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"Lost in Your Vibe" by IAMTIKICA.
“As long as you have the gift, do the work — and fit it in wherever you can.” Tikica Platt has been singing since she was three years old, which is what happens when your mom is in choir and your father is a drummer for Clarence Carter, Otis Redding, and Percy Sledge. Now, the School of Psychology administrative manager is releasing her first R&B EP.
Beth Cabrera
Beth Cabrera, the first lady of Georgia Tech, is a psychologist and Tech alumna (M.S. PSY 1993, Ph.D. PSY 1995). She recently shared her expertise on positivity with Tech students as a guest presenter in a five-week course called Resilience Building Strategies: Growing Through What We Are Going Through.
Susan Lozier, Dean of the College of Sciences (Photo: Tamara Lackey)
Susan Lozier, dean and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair of the College of Sciences, will serve a three-year term on the inaugural Climate Security Roundtable, a joint initiative across the U.S. Congress and the National Academies.
Tech Tower
A Topology and Geometry conference run completely by graduate students took place in April at GT.
Lizanne DeStefano - Executive Director, Georgia Tech Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) CEISMC
Georgia Tech is among a collaborative team of institutions awarded a $5 million OpenCI grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help support the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem Services and Support (ACCESS) program.
Nick Hud lab DNA
With support from the Sloan Foundation, the team hopes to create novel chemical systems that harness the power of evolution.

Samer Naif, assistant professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, co-authors a Scripps Institution of Oceanography study showing streams of heated rocks called mantle plumes probably play a role in creating a slippery base for tectonic plates.
Savannah Coast
The rising sea levels along Georgia’s Savannah coast and an uptick in more severe storms during hurricane season are bellwethers to looming ecological challenges stemming from climate change.
Hawkmoth
Georgia Tech has received two Department of Defense (DoD) 2022 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) awards totaling almost $14 million.
Spring Flowers on Campus
Georgia Tech will celebrate its 25th annual Earth Day with a 4-day schedule of events this week.
Science Square: View of Labs and Connecting Bridge
An announcement from Georgia Advance Technology Ventures (GATV), a cooperative organization of Georgia Tech, and Trammell Crow Company (TCC), the project developer, shares details of what will become a major life science innovation hub for the Atlanta region.
The 2022 Spring Sciences Celebration, held on April 14 at Harrison Square. (All photos: Jess Hunt-Ralston)
Joined by alumni and friends, the College of Sciences welcomes new professors, presents annual faculty honors alongside inaugural staff and research faculty awards in recognition of individual excellence and community accomplishments.