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<p>A student takes water samples from a reed bed at the Kendeda Builiding for Innovative Sustainable Design.</p>
The Kendeda Building Advisory Board has awarded five micro research grants ($50 to $500) for sustainability related, small-scale, short term…
<p>Pascal Van Hentenryck, principal investigator for AI4Opt, and Sonia Chernova, principal investigator for AI-CARING, lead the AI Institutes at Georgia Tech.</p>
For decades, the Georgia Institute of Technology has focused on advancing artificial intelligence through interdisciplinary research and education…
<p>Boosting Georgia's solar farms is one of 20 solutions proposed by the research team behind Georgia Drawdown. In a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences led by Regents Professor Marilyn Brown, the team found Georgia could cut its carbon footprint in half by 2030 if it fully implemented the 20 solutions.</p>
Georgia could reduce its carbon footprint by 50% by 2030 through the adoption of 20 high-impact climate solutions identified by the Drawdown Georgia…
Georgia Tech Earns STARS Silver Rating for Its Campuswide Contributions to Sustainability
Georgia Tech recently achieved a STARS silver rating by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS…
<p>Photo: Georgia Climate Project</p>
The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has awarded a $300,000 grant to Emory University and its partners for the next phase of the Georgia Climate Project, a…
<p>Montage of portraits of the inaugural class of BBISs Graduate Fellows. L to R, top to bottom, Bettina Arkhurst, Katherine Duchesneau, Marjorie Hall, Meaghan McSorley, Udita Ringania, Ioanna Maria Spyrou, Yilun 'Elon' Zha.</p>
The inaugural class of seven Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS) Graduate Fellows was selected for a 2-year program of working…
<p>A student takes water samples from a reed bed at the Kendeda Builiding for Innovative Sustainable Design.</p>
The Kendeda Building Advisory Board conceived of this pilot program in 2021. It will provide micro research grants ($50 to $500) to…
<p>EcoCommons 360 View of Hammock Area. Photo by Brice Zimmerman</p>
At the corner of Hemphill Avenue and Ferst Drive sits a lush, green, 8-acre treasure — a study in ecological sustainability, innovative pedagogy, and…
<p>Residents of Nuevo Amanecer in Nicaragua stand with their new clean cookstove, installed in 2019. Credit: Engineers Without Borders</p>
In 2013, Georgia Tech student Heidi Vreeland visited the community of Nuevo Amanecer, a small neighborhood in rural Nicaragua. While there, Vreeland…
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GT Assistant Professor Emily Grubert joins NPR Morning Edition host Noel King to discuss how the extraordinary weather event in Texas caused the…