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Benjamin Freeman
College of Sciences faculty Chris Reinhard, Joel Kostka, Francesca Storici, Tamara Bogdanović, Chandra Raman, JC Gumbart, Benjamin Freeman, James Stroud, Joe Lachance, Rose McCarty, and Xiaoyu He are the recipients of new endowed faculty appointments for the 2023-24 academic year.
Lizzie Wright
Lizzie Wright knew Georgia Tech was a great school, but had no idea the community she would encounter through her four and a half years.
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Suggestions for having a civil discussion on sensitive issues.
A model of a mechanical metamaterial.
A new $630,000 NSF CAREER grant will help Zeb Rocklin, assistant professor in the School of Physics, continue his research into developing a new universal theory around mechanical metamaterials: a group of flexible solids that blur the traditional definition of what a solid is. 
Samantha Wilson (left) with nominating students Claire Riggs and Cameron Hyde
Students nominated School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences’ Samantha Wilson for this year’s top faculty honor in the GT 1000 program, which supports first-year students as they are introduced to the Georgia Tech experience. 
Peter Conlin
A group of first-year students are conducting undergraduate research and learning about special science and math subjects through a new special topics course that’s also giving postdoctoral scholars and research scientists a chance to design a course and hone their teaching skills  
Matt Baker, math professor and magician
Matt Baker is a Georgia Tech School of Mathematics professor and award-winning magician. This week, he’ll appear on the CW television series Penn & Teller: Fool Us, airing Friday, December 1 and streaming Saturday, December 2.  
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ATLANTA and BALTIMORE — Falcomm, the semiconductor company providing ultra-efficient power amplifiers to the wireless communications market, announced that it has raised $4 million in seed funding and hired two industry leaders to accelerate the development of its next-generation Dual-Drive PA and expand its network of hardware manufacturers.
Jennifer Hom
A trio of School of Mathematics faculty have received top honors from the American Mathematical Society, with Professor Jennifer Hom taking home the 2024 Levi L. Conant Prize, and Professors Greg Blekherman and Thang Le selected as 2024 AMS Fellows.  
The Trinity Demonstrator telescope. (Photo Nepomuk Otte)
Physics Professor Nepomuk Otte and students have developed the Trinity Demonstrator to search for sources of high-energy neutrinos that contain clues to the early universe. 
Beijing pollution (Photo Kevin Dooley, Creative Commons)
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences researchers find dangerous sulfates are formed, and their particles get bigger, within the plumes of pollution belching from coal-fired power plants. 
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The advent of whole genome sequencing technology has prompted an explosion in research into how genetics are associated with disease risk. But the vast majority of genetics research has been done on people of European ancestry, and genetics researchers have realized that in order to address health disparities, more needs to be done.