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The volcanic deserts in Iceland, covered in fine ash and basalt mountains, resemble Mars' landscape. Researchers use this environment to study how planets might sustain life and what tools humans would need for habitation. Georgia Tech researchers also explore various terrains in the U.S. to better understand space and life on Earth.

QuantNet ranks the Georgia Tech M.S. QCF program No. 8 in the nation.

An interdisciplinary initiative between the Scheller College of Business, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and the School of Mathematics, M.S. QCF has been ranked No. 8 in the nation among the 2025 QuantNet Best Financial Engineering Programs.

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Artificial intelligence holds the power to amplify human creativity and aspirations, turning ideas into realities we once thought impossible. Meet the Georgia Tech experts charting a path forward at NeurIPS 2024. 

The Georgia Tech EcoCommons (Photo by Nick Hubbard)

The College of Sciences has launched Georgia Tech for Georgia’s Tomorrow, a new center focused on improving the lives of Georgians and their communities. The center will leverage research and teaching to address critical health and climate challenges across the state.

Music and Memory

Have you ever noticed how a particular song can bring back a flood of memories? Maybe it’s the tune that was playing during your first dance, or the anthem of a memorable road trip.

Emily Weigel, School of Biological Sciences

The initiative, supported by funding from NSF’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, aims to enhance STEM training for pre-service teachers through immersive summer research experiences. 

Experts In The News

A special issue of Pure and Applied Functional Analysis honors mathematician School of Mathematics Regents' Professor Leonid Bunimovich on his 75th birthday. 

Bunimovich's pioneering contributions have shaped modern dynamical systems. He is best known for discovering a fundamental mechanism of chaos in dynamical systems, including systems of chaotic billiards such as the Bunimovich stadium, Bunimovich flowers, and elliptic flowers. Learn about his research in this 2023 news story: Bringing Understanding to Chaotic Dynamics with Billiards, Flowers, and ... Mushrooms?

Georgia Tech School of Mathematics March 16, 2026

If you’ve walked the aisles of a grocery store, scrolled through social media, watched television, or set foot in a fast-casual restaurant chain in recent months, you know that protein is having its moment.

So, why are brands pushing protein? An International Food Information Council study found that 70% of adults are looking to increase their protein intake. But as it makes its way into more products than ever before, is it too much of a good thing?

Lesley Baradel is a registered dietitian, nutritionist, and lecturer in the College of Sciences at Georgia Tech. In this episode of "Generating Buzz", she digs into the protein-packed trend, with implications ranging from health and wellness to marketing and how the rise of GLP-1s factors into the increased focus on the macronutrient.

Futurity March 5, 2026