Providing support with Black Mentor Jackets
Mentor Jackets has been going strong through the Student Alumni Association (SAA) for some time now, but Jeanne Kerney, CE ‘84 and president of the...
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‘76 Days’ documents pandemic on front lines
On Thursday, Feb. 4, a panel of Tech professors discussed the critically-acclaimed documentary “76 Days,” a film about the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, with its...
Exploring disparities and vaccine rollout
With almost 10% of the United States population having received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the healthcare system is facing an unprecedented challenge....
Computational media’s tri-college curriculum
Often received with perplexed looks and blank stares, Computational Media (CM) is one of the smallest and unknown majors at Tech. With only 211 students...
Tech Alumna joins 11Alive weather team
At five years old, Melissa Nord was terrified of thunderstorms. Now, she is an Emmy-winning certified broadcast meteorologist, having covered everything from winter storms to...
Power of a post: democracy in a digital age
The 2020 Presidential Election broke many records, including the highest voter turnout since the 1900 election, with over 66% of the eligible voting population participating....
Find your own niche with club recruitment
As the spring semester gets underway, so has recruitment for many of Tech’s student organizations. This includes Ramblin’ Reck Club, Student Center Programs Council (SCPC),...
Expressing emotions, creating art with Robots
Engineering and art are often seen as polar opposites, but this past Monday, Jan. 25, director of GT Arts Aaron Shackelford interviewed alum María Santos...
MLK lecture features award-winning journalist
On Thursday, Jan. 14, Tech hosted the 10th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture, this year featuring Nikole Hannah-Jones. Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist,...
Senior director of CRC retires after 28 years
After 28 years at Tech, senior director of the Campus Recreation Center (CRC) Michael Edwards has officially entered retirement. Edwards was first recruited by Patrick...
Pouring new narratives with Portrait Coffee
On Monday, Jan. 18, as a part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event, co-founder of Portrait Coffee John Onwuchekwa spoke about...
FASET, Wreck Camp staff applications open
This year marks the 50th anniversary of FASET, a tradition which welcomes new students to Tech and provides current students an opportunity for mentorship. Staff...
Ballroom dance club “swings” into safe dancing
There are a variety of skills to be learned at Tech, from computer science to communication to efficiently navigating East Campus while avoiding Freshman Hill....
Tech students create new “Queues” app
On a fall night four years ago, CS student Samuel Porta was studying for his finals on the fourth floor of the CULC. Sitting with...
“Transformative Narratives”: Stories of identity
Last week, Staff Diversity, Inclusion, and Engagement held its third annual “Transformative Narratives,” a virtual “storytelling crawl.” The series comprised six story-related events, and included...
Lasting Legacies
John Lewis (1940 – 2020) On July 17, 2020, a legend died. Born outside the small town of Troy, Alabama, John Robert Lewis came from...
Sam Nunn on Cold War & nuclear weapons
2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World Word II and the start of the Cold War, a conflict that shaped former United...
Health disparities & the fight for health equity
This Tuesday, Oct. 27, Tech hosted the event “Healthcare Disparities” which consisted of a keynote speaker as well as a panel for a Q&A. The...