Youth political organizations rally for election
In the months leading up to Election Day, Georgia youth political organizations on both sides of the aisle have been working to engage with the...
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Trump holds rally on campus days before election
For a man who has declared “retribution” against his enemies for the better part of two years, former President Donald Trump had a different attitude...
BioLab Fire in Rockdale County raises Air Quality Concerns in Metro
Following the chaos of Hurricane Helene, a fire broke out in the BioLab warehouse in Rockdale County, 30 miles east of Atlanta. On Sept. 29,...
UNGA convened for its 79th session in New York
It was a busy week in New York as the city hosted the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from Sept. 24...
Georgia Tech Brings Back Annual RSO Political Debate
Starting on Sept. 30, Tech hosted its annual Wreck The Vote event on campus. Done in collaboration between the Student Government Association (SGA) and the...
Georgian Prisons are ‘in crisis’, DOJ says
On Oct. 1, the Department of Justice (DOJ) found that Georgia prisons violated the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and threatened to sue the...
Hurricane Helene Strikes the USA: Georgia Tech Responds
Hurricane Helene made landfall near Perry, Florida, on Thursday, Sept. 26. With winds reaching as high as 140 mph, the Category 4 storm was among...
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Arthur M. Blank Hospital Opens
The new Children’s Hospital of Atlanta Arthur M. Blank Hospital was opened on Sunday Sept. 29 in Atlanta. Patients in the now-closed Egleston Hospital were...
GTXR successfully launches a Sounding Rocket in the Mojave Desert
The Georgia Tech Experimental Rocketry team (GTXR) embarked on an ambitious trip to the Mojave Desert this summer, where they launched two rockets, “Fire on...
Walz visits Tech on campaign trail
There was a curious buzz around campus with the arrival of Gov. Tim Walz on Sept. 17. Students flocked to the John Lewis Student Center...
Ping Pong Protesters hinder Atlanta City Council
Protestors threw thousands of ping pong balls in the City Hall on Sept.16’s Atlanta City Council meeting to protest Mayor Dickens’s appropriation of $90 million...
EMS at Tech Launches Partnership with Grady Hospital to Improve Campus Emergency Responses
Following years of discussion and planning, EMS at Tech (EMSaT) has partnered with Grady EMS, an emergency medical service division of the Grady Health System,...
Apalachee High School returns to campus
Students at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia returned to school this week after a mass shooting unfolded on campus on September 4, 2024. The...
Tech addresses overcrowding at football games
A surge in student attendance at Tech football games this season led to overcrowding issues at the first home game against Georgia State University. Organizational...
Atlanta sued by Chattahoochee conservationists
The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) filed a lawsuit on Sept. 6 against the City of Atlanta for violating the Clean Water Act. The 34-year-old nonprofit, represented...
GT Shenzhen closes campus after decade in China
Following a thorough investigation, Tech has decided to shut down its overseas campus, the Georgia Tech Shenzhen Institute (GTSI), after its ten years of existence....
Debt forgiveness faces legal challenges
On Sept. 3, seven Republican states, including Georgia, preemptively filed a suit against the third student loan relief proposal by the Biden-Harris government. The previous...
Dickens announces $60 million for housing
A substantial effort to tackle homelessness is taking shape, driven by a $60 million investment from mayor Andre Dickens. The mayor also hopes to raise...