Georgia Tech has achieved the most successful fundraising year in its history, raising nearly $300 million in philanthropic support in fiscal year 2025.
Experts say that more accurate depictions of sharks can help protect them and highlight their role in global ecosystems.
Georgia Tech researchers are advancing nuclear science and engineering while deconstructing myths around the technology.
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Campus and Community
Georgia Tech has achieved the most successful fundraising year in its history, raising nearly $300 million in philanthropic support in fiscal year 2025.
Ron Johnson, Georgia Tech's senior vice president of Strategic Initiatives and chief of staff, was named the Black Engineer of the Year by U.S. Black Engineer and Information Technology magazine.
The collaboration between the Scheller College of Business and the Ivan College of Liberal Arts offers undergraduates a new way to explore new career paths and capitalizes on Georgia Tech’s proximity to sports and entertainment venues and industries.
Health and Medicine
Microsurgeon Shao-Yun Hsu takes treating her patients all the way to Georgia Tech, where she’s getting a Ph.D. and developing biomaterials to restore function — and quality of life — for people with lymphedema.
Engineers use sodium bicarb to “self-pressurize” a pill able to deliver drugs that usually require injection directly to the small intestine.
Shriners Children’s will open a $153 million pediatric medical research facility at Science Square, becoming the largest tenant in the development and contributing to Georgia Tech’s growing role in Atlanta’s life sciences sector.
Science and Technology
Physicists unravel the secrets of the centuries-old practice of knitting in a new study that explores the physics of ‘jamming’ — a phenomenon when soft or stretchy materials become rigid under low stress but soften under higher tension.
Georgia Tech researchers are advancing nuclear science and engineering while deconstructing myths around the technology.
Georgia’s booming data center industry brings economic promise and environmental pressure. Researchers say innovation and local action can tip the balance.
Earth and Environment
Researchers have identified a record-long lightning "megaflash" that extended for 515 miles.
Experts say that more accurate depictions of sharks can help protect them and highlight their role in global ecosystems.
A Georgia Tech study warns that rising lunar traffic could lead to costly collision avoidance maneuvers, urging better coordination to manage growing risks in cislunar space.
Society and Culture
Georgia Tech researchers have discovered persistent community-wide economic effects from school shootings.
What do Americans think of when they hear the words “general education”?
When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, the main target was metal tubes in laboratories deep underground. The tubes are centrifuges that produce highly enriched uranium needed to build nuclear weapons.
Business and Economic Development
Engineered stone has been in use for homes since the 1970s but creates serious health hazards for workers who produce them.
Gov. Brian Kemp recognizes GaMEP history and impact serving manufacturers in Georgia.
SON Technologies is part of Georgia Tech’s startup incubator, ATDC.
