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| June 1, 2006 |
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| Chameau Named Cal Tech President | |
| Georgia Tech Provost Jean-Lou Chameau has been named president of the California Institute of Technology. |  |
| NCAA Preserves Football Record | |
| An infractions committee preserved the standing of Tech's past football games, but sustained scholarship cuts. |  |
| Tech Alum Honored on Memorial Day | |
| Several hundred people attended a Memorial Day ceremony to pay tribute to a Georgia Tech alumnus who died in Vietnam almost 40 years ago. |  |
| Grads Get Out for the 224th Time | |
| More than one-third of the 2,200 graduates at Georgia Tech's 224th commencement ceremony received engineering degrees at a time when many universities are having trouble attracting science and technology students. |  |
| Focusing on Competitive Challenges | |
| The Enterprise Innovation Institute helps industry, entrepreneurs, communities and economic developers become more competitive. |  |
| Student Athletes Excel as Student Scholars | |
| More than half of Georgia Tech's student athletes recorded grade point averages of 3.0 or better for the spring semester, including 27 who posted perfect 4.0s. |  |
| Welch Celebrates 100 | |
| Ernest Welch, Com 28, celebrated his 100th birthday. He is young at heart and still enjoys his photography hobby. |  |
| Graphene Provides Foundation for New Electronics | |
| A study of electron behavior in circuitry made from ultrathin layers of graphite — known as graphene — suggests the material could provide the foundation for a new generation of nanometer scale devices. |  |
| Three Win Goldwater Scholarships | |
| A film director turned physicist, a second-generation engineer and a mathematician are Tech's latest recipients of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. |  |
| New Chair for College of Management | |
| Ernest Scheller Jr., IM 52, committed $1.5 million to create a chair in innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialization honoring Dean Terry Blum. |  |
| Clean-Tech Companies Growing | |
| Georgia Tech's VentureLab program is assisting more than a half-dozen early-stage companies that are pursuing clean-technology products and services. |  |
| Tech Receives Grant to Study Earthquakes | |
| Georgia Tech will use a National Science Foundation grant to investigate ways to safeguard ports from earthquake damage. |  |
| Young Alumni Council Nominations | |
| Nominations are being accepted through June 16 for membership in the Young Alumni Council which works to create relevant programs for young alumni. You may nominate online at http://gtalumni.org/site/MailForm/YACouncilNom or by calling the Alumni House at (404) 894-2391. |  |
| Tech Clinches Two ACC Titles | |
| The women's tennis team and the golf team won Atlantic Coast Conference regular season championships. Get all Yellow Jackets sports news at http://ramblinwreck.collegesports.com/. |  |
| June Calendar | |
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