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Brown, Engle, Nemirovski Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Brook Byers Professor, Marilyn Brown is among 3 Georgia Tech faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Election to the Academy is among the highest honors a scientist can achieve.

Scientific endeavors across Georgia Tech are broad, deep, and varied — a fact underscored last week when the National Academy of Sciences announced three Tech scholars among its newest members. Marilyn Brown is one of the nation’s top analysts of clean energy policy; Randall Engle is a leader in understanding individual differences in memory and attention; and Arkadi Nemirovski has helped shape the field of continuous optimization. Each now joins an elite group of the nation’s foremost scientists in a historic moment for the Institute: It’s the first time three scientists from Tech have been elected to the Academy in a single year.

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Earth Day Goes Online

We are offering virtual ways to experience Earth Day from home all week April 13-17! We will be sharing the message of Earth Day throughout the week with special items added to the website every day! Monday - Sustainable Entertainment, Tuesday - Sustainable Cooking, Wednesday - Zero Waste Instagram Takeover, Thursday - Materials Diversion Class Showcase, Friday - Kendeda Building Virtual Tour

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Georgia Tech Places First in RecycleMania Zero-Waste Building Challenge

Georgia Tech won first place for the Race to Zero Waste One Building Challenge for the program at The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design in the 2020 RecycleMania competition.
2020 Ideas to Serve Competition First Online Final Competition

Now in its 11th year, I2S provides Georgia Tech students with the opportunity to address pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges with a learning-first approach.
Fashion Forward: Sciences and Architecture Alumni Create Compostable, Sustainable Fashion Brand

In February, Elaheh Demirchelie, Arch 09, MS Arch 14, with the scientific expertise of Babak Shafei, PhD EAS 12, and Kristen Mitchell, MS EAS 11, launched a sustainable fashion brand.