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Science majors as athletes

It takes a lot to be a student athlete at Georgia Tech. Here are four who are succeeding as science majors and as athletes: Piero Chiappina, Cori Clifton, Ben Jean, and Jeanine Williams.

Former Beckman scholar Rebecca Hood

Georgia Tech has been selected to the 2019 class of Beckman Scholars Program Awardees. The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation gives these awards annually to colleges and universities that support basic research in chemistry and life sciences.

Earth (Courtesy of Rensselaer)

Relationships based on “you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours” are everywhere in the biological world. The recently established Center for the Origin of Life (COOL) will harness these mutualisms to unravel the distant past.

Diana Toro (left) with a student from Scott Elementary School

Biochemistry major Diana Toro and Computer Science major Tessa Stubbs partnered with Discovery to begin the Little Einsteins Organization, a STEM-focused, after-school program for elementary school students.

Kim Cobb before House Committee on Natural Resources on Feb. 6, 2019

Kim Cobb testifies before the House of Representatives' Natural Resources Committee hearing on climate change. She urges early action to counter the devastating impacts of climate change.