{"636863":{"#nid":"636863","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Tech Professors Speak Out on Reopening Plans","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMore than 800 of Tech\u0026rsquo;s 1,100 faculty members outlined their concerns to the Georgia Board of Regents in a letter titled \u0026ldquo;Statement of Academic Faculty of Georgia Tech on the COVID-19 Crisis and Fall 2020 Semester.\u0026rdquo; ... Among those who signed were some of the university\u0026rsquo;s top researchers, including renowned physicist \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/walter-de-heer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWalter de Heer\u003C\/a\u003E, psychologist \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/englelab.gatech.edu\/engle.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERandall Engle\u003C\/a\u003E, chemist \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/marder\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESeth Marder\u003C\/a\u003E and atmospheric scientist \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/nga-lee-sally-ng\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENga Lee Ng\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cem\u003ERelated coverage: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/local-education\/university-system-georgia-require-masks-classrooms-after-all\/VyTlGue4hfyynzl2snRHqK\/\u0022\u003EAJC\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/apnews.com\/903dc27185be8b9b84e33142db410db9\u0022\u003EAP\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CNNReplay\/videos\/georgia-tech-faculty-are-asking-for-mask-requirements-on-campus\/1152113298521364\/\u0022\u003ECNN\u003C\/a\u003E (Seth Marder), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/07\/05\/887471299\/a-nightmare-georgia-tech-faculty-push-back-against-in-person-reopening-plans\u0022\u003ENPR\u003C\/a\u003E (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz\u0022\u003EJoshua Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/07\/05\/887471299\/a-nightmare-georgia-tech-faculty-push-back-against-in-person-reopening-plans\u0022\u003EThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34528","created_gmt":"2020-07-09 23:36:38","changed_gmt":"2020-07-13 04:50:40","author":"jhunt7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"lettie pate whitehead evans gender equity award","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.gpbnews.org\/post\/georgia-tech-professors-revolt-over-reopening-say-current-plan-threatens-lives-students-staff","dateline":{"date":"2020-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}