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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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Graduate students, post docs, and faculty with an interest in publishing writing for the general public are invited to have lunch with Dr. Ian Bogost, the Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies and Professor of Interactive Computing, on Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 11am-Noon in Room 102, Stephen C. Hall Bldg.
Dr. Ian Bogost received his PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles and is a contributing editor at The Atlantic. Following a career in software and videogame development, he joined the School of Literature, Media, and Communication in 2004. Bogost is the author or co-author of ten books and is also the co-series editor of the Platform Studies book series at MIT Press and the co-series editor of the Object Lessons series at The Atlantic and Bloomsbury.
RSVP by January 9, 2020
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Initially funded by a GT-FIRE grant, Innovation and Collaboration in Liberal Arts, Science, and Technology (ICLAST) events are currently supported by Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.