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News Articles: Georgia Tech

Indiana quarterback Alberto Mendoza (16) walks the sidelines during the College Football Playoff national championship game against Miami, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

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Alberto Mendoza announces transfer from Indiana to Georgia Tech following national title

Alberto Mendoza has announced his transfer to Georgia Tech less than 24 hours after being crowned a national champion with Indiana. Mendoza was Indiana's primary backup under his older brother, Fernando, as a redshirt freshman in 2025.

January 20, 2026
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  • Associated Press
A Georgia Tech police officer holds a pamphlet at a memorial of Pepper, a member of the Georgia Tech Police Department's K9 unit who died in late October 2025.

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A good girl: Georgia Tech honors fallen German shepherd K-9 officer

The Georgia Tech University police department honored a fallen officer today — a German shepherd named Pepper.

November 20, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
Rural students in Georgia will have new robotics tools to bridge Gen X and Gen Alpha farmers thanks to Georgia Tech. Amy Zock

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Can a robot bridge the gap between agriculture of Gen X and Gen Alpha in rural Georgia?

Agriculture companies incorporating robotics techniques in controlled environments are the fastest-growing sector of Georgia’s agribusiness, according to the state’s Department of Economic Development.

November 19, 2025
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  • Kala Hunter and
  • The Ledger Enquirer
Josh Carter

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Georgia Tech names public policy school after Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

Georgia Tech’s public policy school is now the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy. 

November 14, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis
A group of people watch a man wearing a prosthetic leg walk between elevated bars.

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A Georgia Tech student has been using a prosthetic leg for years. Now he's designing better ones

After losing his foot as a child, one Georgia Tech student decided to use his experience to design smarter prosthetics for others.

November 07, 2025
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  • Chase McGee
Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King (10) scores a touchdown during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Wake Forest, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Winston-Salem, N.C.

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Homecoming stakes are high as undefeated Georgia Tech meets Syracuse at Bobby Dodd Stadium

The 7-0 Georgia Tech football starts the second half of Atlantic Coast Conference in a homecoming matchup with Syracuse that could make or break its Top 10 status. 

October 23, 2025
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  • Associated Press

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Georgia Today: CDC layoffs; Government shutdown affects Georgia Tech; Georgia hospitals using AI

On the October 14th Edition: The White House conducted another round of firings at the Atlanta-based CDC on Friday; The government shutdown is hitting Georgia research universities hard; And the Northeast Georgia Health System is now using a type of artificial intelligence aimed at easing staff burnout.

October 14, 2025
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  • Peter Biello
Two men talking gesture towards a table full of drones and computers

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Georgia Tech opens new aerospace lab with two major partnerships underway

Georgia Tech has formally opened its new aerospace laboratory, and the first projects are already being designed.

September 29, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
umbrellas, chairs, and tables in the street where a parking spot would usually be

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Atlanta temporarily reimagines parking spots as public spaces for annual global project

Student leaders and Georgia Tech and employees with Atlanta transit participated in Parking Day. The project transformed two blocks of parking spots in Atlanta into places for rest and creativity.

September 25, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
A scientist holds up a brick of plastic

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Georgia Tech researcher finds new way to recycle plastic, thanks to seashells

Very little of the plastic that consumers recycle actually ends up back in circulation. A researcher at Georgia Tech is hoping a new method of construction will give recycled plastic a second life.

September 01, 2025
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  • Chase McGee
Roxana Chicas places a heat monitor on a a farmworker's chest in a green field in Oxford, Georgia. (Kay Hinton / Emory University)

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Atlanta researchers develop wearable sensor to help outdoor workers stay safe in heat

Growing up as the daughter of immigrants from El Salvador, Roxana Chicas heard horror stories about what the heat could do to construction workers like her stepfather. So she and a team of researchers developed tech to help outdoor workers monitor heat. 

July 18, 2025
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  • Rebecca Grapevine and
  • Healthbeat
A large splash forms after a diver executes a Manu jump in the Georgia Tech pool. A recent study used principles of a maneuver traced to the Maori people of New Zealand.

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Research from Georgia Tech will help you make a big splash at the pool this summer

The study looked into a cultural jump from the indigenous people of New Zealand.

May 26, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
A pedestrian walks through the Georgia Tech campus as the downtown Atlanta skyline looms in the background, March 11, 2016.

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Georgia Tech commencement speaker pledges to cover startup incorporation costs for graduates

Georgia Tech's commencement speaker promised to cover incorporation costs for any graduate launching a startup. Tech entrepreneur Christopher Klaus spoke to graduates at the Friday commencement.

May 05, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Georgia State University's School of Public Health hosted it's third Public Health Research Day on April 17, 2025.

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Research at Georgia universities has already taken a hit. What could be lost?

Institutions across the spectrum for research expenditures are scaling back and reassessing to prepare for cuts by the federal government.

April 28, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
Some universities are using AI to help read student names at graduation ceremonies. Image by Midjourney AI

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Georgia colleges restrict use of AI for classwork. Some will use it to call names at graduation

Young adults across Georgia will soon be passing that major milestone: walking across the stage, taking their diplomas in hand and basking in the applause after their names are read.

April 14, 2025
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  • Ross Williams
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