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A Georgia Tech professor and his team are cracking the code on the Institute's most recognizable social insect. 
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Climate change has set in motion an “escalator to extinction” as mountain species move uphill to cooler elevations, occupy shrinking ranges, and then go extinct. The Freeman lab investigates why some species are riding this “escalator” — and how mountain biodiversity can persist in a warming world.
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ARCS Foundation Atlanta awarded a total of $117,500 to 15 Ph.D. students who show exceptional promise of making a significant contribution to the worldwide advancement of science and technology.
Alumni panel and organizers (from L to R): David Williamson, Ashley Zuniga, Austin Hope, Anthony Diaz, Maureen Metcalf, Leslie Roberts, Kristel Topping, Justin Burns, and James Stringfellow
From navigating unexpected job pathways to the importance of networking and soft skills, College of Sciences alumni shared insights and advice about leveraging a Georgia Tech education into a successful career at the What Can I Do With My Georgia Tech Science Degree (Life Sciences) event.
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All told, the work of 49 researchers — from 19 Schools in five Colleges, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), and external partners and research professionals from several of Georgia Tech’s Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs) — will benefit from these grants.
Eric Schumacher, Carrie Shepler, Christina Ragan
The Center for Promoting the Inclusion and Equity in the Sciences (C-PIES) has named faculty across three schools as 2024-2025 Inclusive Excellence Fellows. 

Experts In The News

Two weeks ago, a facility owned by BioLab in Conyers, Georgia, outside of Atlanta blew up, sending a huge and rancid cloud miles around. It seems the water used to extinguish the fire reacted with pool chemicals in the plant, which made the cloud more noxious. Sally Ng, a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, says a system known as the Atmospheric Science and Chemistry Measurement Network detected a 1,400-times increase in the amount of chlorine-containing particles in the air, and a 170-times increase in the amount of bromine-containing particles in the air over Decatur.

Esquire October 15, 2024

Through the weekend of Saturday, Oct. 19, and Sunday, Oct. 20, you'll be able to see a rare comet in the sky each evening above north Georgia. Comet C/2023 A3, known as Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, will be visible about 30 minutes after sunset and can be seen in the western sky. James Wray, professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, discusses his research on the comet and the Oort Cloud.  "The human mind may find it difficult to conceptualize: a cosmic cloud so colossal it surrounds the Sun and eight planets as it extends trillions of miles into deep space," Wray says. "The spherical shell known as the Oort Cloud is, for all practical purposes, invisible."

11Alive WXIA October 14, 2024

The Oort Cloud is a theoretical, massive spherical shell surrounding the Sun and planets. Though invisible due to its vast size and faint particles, astronomers infer its existence as it explains the appearance of long-period comets. In The Conversation, James Wray,  professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, discusses his research on the Oort Cloud, along with two comets—Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (Comet C/2023 A3) and C/2024 S1 (ATLAS)—which are expected to be visible this month. 

Related Coverage: Ars Technica

The Conversation October 11, 2024

Upcoming Events

Oct
17
2024
Join the Center for Promoting Inclusion and Equity in the Sciences to celebrate the new academic year!
Oct
18
2024
Join the fun and become a Fossil Hunter! Sort through fossil specimens up to 30,000 years old. Come anytime between 3 - 5 p.m. every Friday!
Oct
23
2024
Join us for a special seminar on neurally-inspired robotic control.
Oct
23
2024
Featuring Poramate Manoonpong | 1Bio-Inspired Robotics & Neural Engineering Laboratory, School of Information Science and Technology, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Rayong, Thailand
Oct
24
2024
Professor Peter Sarnak will give the Fall 2025 Stelson Lecture in the Bill Moore Student Success Center, Press Rooms A & B, on Thursday, October 24th at 4:30pm. There will also be an SoM Colloquium given on Friday, October 25th at 11am in Skiles 005/006.

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Welcome — we're so glad you're here. Learn more about us in this video, narrated by Susan Lozier, College of Sciences Dean and Sutherland Chair.