Executive Reports
During executive reports, several Executive branch officers discussed ongoing business. Vice President of Academic Affairs,m Lucy Tucker, updated UHR on X-degree, the proposed new “build-your-own-major”...
News
Symposium facilitates diversity discussions
The Institute held its fourth annual Diversity Symposium on Friday, Sept. 7. The event, sponsored by the Office of Diversity Affairs, was meant to encourage communication about issues such as racism, sexism and homophobia, and attracted students, faculty and staff from several departments and areas around campus.
JFC Policy Changes
The major item of business at the UHR meeting was a vote on proposed changes to the Joint Finance Committee’s updated policy. GSS has already...
SGA offers free weekly trips to Woodruff Arts
A weekly shuttle service to the Woodruff Arts Center began taking its first batch of students to the Woodruff Arts center on Thursday, Sept. 6.
Undergrads enact separation of powers
The Undergraduate House of Representatives (UHR) passed an amendment to its bylaws last week that would promote the separation of powers between the executive branch of SGA and UHR, the legislative branch.
BME doubles up on awards
Earlier this semester, Tech’s BME department received two awards dedicated to the quality of its education. The 2013 Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award for Department and...
Tech fan media now online
Launching this Friday in time for the first home football game is a new website, www.gatech.edu/swag, where students, alumni and fans alike can go to find downloads to showcase their pride digitally.
NASA lab director lectures on Curiosity, signs memorandum with Tech
Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd in the Clough Commons on Wednesday, Sept. 5, Dr. Charles Elachi tried to sum up the mission that landed the Curiosity rover on Mars in early August.
Council Clippings – September 4
Golf Club Facility Funding The Golf Club submitted a bill requesting $11,420, including $10,920 to pay for the use of a new practice location for...
Student shot in Home Park home invasion incident
Adam Keller, a 22-year old second-year MSE major, has been charged with two counts of criminal trespass and a count of criminal damage to property...
Tech announces formation of ICRC
Tech announced the formation of a new Integrated Cancer Research Center (ICRC) to experiment with new approaches towards cancer research. The head of the center...
Lieuwen named as director of SEI
Tim Lieuwen, an AE professor who specializes in energy systems and low-emissions combustion, has been announced as the new executive director of Tech’s Strategic Energy...
Scheller College of Business introduced
Ernest “Ernie” Scheller Jr., Industrial Management alum `52, and chairman emeritus of Silberline Manufacturing in Pennsylvania, has committed to giving a $50 million gift to...
Regents vote to increase tuition by six percent
The Board of Regents voted Tuesday to raise tuition at Tech by six percent, differentiating it from other University System schools, which saw smaller increases. In-state undergraduates taking at least 15 hours will pay $3859 per semester, and out-of-state students will pay $13,511 per semester.
Regents reject Health Fee increase
In a move that surprised many with a hand in the process, the Board of Regents voted to not accept the $6 increase in the Health Fee proposed by Tech’s Mandatory Student Fee Advisory Committee (MSFAC) and approved by Institute President G.P. “Bud” Peterson in February.
Airport terminal set to open in May
As students prepare to leave the country for summers abroad, they will board their flights in a new place. On May 16, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is set to open its new Maynard H. Jackson International Terminal, also known as “Concourse F.”
Prof. crafts worlds for U.S.
As a popular science fiction author, Professor Kathy Goonan is the first Tech professor to become involved with SIGMA, an organization of science fiction authors designed to provide think-tank services for the U.S. government.
Rocketeers to compete Saturday
Tech’s Ramblin’ Rocketeers make up one of the 42 teams competing in the USLI competition, a NASA-run program in which these teams of college students develop reusable rockets capable of carrying a payload to a one-mile altitude. Vespula will be the Rocketeers’ entry in this competition.