News Briefs

Emory, Georgia Tech receive first human exposome center grant in U.S.

May 22, 2013 - Investigators at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, along with partners at the Georgia Institute of Technology, have received a $4 million grant over four years to establish the HERCULES Center at Emory University (Health and Exposome Research Center: Understanding Lifetime Exposures). The grant is the first exposome-based center grant awarded in the United States. 

Three Civil Engineering Faculty Awarded Prestigious ASCE Huber Prize

May 22, 2013 - The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently announced that three faculty from Georgia Tech were chosen to receive the 2013 Walter L. Huber Prize.

Georgia Tech Named #1 for “Affordable Colleges With High ROI"

May 21, 2013 - In its latest data compilation, the tuition comparison resource AffordableCollegesOnline (ACO) has named Georgia Tech as its number one choice for “Affordable Colleges With High Return on Investment.” 

President Appoints Mental Health Task Force

May 17, 2013 - Student, faculty and staff representatives will assess mental health services on campus.

Presidential Committee to Oversee Campus Accessibility

May 13, 2013 - To ensure that none of the more than 26,000 students, faculty, and staff that make up the Georgia Tech community is deprived of the chance to fully participate in the Institute’s offerings, President G.P. “Bud” Peterson has established a new committee. 

Mechanical Engineering Professor Named Jefferson Science Fellow

May 7, 2013 - Jonathan Colton, professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Industrial Design, was recently named one of thirteen Jefferson Science Fellows for the upcoming academic year of 2013-2014. 

ATDC Wins Honors from Forbes – Again

May 3, 2013 - Forbes magazine has named the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech as one of the “Business Incubators Changing the World.”  The magazine worked with CB insights, a New York firm that tracks funding trends, to identify a dozen “especially crackling innovations hubs” from among more than 300 candidates.

President’s Update Highlights Tech’s Impact

April 29, 2013 - The President’s Update, now available online, provides a high-level overview of Georgia Tech’s impact, as well as research, innovation, student, faculty, and staff accomplishments.

Finals Week Requires Additional Safety Measures

April 29, 2013 - Students are asked to take extra care with their safety when on campus late at night during finals week.

A Conversation Among Presidents

Georgia Tech team finalist in BP competition

April 19, 2013 - A Georgia Tech team is a U.S. finalist in an international student competition run by BP. The Ultimate Field Trip, aimed at science and engineering undergraduate and graduate students, challenges participants to solve a real-world energy issue.

Recent Tragedies Underscore Importance of Reporting Concerns

April 19, 2013 - In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing and the overnight death of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) police officer, security is top of mind for campus security officials across the country.

Students, Industry Converge to Showcase New Technologies

April 16, 2013 - Students create new platforms and technologies in the Institute for People and Technology's Convergence Innovation Competition.

Math-Computing Double-Major Wins Coveted Goldwater

Engineers at Play: Students Tackle Gaming Gauntlet in a Semester

April 10, 2013 - Students created video games in the course of a semester through VGDev, an extracurricular game development group.

Tickets Available for Former U.S. Secs. of Defense Event at Ferst Center

April 5, 2013 - On Tuesday, April 23, the Georgia Tech community is invited to participate in a unique and candid conversation among those who have been central to shaping the United States military strategy over the past 40 years. 

Elections Open for Student Government Leadership

April 4, 2013 - Undergraduate and graduate students run for president, vice president, and House positions.

Traffic Flow to Be Impacted by Activities On, Around Campus This Week

Georgia Tech Adds Robotics Research Component to Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering Program

March 27, 2013 - Ayanna Howard has been awarded a NSF REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE) continuing grant for her proposal to add a robotics component to Georgia Tech’s SURE program.

Collaborative Health Information Technology Program Launches

March 20, 2013 - Classes got underway March 4 at Gwinnett Tech in Lawrenceville for the newly-launched Health Information Technology (HIT) certificate program, a part of the HIT education partnership between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Gwinnett Technical College.

Azad Naeemi Wins NSF CAREER Award

March 18, 2013 - ECE Assistant Professor Azad Naeemi has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his research project entitled "Physical Models and Experimental Validation for High-Frequency Multilayer Graphene Interconnects."

Army ROTC Offers Two-Year Academic Scholarships

March 12, 2013 - The Army ROTC program is now accepting applicants to its program who can earn a two-year academic scholarship.

Medical and Biological Engineering Group Names Bellamkonda President-Elect

March 10, 2013 - The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has named Ravi Bellamkonda as the organization’s president-elect. He will begin his term as president in 2014.

Georgia Tech Programs Place Eighth in World University Rankings

March 10, 2013 - The Georgia Institute of Technology garnered the No. 8 spot on the 2012 list of the top 100 world universities in engineering/technology and computer sciences, according to Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).