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Under new program guidelines, Tech Promise will now assist qualified families whose annual estimated family income is $55,500 or less.

Ankle Exoskeleton Boots

Researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory found wearable ankle exoskeletons helped subjects improve standing balance only if they activated before muscles fired.

From October '22 Puerto Rico trip: CEE grad student Paola Vargas-Vargas (left) and Stephen Hughes of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez calibrate an instrument in front of a landslide. (Photo Frances Rivera-Hernández)

Frances Rivera-Hernández, Karl Lang, and Rafael Bras are leading an effort to gather data about landslides caused by hurricanes hitting the island. Joined by students, the researchers share an ultimate goal of creating a national geohazards center.

 

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Over 15 faculty from the College of Sciences have been recognized for their teaching excellence by Georgia Tech’s Center for Teaching and Learning in the Fall 2022 Course Instructor Opinion Survey.

Georgia Tech Experts Weigh In on Massive Turkey-Syria Earthquake

The death toll is believed to have topped more than 30,000  after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated south-central Turkey and northwestern Syria. The disaster zone is home to more than 13 million people in Turkey and an unknown number in a region of Syria torn by civil war. It’s an area that stretches beyond the distance from Atlanta to Kentucky.