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...
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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...
Scheduling whistle changes to take effect this fall
Tech’s class schedules and whistle-soundings for class changes will change this fall as the result of recommendations from the Classroom and Academic Scheduling task force....
SGA Elections result in runoff
This year’s race for Undergraduate Student Government president and executive vice president has ended in a runoff between Sujay Peramanu/Richard Wang and Lizzie Lisenby/Connor Brogan....
Tech, USG respond to revised travel ban
President Trump’s administration announced a revised version of its much-maligned travel ban March 8, prompting responses from Tech as well as the University System of...
SGA Candidates Debate
Candidates for undergraduate president and vice president convened at a debate co-hosted by the Technique and the Student Government Association (SGA) on March 7. The...
Higher ed bills clear Crossover Day
March 3 marked the Georgia State Legislature’s Crossover Day for this legislative session. Crossover Day in the Georgia State Legislature marks the date when bills...
InVenture finalists hold media event
The six InVenture Prize finalists are hard at work preparing for the March 14 finale at the Ferst Center, on March 7, news media was...
Tech’s OMSCS program recognized by Fast Company
Tech’s Online M.S. in Computer Science (OMSCS) recently earned Tech the #3 spot on Fast Company’s 2017 list of the Most Innovative Companies in Education,...
Campus assault bill clears House before Crossover Day
House Bill 51, a piece of legislation proposed by Representative Earl Ehrhart of Powder Springs and aimed at protecting students accused of sexual assault, cleared...
Ivan Allen Prize Awarded to Carters
The 2017 Ivan Allen Prize for Social Courage was awarded to Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter during a symposium held at the Biltmore Ballrooms on Feb....
Tech receives Tree Campus USA designation
Tech was recently accredited with a title of Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. This is the ninth straight year that Tech has...
Midtown Alliance introduces new traffic plan
Atlanta’s Midtown Alliance, a nonprofit coalition of businesses and community leaders, released a plan on traffic improvements for Midtown on Feb. 9. The plan includes...