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March 6, 2026

Target the Tumor. Spare the Body.

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Housley and his team are developing self‑assembling nanohydrogels that deliver cancer drugs only when they reach tumor‑specific conditions, aiming to reduce side effects and make treatment more precise across multiple cancer types.

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March 4, 2026

Georgia Tech Receives Up to $21.8M Award in ‘Unprecedented’ Push to Treat Lymphatic Disease

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The project aims to move lymphatic disease out of the medical margins and toward patients who have had few meaningful treatment options.

February 24, 2026

Georgia Tech Arts Announces Spring 2026 Microgrant Awardees

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Georgia Tech Arts Announces Spring 2026 Microgrant Awardees

February 18, 2026

Biophysicist Lynn Kamerlin Becomes Institute of Physics Fellow

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It is the highest degree of membership awarded by the society.

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February 18, 2026

The Future of Healing: Smart Bandage Could Transform Diabetic Wound Care and Beyond

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GTRI and Georgia Tech have developed a smart bandage that could transform wound care for diabetic patients, battlefield soldiers, and others by enabling real-time insights and reducing invasive bandage changes for timely treatment.

February 17, 2026

Mapping Mountain Birds in a Changing World: Benjamin Freeman Awarded Sloan Fellowship For Mountain Bird Ecology Research

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The fellowship is one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early-career scholars.

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February 11, 2026

2026 Awardees Announced for Regenerative Engineering and Medicine Center Collaborative Seed Grant

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The 2026 awards support three cross‑institutional teams advancing innovative research in personalized immunotherapy, cancer stem cell communication, and therapies for Alzheimer’s disease.

February 6, 2026

Leanne West Named 2026 Innovator of the Year in Pediatric Health

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This recognition celebrates West’s leadership and impact in pediatric health innovation at both the local and national level.

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January 29, 2026

Confronting the Roadblocks in Medical Technology Innovation

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Clinicians and researchers outlined why breakthrough devices often fall short in clinical settings and emphasized the need for interdisciplinary collaboration and practical workflow integration.

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January 16, 2026

Researchers Discover How Worms Clean Their Environment Without a Brain

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When placed in sand-filled Petri dishes, centimeter-long aquatic worms like T. tubifex spontaneously sweep up particles and reorganize their environment — all without a brain.

January 15, 2026

Science for Public Good: Introducing the Community Engagement Graduate Fellows

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Four graduate students from the College of Sciences were selected for the new Community Engagement Graduate Fellowship, made possible through a gift from Google, to develop projects that positively impact the metro Atlanta area.

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.

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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.

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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.

December 11, 2025

Meet CSE Profile: Ph.D. Graduate Ziqi Zhang

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Ph.D. graduate Ziqi Zhang will join the Class of 2025 in walking across the stage, receiving diplomas, and graduating from Georgia Tech.

December 10, 2025

NSF Grant Funds Protein Research for Drug Discovery and Personalized Medicine

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Yunan Luo is the recipient of an NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award to use artificial intelligence to solve the protein annotation inequality problem.

November 26, 2025

Alexander Cachine Awarded Steve Jobs Archive Fellowship for Textile-Inspired Medical Solutions

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Cachine was selected for his work in solving modern medical challenges using ancient textile techniques.

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November 24, 2025

Clean, Old-Fashioned Collaboration: Engineering the Future of Healthcare at Georgia Tech and UGA

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By uniting expertise and resources, Georgia’s leading institutions are creating practical solutions to improve health outcomes across the state.

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November 20, 2025

Georgia Tech Ranked No. 7 Globally in Interdisciplinary Science Rankings

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Georgia Tech has been ranked 7th in the world in the 2026 Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings

November 19, 2025

Lights, Camera, Memory!

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Can flickering light and sound help fight Alzheimer’s disease?