Tech confirms COVID-19 cluster after first week of classes
Editor’s Note: Earlier today, we received a tip regarding a Greek organization, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, on campus and the organization’s number of reported positive coronavirus...
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New ICE guidelines put international students in limbo
With 23% of Tech’s student demographic consisting of international students, nearly a quarter of the total student body now faces the possibility that they might...
Fall instruction guidelines leave faculty and students frustrated
Update: At 7:21 p.m. on July 6, Tech’s Coronavirus Task Force sent out an email with updated guidelines for the fall semester. Although the CDC...
Online FASETs help new students transition during pandemic
With COVID-19 cases continuing to rise in the U.S., incoming freshmen and transfer students have been attending FASET orientation sessions online to avoid further spreading...
Boil advisory issued after water main break on West Campus
On Saturday, June 27, around 12:30 p.m., Atlanta residents took to social media to report sudden water outages around the city. Students living on and...
BME professor receives coronavirus-related NIH grant
Professor Krishnendu Roy, the Robert H. Milton Chair in the School of Biomedical Engineering, and his research team were recently awarded a grant by the...
Technique Interviews Grad SGA Pres. Lea Harris
The Technique sat down for a virtual interview with Lea Harris, incoming president of the Graduate Student Government Association (GSGA), to learn about her plans...
Riots break out following death of Rayshard Brooks
On Friday, June 12, Rayshard Brooks was killed by two Atlanta Police Department officers. The officers came to the Wendy’s drive-thru, located on University Avenue,...
SGA Calls for Solidarity amid Atlanta Protests
On Monday, June 1, Tech’s Student Government Association (SGA) issued a formal statement concerning the protests in Atlanta over the murders of George Floyd, Breonna...
Atlanta Protests Racial Injustice
On Friday, May 29, thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of downtown Atlanta in a protest against racial injustice in America, marching from Centennial Olympic...
Tech Plans to Slowly Reopen
On May 28, the University System of Georgia (USG) approved Tech’s plan to slowly return to campus. With ramp-ups in campus activity beginning in June,...
3 GTPD vehicles damaged during protests
What started as a peaceful protest in memory of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery on the afternoon of Friday, May 29, escalated into...
Tech to host online graduation celebration, tentative ceremony in August
Spring 2020 graduates, whose commencement was previously cancelled, will be honored with an online ceremony beginning at noon on May 1. “All of us at...
Tech COVID-19 cases approach 20, campus parking becomes testing center
Since March 23, Tech’s Stamps Health Services has recorded 19 confirmed cases of COVID-19 within the campus community. In addition, Tech has collaborated with federal...
GTPD Officer Beck not to be charged for death of Schultz
According to a statement released by the Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard, Jr., the DA’s office has decided not to pursue criminal charges...
SGA Urges Tech Towards Pass/Fail
In late March, a petition began on Change.org to allow pass/fail classes at Tech. The author of the petition, “George Burdell”, cited five reasons why...
Tech Class of 2024 Admission Profile
With a nod to the special number pi, Georgia Tech Admissions released regular admission decisions on March 14 at 1:59 p.m. These admissions brought the...
Tech bids farewell to Student Center
With the future of on-campus instruction being uncertain due to growing coronavirus concerns, the Student Center Programs Council (SCPC) decided to throw together a student...