Tech in the News
Monitoring the level of the Institute's external engagement is a major part of amplifying the Georgia Tech story. The following sampling gives an idea of some of our top-tier national and state media coverage from the past year, and also includes a couple examples of Georgia Tech’s most impactful social media posts.
“The last 7 years have been the warmest on record as planet approaches critical threshold”
CNN | January 10, 2022
Then Georgia Tech College of Sciences Professor Kim Cobb shares her climate change expertise.
“Scientists claim big advance in using DNA to store data”
BBC News | December 1, 2021
A new chip, developed at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, allows for the storage of information as molecules of DNA, which are more compact and longlasting than other options.
“Poems in a Time of Crisis”
The New York Times | March 13, 2022
Ilya Kaminsky, a Ukrainian American poet and faculty member in Georgia Tech’s School of Literature, Media, and Communication, goes viral with his We Lived Happily During the War poem.
"Atlanta is a growing hub for top tech companies like Apple and Microsoft to find Black talent"
CNBC | February 4, 2022
Georgia Tech is identified as producing “the most technology graduates per year in the U.S.”
“Inside the High-Stakes Race to Test the Covid Tests”
The New York Times | March 15, 2022
Wilbur Lam, professor in Georgia Tech’s Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, talks about Covid-19 test research conducted at Emory, Georgia Tech, and other Atlanta institutions.
“Lonely Last Days in the Suburban Office Park”
The New York Times | July 5, 2022
Ellen Dunham-Jones from Georgia Tech’s School of Architecture weighs in on the decline of suburban workplace parks.
“Russia Has Yet to Slow a Western Arms Express Into Ukraine”
U.S. News & World Report | April 13, 2022
Robert G. Bell, professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, comments on the supply of weaponry into Ukraine.
“The FAA Weighs the SpaceX Launch Site's Environmental Effects”
WIRED | October 19, 2021
Mariel Borowitz, an associate professor in Georgia Tech’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, shares her space policy expertise on SpaceX’s expanded site in Boca Chica, Texas.
“Engineers Are Unsung Heroes of Global Health”
Forbes | May 22, 2022
Shannon Yee from Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering is recognized for developing a solution to the world’s sanitation problem.
“Q&A with Ángel Cabrera”
Georgia Trend | August 2022
Georgia Tech’s president is featured in Georgia’s only statewide business publication.
“Richard Xiong Lunar Eclipse Photo”
Facebook | November 2021
A Georgia Tech engineering student captures one of the Institute’s most liked social media posts of all time.
Instagram | January 2022
A rare snow day in Atlanta makes for thousands of likes.
