Medievalitas

A great Saturday morning at the Parents & Family Programs Spring Reunion , which brings together students, parents, and grandparents. The academic panel, which negotiated questions about student success, how to find one's place at a large research institutions, and the future of education and AI, was moderated by AVP/Dean of Students John Stein. I represented Ivan Allen College, and with me on the panel were: Dr. Matthieu Bloch, Associate Dean, COE, Dr. Cam Tyson, Assistant D

Our Office of the Executive Vice President for Research, in collaboration with the Georgia Tech Library, annually celebrates authors and editors of book-length publications. While engineers and computer scientists are better known for sharing their research via articles and conference proceedings, many of them do write and publish and edit books (including fiction and poetry). And of course faculty from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts lead the parade on scholarly book

There are events that warm your heart and remind you of the full scope and meaning of belonging to an academic institution. Our "Voices of the Community" group, part of the Georgia Tech Strategic Planning area "Culture of Excellence," offered us such a moment in time. We are working on creating a collaborative body that amplifies the voices of faculty, postdocs, staff, and students to foster belonging, connection, and open communication across the Institute. Amazing colleague

Happy to share this short piece for the great folks at medievalists.net : "T rained as a historian of medieval warfare, Yuval Noah Harari has become one of the most influential public intellectuals in the world, shaping global debates about artificial intelligence, human identity, and the future of society. Richard Utz traces how a medievalist moved from specialist scholarship to cultural prophecy—and why the habits of medieval history still matter for understanding his voice