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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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Cassidy SugimotoCassidy Sugimoto, the incoming chair of the School of Public Policy, was mentioned in the article "PUBP welcomes new chair," published April 3, 2021 in Technique.
Sugimoto, who comes to SPP from the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington, was announced as incoming chair on March 19 and will formally begin work on June 1.
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Her research is within the specializations of scholarly communication, scientometrics, as well as science policy. Within her principle research, she investigates the ways in which knowledge is produced, disseminated and evaluated. Sugimoto also has a special interest in diversity and inclusion.
“I am confident that Dr. Sugimoto will advance the mission and goals of the school and the college as we envision the purpose and potential for humanities and social sciences at a technologically focused institution in the 21st century,” said Ivan Allen Dean Kaye Husbands Fealing, who was the previous SPP chair.
