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Logo of The Princeton Review Guide to Green Schools 2026
December 5, 2025
Georgia Tech Earns Spot in Princeton Review's 2026 Guide to Green Colleges
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Building on the recognition from last year, Georgia Tech again makes the cut.

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Group picture of Community Engaged Research workshop participants.
December 4, 2025
Connecting Communities: Georgia Tech’s Community-Engaged Research Council Drives Engagement and Impact
4 min read

Georgia Tech has considerable expertise in community engagement. The CER council connects all the initiatives around campus adding impact and reach to everyone's efforts.

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Portrait of Iris Tien
November 26, 2025
Community Spotlight - Iris Tien
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Tien considers resilience a key part of sustainability. She focuses on how to design better systems to meet community needs.

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Chelsea Ekwegh Headshot
November 26, 2025
Chelsea Ekwegh Honored as Millennium Fellow for Work in Urban Sustainability
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Ekwegh’s project, titled Bridging Energy Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Development, explores ways to connect new and old technologies so cities can evolve without leaving people or infrastructure behind.

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Three Georgia Tech researchers working together in the lab on cancer research
November 20, 2025
Georgia Tech Ranked No. 7 Globally in Interdisciplinary Science Rankings
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Georgia Tech has been ranked 7th in the world in the 2026 Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings

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In the Press

The Conversation
How Sewage Treatment Plants Could Handle Food Waste, Sparing Landfills and the Climate
The Conversation
New Industry Standards and Tech Advances Make Pre-owned Electronics a Viable Holiday Gift Option
The Conversation
Companies are Still Committing to Net-zero Emissions, Even If It’s a Bumpy Road – Here’s What the Data Show
Public News Service
Culture, Conservation Thrive as Great Lakes Tribes Bring Back Wild Rice
The Conversation
Hurricane Helene Power Outages Leave Millions in the Dark – History Shows Poorer Areas Often Wait Longest for Electricity to be Restored
The Conversation
What is an Atlantic Niña? How La Niña’s Smaller Cousin Could Affect Hurricane Season
The Conversation
Ancient Rome Had Ways to Counter the Urban Heat Island Effect – How History’s Lessons Apply to Cities Today
The Conversation
The World’s Fourth Mass Coral Bleaching is Underway, But Well-connected Reefs May Have a Better Chance to Recover
The Conversation
Coral Reef Recovery Could Get a Boost From an Unlikely Source: Sea Cucumbers, the Janitors of the Seafloor
Axios Atlanta
Georgia's CO2 Emissions Efforts Need More Sunshine, Expert Says
Wired
Panasonic’s New Powder-Powered Batteries Will Supercharge EVs
Scientific American
Google Taps Hot Rocks to Cool Climate
AP News
Energy Department Tries to Boost US Battery Industry with Another $3.5 Billion in Funding
AJC
Suniva to Reopen Solar Plant in Georgia, Citing Biden Climate Law
SciTechDaily
Cheaper, Safer, and More Powerful Batteries – Aluminum Materials Show Promising Performance

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