{"693306":{"#nid":"693306","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Collard to Serve as Interim Dean of Sciences ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Collard, senior associate dean for the College of Sciences and professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has accepted an appointment to serve as the interim leader for the College of Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs interim dean, Collard will represent a college that is home to more than 3,000 students, 500 faculty members, and six internationally ranked schools.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollard joined the Georgia Tech faculty in 1991. His research program has focused on understanding how interactions between molecules influence the properties of materials, ranging from electrical conductivity to biological responses. As an instructor he has received awards for teaching excellence and outstanding use of educational technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDavid\u2019s thoughtful approach and deep affinity for the college make him ideally suited to help steward this transition period,\u201d said Raheem Beyah, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. \u201cWe are grateful for his willingness to provide continuity of leadership for a college that has achieved tremendous growth in size and reputation over the past seven years.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA national search for the College\u2019s next dean will commence, led by College of Engineering Dean Mitchell Walker. Information regarding the search committee and key dates will be posted to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/provost.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eprovost.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003EDavid Collard, senior associate dean for the College of Sciences and professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has accepted an appointment to serve as the interim leader for the College of Sciences. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As interim, Collard will represent a college that is home to more than 3,000 students, 500 faculty members, and six internationally ranked schools.  "}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2026-10-19 19:31:19","changed_gmt":"2026-10-20 14:05:09","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681472":{"id":"681472","type":"image","title":"David Collard","body":null,"created":"1792438500","gmt_created":"2026-10-19 19:35:00","changed":"1792438500","gmt_changed":"2026-10-19 19:35:00","alt":"David Collard, a faculty member in the Georgia Tech College of Sciences","file":{"fid":"265880","name":"collard.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/19\/collard_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/19\/collard_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":19491044,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/10\/19\/collard_0.png?itok=RbXRnyEc"}}},"media_ids":["681472"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"131901","name":"Provost"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[],"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":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}