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Football player holding a football while wearing a white VETTEX performance arm sleeve on an outdoor field.

May 11, 2026

From Classroom Concept to Sports Technology Startup: How VETTEX Grew Through Georgia Tech’s Commercialization Ecosystem

4 min read

VETTEX showcases how Georgia Tech’s commercialization ecosystem helps transform student ideas into growing startups.

May 11, 2026

Chris Luettgen Named Interim Director of Georgia Tech’s Renewable Bioproducts Institute

2 min read

After more than 25 years at Georgia Tech, including six years leading the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI), Executive Director Carson Meredith will depart the Institute this summer to begin a new role at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics

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Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics

May 8, 2026

IBB Launches New Spatial Omics and Data Analytics Center

2 min read

The SODA Center envisions a future where spatial omics is used to help researchers understand biological function through their precise spatial and temporal relationships within tissues and organs, rather than solely through molecular components.

Alumni, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Industry

Alumni, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Industry

May 7, 2026

52-Year-Old Entrepreneur Has New Outlook After Completing Ph.D.

5 min read

Mizan Rahman, a tech entrepreneur who has founded three companies, is having his Ph.D. in human centered computing conferred this week.

Alumni, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Economic Development and Policy, Research, Student Research

May 6, 2026

New Graduate Builds Fintech Startup using Leadership Mindset

5 min read

Agam Shah returns to campus this week to officially graduate from Tech, giving us a chance to catch up about his grad school experience and life as an entrepreneur.

Alumni, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Research, Student Research

May 6, 2026

Music and Magic Inspire New Ph.D. Graduate’s Work in Brain Science

5 min read

Before he returns to New York City to continue building brain-interface technologies at Meta, we caught up with Chengrui Li to learn how he keeps such a cool head at Georgia Tech and beyond.

HBCU/MSI Partnerships

Three men in business attire stand side by side at a professional event, smiling at the camera. The men on the left and right hold certificates of award. Behind them are banners for the HBCU Chips Network and Clark Atlanta University’s Research and Sponsored Programs, highlighting innovation, creativity, and research.

HBCU/MSI Partnerships

May 6, 2026

HBCU CHIPS Conference Expands Opportunities with Inaugural Career Fair

4 min read

The conference expanded its impact by adding an inaugural career fair, strengthening connections among HBCU students, industry, and government while advancing diversity and workforce development in the U.S. semiconductor sector.

Economic Development and Policy, Energy, Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts, Research, Workforce Development

EPIcenter ACCELERATE Program Recipients: Top (Left to Right) - Clio Andris, Marilyn Brown, Dylan Brewer, Gaurav Doshi, Michelle Graff; Bottom (Left to Right) - Tony Harding, Brian An, Matt Oliver, Micah Ziegler, Constance Crozier

Economic Development and Policy, Energy, Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts, Research, Workforce Development

May 5, 2026

EPIcenter Awards Inaugural Funding to Advance Energy Policy Impact in the Southeast

3 min read

The Energy Policy and Innovation Center at Georgia Tech has awarded funding to a new faculty cohort through its ACCELERATE program, designed to strengthen Georgia Tech’s thought leadership and real world impact in energy policy in the Southeast.

Alumni

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Alumni

May 5, 2026

From Campus Learning to Industry Leadership

3 min read

Brandon Harrington’s journey shows how early research opportunities at Georgia Tech can grow into a career shaping advanced engineering industries.

Community, Research

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Community, Research

May 5, 2026

Georgia Tech Awards Spotlight Space Research Leadership

3 min read

Several faculty affiliated with the Space Research Institute were recognized for contributions spanning individual scholarship and major interdisciplinary research programs.

Environment, Research

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Environment, Research

May 4, 2026

2026 Sustainability Next Seed Grants Awarded

3 min read

This year’s seed grant awards align with the four main thematic areas in which BBISS aims to enhance Georgia Tech’s research to address some of our most pressing sustainability challenges

Economic Development and Policy, Energy, Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts, Research

A person filling gas in his car with the gas prices shown in the foreground

Economic Development and Policy, Energy, Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts, Research

May 1, 2026

What’s in the price of a gallon of gas?

7 min read

Georgia Tech energy economist Bobby Harris said U.S. gasoline prices are driven mainly by crude oil costs, with refining, distribution and taxes accounting for a smaller and shifting share of what consumers pay at the pump.

Alumni

Photo portrait of Vijay Balasubramaniyan (PhD CS 2011), CEO and co-founder of Pindrop Security.

Alumni

May 1, 2026

GT Computing's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Fuels Rise of Two Influential Software Leaders

4 min read

Two companies founded by Georgia Tech alumni are featured on TIME's 10 Most Influential Software Companies of 2026.

This artist’s concept depicts the nominal trajectory for NASA’s Artemis II test flight, an approximately 10-day mission that will send four astronauts around the Moon and back. The agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft will launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orion will fly two orbits of Earth and then venture around the Moon in a figure-eight pattern before returning to Earth.

April 30, 2026

Back to the Moon and Beyond

4 min read

Meet the Georgia Tech alumni who are making Artemis II possible.

Artificial Intelligence, Education, Engineering

Two data analysts, a man in a suit and a woman, are seated at a desk in a high-tech logistics control center. They monitor various displays, including a comprehensive data dashboard with charts and graphs, a US network map, and a tablet for a video conference. A massive, towering warehouse filled with stacked cardboard boxes is visible in the background.

Artificial Intelligence, Education, Engineering

April 30, 2026

The Blind Spot in Modern Supply Chain Analytics: Where Did Critical Thinking Go?

10 min read

While modern supply chain analytics and AI are more advanced than ever, technical capability must be paired with rigorous critical thinking and operational discipline to ensure data-driven models translate into successful real-world decisions.

Artificial Intelligence

Patrick Danahy, Lesley Baradel, Eric Sembrat, Ying Zhang, Flavio Fenton, and Joy Arulraj

Artificial Intelligence

April 30, 2026

Advancing Teaching with AI: A Fellowship Opportunity

2 min read

The call for proposals for the 2026-27 cohort is open to Georgia Tech academic professionals, lecturers, professors of practice, and tenure-track faculty members.

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Research, Student Honors and Achievements

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Research, Student Honors and Achievements

April 30, 2026

Professor, Student to Design Collaborative AI Systems Through Microsoft Fellowships

3 min read

School of Interactive Computing faculty and students have recently received notable awards and honors, including Microsoft research fellowship awards.

Business, Education, Student and Faculty

Omar Garcia gives a lecture in Startup Lab

Business, Education, Student and Faculty

April 30, 2026

Inside CREATE‑X Startup Lab: A Foundation for Entrepreneurial Thinking

7 min read

CREATE‑X Startup Lab helps students build entrepreneurial confidence by learning how to navigate uncertainty, test assumptions, and develop sound judgment.

Economic Development and Policy, Energy, Research, State Impact, Workforce Development

Economic Development and Policy, Energy, Research, State Impact, Workforce Development

April 29, 2026

Powering the Future - Georgia Tech Alumni Fuel Nation’s Largest Nuclear Plant

1 min read

Georgia Tech’s influence on the Vogtle expansion spans alumni leadership at the plant, a growing student pipeline, and faculty conducting cutting‑edge nuclear research.

Left: panelists Cindy Lin, Celine Benoit, Matthew Williams, Ding Wang, and Kahil Bostick. Center: Michael Best and Verghese Jacob. Right: panelists Allen Hyde, Michael Czajkowski, Zachary Hansen, and Donnie Beamer. Not pictured: Peter Hubbard who joined virtually.

April 29, 2026

Workshop Explores Policy Needs as Data Centers Surge in Georgia

3 min read

Georgia Tech hosted an event on April 21 examining the rapid expansion of data centers and the social and policy issues emerging alongside the growth of AI infrastructure.