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Apr/12

Atlanta, Featured, Internships, Public Policy »

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Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone  Internship Program  Fall 2012

Introduction to the Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone Internship Program:
 
As part of the effort to increase its positive impact on economic growth in the state of Georgia, the GFTZ aims to expand FTZ participation among companies doing business in Georgia. The GFTZ is seeking one intern for Fall Semester 2012 to contribute directly to this effort.  The intern will complete an in-depth research project to generate a list of 20 prospects for the GFTZ program.  A carefully researched prospect list will allow GFTZ to create a focused marketing effort that will reach …

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Apr/12

Other Stuff »

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CAPITAL SEMESTER FALL 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C.
www.DCinternships.org/CS
FINAL DEADLINE: June 1, 2012
Sponsored by The Fund for American Studies, Capital Semester combines substantive internships, 12 academic credits, career development activities, site briefings and lectures led by policy experts. This fast-paced, fifteen-week residential program provides undergraduate students from around the world with opportunities to gain the edge in today’s competitive job market and graduate school admissions, and experience the excitement of Washington first-hand.
SAMPLE PAST INTERNSHIP SITES

Aerospace Industries Association
American Legislative Exchange Council
Children’s Rights Council
Congressional Offices
First Book
Foreign Embassies
Institute for World Politics
New Leaders for New Schools
Philanthropy Roundtable
U.S. Department …

16
Apr/12
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Congratulations to Dr. Shiri Breznitz

Public Policy Assistant Professor Shiri Breznitz will be Visiting Professor at the University of Turino in Italy for the 2012-2013 academic year.
She was awarded a competitive fellowship from the Collegio Carlo Alberto in collaboration with the university. Breznitz will be researching the definition of clusters, in particular, she will collaborate with colleagues from around the world to conduct multiple case studies of industrial clusters in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK. Breznitz was also awarded, but declined a visiting fellowship at the Said Business School in Oxford.
 
 
 
 

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Apr/12
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Abstract
Sebastian Thrun recently left Stanford University and started Udacity. Udacity is an online university that seeks to reach the 99% of the world population presently excluded from high-quality higher education. The first class on Artificial Intelligence, which was offered in conjunction with Stanford, attracted 160,000 students, of which 23,000 graduated with Stanford-level qualifications. The speaker will discuss his experience with traditional forms of education, and speculate on what higher education may look like in the digital age.
Speaker Bio
Thrun is co-founder of Udacity, a Google VP, and a Stanford Research Professor. …

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Apr/12
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Academic Advising, Georgia Tech »

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CS 1803 POC Principles of Computing: Apps for Everyone

This summer the College of Computing is offering a course involving the development of mobile applications and the impact of mobile computing.  This course is meant for non-computing majors and does not have any pre-requisites.  Students will use App Inventor for Android (a visual programming language) to create prescribed applications (plus a final project application of their choosing).  We will also discuss the global and social impacts of mobile computing, and explore how existing technologies work. This course would be a cool way to satisfy your Science and Computing Elective …

9
Apr/12

Georgia Tech, Headline, Liberal Arts, Public Policy »

[9 Apr 2012 | One Comment]
IAC Student Appreciation Day

Who: All IAC majors, grad students, and faculty/staff
Where: Skiles Courtyard
When: Friday, April 13 from 10am to 2pm
What: Come get your free IAC t-shirt and enjoy some great snacks!
The IAC Student Advisory Board is hosting the First Annual IAC Student Appreciation Day on Friday, April 13 from 10am to 2pm in the Skiles Courtyard. Come get your free IAC t-shirt and enjoy some popcorn, cotton candy, and fun activities! This is our chance to come together as a liberal arts community to celebrate everything that our students and faculty have accomplished …

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Mar/12
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Below is a work in progress of Summer and Fall Classes and the clusters that they can be used for.
 
SUMMER
PHIL 3127 (Oxford)                Philosophy
PUBP 3000                        Politics
PUBP 3020                        Core
PUBP 4140                        Politics
PUBP 4260                        Science & Technology
PUBP 4803 Negotiating Sustainability    Environment and Energy
FALL
PHIL 3105        Philosophy
PHIL 3115        Philosophy
PHIL 3127        Philosophy/S&T
PHIL 4176        Philosophy/Environment and Energy
PHIL 4803 (Food)    Philosophy/S&T/E&E
PUBP 3000        Politics
PUBP 3201        Social and Urban
PUBP 3214        Politics/S&U
PUBP …