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October 20, 2025

C21U Announces Inaugural Bill Kent AI in Higher Education Fellows

3 min read

C21U launched the 2025–26 Bill Kent Family Foundation AI in Higher Education Faculty Fellows, funding four faculty projects to advance ethical, innovative AI in teaching and learning.

City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth

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City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth

October 17, 2025

Flying Taxis Are Nearly Here — What’s Still Grounding Them

4 min read

As global competitors pull ahead, Georgia Tech experts urge focus on safety and infrastructure for advanced air mobility.

Batteries, Energy, Environment, Physics and Physical Sciences, Research

Batteries, Energy, Environment, Physics and Physical Sciences, Research

October 17, 2025

EAS Faculty Named to Endowed Positions

5 min read

Congratulations to Isaiah Bolden, Jennifer Glass, Alex Robel, and Yuanzhi Tang on their new endowed faculty professorships.

October 16, 2025

Making an Impact: GT NEXT Awards Support Student Innovation

3 min read

The Office of Technology Licensing has announced the 2025 recipients of the GT NEXT awards, a grant that helps students advance their inventions toward market readiness.

Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics, Cancer Research, Engineering, Research

Illustration of cancer cells along a road with location markers next to each cell to represent the cancer "atlas" Gabe Kwong and his collaborators are building.

Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics, Cancer Research, Engineering, Research

October 16, 2025

Cancer Atlas Offers a Roadmap to Detecting Tumors Earlier Than Ever

2 min read

Two years into a $49.5 million cancer-mapping project, researchers are opening the door to new kinds of tests that could alert doctors to multiple kinds of cancer when they’re most treatable.

Tiny helices emerge during a phase separation process, offering clues about how life's building blocks may have first developed a preference for one 'handed' form over another. (Credit: Jong-Hoon Lee, Ziming Wang, Ying Diao)

October 16, 2025

Researchers Discover Spontaneous Chirality in Conjugated Polymers

4 min read

A surprising behavior, overlooked for decades, could pave the way for development of a new class of energy-efficient electronics inspired by nature.

October 15, 2025

Kristin Janacek Named Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research Impact at BBISS

4 min read

In this newly created BBISS role, Janacek is eager to amplify the Institute’s interdisciplinary research portfolio and foster stronger relationships between Georgia Tech and its partners.

Environment, Life Sciences and Biology, Research

A lizard wearing one of the sensors, which weigh just three-hundredths of a gram each — the same as a two grains of rice. (Credit: Jon Suh)

Environment, Life Sciences and Biology, Research

October 15, 2025

Mapping Evolution: James Stroud Named 2025 Packard Fellow

4 min read

The award will support Stroud as he creates evolution’s first high-definition map — with the help of 1,000 backpack-wearing lizards.

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October 15, 2025

Head to Toe: Georgia Tech Researchers Treat the Entire Human Body Through Neuroscience Research

1 min read

Meet Georgia Tech’s neurology experts exploring the brain’s impact on the entire body.

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Education

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Education

October 15, 2025

Teaching at the Speed of AI: Professor Uses Digital Twin to Teach About GenAI

2 min read

Georgia Tech’s David Joyner is using generative AI to reinvent online teaching, blending human expertise with AI tools to create courses that evolve as fast as the technology they explore.

Engineering, Student Research

Engineering, Student Research

October 14, 2025

Low Frequency Radio Lab Trio Go to Alaska for Atmospheric Research

1 min read

Ph.D. students Gus Richter, Malhar Tamhane, and Felipe Sandoval took part in the Polar Aeronomy and Radio Science program, taking advantage of the unique geography and equipment to work on their Ph.D. research.

October 14, 2025

NNCI Image Contest Winners Announced

1 min read

The winning images from the 2025 NNCI image contest were announced on National Nanotechnology Day

Community, Education, Life Sciences and Biology, Research, Student and Faculty, Student Honors and Achievements, Student Research

Grace Tang (Left) and Alison Onstine (Right) holding bacteria plates that spell "BIOL 4590" (Credit: Tang and Onstine)

Community, Education, Life Sciences and Biology, Research, Student and Faculty, Student Honors and Achievements, Student Research

October 13, 2025

Undergraduate Bioinformatics Class Produces Published Research

4 min read

“This course truly underscores Georgia Tech’s commitment to pioneering meaningful undergraduate experiences,” says teacher Vinayak (Vinny) Agarwal. “No other peer institution I know of is exposing undergraduates to bioinformatics at this level.”

October 13, 2025

Georgia Tech Set to Implement Measures Amid Federal Shutdown

2 min read

The U.S. government is entering its third week of the federal shutdown as lawmakers continue to negotiate toward an agreement on federal spending for the new fiscal year, which began on Oct. 1.

A brown basilisk missing both its entire left forearm and part of its right hind limb. Brian Hillen

October 13, 2025

3-Legged Lizards Can Thrive Against All Odds, Challenging Assumptions About How Evolution Works in the Wild

4 min read

Research uncovered 122 cases of limb loss across 58 lizard species and revealed that these “three-legged pirates” – the rare survivors of traumatic injuries – can run just as fast, maintain healthy body weight, reproduce successfully and live surprisingly

Robotics

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Robotics

October 13, 2025

This Eighth Grader Is Shaping the Future of Wearable Robotics

1 min read

Like many people with cerebral palsy, Case walks with impaired knee movement. Georgia Tech’s pediatric knee exoskeleton is designed to help children and adolescents walk with increased stability and mobility. Case’s data enables the researchers to analyze

Energy, Environment, Research

The high impact between the metal balls in a ball mill reactor and the polymer surface is sufficient to momentarily liquefy the polymer and facilitate chemical reactions.

Energy, Environment, Research

October 10, 2025

New Method Uses Collisions to Break Down Plastic for Sustainable Recycling

4 min read

Researchers have developed a method to break down PET, one of the world’s most widely used plastics, for sustainable recycling using mechanical forces instead of heat or harsh chemicals.

October 9, 2025

Fixing Flooding for the Southeast’s Future

1 min read

Coastal communities throughout the Southeast are now facing constant challenges from flooding and sea level rise and they are looking to nature-based solutions to prevent flooding and erosion related to storms.

October 9, 2025

A Buried Solar Reciever to Melt Lunar Ice

1 min read

A NASA-funded team at Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a method to use heliostats to redirect sunlight into the Moon’s shadowed craters, extracting water from icy regolith.

Environment, Physics and Physical Sciences, Research, Student and Faculty

Post-hurricane flooding inundates residential areas and transportation infrastructure, with low-lying terrain overwhelmed by storm surge and excessive rainfall.

Environment, Physics and Physical Sciences, Research, Student and Faculty

October 9, 2025

Fixing Flooding for the Southeast’s Future

1 min read

Georgia Tech researchers are developing solutions to monitor and forecast flooding, as well as restore ecosystems to prevent future flooding. These efforts support communities’ resilience in the face of climate change and keep the U.S. secure.