GT Coming Out Week supports LGBT community
Students walking down Skiles this week might have noticed a bit more color than usual. For most of the week, students in white and plum...
Life
Tech Hillel sponsors guest lecturer
On Oct. 27, Tech Hillel, Tech’s Jewish organization, sponsored a guest lecture given by Amos Guiora. Many college students in the United States may not...
Hanson “Takes a Walk” with students
Imagine walking a mile through Midtown Atlanta. It might take a few minutes, but it’s certainly doable. Fresh air, fairly interesting scenery and, if you...
Students, administration collaborate to meet green goals
In early October, the Sustainable Endowments Institute released its College Sustainability Report Card. The report card grades universities on their efforts to improve energy efficiency...
OIT Security panel offers social networking safety tips
Big Brother is watching, and your little sister, Aunt Sally, too. And probably somewhere around 300 of your closest friends, come to think of it....
ThinkBig communities connect students with faculty
A new housing option called ThinkBig has allowed students with a common interest to live together and participate in themed faculty-led group activities. While the...
Student awarded prestigious Astronaut Scholarship
From high school to his third year at Tech, aerospace engineering major, Jonathan Walker has contributed to his community in the name of science, and...
CoC receives $1.4 million from NSF for outreach program
Tech’s College of Computing received an additional $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its Georgia Computes! (GC) program to extend the program...
Earth Augmented
Remember when Google Earth first came out? Many of your friends, classmates and even your parents began to check their computers and phones to get...
Center for Music Technology redefines music interaction
What is music? For such a simple-sounding question, it’s one that carries a lot of clout. For one person, it might be a life-long passion...
GT Dining hosts environmentally friendly competition
Tech Dining halls are competing against each other for the gold medal in green services. Brittain and Woodruff dining halls and the Student Center Food...
BioMed bunny bares all for Playboy’s “Girls of ACC”
With football season and the ACC in full swing, many students do their part at Tech to show their school spirit, whether it’s attending the...
Apollo 16 astronaut inspires
Twelve men have walked the moon. Only nine are still alive. This past Tuesday, Tech students had the opportunity to listen to the experiences of...
Rosh Hashannah marks new year for Jewish students
L’shana tovah! Sundown on Sept. 18, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, will begin and ends at nightfall on Sept. 20. While Georgia Tech doesn’t...
Students debate health care options, policy
Ask any student what the hot-button political issue of the day is, and if “healthcare” isn’t the first thing out of their mouth, it should...
LED lights offer potential green alternative
What used to only be found in instrument panels and holiday lightbulb strings, LED (light-emitting diode) technology shows great promise in lighting the way for...
The Gossip Wars
Ever since kindergarten and elementary school, we were taught to say “if we don’t have anything nice to say (about anyone), don’t say it at...
H1N1: Students share experiences about recovery
The very mention of the words “swine flu” is all it takes to have several students clutching desperately for hand sanitizer, but several students have...