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• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• The 2023-24 Ivan Allen College Dean's Report

  November 6, 2024

  Explore the 2023-24 Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Dean's Report to learn more about the College's transformative interdisciplinary teaching, impactful research and scholarship, and the ways we collaborate and engage with diverse communities.

  

• Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts to Host Fall Masters Commencement Ceremony

  October 29, 2024

  The Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts will host the Fall Master’s Commencement Ceremony for the first time this year. The ceremony will be held on Dec. 14 at 11:30 a.m.

  

• Four Long-Term IAC Faculty Retire

  September 19, 2024

  Peter Brecke, Seymour E. Goodman, Cheryl Leggon, and David Shook retired from the Ivan Allen College after a combined 113 years of service to the Institute.

  

• School of Modern Languages Pilots AI Assistant for Language Instruction Created by Alum Tucker von Holten

  September 19, 2024

  The School of Modern Languages is piloting an AI assistant for language instruction created by computer science and modern languages alum Tucker von Holten.

  

• Meet Ivan Allen College's Newest Faculty Members

  August 19, 2024

  The Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts attracts some of the best minds in the social sciences and humanities, scholars and practitioners eager to advance 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 14 tenured/tenure-track faculty, 26 non-tenure-track faculty,  including Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellows and new cadre members in our ROTC programs, 10 research faculty, and three visiting faculty.

  

• Mandarin Remix: Georgia Tech Researcher Finds Chinese Rap is Defying Linguistic Tradition

  June 11, 2024

  Chinese rap is straying further from standard Mandarin and using more English, according to Associate Professor Jin Liu in the School of Modern Languages. She worked with students in the College of Computing to create computational tools to uncover the trends. 

  

• 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. 

  

• How Georgia Tech Foreign Language Education Helped a Georgia Tech Student on the Road to Officership

  May 13, 2024

  Learn how newly commissioned Air Force Lt. Joseph Fajloun credits the humanities for helping develop him into a leader.

  

• Boulard Named Knight of the Order of Academic Palms

  May 1, 2024

  Stéphanie Boulard, a professor of French in the School of Modern Languages, has been awarded the rank of Chevalier (Knight) of the French Order of Academic Palms by the Consul General of France in Atlanta, Anne-Laure Desjonquères. The rank is one of France's highest civilian honors.

  

• 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.