{"143351":{"#nid":"143351","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Hosts USCIS Entrepreneur Panel","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022Default\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson welcomed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas and the USCIS Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/portal\/site\/uscis\/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a\/?vgnextoid=8edac7e8a38a6310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD\u0026amp;vgnextchannel=d44eee876cb85310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD\u0022\u003ETactical Team\u003C\/a\u003E to campus today.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Default\u0022\u003EThe event showcased a presentation on new online resources, a panel discussion and question and answer session, and a tour of the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)\u2014Georgia Tech\u2019s startup accelerator.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/portal\/site\/uscis\/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a\/?vgnextoid=d44eee876cb85310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD\u0026amp;vgnextchannel=d44eee876cb85310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD\u0022\u003EEIR Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E, launched earlier this year at an \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/portal\/site\/uscis\/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a\/?vgnextoid=180cfac2f5825310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD\u0026amp;vgnextchannel=e0b081c52aa38210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD\u0022\u003Einformation summit\u003C\/a\u003E in Silicon Valley, was created to draw on industry expertise to strengthen USCIS policies and practices critical to American economic growth. Business experts and USCIS immigration experts worked collaboratively over a period of 90 days to optimize the range of existing nonimmigrant visa categories often used by entrepreneurs to provide pathways that are clear, consistent and aligned.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson welcomed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas and the USCIS Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/portal\/site\/uscis\/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a\/?vgnextoid=8edac7e8a38a6310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD\u0026amp;vgnextchannel=d44eee876cb85310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD\u0022\u003ETactical Team\u003C\/a\u003E to campus today.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson welcomed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas and the USCIS Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) Tactical Team to campus today."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2012-07-30 16:35:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:36","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-07-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-07-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"143341":{"id":"143341","type":"image","title":"USCIS Event","body":null,"created":"1449178723","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:38:43","changed":"1475894777","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:17","alt":"USCIS Event","file":{"fid":"195008","name":"uscis_event.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/uscis_event_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/uscis_event_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3381580,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/uscis_event_0.jpg?itok=1YqW7FZb"}}},"media_ids":["143341"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/atdc.org\/","title":"Advanced Technology Development Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/","title":"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"39181","name":"Director Alejandro Mayorkas"},{"id":"9038","name":"G.P."},{"id":"39171","name":"US Citizenship and Immigration Services"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}