{"666542":{"#nid":"666542","#data":{"type":"event","title":" Center for Urban Research Launch Event","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/urbanresearch.iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Urban Research\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a partnership between\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003Ethe Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003Ethe City of Atlanta Office of the Mayo\u003C\/strong\u003Er, focused on collaborative solutions to address socio-economic inequities in urban areas\u0026mdash;bringing academic expertise across the state to the work being done on the ground. The Center seeks to build mutually beneficial partnerships with university, community, non-profit and municipal leaders across the city; support community resiliency and sustainability; provide enhanced learning experiences for students; and catalyze collaborative research projects with direct impact on the city of Atlanta and state of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe launch will open with remarks from key administrators from the Institute and a short vision statement from the Inaugural Director, David Edwards. The next session of the launch will focus on highlighting ongoing projects that demonstrate collaboration with faculty and practitioners on policy-relevant research. The last hour of the event will be a strategy session to discuss how we can collaborate to advance the goals of the Center on our campus. We will then invite everyone to join in a reception for informal conversation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event is open to all members of the Georgia Tech community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The mission of the Center is to serve as a policy makerspace for Georgia Tech and partners to work collaboratively in need-based research to address socio-economic inequities in Atlanta and the state of Georgia. "}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2023-03-08 19:56:02","changed_gmt":"2023-03-08 19:56:02","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2023-03-20T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2023-03-20T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2023-03-20T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2023-03-20 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2023-03-20 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2023-03-20 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/urbanresearch.iac.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center Website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMeenu Mukherji\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mmukherji3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emmukherji3@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}