McLaughlin named dean of College of Engineering
After an exhaustive international search process, Steven McLaughlin has been named dean of the College of Engineering. McLaughlin was the only finalist of the four...
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Tech prepares for once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse
during the first day of Fall classes, the sun over Tech and the city of Atlanta will begin to dim at 1:05 p.m. EDT. Over...
Tech reacts to Campus Carry
Effective July 1, Georgians with concealed carry permits will be able to lawfully carry their weapons on most of Tech’s campus. Since the law, previously...
Reddit study evaluates campus mental health
Mental health issues are often far more difficult to diagnose and treat than traditional illnesses; they can be difficult to spot, chronic and seemingly unmanageable....
Business Booms in Tech Square
Technology Square, home of the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) and an ecosystem of other industry- and startup-supporting centers, has some big new developments for...
GT2040 campaign looks ahead to Tech’s future
Envisioning — let alone predicting — the future can be enormously challenging, but the #GT2040 initiative encourages students and faculty to do just that. Through...
Facilities: what caused, fixed widespread outages
Tech campus began experiencing power issues across campus on Saturday, April 8 due to a fault in one of the Georgia Power transformers which services...
CEISMC releases annual report on goal attainment
Tech’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC) recently issued its annual report looking back on 2016. CEISMC, which advocates for and itself...
Board of Regents approves tuition increase, Student Center
Several actions taken by the Georgia Board of Regents this week will have impact on Tech students in years to come. On April 18, the...
Study released on economic segregation; Atlanta ranks in top 100
A new study indicates that Atlanta is one of the most economically segregated cities in the U.S. The study, conducted by the Urban Institute and...
Vocal campus birds cause flutter among students
Students living in many of Tech’s west campus residence halls have reported the presence of persistent, repeated chirping throughout the early morning hours, especially from...
Sustainability office holds sessions on strategic plan
Over the last two weeks, the Office of Campus Sustainability has held seven different open offices in order to gather community feedback on the Strategic...
GTENS not used for recent inclement weather
Severe weather blowing through the Atlanta Metro Area the week of April 3 imposed conditions including heavy rain, strong winds and the occasional hail on...
Tech professor chimes in on I-85 collapse
I-85, which collapsed in a fiery blaze last week Thursday, has received an expedited timeline for its repairs. In a news conference this past Tuesday,...
Diversity task forces issue updates
In the fall of 2015, President G.P. “Bud” Peterson put in motion two efforts to address diversity issues on Tech’s campus. The first was the...
Races for executive SGA positions end, transitions begin
This year’s Student Government Association (SGA) elections for undergraduate and graduate executive positions have ended, with the president- and vice president-elects now beginning their transition...
Sting Break interrupted by gun scare
Students attending the annual Sting Break event on March 30 were briefly evacuated from Tech Square during what many thought was an active shooter incident....
Reaffirming and improving teaching at Tech
This year’s Celebrating Teaching Day, where different groups showed off their work on teaching and faculty-development innovation, was held on March 14 in the Student...