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New air filtration systems in APS facilities help keep students, faculty and staff safe

by Allison Joyner May 9, 2022 4:40 pmFebruary 17, 2023 4:05 pm

By Allison Joyner With its first semester of in-person learning almost in the books, it appears the investment in a new air filtration system has helped Atlanta Public Schools (APS). “Getting the air circulating, especially now that the mask mandate is optional, I think we didn’t have any pushback from staff about the options,” said […]

The Jackson Street Bridge at night by Kemet Alston

Reporter’s Notebook: School mask mandates, funding, flying and voting

by Maggie Lee August 13, 2020 4:56 pmFebruary 17, 2023 3:51 pm

Schools, flying and trying to float small businesses in a pandemic.

GT Campus_10Georgia Tech’s campus appears to be a ghost town during the COVBID-19 closure. Students, staff and faculty remained absent during the shutdown resulting from the pandemic. Credit: Quynh Pham

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Higher education amid a pandemic: Insights from a Georgia Tech master’s student

by Quynh Pham August 2, 2020 4:58 pmFebruary 17, 2023 3:51 pm

By QUYNH PHAM, master’s student of Architecture and City and Regional Planning at Georgia Tech

To say that the last several months have been distressingly surreal would be an understatement. For students, it began with an unusual end to the spring semester, one marked by sudden shifts to online learning, early prompts to move out of campus housing, virtual graduations, and understandably high levels of anxiety due to the uncertainties that laid ahead.