Pipes burst due to frigid temperatures
Icy conditions moved indoors when multiple pipe bursts resulted in the flooding of several buildings across campus. The Undergraduate Living Center (ULC), North Avenue North...
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Students robbed in armed home invasion
The Georgia Tech Police Department released a report yesterday that a house in the Home Park neighborhood was subjected to a forceful home invasion. The...
Inventure Prize returns, teams up with GPB
After the inaugural InVenture Prize Competition last March, Tech now plans to hold an encore competition in 2010, but this time in partnership with Georgia...
Woman shot in Home Park hold-up
On Nov. 22 at 3:35 a.m. another armed robbery happened on the west edge of campus. According to a Georgia Tech Police report, a male...
College of Management receives $25 million
The College of Management (CoM) received a commitment of $25 million from an anonymous source. The college will store $20 million in an endowment fund...
Library receives grant for digital repository
The Tech Library and Information Center received an $857,000 grant over three years for Georgia Library Learning Online system (GALILEO), a repository system of scholarly...
Provost search committee named
Institute President G.P. “Bud” Peterson announced the members of the provost and executive vice president of Academic Affairs search committee. Former provost Dr. Gary Schuster...
Council Clippings
This edition of Council Clippings covers the UHR and GSS meetings from Nov. 17, 2009. The American Nuclear Society (ANR) requested funding from UHR and...
Campus Crime
Crime reports from around campus. On Friday Nov. 6 at 11:30 a.m. a student made a report of indecent exposure and theft in the CRC....
Tech to leave Academic Common Market
As of Summer 2011, Tech will no longer participate in the Academic Common Market (ACM), which provides in-state tuition to out-of-state students who do not...
Proposed dead week policy passes at faculty senate
As of Tuesday, the Faculty Senate approved the new Dead Week policy. The comprehensive Week Preceding Final Examinations (WPFE, as it is now officially called)...
Student academic fees to increase due to budget cuts
Tuesday, the Board of Regents (BoR) for the University System of Georgia (USG) voted unanimously to double the mandatory academic excellence fee introduced last year...
Students, Administrators participate in fall campus safety walk
The Student Government Association’s (SGA) Planning and Development committee held its first fall campus safety walk on Nov. 12, following the upsurge in crime both...
Buzzcard funds misappropriations fixed
The BuzzCard Center mistakenly redeposited funds into the accounts of a number of unsuspecting students in the morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 4. Affected students...
Basketball ticketing moves to first-come first-serve system
The Athletic Association (AA) announced a new set of ticketing policies and procedures for the men’s basketball season this year. Changes were implemented this past...
Budget furlough days announced
Tech administrators have announced that four of the six furlough days required to be taken by the University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents...
Robberies hit local business, bank
Two separate armed robberies occurred over the last week off-campus. Both of the crimes occurred within the expanded patrol zone of 500 feet past campus...
SGA hosts student strategic planning forum
On Thursday, Nov. 5, Tech students representing a multitude of clubs and organizations attended SGA’s Strategic Planning Forum at the Flag Building. The forum was...