The Canada Jay is one of the birds struggling in the Pacific Northwest. (Credit: Mason Maron)
November 12, 2025

A 30-Year “Snapshot” of Pacific Northwestern Birds Shows Their Surprising Resilience

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After discovering a historic bird survey in the Pacific Northwest, Georgia Tech’s Ben Freeman located the original sites, repeating the surveys three decades later.
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The Georgia Tech contingent gather for a group photo at the 2025 Georgia Resiliency Conference.
November 6, 2025

Georgia Tech Attendees Reflect on the Georgia Resiliency Conference 2025

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Faculty, administration, research fellows, students, collaborators, and Georgia Tech President Emeritus and keynote speaker G. Wayne Clough brought diverse perspectives to discussions ranging from coastal vulnerability to data-driven decision-making.
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Portrait of Ali Sarhadi.
October 28, 2025

Community Spotlight - Ali Sarhadi

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Ali Sarhadi and his research team at GT's Climate Risk and Extreme Dynamics Lab are focused on a phenomenon called hurricane-induced compound flooding — hurricanes fueled by a warming climate.
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Yurt-like test chambers in a natural boreal spruce bog in northern Minnesota (provided).
October 23, 2025

Peatlands’ ‘Huge Reservoir’ of Carbon at Risk of Release

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Researchers analyzed data from 10, yurt-like test chambers in a natural boreal spruce bog in northern Minnesota.
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Smiling man sitting outside
October 17, 2025

EAS Faculty Named to Endowed Positions

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Congratulations to Isaiah Bolden, Jennifer Glass, Alex Robel, and Yuanzhi Tang on their new endowed faculty professorships.
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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)
October 15, 2025

Mapping Evolution: James Stroud Named 2025 Packard Fellow

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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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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.
October 10, 2025

New Method Uses Collisions to Break Down Plastic for Sustainable Recycling

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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.
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Post-hurricane flooding inundates residential areas and transportation infrastructure, with low-lying terrain overwhelmed by storm surge and excessive rainfall.
October 9, 2025

Fixing Flooding for the Southeast’s Future

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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.
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Image of a hurricane
October 9, 2025

Storms Are Changing — Should the Hurricane Scale Change Too?

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Georgia Tech expert Zachary Handlos joins a growing conversation about whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale adequately reflects the full range of hurricane hazards in a changing climate.
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Winnie Chu
October 8, 2025

Winnie Chu Awarded NSF CAREER Grant to Create First-Ever Map of Antarctic Ice Sheet Base Temperatures

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The grant will support Chu as she uses radar data and generative AI to map temperatures beneath the Antarctica ice sheet, aiming to improve climate predictions, support coastal planning, and train future scientists through open-access tools and education.
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cover of the 2023-2030 Sustainability Next Plan
October 7, 2025

BBISS Announces 2025 Sustainability Next Seed Grant Recipients

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The seed grant program reaches many faculty members from a diverse array of disciplines due to the generous support provided by broad-based partnerships in addition to the Sustainability Next funds.
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Collage of four images taken at the New York Climate Exchange 2025 events with Georgia Tech participants.
October 3, 2025

Georgia Tech’s Growing Climate Innovation Footprint: Reflections from Climate Week NYC

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Across five New York Climate Exchange partner events, the Georgia Tech community demonstrated something essential: Georgia Tech bridges research and real-world impact where it matters most – in people’s lives.
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Rampi Ramprasad
September 4, 2025

Rampi Ramprasad Awarded $2 Million Grant to Pioneer AI-Driven Recyclable Packaging Materials Design

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The project addresses one of the world’s most pressing challenges in sustainability: eliminating plastic waste.
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Professor Srinivas Peeta
August 28, 2025

Srinivas Peeta Named Co-Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

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The appointment recognizes Professor Peeta’s longstanding contributions to transportation research and his leadership in advancing methodological innovation within the field.
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Flooding in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
August 19, 2025

Twenty Years After Katrina: How Levee Failures Changed America

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Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina’s catastrophic landfall, its legacy of destruction, displacement, and deepened inequality continues to shape communities and challenge disaster preparedness across the U.S.
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stock image of people planting trees in a forest
August 19, 2025

Forest Expansion Increases Agricultural Output, New Study Shows

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Agriculture is the largest cause of deforestation. So, it follows that forest expansion efforts would displace agriculture — but new research from Georgia Tech's School of Economics reports that that’s not necessarily the case.
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Farhan and Farshid Khan in the lab
August 11, 2025

Brothers United in Mission to Improve Water

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Environmental Engineering graduate students Farhan Khan and Farshid Khan are passionate about providing access to clean water. They have a lot in common—starting with the fact that they are brothers. Farhan Khan came to Georgia Tech from Bangladesh to be
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2025EnergyUnplugged-SummerCamp-FinalDayPresentation
August 5, 2025

Energy Unplugged: A Georgia Tech Summer Camp Sparks Passion for Energy Innovation Among High Schoolers

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As one of Tech’s most sought-after programs for high school students, the Energy Unplugged camp continues to spark interest in energy innovation and develop foundational skills in science.
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Trees around Einstein
July 31, 2025

Mapping Georgia’s Urban Forest: Georgia Tech Tools Help Planners Prioritize Tree Canopy

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Georgia Tech researchers developed new statewide canopy assessment tools to help urban planners, policymakers, and communities make data-informed decisions for climate resilience.
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Nicole Kennard holds a young chicken.
July 30, 2025

Community Spotlight - Nicole Kennard

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Kennard supports faculty in building meaningful and co-creative research partnerships with local communities.
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