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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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The Center for Ethics and Technology at Georgia Tech is pleased to announce the 2008 George H. and Faye C. Sparks Forum on Ethics and Engineering.
"Levee Failures in New Orleans: Root Causes, Solutions and Implications for the Engineering Community"
Dennis S. Mileti, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder
Dr. Mileti will take an interdisciplinary, systemic, and action-focused approach to understanding the levee failures in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, cataloguing the