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January 20, 2026

All-Powerful AI Isn’t an Existential Threat, According to New Georgia Tech Research

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The study suggests that the fear of AI destroying society distracts from real policy interventions to better control computing applications.

A real worm in a Petri dish (top left) and a robot worm (bottom right) clean their environments of tiny particles in a very similar manner.

January 16, 2026

Researchers Discover How Worms Clean Their Environment Without a Brain

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When placed in sand-filled Petri dishes, centimeter-long aquatic worms like T. tubifex spontaneously sweep up particles and reorganize their environment — all without a brain.

January 16, 2026

Georgia Tech Names Mike Gazarik Director of Georgia Tech Research Institute

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Georgia Tech Names Mike Gazarik Director of Georgia Tech Research Institute

Protesters have filled the streets in Iranian cities, but the regime’s internet shutdown means little news gets in or out of the country. MAHSA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

January 16, 2026

Iran’s Latest Internet Blackout Extends to Phones and Starlink

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The Iranian regime’s internet shutdown, initiated on Jan. 8, 2026, has severely diminished the flow of information out of the country.

January 15, 2026

Initiative Lead Q&A: Hailong Chen Drives Innovation in Electrochemical Manufacturing and Recycling

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Georgia Tech’s Electrochemical Manufacturing and Recycling initiative aims to revolutionize energy-intensive industries.

Illustration of an AI tutor helping a student

January 15, 2026

Sleepless Tutor Turns Midnight Panic Into Progress

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Created by Georgia Tech professors for a particularly challenging class, this AI teaching assistant doesn’t know the meaning of office hours.

January 15, 2026

Science for Public Good: Introducing the Community Engagement Graduate Fellows

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Four graduate students from the College of Sciences were selected for the new Community Engagement Graduate Fellowship, made possible through a gift from Google, to develop projects that positively impact the metro Atlanta area.

January 15, 2026

New LLMs Could Provide Strength-based Job Coaching for Autistic People

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Georgia Tech researchers are using an NSF grant to create new large-language models that help autistic job seekers understand their strengths and how to leverage them during the application process.

January 14, 2026

Meet the Expert: Daniel Matisoff

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Meet Daniel Matisoff: Professor of Public Policy and EPIcenter affiliate

Fuel Truck carrying Sustainable Aviation Fuel near an airplane

January 13, 2026

Georgia Tech Energy Policy and Innovation Center Launches Interactive Dashboard

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Georgia Tech’s Energy Policy and Innovation Center has collaborated with Dan Matisoff, EPIcenter’s faculty affiliate, to develop a new Sustainable Aviation Fuel Data Dashboard to provide clear, accessible insights into the rapidly evolving SAF market.

Degraded marsh on Cumberland Island, Georgia.

January 12, 2026

Coastal Resilience Project Secures Nearly $1 Million to Restore Wetlands

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The award will support the design of nature-based solutions including living shorelines and marsh restoration in flood-prone areas of Camden County, Georgia.

January 12, 2026

Art and Generative AI Course Connects Georgia Tech Students with Atlanta Artists

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Georgia Tech launched a community-based Art and Generative AI course

Georgia Tech student Yash Rajgure using an Apple Vision Pro headset device to demo his team's project.

January 12, 2026

Apple Vision Pro Powers New Wave of Immersive Education

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Spatial computing is transforming engineering education at Georgia Tech and opening new paths for entrepreneurship and technical training.

Lack of access to safe and affordable housing is harmful to health. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

January 8, 2026

Illness Is More Than Just Biological – Medical Sociology Shows How Social Factors Get Under the Skin and Cause Disease

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By studying the way social forces shape health inequalities, medical sociology helps address how health and illness extend beyond the body and into every aspect of people’s lives.

Three individuals standing at a workbench in front of a large Mazak hybrid manufacturing machine, discussing components and technical drawings.

January 8, 2026

How Georgia Tech Is Transforming Advanced Manufacturing

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Georgia Tech’s hybrid manufacturing innovations are transforming defense and industry alike, turning complex repair challenges into fast, scalable solutions that boost performance, resilience, and real world impact.

Bainbridge High School students in the AMP program gathered in October 2025 to race their cars and put their manufacturing skills to the test.

January 7, 2026

How a Race Car Project Is Transforming Rural STEM Education

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Inside Georgia Tech’s Advanced Manufacturing Pathways program, high school students learn to design, build, test, and dream big through a collaboration that’s reshaping classrooms and communities.

January 6, 2026

Joints in Motion: Armita Manafzadeh Receives Carl Gans Young Investigator Award

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Manafzadeh will join Georgia Tech as an assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences in August 2026. The new Manafzadeh Lab at Georgia Tech will investigate how joints work and where they come from — both evolutionarily and developmentally.

The Building for Equity and Sustainability undergraduate research class celebrates the opening of the outdoor classroom that they designed and built with the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance in Bush Mountain (April 14, 2025).

January 6, 2026

Celebrating a Decade of Impact: The Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education (SCoRE) Marks 10 Years of Community-Engaged Sustainability at Georgia Tech

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Georgia Tech’s Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education (SCoRE) is celebrating its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of transformative work that has bridged campus and community to advance sustainability across Atlanta and beyond.

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);