{"590115":{"#nid":"590115","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Matt Baker: 2015 Greater Atlanta Magician of the Year","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/users\/mbaker\u0022 title=\u0022Matt Baker\u0027s profile page\u0022\u003EMatt Baker\u003C\/a\u003E, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s School of Mathematics, is no stranger to awards both for his teaching and research. It turns out, he is also an award-winning magician, two times over. Dr. Baker has been named the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/magic-math\u0022\u003E2015 Greater Atlanta Magician of the Year\u003C\/a\u003E by the Atlanta Society of Magicians and Georgia Magic Club, a local ring of the world\u0026#39;s largest magic organization, the International Brotherhood of Magicians.\u0026nbsp; His exploits combining \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/d6.math.gatech.edu\/news\/working-magic-with-students-matthew-baker\u0022 title=\u0022ProofReader 2009 article\r\non Matt Baker enhancing math instruction with magic\u0022\u003Emagic with math\u003C\/a\u003E to enhance the teaching experience were covered in the inaugural edition of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/d6.math.gatech.edu\/outreach\/alumni\/proofreader\u0022\u003EProofReader\u003C\/a\u003E, an annual alumni publication of the School of Mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/magic-math\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022The Magic of Math with Matt Baker\u0022\u003EContinue to Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s announcement and profile of Dr. Baker\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Matt Baker, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Mathematics, is also an award-winning magician, two times over. "}],"uid":"34469","created_gmt":"2017-04-10 14:45:53","changed_gmt":"2017-04-10 14:45:53","author":"nmcleish3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"590114":{"id":"590114","type":"image","title":"Matt Baker","body":null,"created":"1491835535","gmt_created":"2017-04-10 14:45:35","changed":"1491835535","gmt_changed":"2017-04-10 14:45:35","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224816","name":"mbaker-cards-small.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mbaker-cards-small.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mbaker-cards-small.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":282666,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mbaker-cards-small.gif?itok=QtVI_St8"}}},"media_ids":["590114"],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}