[bioundgrd] Fwd: PhD Program Annoucement in Science & Technology Policy

[Janice Chang]

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>Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:42:56 -0500
>From: Zak Taylor <mzak at gatech.edu>
>Subject: PhD Program Annoucement in Science & Technology Policy
>
>Are your science & engineering students looking to get into science 
>& technology policy?
>
>Georgia Tech now offers a PhD Program in Science, Technology, and 
>International Affairs. 
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>If any of your undergraduate or masters students are interested in a 
>pursuing a PhD at a program which specializes in S&T politics and 
>policy, then please alert them of this new opportunity. Any 
>science/engineering majors (especially those pursuing a political 
>science, policy, or economics minor) would be a good fit for this 
>program.
>
>The department's faculty includes political scientists, physicists, 
>chemists, computer scientists, and policy experts from across a wide 
>spectrum of issue areas and regional specialties. Students will also 
>be encouraged to incorporate faculty from the various science & 
>engineering departments at Georgia Tech into their dissertation 
>committees.
>
>We are looking for a few good women and men to comprise the student 
>body of a relatively small, but elite, program. Our goal is to admit 
>three to five outstanding candidates each year and to provide them 
>with generous financial support during their studies at Georgia 
>Tech. The ideal candidate has a background - or compelling interest 
>- in a field of science and technology, and possesses the desire to 
>explore issues at the nexus of science, technology, and 
>international affairs.
>
>The program website is: 
>http://www.inta.gatech.edu/academic-programs/graduate/doctoral/
>
>Queries should be addressed to:
>Vince Pedicino
>vince.pedicino at inta.gatech.edu
>404-894-1905
>
>Deadline for Applications: Jan 15, 2009
>
>!!PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY!!
>
>--
>Mark Zachary Taylor
>Assistant Professor
>Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
>Georgia Institute of Technology
>781 Marietta Street NW
>Atlanta, GA  30332-0610
>www.inta.gatech.edu/faculty-staff/listing.php?uID=36