June 17, 2024
Georgia Tech Named an AASHE Center for Sustainability Across the Curriculum
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Georgia Institute of Technology has been named a Center for Sustainability Across the Curriculum by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
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June 13, 2024
School of Public Policy Names First Three Byers Fellows
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Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy has named its first Byers Family Pathways to Policy Fellows and the offices where they will spend their internships in Washington.
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June 11, 2024
Researchers Help Maritime Industry Navigate Toward Sustainability
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Georgia Tech researchers are developing sustainable ocean shipping solutions to meet global emissions targets through eco-friendly fuels, optimized supply chains, and life-cycle assessments.
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May 23, 2024
Yongsheng Chen Awarded $300K Grant for Sustainable Agriculture AI Research
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Yongsheng Chen, a Georgia Tech Prof. has been awarded a $300,000 NSF grant to lead a collaborative AI project aimed at advancing sustainable agriculture practices globally.
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May 20, 2024
Harnessing AI to Reduce Food Insecurity in Africa
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Researchers in the School of Economics hope the tool they're developing can help policymakers and community organizations implement more timely and targeted interventions to alleviate hunger on the continent.
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May 16, 2024
Georgia Tech Earns STARS Gold Rating for Sustainability Achievements
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Georgia Tech has earned a STARS Gold Rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
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May 15, 2024
From Brewery to Biofilter: Making Yeast-Based Water Purification Possible
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A team of Georgia Tech and MIT researchers found that discarded brewer’s yeast, when encased in hydrogel capsules, becomes a viable and inexpensive method for purifying contaminated water.
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May 15, 2024
From Roots to Resilience: Investigating the Vital Role of Microbes in Coastal Plant Health
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Understanding how salt marsh grass stays healthy is of crucial ecological importance, and studying the ways bacteria interact with these plants is key.
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May 8, 2024
Tropical Revelations: Unearthing the Impacts of Hydrological Sensitivity on Global Rainfall
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Georgia Tech researcher investigates how rainfall will change as Earth’s atmosphere heats up.
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May 2, 2024
Georgia Tech and Meta Create Massive Open Dataset to Advance AI Solutions for Carbon Capture
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The project aims to accelerate direct air capture development while significantly reducing costs.
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April 30, 2024
Generating Buzz: Climate Change Takes Center Stage
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The latest episode of Generating Buzz follows the College of Sciences’ Frontiers in Science event, giving listeners an opportunity to hear from experts.
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April 25, 2024
New Approach Could Make Reusing Captured Carbon Far Cheaper, Less Energy-Intensive
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A team led by Marta Hatzell designed a new electrochemical reactor to seamlessly integrate into direct air capture systems and turn CO2 into useful raw materials.
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April 23, 2024
Seed Grants Fund Research Centers for Critical Minerals, Spatial Computation and Navigation
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Selected from a finalist pool of nine proposals, Associate Professors Yuanzhi Tang and Thackery Brown’s ideas were chosen due to their high potential for novel interdisciplinary research and impact.
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April 22, 2024
2024 Frontiers in Science: Climate Action
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Inaugural College of Sciences research conference and symposium showcases Georgia Tech’s contributions to climate research and solutions.
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April 22, 2024
Georgia Tech Microsoft CloudHub Partnership Explores Electric Vehicle Adoption
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Business and government sectors are embracing electric vehicles, but are U.S. drivers on the same road?
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April 10, 2024
Community Spotlight - Tamsin Leavy
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Tamsin started her career working in anthropology and archaeology before pivoting to teaching social studies but now she’s in Atlanta working as the Georgia Tech community garden coordinator.
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April 5, 2024
Climate Action Plan Provides Road Map to Net-Zero Emissions
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Georgia Tech’s Climate Action Plan outlines mitigation and adaptation strategies for reaching net-zero emissions on campus by 2050 and contributing to global solutions through education and research.
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April 2, 2024
Hirsch Presents to National Academies Workshop
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Jennifer Hirsch presented a paper to a recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine workshop, Developing and Assessing Ideas for Social and Behavioral Research to Speed Efficient and Equitable Industrial Decarbonization.
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March 19, 2024
2024 Georgia Tech Sustainability Showcase Recap
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This year’s Georgia Tech Sustainability Showcase was an opportunity for faculty, staff, students, and community partners to demonstrate the depth and breadth of sustainability research happening at Georgia Tech.
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March 19, 2024
Community Spotlight - Josiah Hester
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What Josiah enjoys most about his role as Interim Associate Director for Community-Engaged Research, is seeing researchers who have spent their careers figuring out the science of a subject go into the community and have an impact.
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