{"584718":{"#nid":"584718","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Board Approves Master\u2019s Degree, Faculty Appointments","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt its November meeting, its last in-person meeting for the year, the Board of Regents (BOR) met in Atlanta and approved a few items related to the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Board approved the establishment of a professional master\u0026rsquo;s in occupational safety and health management. The program was developed for industry professionals with three to five years of work experience who seek a master\u0026rsquo;s level program that will offer skills and knowledge in the management, design, and assessment of complex safety and health issues. The academic program will have two tracks in construction and general industry.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Board also approved the establishment of the following named positions and appointments:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Power Chair in the College of Sciences \u0026mdash; appointment of Kim Cobb, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPratt and Whitney Professorship in the School of Aerospace Engineering \u0026mdash; appointment of Massimo Ruzzene.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ENaming of Daniel Goldman, School of Physics, to the Dunn Family Professorship II, College of Sciences.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ENaming of Deirdre Shoemaker, School of Physics, to the Dunn Family Professorship I, College of Sciences.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThe next step for the Living Building at Georgia Tech took place in the form of the approval of a ground lease and rental agreement. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2017 with completion scheduled for 2018.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, agendas, and meeting minutes, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/usg.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eusg.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt its November meeting, its last in-person meeting for the year, the Board of Regents (BOR) met in Atlanta and approved a few items related to the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"At its November meeting, its last in-person meeting for the year, the Board of Regents (BOR) met in Atlanta and approved a few items related to the Institute."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-12-06 17:33:02","changed_gmt":"2016-12-06 17:33:02","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-12-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-12-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"256841":{"id":"256841","type":"image","title":"University System of Georgia","body":null,"created":"1449243856","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:44:16","changed":"1495650034","gmt_changed":"2017-05-24 18:20:34","alt":"University System of Georgia","file":{"fid":"225350","name":"bor200.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bor200.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bor200.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":65945,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bor200.jpg?itok=5gBTsxde"}}},"media_ids":["256841"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/usg.edu","title":"University System of Georgia"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/regents\/meetings","title":"Board of Regents Meetings"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"728","name":"Board of Regents"},{"id":"10088","name":"BOR"},{"id":"1966","name":"usg"},{"id":"726","name":"University System of Georgia"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}