{"59841":{"#nid":"59841","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Now Part of Futurity News Distribution","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen the Georgia Institute of Technology became a member of the American Association of Universities (AAU) last April, the Institute also became eligible to participate in the organization\u2019s research news initiative known as Futurity.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFuturity was created to aggregate the very best research news produced by the 63 AAU member universities.\u0026nbsp; Futurity.org , hosted by the University of Rochester, covers research findings on a range of topics including the environment, health, science and society.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAccording to Futurity founders, the recent decline in science and research coverage by traditional news outlets led to the creation of the website and news distribution initiative. That, combined with the fact that research universities are considered among the most credible and trusted institutions in society, prompted the AAU members to create a vehicle to deliver their news and information directly to readers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf you would like to review the website or subscribe to the news service, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.futurity.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.futurity.org\u0022\u003Ewww.futurity.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"AAU membership brings new opportunities."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhen the Georgia Institute of Technology became a member of the\nAmerican Association of Universities (AAU) last April, the Institute\nalso became eligible to participate in the organization\u2019s research news\ninitiative known as Futurity.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFuturity was created to aggregate the very best research news produced\nby the 63 AAU member universities.\u0026nbsp; Futurity.org , hosted by the\nUniversity of Rochester, covers research findings on a range of topics\nincluding the environment, health, science and society\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"When the Georgia Institute of Technology became a member of the American Association of Universities (AAU) last April, the Institute also became eligible to participate in the organization\u2019s research news initiative known as Futurity."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2010-06-28 12:18:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:59","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.futurity.org\/","title":"Futurity"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9919","name":"AAU"},{"id":"10200","name":"American Association of Universities"},{"id":"10199","name":"Daily Digest"},{"id":"10198","name":"Futurity"},{"id":"3245","name":"News"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Grovenstein, 404-894-8835\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}