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August 31, 2026

Tiny Motors, Big Structures: Kolvin Awarded NSF CAREER Grant for Soft Materials Research

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The work could open the door to advances in wound healing, artificial tissues, and organ repair.

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August 28, 2026

Georgia Tech Researchers Discover New Layer of the Human Genome

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A new study led by Francesca Storici reveals that RNA building blocks embedded in human DNA are organized in distinct patterns and may play an important role in regulating DNA structure and gene activity.

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August 28, 2026

Getting Food to the Neighborhoods That Need It Most

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Nicole Kennard researches Atlanta's food system using mapping and visualization techniques.

August 27, 2026

CSE Leadership Transition Comes as School Continues Rapid Growth

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School of CSE Professor Polo Chau is stepping into the role of associate chair of the School as Professor Edmond Chow departs to teach at Georgia Tech-Europe for the 2026-2027 academic year.

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August 27, 2026

Georgia Tech Students Build, Operate Simulated Mars Mission

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Earlier this month, six students went to Mars. For 10 days, they conducted experiments, managed limited resources, and lived in isolation while learning what it's like to be an astronaut. Except they were not actually on Mars. They were at Titan Ranch in Arkansas, participating in the inaugural mission of Georgia Tech's Southeast Analog (SEA), the first completely student-led analog astronaut program in the United States.

August 27, 2026

Wilkinson Elected Chair of Georgia Tech’s Faculty Executive Board

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The longtime Georgia Tech professor and academic leader in the College of Sciences will guide the Faculty Executive Board as it upholds the Institute's shared governance.

August 26, 2026

Open Source, Big Ideas: Scientific Computing Community Heading to Georgia Tech

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Georgia Tech is hosting the 2026 MFEM (Modular Finite Element Methods) Community Workshop, Sept. 22-25. MFEM supports research in computational physics, earth systems modeling, engineering, energy, and other fields.

August 26, 2026

Speare Earns Highly Competitive NIH MIRA Grant

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The award will support funding aimed at uncovering new insights that could support future coral restoration and disease management efforts.

August 26, 2026

The Hardest Ramp-Up in America: A Supply Chain View of the Defense Industrial Base

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Discover the insights that can help you adapt, build resilience, and keep your organization moving.

August 25, 2026

Matthew McDowell Named to National Academies Committee on Future Battery Technologies

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School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) professor Matthew McDowell has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee.

Ellen Yi Chen Mazumdar, assistant professor and Woodruff Faculty Fellow in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

August 25, 2026

Ellen Mazumdar Earns NASA Early Career Faculty Award for Spacecraft Heat Shield Research

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Ellen Yi Chen Mazumdar, assistant professor in the Woodruff School has received a NASA Early Career Faculty (ECF) Award to develop new methods for studying the extreme conditions spacecraft experience during atmospheric entry.

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August 24, 2026

Georgia Tech Through a Visiting Scholar's Lens

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A South Korean visiting scholar is studying how Georgia Tech approaches AI governance, data stewardship, and collaboration, with lessons that may help shape future education policy in his home country.

August 24, 2026

Lara Hodgson Named Executive Director of New Startup Accelerator at Georgia Tech

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Accelerator to begin delivering on its mission to support emerging startups with the resources and infrastructure to scale into businesses

August 24, 2026

Georgia Tech Launches Statewide Hub to Build Aerospace Technical Talent

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Georgia Tech is leading a new NASA-supported workforce development initiative designed to expand aerospace education and strengthen Georgia's pipeline of skilled technical talent needed for future space missions.

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August 24, 2026

A Neuroscientist Went Looking for Prediction. She Found Time Instead.

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A Georgia Tech study challenges a decades-old explanation for one of neuroscience's most famous signals, revealing an intrinsic neural code for tracking time.

The VR training platform allows Kia Georgia employees to gain hands-on experience with assembly tasks before working on the factory floor.

August 20, 2026

How Virtual Reality is Preparing Kia Workers for the Factory Floor Before Day One

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The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech has developed a virtual reality training platform that prepares Kia assembly workers for the pace of the production line.

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August 20, 2026

New Faculty Member Examines How AI Shapes Our Most Personal Relationships

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For Georgia Tech Assistant Professor Veronica Rivera, the growing role of AI in daily life raises important questions about what happens when technology designed to help people puts their privacy and safety at risk.

August 19, 2026

Silicon Meets Asphalt: Cybersecurity Project Uses AI to Protect Highways

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Georgia Tech cybersecurity researchers are working to ensure the security of networked highway systems.

Associate Professor Yuhang Hu and three male students from her lab gather around and look at a soft adhesive hydrogel they are studying.

August 19, 2026

Georgia Tech Researchers Discover New Mechanism Behind Soft-Material Adhesion

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The discovery challenges a long-held assumption in adhesion mechanics and reveals a new physical mechanism that governs how soft materials attach and detach.