{"64929":{"#nid":"64929","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Earthquake in Japan Touches Georgia Tech Campus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the impact of the earthquake in Japan continues to unfold, we have\nidentified eight Georgia Tech students who will be spending spring\nsemester there as part of International Work Abroad and Office of International Education (OIE) programs. OIE has made\ncontact with the students and has learned that all are safe.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E In addition, Jill Burya, assistant director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Work Abroad Program, was traveling in Japan on a Department of Education grant when the earthquake hit. She has safely returned to the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech also has 35 students enrolled from Japan. OIE is\ncontacting these students to offer support and counseling services in\nthis potential time of need. For those who may have family or friends\nin Japan, the Georgia Tech Counseling Center provides a variety of\nservices\nto students and the greater campus community. See the Counseling\nCenter\u0027s website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.counseling.gatech.edu\/index.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.counseling.gatech.edu\/index.php\u003C\/a\u003E,\nfor\nadditional details.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, throughout the day, Georgia Tech researchers have provided\ntheir insight and expertise to the media and the public through ABC, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, CNN,\nCNN en Espa\u00f1ol, the Weather Channel, Fox News and other national news\norganizations. As this natural disaster transitions from a response to\nrecovery situation, Georgia Tech will be involved in the research arena\nin terms of evaluating the impact of the earthquake and translating\nthat knowledge into useful information designed to help mitigate future\ndisasters.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech will continue to monitor the impact of the earthquake in\nJapan, the Pacific and other affected areas and stands ready to offer\nthe Institute\u0027s assistance and expertise.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Office of\u0026nbsp; International Education (OIE) is\ncontacting students to offer support and counseling services in\nthis potential time of need. For those who may have family or friends\nin Japan, the Georgia Tech Counseling Center provides a variety of\nservices\nto students and the greater campus community.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Office of  International Education (OIE) is contacting students to offer support and counseling services in this potential time of need."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2011-03-11 20:39:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:22","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-03-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12362","name":"japan earthquake march 2011"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of Communications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8835\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}