{"205381":{"#nid":"205381","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Undergraduate Research Journal Evolves with Fifth Edition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESince printing its first volume in 2008, \u003Cem\u003EThe Tower\u003C\/em\u003E has progressed from a publication that simply binds together research articles to one that captures the stories and faces of undergraduate research across the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe journal, which publishes each semester, gives undergraduate researchers the opportunity to have their articles accepted to a peer-reviewed publication. The fifth edition includes work from the College of Engineering, College of Sciences, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and Scheller College of Business. It also highlights opportunities available through the Fellowships Office and provides insight into the Institute\u2019s research strategy through interviews with Executive Vice President for Research Steve Cross and Integrated Sciences Curriculum Coordinator Jennifer Leavey.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this issue, the staff has honed the journal\u2019s look, incorporating high-quality photography and a simplified layout. For guidance, they went to Van Jensen, editor of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumnimag.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Magazine\u003C\/a\u003E, whom Editor-in-Chief T.J. Kaplan credits for \u201chis sage advice on how to design a brilliant journal with limited resources.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis edition also features the journal\u2019s first guest article, which came from an undergraduate researcher at the University of Oregon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne of my goals as editor is to improve our relations with other undergraduate research journals across the country,\u201d Kaplan said. \u201cI believe that this is the beginning of an article exchange program that will serve to foster such relationships.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe journal\u2019s student staff not only puts out the print edition, which also can be \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gttower.org\/read\u0022\u003Eread online\u003C\/a\u003E, it maintains \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gttower.org\/blog\u0022\u003Ea blog\u003C\/a\u003E, hosts events and produces videos featuring undergraduates and faculty around campus. \u003Cem\u003EThe Tower\u2019s\u003C\/em\u003E signature event, the Undergraduate Research Kaleidoscope (URK), hosts brief research presentations in a casual setting, modeled after the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pechakucha.org\/\u0022\u003EPechaKucha\u003C\/a\u003E format.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESubmissions to \u003Cem\u003EThe Tower\u003C\/em\u003E are accepted on a rolling basis and can be in the form of articles, dispatches, perspectives or synopses. The journal also continually accepts staff applications. More information on both can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gttower.org\/\u0022\u003Egttower.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPick up your copy of \u003Cem\u003EThe Tower\u2019s\u003C\/em\u003E fifth edition at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/JbwxR\u0022\u003Evarious locations around campus\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Tower now features guest articles and interviews with faculty and students.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Tower now features guest articles and interviews with faculty and students."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-04-09 09:37:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:59","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"205391":{"id":"205391","type":"image","title":"The Tower, Volume 5","body":null,"created":"1449179977","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:37","changed":"1475894861","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:41","alt":"The Tower, Volume 5","file":{"fid":"196711","name":"screen_shot_2013-04-09_at_9.37.05_am.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2013-04-09_at_9.37.05_am_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2013-04-09_at_9.37.05_am_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":604924,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/screen_shot_2013-04-09_at_9.37.05_am_0.png?itok=9y2XApA1"}},"72485":{"id":"72485","type":"image","title":"The Tower Distribution Map","body":null,"created":"1449177934","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:34","changed":"1475894658","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:18","alt":"The Tower Distribution Map","file":{"fid":"193684","name":"screen_shot_2011-11-10_at_10.43.55_am.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2011-11-10_at_10.43.55_am_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2011-11-10_at_10.43.55_am_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":664879,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/screen_shot_2011-11-10_at_10.43.55_am_0.png?itok=SOc6uWlQ"}}},"media_ids":["205391","72485"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gttower.org\/","title":"The Tower"},{"url":"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/JbwxR","title":"Where to pickup The Tower on Campus"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167464","name":"student publications"},{"id":"11468","name":"the tower"},{"id":"453","name":"undergraduate research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:editor@gttower.org\u0022\u003ET.J. Kaplan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Tower\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}