This week, one of Atlanta’s universities and a top technology institute in the nation turns 137 years old. Georgia Tech was established in 1885 to bring the Industrial Revolution to Georgia, beginning with $65,000 in state funding and only 84 students. The university initially only offered mechanical engineering, but later expanded to include other disciplines, […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: APS teacher wins Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl award, Atlanta Design Festival kicks off this weekend, “Railtalk-Re-Connect” at MARTA
Atlanta’s Bobby Jones became the first and only golfer to win the Grand Slam — the U.S. Amateur, the U.S. Open, the British Open and the British Amateur — 92 years ago this week. Jones learned to play at the East Lake Country Club, and from 1923 to 1930, he won thirteen major championships. On […]
