USG Travel Alert on Coronavirus - Impact on Georgia Tech Programs
On Friday, Jan. 31, the University System of Georgia (USG) issued notice that all travel to China is suspended, effective immediately, for all USG institutions. The response, related to the coronavirus, comes following the U.S. State Department’s “Do Not Travel” advisory and is in alignment with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Travel limitations affect study abroad, conferences, and research activities, among others for all faculty, staff, and students. As such, Georgia Tech will cancel all spring programs to China, including study abroad, internship and spring break programs. Work is currently underway to move the impacted individuals to other programs. While the USG will make overall decisions regarding the impact on summer programs and other travel at a later date, Georgia Tech has preemptively cancelled the China Summer Program (study abroad).
As advised by the USG, Georgia Tech will make contingency plans for other summer activities in China should current guidance remain unchanged in the coming weeks and months. Further, any faculty with plans to travel to China during the spring semester should make plans to cancel those commitments now. We will work closely with our colleagues at the system office to continue to monitor the situation and will provide additional information when available. Should you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the chair of your respective school or unit.
For additional details, please visit the USG's site for additional guidance and resources.
Meet Provost Rafael L. Bras
Dr. Rafael L. Bras is the provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Create the Next in Education
Deliberate Innovation, Lifetime Education follows the work of more than 50 faculty, staff, and students to address the issues of the next generation of learners.
Get the Latest News
Get latest updates on initiatives and task forces, faculty news, and featured events each month.
Ivan Allen College Dean Search
Visit the search site to read the position profile, submit a nomination or application, or to learn more about the search firm and commitee.
Georgia Tech Library Dean Search
Visit the search site to read the position profile, submit a nomination or application, or to learn more about the search firm and commitee.
Faculty and Staff Awards
Georgia Tech is pleased to celebrate the many internal and external accomplishments of our dedicated faculty and staff.
Campus News
-
Balsam to Retire as Secretary of the Faculty
Jeanne H. Balsam, secretary of the faculty and principal research associate at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), has announced her intention to retire.
-
Four Georgia Tech Faculty Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Four Georgia Institute of Technology faculty members have been elected as new members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Marilyn Brown, Thomas Kurfess, Susan Margulies, and Alexander Shapiro join 83 other new NAE members for 2020 when they are formally inducted during a ceremony at the academy’s annual meeting on Oct. 4 in Washington, D.C.
-
Georgia Tech Joins MIT-led Digital Credentials Consortium, Co-Authors New Report on Digital Credentials of the Future
Georgia Tech has joined MIT and 10 other international universities as founding members of the Digital Credentials Consortium, a collaborative, intercollegiate research and design group focused on the creation of verifiable digital credentials.
-
Rafael L. Bras to Step Down as Georgia Tech’s Provost
Georgia Tech Provost Rafael L. Bras will step down approximately Sept. 1, following a decade as the Institute’s chief academic officer. Bras will remain at Georgia Tech as a professor.
-
Finalists Chosen in Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Dean Search
Finalists have been chosen in the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts dean search.
-
Georgia Tech’s Excel Program Moved to the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing
Excel at Georgia Tech has been restructured into CEISMC, moving the program out of the Scheller College of Business, and into a centralized unit within the Office of the Provost.
Recent Posts from Dr. Bras
-
Servant Leadership: A Lesson in Harmony, Humility and Helpfulness
Last Jan. 26, I had the unforgettable experience to visit former President Jimmy Carter’s Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia. To me, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are the paragons of servant leaders. I cannot begin to explain what it meant for me to visit with them at their church.
-
Before Closing the Chapter as Provost
By now, many of you have heard of my intention to step down from the provost position on or around Sept. 1. The last 10 years as provost at Georgia Tech have been a dream job and now it is time to do something else.
-
A (Large) Circle of Friends
On Dec. 6, many from across the Institute came together to salute Monique Tavares, director of Global Operations, as she retires after 19 years at Georgia Tech.
-
All in a Day of Horseback Riding
Last Nov. 10, the day before Veterans Day, my wife and I spent two and a half hours horseback riding around Chickamauga National Military Park, the site of a major Civil War battle in 1863. It was a beautiful day, sunny and brisk.
-
Make it a very good day, I insist.
At times, we all feel overwhelmed by circumstances, anxious, alone in our troubles, or desperate. It is important to first recognize that these emotions are common to all of us and make us human. And second, that we do not have to face them alone.
-
The Names of My Friends
I grew up in a middle-class family in Puerto Rico. My childhood was a worry-free existence — we were safe in school, in stores, and on the streets.
College Deans and Vice Provosts
Contact the Provost
Office: (404) 385-2700
Fax: (404) 894-1277
225 North Avenue
Carnegie Building
Atlanta, GA 30332-0325
