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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

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 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.

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.

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.

November 26, 2025

Chelsea Ekwegh Honored as Millennium Fellow for Work in Urban Sustainability

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Ekwegh’s project, titled Bridging Energy Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Development, explores ways to connect new and old technologies so cities can evolve without leaving people or infrastructure behind.

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.

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.

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.

July 21, 2025

School Shootings Lower Spending by Millions in Affected Communities

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Georgia Tech researchers have discovered persistent community-wide economic effects from school shootings.

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.

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);

January 5, 2026

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

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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

January 5, 2026

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

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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.

Two Georgia Tech researchers looking at a biomedical chip.

January 5, 2026

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

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

December 23, 2025

Growth Without Hiring: The Last Pendulum Swing

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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.

Georgia Tech Professor Martha Grover with her research team

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 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.

December 17, 2025

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

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

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

December 16, 2025

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

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

December 10, 2025

Pascal Van Hentenryck Delivers Keynote on AI for Engineering Optimization at AI Festival in Austria Capital

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Pascal Van Hentenryck, director of Tech AI and AI4OPT, delivered a keynote on AI for Engineering Optimization at AI Festival 2025 at TU Wien.

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

December 16, 2025

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

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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.

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

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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.

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