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Kara and King

A new study by Georgia Tech researchers in the open-access journal PLOS Global Health probes ethnic health disparities and mortality risk factors in the United Kingdom. Their work points to mortality risk factors that are group-specific, but modifiable, supporting the notion of targeted interventions that could lead to greater health equity.

Howard M. Weiss

A spring memorial is planned for Howard M. Weiss, emeritus professor and a former school chair at Georgia Tech and Purdue, who died in February. The event will include the announcement of a new student award in Weiss’ name.

 

Clockwise from top left: Ashley, Hardawar, Pereira, Morain, Platt, Lancaster, Yeboah.

New Council members will build on a mission of advocating for the diverse community of staff within the College of Sciences and its six schools 

 

 

Claudia and Loren

Georgia Tech researchers apply an economics theory to study the building blocks of biological evolution

IceFin maps the Ross Ice Shelf near Kamb Ice Stream. (Icefin/NASA PSTAR RISE UP/Schmidt/Quartini)

The Icefin robot’s unprecedented look inside a crevasse, and observations revealing more than a century of geological processes beneath the ice shelf, are detailed in “Crevasse Refreezing and Signatures of Retreat Observed at Kamb Ice Stream Grounding Zone,” published March 2 in Nature Geoscience.

Atlanta Science Festival attendees engaged in a demonstration. Credit: Atlanta Science Festival.

For STEAM enthusiasts across Atlanta, the month of March is a highlight of the year for one big reason: the Atlanta Science Festival. We spoke with some of the event organizers and presenters to get a sneak peek at what this year's festival will have to offer.