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The Board of Regents (BOR) of the University System of Georgia (USG) voted Tuesday to maintain tuition and mandatory student fees at current levels for most USG institutions, including Georgia Tech, in the 2023-24 academic year. 

New Relic executive and College of Sciences alumna Tia Williams. (Photo Jess Hunt-Ralston)

New Relic executive Tia Williams was one of the first Earth and Atmospheric Sciences undergraduates at Georgia Tech. Now, she’s unveiling ways for current students to map their College of Sciences skills — and recently delivered the keynote at the College’s Spring Student and Alumni Leadership Dinner.


 

Georgia emissions fell 5% from 2017 to 2021, according to the Drawdown Georgia research team led by Regents' Professor Marilyn Brown.

Transportation is now the state's leading emitter of greenhouse gases, eclipsing energy production.

Photo credit: Adam Thompson, Zoo ATL

A team of Georgia Tech researchers has built an automatic feeding machine for gorillas at Zoo Atlanta that allows the primates to more naturally forage for food. Their ForageFeeder replaces the zoo’s previous feeding protocols, which had staff deliver food to the habitat at set times and locations.

Vinayak Agarwal

The honor for Agarwal, an assistant professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, comes on the heels of a recent NSF CAREER Award. Both recognize Agarwal’s marine natural products studies and his commitment to bring more undergraduates along on his research journey. 


 

James X Zhong Manis

Georgia Tech Ph.D. Candidate James X. Zhong Manis is one of 87 awardees from 58 different universities who will conduct thesis research at one of 16 DOE national laboratories. For Manis, that lab will be the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) at Stanford University.