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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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"Carterland," a documentary for which Richard Barke, associate professor in the School of Public Policy, was inteviewed was the subject of the story "Documentary Featuring UGA Faculty Paints Jimmy Carter as 'Millennial President'," published April 14, 2021 in the Athens Banner-Herald.
Barke was interviewed in summer 2020 for the film by filmmakers Will and Jim Pattiz and appears in the credits as a "cast member." The film explores how the Carter administration was "ahead of its time" in many policy areas and features a number of academics from the state.