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Tech Tower at Georgia Tech

College of Sciences staff and faculty who are leading the Institute's Covid-19 response, a key School of Biological Sciences academic support specialist, and a team of cybersecurity pros are the winners of new One Small Step, Spirit of Georgia Tech, and One Giant Leap Awards presented by Georgia Tech Human Resources. 

Students by Tech Tower

Seven faculty members from five schools in the College of Sciences are among those honored with annual Spring awards from Georgia Tech's Center for Teaching and Learning that celebrate innovation in teaching.

Buzz and Tech Tower

Eight School of Psychology graduate students and early career scientists are recognized for stellar classroom, teaching, and research achievements in 2020-2021.

(Photo by Ian Dooley via Unsplash)

Itch sensations that strike glabrous skin — like that found on the palms of the hands or soles of the feet — can be the source of lasting discomfort for many people. But a new study from School of Biological Sciences researchers may bring eventual relief, thanks to findings that may narrow down the unique glabrous skin receptors that respond to those itches.

In this artistic composition, based on a real image of the IceCube Lab at the South Pole, a distant source emits neutrinos that are detected below the ice by IceCube sensors, called DOMs. (IceCube/NSF)

School of Physics professor Ignacio Taboada officially begins his term as the next spokesperson for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory — an NSF-funded South Pole facility searching deep space for sources of high-energy neutrinos — on May 1, 2021. Taboada recently joined outgoing spokesperson Darren Grant for a Q&A about IceCube’s progress and plans.

"Charles Bell Anatomy of the Brain, c. 1802" (Wikimedia Commons, Shaheen Lakhan)

It's one of the most important processes for the development of the human brain, but science is still learning about DNA methylation. A School of Biological Sciences professor and her research team have uncovered some new information about how this process evolved in humans.