Breaking the Bubble
A lot of things went on outside the bubble of Tech in the past week. Here are a few important events taking place throughout the...
News
Campus Crime
“He Just Wanted to be the Man” Last week, a blue Lexus with stolen tags was pulled over by the GTPD. Inside the car was...
Council Clippings
This edition of Council Clippings covers the UHR and GSS meetings from Nov. 11, 2008. Free Shirts Joint Allocation to SGA for Free Student T-shirts:...
News Brief
“White Out” shirts to be distributed before Miami game Before next Thursday night’s football game against Miami, students will be able to pick up one...
Campus hosts WTC memorial designer
The College of Architecture’s Centennial Lecture Series concluded this week with a talk by renowned designer and Tech alumnus Michael Arad. Arad is best known...
Four caught vandalizing Buzz statues
Four Tech students were caught on Oct. 23 for vandalizing one of the Buzz statues next to Bobby Dodd Stadium. The Georgia Tech Police Department...
Center for Music Technology opens
Last Friday, Tech launched the Center for Music Technology (CMT), a new unit of the College of Architecture (CoA). The CMT is jointly funded by...
“Tech to Teaching” promotes careers in education
Through a new program known as Tech to Teaching, students at Tech are given the opportunity to prepare for careers in teaching at the collegiate...
Two recent graduates recognized at SREB conference
Minority teaching may be getting a leg up from some recent Tech graduates. The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), a nonprofit organization that advises state...
NSF grants $8.1 million for new materials research center
Tech recently received an $8.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC). The funding...
OIT report: Social networks present threats
The spread of malware, viruses and other cyber attacks on social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace presents one of the main emerging cybersecurity threats,...
Obama wins presidential vote
When Barack Obama came to Tech on April 14, 2007, his goal at the time was to gather enough support in Georgia to defeat Hillary...
InVenture offers inventors cash prizes, free patents
Industrious Tech students can officially state their intent to enter the InVenture Prize @ Georgia Tech. The InVenture Prize is a competition for Tech students...
Service learning study abroad in Peru launched
The Building Construction program in the College of Architecture will launch the Sustainable Development Study Abroad Program in Peru this summer in conjunction with the...
ISyE professor, new to Tech, wins INFORMS fellowship
Jianjun Shi, a professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), was presented with a fellowship by the Institute for Operations Research and...
Richard balances school, football, presidential search
Darryl Richard was already carrying a heavy load as both an MBA student and a defensive tackle on Tech’s football team. But this summer, on...
Robotic service dog replacement in development
A robot mimicking the functions of service dogs is under development by a research group that includes Tech professor Charlie Kemp and his associate, graduate...