When the National Institutes of Health needed a team to quickly evaluate coronavirus tests early in the pandemic, they turned to Emory University, Georgia Tech, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Now Emory’s Office of Technology Transfer has recognized the team’s work as its Corporate Partnership of the Year.
From Crud to Colonel
Neil Aurelio and Mike Cundiff endured their core classes at Georgia Tech together, survived the all-nighters, the fried nerves, and the horrors of EMAG, or electromagnetism, a notoriously brutal course. More than 20 years later, they reunited at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Atlanta Airport Is Once Again the World's Busiest
After being knocked out of the top spot in 2020, Atlanta has reclaimed its title as the world's busiest airport for passenger traffic. CNN Travel asked Laurie Garrow, a professor of civil engineering at Georgia Tech with an expertise in aviation, what factors contribute to it being the busiest.
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Historic Academy of Medicine
GT Global Graduation Party
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Clough Rooftop Garden
Workshop: Papermaking From Natural Fibers
Saturday, April 30
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking
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Sunday, May 1
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Catholic Center Lobby
Board Game Club General Meeting
Sunday, May 1
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Staff Council Monthly Office Hour
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