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Cassidy Sugimoto Named Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University
April 8, 2026
Cassidy Sugimoto has been appointed as the next dean of the Marianna Brown Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, effective June 1.
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‘Dialogue Across Difference’ Launches Georgia Tech Institute for Technology and Civic Leadership
April 7, 2026
The new Institute aims to be a place where people can exchange ideas freely, learn from one another, and find common ground.
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Why the Strait of Hormuz Is More Than an Energy Crisis
April 3, 2026
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is sending shockwaves far beyond rising gas prices, threatening to reshape global supply chains for months or even years to come. With roughly 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas flowing through this critical chokepoint, disruptions are already rippling across industries from plastics and pharmaceuticals to aluminum, fertilizers, and consumer electronics. Unlike other trade disruptions, the strait offers no scalable rerouting alternatives, forcing longer shipping paths that drive up fuel, labor, and inventory costs worldwide. Experts warn that the most severe economic consequences — including higher food prices, reduced crop yields, and costlier manufactured goods — may not surface for six to twelve months, long after headlines have moved on. As global supply chains remain optimized for efficiency over resilience, the Hormuz crisis exposes just how vulnerable interconnected economies are to a single point of failure in international energy trade.
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Four Challenges to the U.S. Energy Transition
March 23, 2026
Reliable energy is required to keep safe in cold winters and hot summers, making it a matter of national security. There are also vying economic policies to consider, political and financial incentives to navigate, and questions of social and economic inequality. Experts in Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts examine the challenges we face with the U.S. energy transition, and work to help make it safe, fair, and effective for all.
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The Pitch as a Laboratory: Global Development at Georgia Tech
March 23, 2026
Soccer has important lessons for global development, says Regents' Entrepreneur Kirk Bowman.
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EVs Can Generate Widespread Economic Benefits, New Study Says
March 23, 2026
Widespread Electric vehicle adoption would lower energy prices 6% and strengthen national energy security, according to the new study from researchers in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy.
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William Winders Named Associate Dean for Faculty Development
March 18, 2026
William (Bill) Winders, professor in the School of History and Sociology (HSOC), has been appointed associate dean for faculty development in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, effective July 1.
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Chef and Humanitarian José Andrés Receives Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage
March 17, 2026
José Andrés, chef, humanitarian, and founder of World Central Kitchen, received the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage for his leadership in providing meals to communities in crisis.
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New Institute Launches With Inaugural Symposium
March 12, 2026
The Institute for Technology and Civic Leadership will officially launch April 2-3 with a two-day symposium exploring how to best prepare current and future leaders to engage with the most pressing issues shaping society today and in the future.
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Safe Artificial Intelligence Isn’t Enough, According to New Georgia Tech Research
February 25, 2026
Fairness, honesty, and transparency are needed in AI for it to benefit humanity.
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Understanding the Data Center Building Boom
February 24, 2026
As artificial intelligence (AI) drives explosive growth in data centers, communities across the U.S. are facing rising electricity costs, new industrial development, and mounting strain on an aging power grid.
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New Cohort of ACC Academic Leaders Network Fellows Selected
February 19, 2026
Five Georgia Tech leaders have been selected for the 2026 ACC Academic Leaders Network (ACC-ALN) Fellows program.
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Georgia Tech Alumna Goes for Graphic Design Gold With Team USA
February 19, 2026
A Georgia Tech graduate and former Yellow Jacket cheerleader, McLain Broussard is guiding the visual identity for Team USA as a graphic designer.
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Georgia Tech Students Merge Analytics and Public Policy to Build Legislative AI Tool
February 18, 2026
Two Georgia Tech alums have built an AI-agent-driven tool to track legislation with extensive help from the Data Science and Policy Lab in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy.
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EPIcenter Student Affiliate Wins School of Economics Paper Prize
February 3, 2026
Afi Ramadhani, a graduate student in economics and a student affiliate of Georgia Tech’s Energy Policy Innovation Center, has won a prize for the best research paper from the School of Economics. The research developed in the paper was supported by EPIcenter’s Graduate Student Summer Research Program.
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All-Powerful AI Isn’t an Existential Threat, According to New Georgia Tech Research
January 20, 2026
The study suggests that the fear of AI destroying society distracts from real policy interventions to better control computing applications.
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Solar-powered Façade Panel System Wins Seed Grant Award
January 6, 2026
The Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) and the College of Design (CoD) awarded a seed grant to Christian Coles, lecturer in the School of Architecture; Moinak Choudhury, Ph.D., lecturer in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC); and Janelle Wright, environmental justice programs manager, at the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance (WAWA).
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Georgia Tech Climbs to No. 2 University in Federally Sponsored Research Expenditures
January 5, 2026
University research drives U.S. innovation, and Georgia Institute of Technology is leading the way.
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Earning a Ph.D. When Your Plate is More than Full
December 9, 2025
While balancing the demands of motherhood and entrepreneurship, Digital Media Ph.D. Yuchen Zhao, who graduates this week, developed BioVR, a system that utilizes internal physiological signals to control virtual environments.
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From Galaxy to Ground: How Space Research Shapes Everyday Life
December 9, 2025
Satellites aren’t the only technology Georgia Tech applies to terrestrial problems. Researchers are using gravity experiments to improve energy storage and are discovering lessons from science fiction. This Institute-wide work proves space isn’t the final frontier in paradigm-shifting research — it’s a bridge.
