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Recent News

A rufous-tailed jacamar (Photo by Benjamin Freeman)

Research Takes Flight: Benjamin Freeman Named 2024 Packard Fellow

The Fellowship will support the Freeman lab as it The Freeman lab investigates how mountain biodiversity persists in a warming world.

Alumni panel and organizers (from L to R): David Williamson, Ashley Zuniga, Austin Hope, Anthony Diaz, Maureen Metcalf, Leslie Roberts, Kristel Topping, Justin Burns, and James Stringfellow

Yellow Jacket Alumni Highlight Their Career Journeys

From navigating unexpected job pathways to the importance of networking and soft skills, College of Sciences alumni shared insights and advice about leveraging a Georgia Tech education into a successful career at the What Can I Do With My Georgia Tech Sci

15 Georgia Tech Ph.D. Students Awarded Fellowship to Propel STEM Research

ARCS Foundation Atlanta awarded a total of $117,500 to 15 Ph.D. students who show exceptional promise of making a significant contribution to the worldwide advancement of science and technology.

Susan Lozier Reappointed as Dean of the College of Sciences at Georgia Tech

Dean and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair Susan Lozier has been reappointed to a five-year term in the College of Sciences.

Upcoming Events

Oct

2024

C-PIES Community Event

Join the Center for Promoting Inclusion and Equity in the Sciences to celebrate the new academic year!

Oct

2024

2024 Virtual Graduate School Showcase

2024 Virtual Graduate School Showcase Hosted by Georgia Tech: October 18th

Oct

2024

Fossil Friday

Join the fun and become a Fossil Hunter! Sort through fossil specimens up to 30,000 years old. Come anytime between 3 - 5 p.m. every Friday!

Oct

2024

Fossil Friday

Join the fun and become a Fossil Hunter! Sort through fossil specimens up to 30,000 years old. Come anytime between 3 - 5 p.m. every Friday!

Oct

2024

College of Sciences Student and Alumni Leadership Dinner

Join us for a memorable evening of growth and camaraderie.

Experts in the News

Ants May Force Insect-Eating Birds to Higher Ground

One group of birds is relatively scarce in the lowlands of South Asia: insect eaters. A study published in Ecology Letters may explain why. Weaver ants—forest-dwelling ants that live in the lowlands and ferociously prey on small invertebrates—might be gobbling up the birds’ food source and pushing them to higher elevations.“That’s a big-time idea, that it’s ants that shape insect-eating bird communities,” says School of Biological Sciences Assistant Professor Ben Freeman. He added though, while it’s an intriguing pattern, he would like to see future work test the hypothesis experimentally.

Science | 2024-09-25T00:00:00-04:00

The world’s fourth mass coral bleaching is underway, but well-connected reefs may have a better chance to recover

With global ocean heat at record levels, scientists have confirmed that a global coral bleaching event is underway. In an article published in The Conversation, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Professor Annalisa Bracco discusses how research on reef connectivity and resilience may open new avenues for helping corals survive.

The Conversation | 2024-06-26T00:00:00-04:00

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Spotlight on Research Centers

CMDI Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection The Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection (CMDI) is an interdisciplinary collaboration at Georgia Tech seeking to understand the ecology, interactions and evolution of microbes. We are focused on the understanding microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions that are relevant to human health, ecosystem dynamics and sustainability.
CSSB Center for the Study of Systems Biology Recognized by most experts in the field as the future of biology, Systems Biology seeks to understand how complex living systems interact with each other so that we can diagnose and treat disorders such as cancer.
ACE Aquatic Chemical Ecology Center At Georgia Tech we have organized a diverse group of ecologists, chemists, sensory biologists, engineers, and quantitative modelers, to focus on chemical cues that many organisms use for to make basic survival decisions.
CBID Center for Biologically Inspired Design CBID is an interdisciplinary center for research and development of design solutions that occur in biological processes.
CIG Center for Integrative Genomics The Center for Integrative Genomics at Georgia Tech is a virtual affiliation of researchers interested in the application of genome-wide research strategies to diverse biological themes.
ICRC Integrated Cancer Research Center The mission of the ICRC is to facilitate integration of the diversity of technological, computational, scientific and medical expertise at Georgia Tech and partner institutions in a coordinated effort to develop improved cancer diagnostics and therapeutics.
NanoMAD Center for NanoMAD Our mission is to develop new technologies for detecting, monitoring and controlling self-assembled macromolecular complexes at various levels, including their pathogenic consequences, biological roles and evolutionary origins.