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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Bobby Dodd concessions now accept Bitcoin
At the home football game against the University of Miami on October 5, Tech concessions at Bobby Dodd began accepting the virtual currency Bitcoin as...
Tech’s plans to improve overall education experience
This academic year, Tech joined the Consortium to Promote Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE) in an effort to improve the educational experiences of first and...
Tech Tower to be renovated
Last month, the Georgia Board of Regents approved a new renovation project on the Tech Tower. “It is an important building to keep in use...
Kappa Alpha Fraternity gets interim suspension for hazing
On Sept. 22, Kappa Alpha Fraternity at Tech was placed on interim suspension pending an Office of Student Integrity (OSI) investigation by both the Dean...
Tech starts cessation program
In the past few years, Stamps Health Services has been working to create a comprehensive tobacco cessation program, beginning with the process of data collection...
Grub2Go Launches at Tech
Grub2Go, an app that allows students to order food from vendors around campus from a mobile device, is now available for download on android and...
Bus scheduling sees improvement
Recently this semester, an increasing number of students have had concerns that the Stinger buses have been unreliable or inconsistent, expressing their frustrations on social...