{"570051":{"#nid":"570051","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kim Cobb Assumes New Role as ADVANCE Professor for the College of Sciences","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has named \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/Kim_Cobb\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E the ADVANCE Professor for the College of Sciences. Cobb is a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.advance.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EADVANCE\u003C\/a\u003E is a Georgia Tech program to help ensure that women and minorities achieve the highest level of success in academia. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.advance.gatech.edu\/team\/gt-advance-professors\u0022\u003EADVANCE professors\u003C\/a\u003E have been pillars in Georgia Tech\u2019s efforts to build institutional capacity to achieve that goal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECobb\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/shadow.eas.gatech.edu\/~kcobb\/\u0022\u003Eresearch\u003C\/a\u003E aims to \u201cuncover the mechanisms of global climate change, both natural and anthropogenic, in order to inform projections of future climate change.\u201d Primarily, her group generates high-resolution records of past tropical Pacific climate variability from corals and cave stalagmites. By combining climate models and data, her lab characterizes natural climate variability in the tropical Pacific and identifies climate trends associated with anthropogenic climate change.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECobb is passionate about advancing diversity, equity, and inclusiveness in academia and beyond, says College of Sciences Dean Paul M. Goldbart. \u201cIn Kim we have a thoughtful, experienced champion who will bring her energy and commitment to these critical, intersecting issues,\u201d Goldbart says. \u201cI thank her for her willingness to take on the vital role of College of Sciences ADVANCE Professor, and I look forward with excitement to working with her and our other ADVANCE colleagues to\u0026nbsp;make Georgia Tech the premier destination for women in STEM \u2013 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics \u2013 fields.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is a profound honor to join a team of such accomplished women in advancing Georgia Tech\u2019s goals,\u201d Cobb say.\u0026nbsp;\u201cBeing a part of the ADVANCE team gives me a chance to translate one of my deepest passions \u2013 diversity in STEM \u2013 into concrete actions within the College of Sciences and beyond.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe ADVANCE appointment includes funding to support Cobb\u2019s activities during her tenure as ADVANCE professor as she works to promote gender equity and other initiatives critical to the success of women faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs an ADVANCE professor, Cobb will advise and collaborate with Institute leaders on issues vital to the success of women faculty, as well as formulate strategies and initiatives for hiring, promoting, and retaining women faculty. With other ADVANCE professors, Cobb will help develop a network committed to the success of women faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI greatly look forward to engaging with faculty, staff, and students across the College of Sciences toward creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment at Georgia Tech,\u201d Cobb says. \u201cI will work hard to foster such engagement, as I believe it is key to achieving our most ambitious goals as an institution.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFigure Caption\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EKim Cobb shared her research and perspectives on climate change at the Atlanta Science Tavern meeting in Manuel\u2019s Tavern on Aug. 27, 2016. Photo by Maureen Rouhi\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMatt Barr\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EScience Communications Intern, College of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Three-year appointment empowers the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences professor to promote gender equity at Georgia Tech."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree-year appointment empowers the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences professor to promote gender equity at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three-year appointment empowers the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences professor to promote gender equity at Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"32896","created_gmt":"2016-08-30 08:44:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:26","author":"Matt Barr","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"570081":{"id":"570081","type":"image","title":"Cobb Science Tavern","body":null,"created":"1472561226","gmt_created":"2016-08-30 12:47:06","changed":"1475895379","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:19","alt":"Cobb Science Tavern","file":{"fid":"207057","name":"cobb_science_tavern.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cobb_science_tavern.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cobb_science_tavern.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":77031,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cobb_science_tavern.jpg?itok=Ns3YGID_"}}},"media_ids":["570081"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"33371","name":"ADVANCE Awards"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"137951","name":"gender diversity"},{"id":"170430","name":"Professor Kim Cobb"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"}],"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=\u0022maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EA. Maureen Rouhi\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}