{"441011":{"#nid":"441011","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Carol Colatrella Travels to China for Nine-Week Summer Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis summer, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Faculty Affairs and Ivan Allen College Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/colatrella\u0022\u003ECarol Colatrella\u003C\/a\u003E and 38 Georgia Tech students participated in the nine-week \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/csp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EChina Summer Program\u003C\/a\u003E housed in three different Chinese cities: Tianjin, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. Tech alumnus Tong Zhao and study abroad coordinator Mary Alice Allen organized the program, and faculty from Georgia Tech, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Virginia Tech offered courses.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat were your impressions of China?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChina is rapidly developing, but the country retains an interest in historical sites as well as in technological achievements.\u0026nbsp;It was interesting to be in China during a time when the stock market was losing value as many people invest in stocks in order\u0026nbsp;to get enough money to purchase homes, which are expensive.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat were the students\u2019 impressions?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Tech students hailed from many countries including the United States, China, Panama, Venezuela, and Spain. They were most enthusiastic\u0026nbsp;about their trips to see natural sites, but enjoyed being able to travel to cities in China as well.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat did you teach in China? What did the students study?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI taught Biomedicine and Culture, which included a study of medical ethics and Chinese medicine. Most of the students were engineering\u0026nbsp;majors and took my course, a variety of engineering courses, and\/or Sociology of Science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ivanallencollege\/albums\/72157655158316159\u0022\u003EView more photos\u003C\/a\u003E from the 2015 China Study Program\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis summer, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and LMC Professor Carol Colatrella and 38 Georgia Tech students participated in the nine-week China Summer program housed in three different Chinese cities: Tianjin, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This summer, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Faculty Affairs and LMC Professor Carol Colatrella and thirty-eight Georgia Tech students participated in the nine-week China Summer program housed in three different Chinese cities."}],"uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2015-08-27 14:53:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:26","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"441021":{"id":"441021","type":"image","title":"Carol Colatrella in China","body":null,"created":"1449256175","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:09:35","changed":"1475895179","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:59","alt":"Carol Colatrella in China","file":{"fid":"203071","name":"img_1482.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_1482_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_1482_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":468187,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_1482_0.jpg?itok=7Nt9Y8QS"}}},"media_ids":["441021"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/International-Experiences","title":"International Experiences"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"139381","name":"Carol Colarella"},{"id":"802","name":"China"},{"id":"13677","name":"china summer program"},{"id":"101131","name":"Georgia Tech-Shenzhen"},{"id":"167242","name":"shanghai"},{"id":"139391","name":"Tianjin"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}