Vol. 44, No. 18 September 3, 2019 whistle.gatech.edu A NEW Tech Square Phase III to CHAPTER Include Scheller Tower BEGINS DENISE WARD INSTITUTE COMMUNICATIONS

The next phase of Tech’s Technology Square project is moving forward with the recent announcement of Scheller Tower — a new building for the Ernest Scheller Jr. College of Business in Tech Square Phase III, expected to open by the end of 2022. Roberta and Ernest Scheller Jr., IM 1952, made a generous philanthropic commitment in support of this next phase of Ernest Scheller Jr. the initiative. “Scheller Tower will become the new home for our MBA and Executive Education programs, and it paves the way for Scheller College of Business at to continue its momentum and success as a leading business school of the 21st century,” said Maryam Alavi, dean and Stephen P. Zelnak Chair of Scheller College. “We appreciate the unwavering support

from the Schellers, and we look forward to Rendering Scheller Tower’s opening in 2022.” The next phase of Technology Square will take Last spring, Georgia Tech received approval place along the north side of Fifth Street. from the Board of Regents, the state legislature, and Gov. Brian Kemp to provide state funding for the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial for the architectural design of Tech Square and Systems Engineering, as well as for other Phase III to begin this fall. Pending full project programming.

Photo by Rob Felt funding and approval by the Board of Regents Tech Square opened in 2003. One of the area’s Georgia Tech’s 12th president, Ángel Cabrera (M.S. PSY 1993, Ph.D. and the governor, construction could begin as guiding principles is to foster a better connec- PSY 1995), begins his tenure today. Follow along at news.gatech. early as the summer of 2020 and could conclude tion between the Institute and the business edu for activities throughout his first day and weeks as he gets by the end of 2022. community. Today, it is a thriving innovation acquainted with his new role. Coverage will be ongoing. To hear from Cabrera in his own words, follow along on his blog at president. Tech Square Phase III will be located on the ecosystem thanks to a network of students, gatech.edu/blog, or attend his first Institute Address on Thursday, northwest corner of West Peachtree Street and faculty, researchers, startup entrepreneurs, and Sept. 5, at 11 a.m. at the Ferst Center for the Arts. Fifth Street and will include an additional tower global corporations. Tech’s Liberal Arts Stride Boldly Ahead Under Royster’s Leadership

REBECCA KEANE and Technology. A leading Memories project until she IVAN ALLEN COLLEGE scholar at the intersections of retires in August 2020. OF LIBERAL ARTS rhetorical, literacy, women’s, From the outset in 2010, and cultural studies, she will Royster worked to sharpen and Jacqueline Jones Royster, remain on faculty in the School refine the identities and roles dean of the Ivan Allen College of Literature, Media, and of liberal arts at Georgia Tech. of Liberal Arts, concluded nine Communication, completing She championed possibilities

years of leadership Aug. 31, research and continuing to for holistic innovation and Photo by Rob Felt closing her term as the Ivan work with undergraduate Royster speaks at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. campus lecture Allen Jr. Chair in Liberal Arts interns on her Building see ROYSTER, page 2 event in 2014.

The Poetry of Waffles Take the Midtown IN THIS ISSUE NEWS Georgia Tech Professor Karen Walk Challenge Head was recently appointed The Midtown Alliance is Welcoming Tech’s Trailblazers BRIEFS Waffle House Poet Laureate encouraging those in the | 3 — and even has the name tag neighborhood to walk Recent Faculty and Staff to prove it. Learn how she’s and earn prizes from Achievements | 3 combining waffles and poetry Sept. 9–13. Learn more and participate Hidden Georgia Tech: in the classroom and around the state this fall: in the challenge at: Surplus Property | 4 c.gatech.edu/waffles c.gatech.edu/midtownwalk PAGE 2 • September 3, 2019 whistle.gatech.edu • THE WHISTLE

ROYSTER, from page 1 EVENTS problem-solving, enabled by working within the humanities at the nexus of social sciences, WORKSHOPS AND engineering, computing, science, and medicine, as well as at the TRAINING convergence of policy arenas and Sept. 9 the liberal arts. The End Suicide initiative hosts a In remarks during the farewell Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) celebration he hosted to honor Training from 10 a.m. to noon Dean Royster on August 27, in Room 117, Smithgall Student Georgia Tech Provost Rafael Bras Services (Flag) Building. Additional said, “Jackie, for all of us, its been trainings will take place on: • Sept. 10, 9 to 10 a.m. a wonderful journey together. (Room 256, Skiles Building) The College and its schools are • Sept. 11, 2 to 4 p.m. standing high. Unquestionably, • Sept. 25, 10 a.m. to noon we are far better off than we Register to attend at: were nine years ago. We are endsuicide.gatech.edu on the map, we are competing Sept. 9 among the best, and we are in Human Resources hosts a Be Well a great position to continue. session on Planning Your Georgia We appreciate your dedication Tech Retirement from noon to to excellence, and your convic- 1 p.m. in Room 320, Student tion that what we’re doing Center. Register to attend at: is important. You have set a hr.gatech.edu/bewell standard. On behalf of all of us Photos by Zee Doehling and Rebecca Keane Sept. 24 at Georgia Tech, thank you very (Above) Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs and the K. Harrison Brown The Library hosts a Photoshop for much.” Family Chair, presents Royster with a gift at a farewell celebration Aug. 27. (Below) City Councilmember Beginners class from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Royster nurtured a collec- Andre Dickens, a Tech graduate and former staff member, presents Royster with a proclamation from the City of Atlanta for her contributions to the city during her time as dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. in Room 2130, Crosland Tower. tive spirit built around priorities library.gatech.edu grounded in the core values of to advance the College’s trajectory humanistic inquiry, respectful of growth in all areas, from the Sept. 25 and inclusive collaboration, and support of top-tier research and The LGBTQIA Resource Center the idea of socially accountable policymaking to undergraduate hosts a Level Up Allyship training from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in Room 319, innovation that considers the and graduate education. Student Center. Learn more and impact of science and technology Deliberate attention to diversity register at: on humans and the environments and inclusion helped to increase lgbtqia.gatech.edu in which we function. the number of underrepresented “Jackie brought a wonderful minorities among faculty, staff, Sept. 25 humanity to Ivan Allen College and students, and helped to Human Resources hosts a Be Well through initiatives such as Africa session on Wills, Estates, and advance new programmatic areas, Inheritance Planning from Atlanta 2014, the Westside such as Black Media Studies, 11 a.m. to noon in Room 320, Communities Alliance (WCA), Global Development Studies, and Student Center. Register at: and the Leadership and Multifaith a more coherent presentation of hr.gatech.edu/bewell Program (LAMP),” said John the College’s strengths in studies Tone, professor of history and of race and gender. Oct. 1 interim dean of the College. “In Royster established a Dean’s Human Resources hosts a Be Well addition, while the College has session on Leaves of Absence Scholarship Program to fund five from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 321, always taken great pride in the to six incoming undergraduates Student Center. Register at: Ivan Allen name and legacy of each year. She continued the hr.gatech.edu/bewell fighting for civil rights, it is not funding of Dean’s fellowships for a coincidence that curricular graduate students and instituted initiatives such as the minor in a substantial faculty research social justice saw the light of day support program. SEMINARS AND on Jackie’s watch. So much good happened under Dean Royster, Forging New Paths LECTURES and the College will miss her wise Another distinction for Royster leadership very much.” Sept. 27 was that she was the first African The Global Climate Action Through Royster’s leader- American academic dean at Symposium brings together experts ship and support, in 2015, the Georgia Tech. As she recalls, to showcase climate change College exceeded the $35 million many of her peers expressed and a focus on getting work done intersection between needing to engagement by local student fundraising goal within Campaign surprise at her decision to take on that seemed to inform the way remake our world after the Civil activists, scientists and engineers, Georgia Tech. a leadership role at a technology- that Georgia Tech chose to do War and needing to be very aware business and policy experts, and Philanthropic investments centric university like Georgia business.” of the world in which we were artists. The event is free and will take place from 9 a.m. to funded four new endowed profes- Tech. However, this doubt As a scholar who studies social making things in years to come. 6 p.m. at The Kendeda Building sorships, one new endowed chair, was countered, she says, by a change, she takes a long view of The evolution in our thinking for Innovative Sustainable Design. as well as several undergraduate welcoming spirit on campus. the evolution of the liberal arts at about the mission of the Learn more and register at: scholarships and graduate fellow- “What I appreciated was that Tech. Institute is marked well, in globalchange.gatech.edu ships. people here were pretty nice to “The founders of Georgia Tech fact, by the evolution of our Undergraduate enrollment each other, they liked working recognized that they needed to College, in particular. It marks recovered with a trajectory of here, and there was a sense of do more than teach people how the ever-changing excellence growth that more than doubled collaboration and cooperation. to make things, so the liberal arts of Georgia Tech as a top-tier the numbers from a low point in There was a level of respect disciplines were here from the 21st-century university.” 2012. and a human-to-human kind of very first day. Other benchmarks Tenure-track faculty positions contact that I appreciated,” said along the way were part of our This story has been edited for length. To read continued on page 3 EVENTS increased from 122 to nearly 150 Royster. “There was a tolerance growing understanding of the the full story, visit c.gatech.edu/royster.

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WELCOMING TECH’S TRAILBLAZERS EVENTS

MISCELLANEOUS Sept. 4 The Diversity Symposium will take place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Global Learning Center. diversity.gatech.edu

Sept. 4 A dedication for The Three Pioneers and will take place at Trailblazers: The Struggle and the Promise from 3 to 4 p.m. in Harrison Square. diversity.gatech.edu Photo by Institute Communications Georgia Tech will dedicate two new campus sculptures this week at the Trailblazers: The Struggle and the Promise event on Wednesday, Sept. 4. The Sept. 5 Three Pioneers will reside in Harrison Square, depicting the first three African American students to matriculate at Georgia Tech: Ford C. Greene, Ralph Incoming President Ángel Cabrera A. Long Jr., and Lawrence M. Williams. The First Graduate will be installed in Clough Commons, depicting Tech’s first African American graduate, will address the campus at the Ronald Yancey, EE 1965. Artist Martin Dawe is pictured working on the installations in his studio. The sculptures are made possible through the President’s Institute Address at philanthropic support of Bo Godbold, IE 1965, and his wife Betsy Godbold. Learn more at news.gatech.edu. 11 a.m. in the Ferst Center for the Arts. president.gatech.edu

FACULTY AND STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS Millions of Children Sept. 7 Georgia Tech Football hosts its Lucien Dhooge, Sue and John demonstrates superior performance Exposed to Opioid Misuse home opener against the University Staton Professor of law in the in both delivering high-quality of South Florida at 2 p.m. at Bobby Scheller College of Business, received consulting processes and Dodd Stadium. ramblinwreck.com the Academy of Legal Studies in demonstrating a significant impact at Home, New Georgia Business’s Distinguished Career on the enterprise. Sept. 9 Faculty Award for his contributions Tech Study Reveals A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the in the field of law and ethics. Bobby Strickland, senior graphic Center for Assessment, Referral, designer in Professional Education, MICHAEL PEARSON opioids declined, falling from and Education (CARE) will take IVAN ALLEN COLLEGE Alper Erturk, Woodruff Professor received two Indigo Awards for his 3.43 million in 2002 to 3.33 place at 1 p.m. on the first floor OF LIBERAL ARTS in the George W. Woodruff School design work for Ethics Awareness million in 2017. The number of of the Smithgall Student Services of Mechanical Engineering, has been Week in 2018. children living with someone (Flag) Building. selected to receive the 2020 James More than 3.8 million U.S. with opioid use disorder, care.gatech.edu W. Dally Young Investigator Award Beril Toktay, Brady Family Chair children live with an adult though, increased by 30%, of the Society for Experimental in Management and ADVANCE who is inappropriately using Sept. 10 rising from 423,000 in 2002 to The Glass Shop hosts an open Mechanics. The award was instituted Professor in the Scheller College of opioids, according to a new 548,000 in 2017. house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in to recognize a young professional Business, was selected as a finalist estimate from Georgia Tech’s Opioid misuse is defined as Room L2305, Ford ES&T Building. (within 10 years of Ph.D.) who has for the 2019 Atlanta E3 Awards in School of Public Policy. the use, even once, of opioids The glass shop and Georgia Tech’s made significant contributions in the “Impact” category. Toktay is The study, which spans the prescribed for someone else glassblower specialize in the education and has demonstrated an the faculty director of the Ray C. years 2002 to 2017, also found or only for the feeling it design and construction of custom scientific glassware and repairing excellence in research in the field of Anderson Center for Sustainable that while fewer children are causes. Opioid use disorder Business. Winners in each category living with someone who existing equipment. experimental mechanics. applies to someone who c.gatech.edu/glassshop will be announced at an event later casually misuses opioids, the The Institute of Electrical and exhibits symptoms of abuse or this month. number living with adults dependency. Sept. 10 Electronics Engineers (IEEE) exhibiting signs of more serious announced that the Georgia The study, which draws on President Emeritus G. Wayne Wayne Whiteman, director of abuse increased by 30% and Clough will discuss his book, Tech Research Institute is the the Office of Student Services and data from the National Survey the number living with heroin of Drug Use and Health and Things New and Strange: A Supporting Friend of IEEE Member Principal Academic Professional in Southerner’s Journey through the users rose 200%. the American Community and Geographic Activities Award the George W. Woodruff School of The study is the first to Smithsonian Collection, from Survey, also found that 198,000 11 a.m. to noon in Room 205Q recipient. The award recognizes Mechanical Engineering, and David examine the number of individuals, organizations, and Joyner, associate director of Student children were living with a (Clough Lounge), Clough Commons. children living with someone serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu divisions of organizations who Experience for OMSCS and Senior heroin user in 2017. That inappropriately using opioids. number was up 200% from encourage and support IEEE activi- Research Associate in the College “This study reveals the Sept. 14 ties and volunteerism through their of Computing, both had courses on 2002. staggering extent of the opioid Among other findings Georgia Tech Football hosts The practices. Class Central’s Top 100 MOOCs of crisis on children in the United Citadel at 12:30 p.m. at Bobby contained in the study: Dodd Stadium. Scott Niles, contracting officer in All Time list. With two classes from States, an epidemic that is Whiteman and one from Joyner on • Among children living ramblinwreck.com the Office of Sponsored Programs, likely to have costly long-term with an adult who abuses was named Chair-Elect for Region the list, Georgia Tech was one of 12 implications for child welfare schools with three or more courses opioids, about one third Sept. 17 III of the National Council for agencies, schools, the health Join the Women’s Resource Center, in the top 100. likely live with multiple University Research Administrators. care sector, and most of all, adult abusers of opioids. Women in Engineering, and the on children,” said Lindsey Center for Women, Science, and Former Senator Sam Nunn, distin- Shimeng Yu, associate professor • The decline in opioid Bullinger, assistant professor Technology for a welcome to new guished professor in the Sam Nunn in the School of Electrical and misuse is largest among women faculty and staff at Georgia in the School of Public Policy School of International Affairs, Computer Engineering, has one-child households. Tech from 3 to 5 p.m. in the who coauthored the study will receive the Peace through been named the recipient of the • Among adults living in Peachtree Room, Student Center. with Coady Wing of Indiana Strength Award from the Ronald inaugural Semiconductor Research childless households, Light refreshments will be served. University. “It is crucial that womenscenter.gatech.edu Reagan Presidential Foundation Corporation (SRC) Young Faculty about 52 in every 1,000 policymakers and practitio- and Institute at the 7th annual Award. Yu will be presented with misused opioids in ners have this information to Oct. 1 Reagan National Defense Forum in the award at the annual SRC 2017. In households understand the extent of child The Institute Retirement Dinner will December. TECHCON meeting this month in with children, about 46 celebrate those who retired during exposure to opioid abuse at Austin, Texas. of every 1,000 adults Fiscal Year 2019. The event will The Association of Internal home.” misused opioids. That take place from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Management Consultants has School of Mathematics Professor number fell over 15 years Historic Academy of Medicine. selected Georgia Tech’s Office Haomin Zhou has been named Exposure to Opioids Falling, examined in the study. specialevents.gatech.edu/ of Strategic Consulting as the one of two recipients of the but More Children Living with retirementdinner 2019 Overall Internal Consulting 2019 Feng Kang Prize. The prize Heroin Users For a more comprehensive listing Excellence Award winner. The is awarded every two years to The survey found that the This story has been edited for length. of events, or to add your own, award is presented annually to Chinese mathematicians working in number of children in the U.S. To read the full story, visit visit calendar.gatech.edu. the internal consulting group that computational mathematics. living with someone misusing c.gatech.edu/opioid. PAGE 4 • September 3, 2019 whistle.gatech.edu • THE WHISTLE

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REAL ESTATE/ ROOMMATES

For rent: 2BR/1BA apt. in Midtown. Reserved parking, washer/dryer in unit, Google fiber. Available Sept. 2019. 4 mi. from Tech. $1,700/mo. (water/sewage included). 696 Argonne Ave NE. Contact [email protected], 404-894-9156.

For rent: 2BR/2BA condo in Cross Creek. Morris Brandon School District. Updated, hardwood floors throughout, golf course view. No smoking, no pets. Available Sept. 2019. 4.1 mi. from Tech, no expressway driving. $1,700/mo. 143 Elysian Way. Email [email protected].

2BR/2.5BA beautiful condo for sale in at . Spectacular 14th-floor view of . One mile from Georgia Tech. $599k. Lease possible. Contact Phil, [email protected].

For rent: 3BR/3.5BA spacious house in West Midtown. 2 mi. from campus w/ 2-car garage, bonus room. Perfect for a family. Playground in HIDDEN GEORGIA TECH neighborhood. Text 559-961-7497 or see https://tinyurl.com/1199-foster.

For rent: Beautiful 4BR/3BA, SURPLUS PROPERTY 2,300 sq. ft., easy access to Emory/ CDC/Georgia Tech. Hardwood floors, open floor plan, many windows. Written by Victor Rogers // Photos by Rob Felt 0.5 acres, top-of-the-hill lot, trees/ view. Sought-after Oak Grove Elementary School district. Wonderful neighborhood. Minutes to I-85/285, shops, restaurants. Contact Ben, 404-964-4111, [email protected].

2BR/2BA apartment in Midtown available now until December for sublease. High ceilings, hardwood floors, walk-in closets. Amenities include rooftop lounge, business center, pool, gym. $2,650/mo. Serious inquiries only. Contact Laisa, [email protected], 954-536- 2 3 4 7056. For rent: Tech faculty-owned 3BR/2.5BA townhome on 16th Street in Atlantic Station. Walkable 5 6 to campus. Great roommate floor plan. $2,800/mo. Contact Janak, [email protected].

MISCELLANEOUS

For sale: faux leather sectional and table. Black futon sofa bed couch w/ convertible chaise lounger. Great condition. $200 OBO. Hand-crafted, modern hightop kitchen table. $75. Contact Jasmine, 404-539-2918.

Large faux leather charcoal gray couch for sale. Excellent condition. $150. Contact Rhonda, 404-455- 4646.

Table and chairs for sale. Round, modern glass table w/ 4 white leather chairs. $200 OBO. Excellent condition, practically brand new. (1-4) The 5,730-square-foot surplus warehouse Contact Rhonda, 404-455-4646. hen a Georgia Tech department purchases new furniture has a little bit of everything, from electronics to furniture. Unloading and staging the items 10 ft. trailer w/ ramp and lights. Wor office equipment, what happens to the furniture and Registered with the state, no tag are Tias Climes, truck driver; Christopher needed. $500. Contact Glenn, equipment that’s no longer needed? Because it is state property, Wallace, logistics associate; and Corey 678-516-4343. it cannot be sold, surplussed, or transferred from Georgia Tech Darden, logistics associate. Items, such Couch for sale – light tan microfiber, as a keyboard or foosball table, could be 2-seater couch, excellent condition. without the approval of Surplus Property. As a result, many made available to the public through internet $175 OBO. Pickup in Morningside. Contact Joy at [email protected]. items are held in the Surplus Property area of Procurement and auctions if not redistributed to another department. (5) Georgia Tech Logistics is Tepui Kukenam Ruggedized 3-person, Business Services, located at 711 Marietta Street, until they find responsible for the campuswide pickup 4-season rooftop tent, orange w/black rainfly. Brand new, $1,875. (Same tent a new home. of surplus items. Darden unloads furniture currently listing at REI for $2,149.) delivered to Surplus Property. (6) When Can arrange delivery. Call or text For details about how property is retired at Tech, or to schedule departments relocate or redecorate, they often 404-939-0395. tag unneeded items to be sent to Surplus. a visit to the surplus warehouse, visit procurement.gatech.edu/ Ads run for at least three issues in the logistics. Hidden Georgia Tech is a photo essay series highlighting places order in which they are received. on campus that may largely go unnoticed but are sometimes Submit your 35-word-or-less ad to hidden in plain sight. If you know of a place worth exploring, [email protected]. See the full gallery at c.gatech.edu/surplus. email [email protected].