{"219671":{"#nid":"219671","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Architecture\u0027s Alan Balfour Named Advisory Professor at Major Chinese University","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlan Balfour, former dean of the Georgia Tech College of Architecture, was recently named as advisory professor in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University in Shanghai, China.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe appointment was made by Tongji University president, Dr, Pei Gang. As advisory professor, Balfour will be working with students and faculty in Shanghai in the year ahead and working on a book on the future development of the Chinese city. \u0026nbsp;This will be a sequel to his 2002 book\u003Cem\u003E SHANGHAI: World City.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cProfessor Balfour is a renowned scholar with an extraordinary ability to describe the links between social policies, economic aspirations, and the development of cities,\u0022 said Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs at Georgia Tech. \u0022He is a perfect choice to help Tongji University charter the past, present, and future of Shanghai.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETongji University is one of China\u2019s leading universities directly under the State Ministry of Education. With an enrollment of 50,000 students, it offers degree programs both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The university offers a wide range of academic programs, 14 Schools ranging from architecture and urban planning to engineering to liberal arts and law.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"College of Architecture\u0027s Alan Balfour Named Advisory Professor at Major Chinese University"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;College of Architecture\u0027s Alan Balfour Named Advisory Professor at Major Chinese University\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"College of Architecture\u0027s Alan Balfour Named Advisory Professor at Major Chinese University"}],"uid":"27814","created_gmt":"2013-07-01 08:11:42","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Lisa Herrmann","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-07-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-07-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"219661":{"id":"219661","type":"image","title":"Tongji signing","body":null,"created":"1449180151","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:02:31","changed":"1475894830","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:10","alt":"Tongji signing","file":{"fid":"197229","name":"tongji_pic.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tongji_pic.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tongji_pic.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3995648,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tongji_pic.jpeg?itok=icSJqspi"}}},"media_ids":["219661"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1166","name":"alan balfour"},{"id":"802","name":"China"},{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"68801","name":"Tongji"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Herrmann - Director of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.herrmann@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}