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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 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.

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.

Pictured, the winners of the Fall 2025 I2P Showcase stand in Marcus Nano Tech atrium with their certificates

January 5, 2026

At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening Prototype Wins I2P Showcase

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Gorginea Care won the I2P Showcase for developing an at‑home cervical cancer screening kit, leading a lineup of innovative student teams who earned entry into CREATE‑X Startup Launch and advancement to the InVenture Prize.

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.

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

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.

Person standing in a medical treatment room with advanced radiotherapy equipment, including a large Varian machine and treatment table.

December 18, 2025

Nuclear Waste: What It Is — and What It Isn’t

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Nuclear waste is often misunderstood. In reality, all civilian nuclear waste produced by U.S. power plants could fit on a single football field stacked 10 yards high. Researchers at Georgia Tech and beyond are developing safer reactors, advanced monitoring systems, and recycling technologies that could transform nuclear waste into new sources of clean energy, long-lasting batteries, and power for space missions.

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.

Fall 2025 College of Computing Masters Commencement

December 18, 2025

Community and Collaboration Shape the Class of 2025

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The Yellow Jacket community swarmed campus for the final time of the fall semester to celebrate Commencement ceremonies held Dec. 11 to 13. Graduates from the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) were among the 7,177 new alumni “getting o

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.

Mice have complex visual systems that can clarify how vision works in people. Westend61/Getty Images

December 16, 2025

Gazing Into the Mind’s Eye With Mice – How Neuroscientists Are Seeing Human Vision More Clearly

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Studying how mice see has helped researchers discover unprecedented details about how individual brain cells communicate and work together to create a mental picture of the visual world.

December 16, 2025

AI4Science Center Awards Inaugural Seed Grants

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The AI4Science Center's seed grant aims to support the development of research projects centered on innovation and collaboration.

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 16, 2025

The Ghost of Libraries Past, Present, and Future: How a Library Research Scientist Is Reshaping the Future of Work for Book Lovers

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Raven Davis, Georgia Tech Library’s first data analytics research scientist, blends data analysis, instruction, and collaboration to boost student success. From literature lover to data scientist, she now leads coding workshops, evaluates programs, and champions equity, envisioning libraries as tech-driven hubs for innovation and community.

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December 15, 2025

Manufacturing Consortium Helps Industry Close the Finish Gap

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Collaborative research at GTMI is helping manufacturers overcome critical challenges in finishing advanced materials for aerospace and defense applications.

December 12, 2025

Mastering Environmental Engineering for the Future

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Antonia Kopp knows that clean water is vital for cities, and she wants to use her degree to ensure that Atlanta’s water system flows as it should.

Many carbon-rich meteorites contain ingredients commonly found in life, but no evidence of life itself. James St. John, CC BY

December 12, 2025

Can Scientists Detect Life Without Knowing What it Looks Like? Research Using Machine Learning Offers a New Way

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Instead of searching for a single molecule or structure that proves the presence of biology, researchers attempted to classify how likely mixtures of compounds preserved in rocks and meteorites were to contain traces of life by examining the full chemical

Georgia Tech human-centered computing Ph.D. student Ashley Boone is building data tools to reduce the likelihood of birds flying into buildings.

December 12, 2025

Students Collaborating with Nonprofit to Reduce Bird Collisions with Buildings

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Interactive computing students are developing new data tools to reduce bird/building strikes in Atlanta, which is among the country's deadliest cities for migratory birds.