Bernard Kippelen, Joseph M. Pettit Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and co-president of the Lafayette Institute in Metz, France, has been named vice provost for International Initiatives, effective Aug. 1.
Seed Grants Fund Research on Diseases Disproportionately Affecting Black Americans
Four faculty members in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering will develop animal models specifically designed to replicate risk factors prevalent among people with African ancestry or to mimic social determinants of health experienced by Black Americans.
Seeking Solutions for Lunar Dust
NASA’s Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge has awarded nearly $1 million to Georgia Tech and six other universities to develop innovative solutions to mitigating lunar dust, which is electrically charged, abrasive, damaging to materials, and can lodge into astronauts’ lungs.
Vaccines Available
Covid-19 vaccines are available to all Georgia Tech students, faculty, and staff, as well as their family members ages 12 and older. Vaccine clinics are now taking place every Tuesday on campus.
The Whistle
Even though it doesn't arrive in campus mail these days, you can still read the latest issue of Georgia Tech's faculty/staff newspaper.
