It seems like science fiction: Self-driving vehicles that can be summoned on demand; smart traffic signals that monitor and optimize traffic flow; connected cars that “talk” to each other and avoid collisions. But technology is advancing quickly, and experts say this future may actually be close at hand. It promises to fundamentally transform our region […]
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Tech’s dean of engineering tapped as chancellor at University of California, Davis
Georgia Tech’s dean of engineering, Gary May, has been tapped as the next chancellor of the University of California, Davis. If approved by California’s Board of Regents on Thursday, May would start work Aug. 1. Tech intends to name an interim dean to serve while a national search is conducted for a successor.
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A holiday greeting from Georgia Tech, with a request: ‘You can help us’
Toward the end of the holiday greeting from Georgia Tech’s School of City and Regional Planning is a simple request – for financial contributions to support the school’s programs.
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Atlanta’s moment? Convergence of housing people can afford plus access to transit
By Guest Columnist MIKE DOBBINS, professor of the practice of planning at Georgia Tech’s College of Architecture and a former commissioner of planning and community development for the City of Atlanta
Against the backdrop of an antagonistic and often toxic campaign season, two opportunities are emerging that could begin to lift Atlanta out of its wealth gap, the city’s own divisive and persistent stain.
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Georgia Tech, Portman unveil plans for ‘Coda’ technology complex
Georgia Tech invited business and civic leaders Wednesday afternoon to visit the site where the future High Performance Computing Center was given its code name – Coda.
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Harvard students cite the Varsity in plan that edged Ga. Tech in ULI design contest
A team of students from Harvard University bested a team from Georgia Tech in a collegiate contest to redesign a portion of Midtown that was sponsored by the Urban Land Institute, ULI announced Thursday.
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Ga. Tech picked to coordinate nation’s research in nanotechnology
The National Science Foundation on Monday named Georgia Tech to coordinate the nation’s new effort to promote nanotechnology, which is the control of super tiny structures to solve problems and create new products.
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Commentary: Ga. Tech envisions blueprint for greener future
Georgia Tech has just selected the architectural team of Lord Aeck Sargent and the Miller Hull Partnership to design what is expected to be the most environmentally-friendly building in the Southeast.
Imagine a building that produces more energy and water than it uses.
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Architectural team selected for Georgia Tech’s ‘Living Building Challenge’
The architectural team of Lord Aeck Sargent and the Miller Hull Partnership has been selected by Georgia Tech to design the Living Building Challenge 3.0 project – expected to be the most sustainable building in the Southeast.
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This demolition was a tad ironic
The hubbub began back in 2012 when an application was submitted that would lead to the demolition of a building located at 771 Spring Street. The building in question, the Crum and Forster building, had been constructed around 1926 and it served as the Atlanta location of the the Crum and Forster Insurance Company. The […]
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The sum of its parts
It is natural for any city to brag a little about itself … but in Atlanta, boosterism is a way of life. That, however, does not change the fact that there are many things about Atlanta that are worth bragging about. I guess we were just in a little bit of a reflective mood this […]
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Commentary: Former Atlantan wins prize for military women aid
Social justice advocate Nancy Parrish received Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage on Feb. 18.
It’s one of the most prestigious awards given in Atlanta, named in honor of late Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. He gained national respect in the 1960s for supporting integration in the South.
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Georgia Tech improving park above huge cistern that helped clinch a LEED Platinum Certification
Georgia Tech has started work to improve drainage of Tech Green, a green space built as part of the effort to develop a sustainably designed building – the G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons.
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Vacant houses cost Atlanta millions a year, solutions not easy or cheap: Ga. Tech report
Blighted and vacant properties in the city of Atlanta come at a great cost in terms of services such as police and fire, lost property taxes, and the way they pull down values of neighboring properties, according to a new report by a Georgia Tech professor.
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Tech profs, French diplomat endorse accord reached at Paris climate conference
A panel of Georgia Tech professors and a French diplomat expressed support for the climate accord reached in Paris last year. Some noted the devil of implementing it will be in the details.
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Commentary: Atlanta is a major hub for mobile connectivity
Mobility Live! recently held its third annual conference in Atlanta.
And our city has another claim to fame. It’s a hub of mobile communications, one of the fastest growing technology sectors.
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Georgia Tech PhD candidate took the lead in announcing discovery of water on Mars
A Georgia Tech student was at the center of a presentation Monday at which NASA confirmed evidence that water flows on modern day Mars.
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Georgia Tech student at center of international intrigue over whether NASA has found evidence of water on Mars
The presence of a Georgia Tech student on a NASA panel on Monday is fueling international speculation that NASA may announce it has discovered evidence of water on Mars. NASA did confirm that water flows on today’s Mars and the student was quoted at length in NASA’s statement.
