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Campus Surveillance Testing Update: Tracking Cases and Taking Action

Joshua Weitz, Greg Gibson and JulieAnne Williamson discuss campus cases and tracking, actions taken to date, and next steps for surveillance testing at Georgia Tech followed by open Q&A.

The inaugural members of the College of Sciences Staff Advisory Council (left to right, top to bottom): Blandford, Ewers, Floyd, Harris, Kim, Longstreet, Marzo, Nagle, Onstine, Pettaway, Pierre, San Miguel, Sims-McDaniel, Wallom, Whitt.

The first class of the College of Sciences Staff Advisory Council is named, with the goal of providing staff advocacy and advisory expertise to address immediate and long-term needs across the College and Institute.

Olivia Emmett with Buzz in line to get tested.

Students and faculty discuss the science of campus surveillance testing, why they’re taking advantage of free weekly campus testing, and how the Georgia Tech community can help crush the curve on Covid-19 this fall.

Samantha Mascuch

In the spring and summer, an effort led by researchers across three Sciences schools created SARS-CoV-2 test kits that helped fill testing gaps across Georgia. Now, they're sharing that test kit recipe in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, which has selected the research as a September "Editor’s Pick".

Helheim Glacier, Greenland (Photo NASA)

Two researchers in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences win grants from the Heising-Simons Foundation to study just how fast ice sheets are melting, and how much sea levels are rising, due to climate change. 

Balloons

Please join the College of Sciences in congratulating seven faculty members sharing honors for their work in the 2019-2020 school year at Georgia Tech.