Social Sciences and Arts

South and West Lead the Nation in Multidimensional Poverty, Georgia Tech Researcher Finds

New research finds that people living in California, Texas, and Florida were more likely than other U.S. residents to experience multiple forms of deprivation, such as lack of access to healthcare or affordable housing. These multiple deprivations combined to push many into a state of poverty that has not been picked up in official income-based measures.  

AI and Neuroscience Become Dance Partners for Georgia Tech Arts Event

 

Georgia Tech and Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre have mixed dance with the fields of neuroscience, technology, and artificial intelligence to create a unique performance. Researchers have been meeting with the ballet company for the last year and a half to shape the concept, which explores ideas at the forefront of mechanical interventions into the human body and mind.