{"65819":{"#nid":"65819","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College Honors Its Own at 20th Annual Awards Celebration","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENearly three dozen students, faculty and staff picked up awards from the College of Computing on April 26 in a ceremony that marked two full decades of Awards Celebrations for the College\u2014and the first for Dean Zvi Galil.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a very special day,\u201d Galil said in welcoming the students, employees, friends and family in attendance. \u201cWe\u2019re here to honor the best, brightest and hardest working of the many talented people who collectively make up the College of Computing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWalking away with the day\u2019s top honor, the Dean\u2019s Award, were professors and chairs Aaron Bobick and Ellen Zegura, who lead the schools of Interactive Computing (IC) and Computer Science (CS), respectively. Each has led his or her area since before the College formally divided into schools in 2006, and each continues to lead while the College conducts nationwide searches for new IC and CS chairs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor everything they\u2019ve done and continue to do on behalf of the College,\u201d Galil said, \u201cI can\u2019t think of two better choices for the Dean\u2019s Award than Ellen and Aaron.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn all, some 33 students, faculty and staff received awards from the College, and many more were publicly recognized for other achievements during the ceremony. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/events\/awards\/pastrecipients\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E for a full list of present and past award winners, and a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ccgatech\/sets\/72157626468474585\/with\/5662211844\/\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003Ephoto album\u003C\/a\u003E of all College award recipients is up on the College\u2019s Flickr stream.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENearly three dozen students, faculty and staff picked up awards from the\n College of Computing on April 26 in a ceremony that marked two full \ndecades of Awards Celebrations for the College\u2014and the first for Dean \nZvi Galil. \u003Cem\u003ESource: Office of Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2011-04-28 10:00:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:38","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-04-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-04-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"276","name":"Awards"},{"id":"6650","name":"awards ceremony"}],"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":""}}}