WeatherSTEM systems tweet, forecast weather
Atlanta weather is known to be unpredictable at best, and Tech has a very innovative way to make sense of it all. Tech’s Emergency Preparedness...
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Library launches search engine amidst delay
On Feb. 1, Tech announced their switch to PRIMO for its search and catalog system. This system replaces the former Voyager system and will eventually...
SGA holds Town Hall on Student Code of Conduct
Amid debates on student disciplinary processes, the Undergraduate Judiciary Cabinet (UJC) held a Town Hall to answer questions and explain Tech’s processes from the perspective...
Create-X offers pro-bono legal advice to student inventors
CREATE-X, Tech’s entrepreneurial initiative, recently launched LegalBuzz, a program that provides student inventors with legal office hours. Students can talk to lawyers from Troutman Sanders,...
SGA looks to excuse religious holidays
The Student Government Association (SGA) Student Regulations Committee aims to make religious holidays a more full experience for practicing students on Tech’s campus. A new...
Six Finalists named for InVenture
Six finalists for this year’s InVenture Prize were announced on Feb. 10. FireHUD is a monitor which tracks and reports data to firefighters about their...
Comparing USG judicial processes
Recent controversies over Tech’s disciplinary processes have called into question those of the entire University System of Georgia (USG). Multiple legislators, including Representative Earl Ehrhart...
Tech chosen to participate in Solar Decathalon
With solar-powered houses offering paths to renewable energy, the Department of Energy’s biennial Solar Decathlon competition is generating multidisciplinary activity within teams in 16 different...
Music technology degree approved
On Jan. 19, Tech announced the approval of its new Bachelor of Science in Music Technology by the Board of Regents. The new program is...
Parrish awarded the 2016 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize
The students, faculty, and staff of Tech will gather on Feb. 18 to honor the winner of the 2016 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize of Social...
Sustainability courses open
At the start of this semester, the Serve-Learn-Sustain program introduced its first set of courses available for general students. This program is actually Tech’s third...
Famous groundhog visits Tech during Carnivale
General Beauregard Lee, Georgia’s resident groundhog with a talent for weather prognostication, visited Tech during its annual Campus Services Carnivale on Feb. 2. Lee, who...
Wellness Director now on campus
Tech’s newly-formed Center for Community Health and Wellbeing welcomed its first Director on Dec. 7 of last year. Suzy Harrington, with expertise in healthcare business...
Tech scientists build playground for robots
The playground is a piece of childhood nostalgia, evoking in many the urge to abandon adulthood and to return to the carefree days of climbing...
Legislative hearing questions OSI process
President G.P. “Bud” Peterson spoke before a subcommittee of the Georgia House Appropriations Committee on Jan. 25 in contribution to a conversation about due process...
Preliminary injunction denied for student expelled for rape
Recent skepticism from the student body about the Office of Student Integrity’s (OSI) investigation process has brought to light the case of “John Doe B,”...
Board of Regents overturns student expulsion
On Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, “John Doe A” and Tech were notified that the discretionary review committee of the Board of Regents (BOR) of the...
SGA passes bill on Student Center funding
A referendum on funding for the Student Center’s “Re(in)novation” effort was approved by both the Graduate Student Senate and Undergraduate House of Representatives on Jan....