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Students are often involved in Ragan's outreach efforts. Here, Ragan is holding a student-designed electroconvulsive-therapy model for a Brain Awareness Day event.

Christina Ragan, a lecturer of Biology in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program who also serves as director of Outreach and co-director of Neuroscience Teaching Conference at Georgia Tech, is one of 51 academics from across the country awarded new Course Hero grants to experiment with digital pedagogies and drive social change in their local communities.

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Researchers have developed a methodology to determine why coastal glaciers are retreating, and in turn, how much can be attributed to human-caused climate change.

Elephant

A new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology suggests that an elephant’s muscles aren’t the only way it stretches its trunk — its folded skin also plays an important role. The combination of muscle and skin gives the animal the versatility to grab fragile vegetation and rip apart tree trunks. The findings could help build more flexible robotics.

Lizard robot head

Using biological experiments, robot models, and a geometric theory of locomotion, researchers investigate how and why intermediate lizard species, with their elongated bodies and short limbs, might use their bodies to move.

Joseph Montoya, professor in the School of Biological Sciences (Photo courtesy of Andreas Teske, ECOGIG)

The College of Sciences and College of Engineering are pleased to announce the appointment of Joseph Montoya, professor in the School of Biological Sciences, to the position of director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Ocean Science and Engineering (OSE) at Georgia Tech.