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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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