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November 28, 2023

Georgia Tech to Help Develop State’s First Climate Action Plan

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The emissions tracker created by a Georgia Tech-led team will play an important role in the work, researchers say.
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Marcus Nanotechnology Building
November 17, 2023

New Interdisciplinary Research Institute to Launch This Summer

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The Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology and the Institute for Materials have announced they will combine to form a new Interdisciplinary Research Institute set to begin operations on July 1, 2024.
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Matthew McDowell, Akanksha Menon, and Claudio Di Leo
November 9, 2023

Georgia Tech Leads Department of Energy’s Earthshots Funding with Seven Projects

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Georgia Tech faculty and researchers are involved in five university-led projects and two new Energy Earthshot Research Centers that are part of a $264 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The funding includes establishing 11 new Energy
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Collage of portraits of the new BBISS Faculty Fellows. L to R: Omar Asensio; Christos Athanasiou; Fani Boukouvala; Peng Chen; Kelly Comfort; Constance Crozier; Ashutosh Dhekne; Jennifer Kaiser; Neha Kumar; Jian Luo; Akanksha Menon
October 31, 2023

Eleven Appointed as BBISS Faculty Fellows

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Eleven new Faculty Fellows were appointed to the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS).
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Georgia Tech's Janelle Dunlap conducts a hive inspection at the The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design.
October 30, 2023

Janelle Dunlap Turns Beekeeping Into Art

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The Urban Honey Bee Project’s new beekeeper in residence is creating art and educating the public with her practice.
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A group of attendees to the RCE Americas meeting in Atlanta pose for a group photo outside a red brick Georgia Tech building.
October 20, 2023

Georgia Tech Hosts 2023 RCE Americas Meeting

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The Georgia Tech campus recently served as host from September 26 – 29 for students, academics, and working professionals from around the Americas.
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Josiah Hester sits at a desk in an electronics lab at Georgia Tech with an array of prototype projects and test equipment in front of him.
October 18, 2023

NSF Grant to Develop Carbon ‘Nutrition Labels’ for a Sustainable Internet of Things

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Josiah Hester, along with researchers from Cornell and Harvard Universities, has received a $2 million grant from National Science Foundation.
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Honey bee on sunflower
September 28, 2023

October Events Celebrate Campus Sustainability Month

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Events throughout the month of October offer a glimpse into the wide-ranging commitment to sustainability at Georgia Tech.
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cover of the 2023-2030 Sustainability Next Plan
September 20, 2023

The Sustainability Next Plan Transforms Vision Into Reality

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On the one-year anniversary of the launch of Sustainability Next, a publicly available version of the plan is being released and several plan initiatives are coming to life.
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Hand holds glass over faucet
September 11, 2023

New Water Treatment Approach Helps to Avoid Harmful Chemicals

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Georgia Institute of Technology researchers developed the minus approach to handle these harmful byproducts.
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Profiles of two eastern African elephants walking side by side. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)
September 6, 2023

Echoes of Extinctions: Novel Method Unearths Disruptions in Mammal Trait-Environment Relationships

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Their novel approach showed how mammal traits evolved with changing environments over time and revealed factors that contributed to biodiversity loss.
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Georgia Tech's Tech Tower with flowers blooming in the foreground
August 28, 2023

CEE Researchers Awarded $2.1 Million Grant to Ensure Cleaner, Safer Drinking Water

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The EPA is funding the research on the occurrence and concentration of pathogens and disinfection by-products and the environmental conditions favorable to their growth in drinking water distribution systems.
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A scientist in a white lab coat wearing blue gloves holds a strip of aluminum foil.
July 19, 2023

Aluminum Materials Show Promising Performance for Safer, Cheaper, More Powerful Batteries

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The team’s new battery system could enable electric vehicles to run longer on a single charge and would be cheaper to manufacture — all while having a positive impact on the environment.
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The sparkling shoreline along Deception Pass State Park in Oak Harbor, Washington
July 18, 2023

Turning the Tide on Climate Change

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Solar and wind power have been used as renewable energy for years, but what about waves, tides, and currents? Georgia Tech researchers are turning to our waterways to build a better planet.
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Montage of portraits. R to L, Top to Bottom: Aminat Ambelorun, Min-kyeong (Min) Cha, Allannah Duffy, Eric Greenlee, and Spenser Wipperfurth
July 12, 2023

Five Ph.D. Candidates Chosen for the 2023 Class of BBISS Graduate Fellows

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The BBISS Graduate Fellows Program provides graduate students with enhanced training in sustainability, team science, and leadership in addition to their usual programs of study.
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Portrait of Amanda Shojaee and Sarah Naumann
July 11, 2023

Sustainable-X Startup Spotlight on In Good Company: Changing the Narrative of Disability in the Workplace

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On March 31, 2023, In Good Company placed third in the Sustainable-X Showcase. With the help of prize money, investment, and participation in a startup launch program, the In Good Company founders are working to achieve their mission.
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Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm
June 29, 2023

Secretary of Energy Discusses Clean Energy

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Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visited Georgia Tech to talk about President Joe Biden's investment in clean energy.
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Research Next
June 22, 2023

Research Next Project Team Promotes Collaboration With HBCUs

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For Georgia Tech, striving toward inclusivity starts with a simple but crucial goal: building deep, lasting research partnerships.
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Earth (Credit NASA/Joshua Stevens)
June 13, 2023

New Georgia Tech Environmental Science Degree Launches

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The interdisciplinary Environmental Science (ENVS) degree program, developed by faculty in the Schools of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Biological Sciences, is now enrolling students interested in a wide variety of environment-related careers.
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Photo Credit Ben Gray, AJC. A student wearing a "Serve-Learn-Sustain" tee shirt walks along a campus walkway with a Georgia Tech faculty member.
June 12, 2023

Serve-Learn-Sustain to Launch New Center

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On July 1, SLS will launch the Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education.
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