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3MT Winners

Five graduate students emerge victorious at Georgia Tech's 11th annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on Tuesday, April 7th.

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In February, the Georgia Institute of Technology,  together with the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, the Georgia Mining Association, and the British Consulate‑General Atlanta, hosted the fourth Growing Partnerships for Essential Minerals (GEMs‑4) workshop in Atlanta. The workshop built on a growing transatlantic partnership dedicated to advancing innovation across the critical minerals value chain. 

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Researchers at Georgia Tech are using math, science, and artificial intelligence to better understand how people think, move, and perceive the world.

 AI and machine learning provide new tools for scientists to think about drug discovery. gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Images

AI and machine learning provide new tools for scientists to think about drug discovery.

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Graduate programs across the College of Sciences are again ranked among the nation’s best in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate School Rankings, reflecting Georgia Tech’s continued leadership in science and research.
Afroditi Papadopoulou

Before joining the School of Physics as an assistant professor this fall, Afroditi Papadopoulou will engage with Nobel Laureates during a global forum focused on intergenerational and interdisciplinary scientific exchange.

Experts In The News

Researchers have long known that when two galaxies approach each other and merge, the supermassive black holes at their centers form a pair and are eventually expected to merge as well.  It is precisely these mergers that are considered one of the sources of the gravitational-wave background — a faint “hum” of spacetime detected in recent years. However, the role played by the geometry of the collision in this process has remained an open question. 

Graduate student Sena Ghobadi of the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Physics, along with her colleagues, has developed three-dimensional dynamic models of such collisions. 

A similar story appeared in Sky & Telescope

Universe Magazine April 28, 2026

Zachary Handlos, senior academic professional in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, explains how weather patterns can lead to conditions conducive to the types of wildfires currently seen in Florida and Georgia. 

This piece also appeared in The Washington Post and The Conversation.

Atlanta Journal Constitution April 25, 2026

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