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage

  February 16, 2025

  The Venezuelan political leader and human rights activist was honored for her courage in the face of persecution.  

  

• Annual Computational Linguistics Competition Sees Growing Participation

  January 29, 2025

  The School of Modern Languages recently hosted the 19th North American Computational Linguistics Open (NACLO) Competition. This marks the fourth year Georgia Tech has served as a university site for the national event, which challenges middle and high school students to solve complex linguistics puzzles in a competitive setting.

  

• Amanda Murdie Named Dean of Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

  January 7, 2025

  Following an international search, Georgia Tech has appointed Amanda Murdie as the new dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, effective June 1, 2025.

  

• Science Fiction Day 2025

  December 30, 2024

  Ivan Allen College science fiction scholars suggest what to read and watch for Science Fiction Day 2025.

  

• Dean Search Begins for Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

  June 5, 2024

  Georgia Tech will begin the search for the next dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. The search committee, chaired by Dean of Libraries Leslie Sharp, was chosen through a nomination process and includes a mix of faculty, staff, students, and alumni from within the college, as well as other units from across campus. 

  

• Richard Utz Named Interim Dean of Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

  March 19, 2024

  Richard Utz, senior associate dean and professor, has been appointed interim dean of Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, effective April 20. Dean Husbands Fealing, who served in that role since 2020, has been appointed assistant director of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. 

  

• Korean Esports Pioneer Visual Language for the Gaming Industry

  October 16, 2023

  Keung Yoon Bae, an assistant professor of Korean Studies at the School of Modern Languages, explores how the Korean esports industry is one of the first to confront the challenge of describing physical performance in a digital medium.

  

• 14th Annual France-Atlanta Event Series Returns to Georgia Tech

  September 28, 2023

  Since 2010, the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Georgia Tech have partnered together to present “France-Atlanta: Together towards Innovation”. This multidisciplinary event series takes place every fall and is centered on innovation and designed to foster cooperation and exchange between France and the U.S. Southeast.