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Pictured are Christian Coles (left) and Moinak Choudhury (right).

January 6, 2026

Solar-powered Façade Panel System Wins Seed Grant Award

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The Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) and the College of Design (CoD) awarded a seed grant to Christian Coles, lecturer in the School of Architecture; Moinak Choudhury, Ph.D., lecturer in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC);

Research

January 5, 2026

Georgia Tech Climbs to No. 2 University in Federally Sponsored Research Expenditures

3 min read

This is the Institute’s best ranking in the National Science Foundation’s annual survey.

Business

Business

January 5, 2026

Y Combinator Backing and $30M Investment  Take Startup Greptile to the Next Level 

3 min read

Greptile, a fast‑growing AI startup founded by Georgia Tech students, has rapidly scaled from a CREATE‑X pivot to a Y Combinator–backed, $180 million–valued company serving thousands of customers with tools that help engineering teams analyze and improve

Business

Business

January 5, 2026

Georgia Tech Student’s Fishing App Catchr Becomes Global Hit Before Acquisition

3 min read

Georgia Tech graduate Matthew Steele’s fishing app Catchr became a global chart‑topping hit with nearly 200,000 downloads before he sold it to a buyer committed to expanding its future.

Artificial Intelligence, Education, Engineering

Growth Without Hiring: The Last Pendulum Swing

Artificial Intelligence, Education, Engineering

December 23, 2025

Growth Without Hiring: The Last Pendulum Swing

11 min read

Supply chain employers are pursuing “growth without hiring” by using AI, automation, and lean teams, making it critical for both organizations and professionals to proactively build skills, resilience, and long-term talent pipelines.

December 18, 2025

RBI Releases 2025 Year End Report

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Thank you to the entire RBI community for participating in a transformative 2025. Please enjoy reviewing the accomplishments we made together. We look forward to partnering with you in 2026.

Energy, Research

Georgia Tech Professor Martha Grover with her research team

Energy, Research

December 18, 2025

Nuclear Waste: What It Is — and What It Isn’t

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Nuclear waste can be managed safely with proper safety protocols. Researchers at Georgia Tech and around the world are working on safer reactor designs, advanced monitoring, and innovative recycling methods to turn nuclear waste into new opportunities — f

December 17, 2025

AI Shouldn’t Try to Be Your Friend, According to New Georgia Tech Research

3 min read

A Ph.D. graduate’s research shows that the more humanlike an AI agent is, the less likely a user is to follow it.

Artificial Intelligence, Research, Student and Faculty

Artificial Intelligence, Research, Student and Faculty

December 16, 2025

AI4Science Center Awards Inaugural Seed Grants

2 min read

The AI4Science Center's seed grant aims to support the development of research projects centered on innovation and collaboration.

Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Life Sciences and Biology, Research

Affectionally called "DragonCon for neuroscience," the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting is one of the largest academic conferences in the world.

Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Life Sciences and Biology, Research

December 16, 2025

Georgia Tech Researchers Make Waves at the World’s Largest Neuroscience Conference

4 min read

With more than 60 presentations and recognition for neuroscience outreach and AI research, Georgia Tech demonstrated its growing impact at the 2025 Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting.

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Research

Andre Calmon, associate professor of operations management

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Research

December 16, 2025

The Age of Autonomous Supply Chains is Here

2 min read

Harvard Business Review reports that research by Andre Calmon shows generative AI-powered agents can outperform humans in managing complex supply chains.

Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics

Mice have complex visual systems that can clarify how vision works in people. Westend61/Getty Images

Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics

December 16, 2025

Gazing Into the Mind’s Eye With Mice – How Neuroscientists Are Seeing Human Vision More Clearly

7 min read

Studying how mice see has helped researchers discover unprecedented details about how individual brain cells communicate and work together to create a mental picture of the visual world.

Alumni, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Community, Education, Exhibitions, Industry, Research, Student and Faculty, Student Competition Winners (academic, innovation, and research), Student Research

SCI's Jennifer Whitlow speaks with a team presenting at the new entrepreneur section of Junior Design Capstone. Photos by Terence Rushin/ College of Computing.

December 16, 2025

Design, Build, Launch: New CS Capstone Turns Students into Entrepreneurs

4 min read

From zero to working prototype in just four months, students in the College of Computing’s new entrepreneurial Junior Design Capstone tackle real-world problems with guidance from startup mentors.

Energy

A woman wearing a hat and warm clothing prepares food in her kitchen.

Energy

December 16, 2025

Energy Insecurity Linked to Higher Rates of Anxiety and Depression, School of Public Policy Study Finds

2 min read

The study links energy insecurity to significantly higher rates of anxiety and depression in U.S. households.

Industry, Manufacturing, Military Technology, Research, State Impact

Small metal lattice and cylindrical components arranged on a flat surface in the foreground, with several people standing and talking in a laboratory or workshop space in the background.

Industry, Manufacturing, Military Technology, Research, State Impact

December 15, 2025

Manufacturing Consortium Helps Industry Close the Finish Gap

4 min read

Collaborative research at GTMI is helping manufacturers overcome critical challenges in finishing advanced materials for aerospace and defense applications.

City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth, Community

Georgia Tech human-centered computing Ph.D. student Ashley Boone is building data tools to reduce the likelihood of birds flying into buildings.

City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth, Community

December 12, 2025

Students Collaborating with Nonprofit to Reduce Bird Collisions with Buildings

5 min read

Interactive computing students are developing new data tools to reduce bird/building strikes in Atlanta, which is among the country's deadliest cities for migratory birds.

Many carbon-rich meteorites contain ingredients commonly found in life, but no evidence of life itself. James St. John, CC BY

December 12, 2025

Can Scientists Detect Life Without Knowing What it Looks Like? Research Using Machine Learning Offers a New Way

7 min read

Instead of searching for a single molecule or structure that proves the presence of biology, researchers attempted to classify how likely mixtures of compounds preserved in rocks and meteorites were to contain traces of life by examining the full chemical

Person standing in a library aisle next to shelves filled with colorful books, wearing a dark sweater and jeans.

December 12, 2025

The Ghost of Libraries Past, Present, and Future: How a Library Research Scientist Is Reshaping the Future of Work for Book Lovers

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Her path to the library began with a deep love of books, but her move into data science signals the evolving role of libraries at the intersection of technology and knowledge.

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