Tech gets grant for car chargers
The Department of Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) at Tech has been awarded a grant for almost $40,000 by the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority for...
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USG Begins new plan to Privatize housing
The upcoming launch of the housing privatization plan at nine public universities across the state by the University System of Georgia (USG) has caused some...
GTRI employees fired/resign over fraud scandal
After an investigation of illicit and improper purchases made by the Advanced Concept Laboratory (ACL), Tech has taken corrective action including firing several employees and...
Food Court vendors changed
The food court in the Student Center will be seeing some renovations, and is replacing several of the concepts, including Great Wraps. “The construction began...
DOE updates Clery Act
The Clery Act was recently amended by the Department of Education to refine and modernize rules and procedures for managing crime reports. Specifically, it now...
Jacket Guardian app replaced
This semester, Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) has fully implemented an app, Rave Guardian, which is an upgrade from the previous campus safety resource, Jacket...
Phi Kappa Tau fraternity facing lawsuit
Phi Kappa Tau (PKT) fraternity, which was kicked off campus last March, is being sued by two women who say that they were sexually assaulted...
Stamps Health continues GYP campaign
For a second year, the Get Yourself Protected (GYP) program is being promoted encourage Tech students to make healthy decisions while being sexually active. The...
Students work on Senate campaigns
The 2014 midterm election are less than a week away, and for some students, that means more than showing up to vote. Sana Surani, a...
Tech creates Bicycle Master Plan
In response to a greater number of bikers on campus, Capital Planning and Space Management (CPSM) has come up with a Bicycle Master Plan that...
Food trucks to move due to construction by CULC
The current construction behind the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons (CULC), intended to create a wider pathway and make the cobbled street safer will soon be...
Prescription drug disposal offered at Stamps
At the beginning of October, Stamps and the GTPD began a prescription drug disposal service where students can safely throw away prescription drugs. This initiative...
Stamps offers flu shots
Stamps Health Services has begun providing free flu shots for students. October is halfway over, and according to the Nursing Manager Debbie Spillers, the flu...
Homeless liaison position created
Dana Hartley was named by Tech as the homeless liaison as part of the Direct Point of Contact (DPOC) system. Her role is to act...
Audit finds problems with CRC Aquatics
During the months of August and October, the Campus Recreation Center (CRC) failed audits conducted by Tech-contracted company Ellis and Associates. According to the records...
Inside look at Tech women in graduate school
According to Institute Research and Planning numbers, women constituted 24 percent of the incoming class of graduate students at Tech. Much of this was driven...
Examining the “free speech area” on campus
The arrival of outside demonstrators at Tech last week, sparked a discussion on campus about free speech as several student groups organized counter-protests and alternate...
RFID used for object recognition
At the 2014, International Conference on Intelligence Robot and Systems, Tech PhD graduate Dr. Travis Deyle, Professor Charlie Kemp and University of Washington Professor Matthew...