Earth Day 2001
Music and massages, a trivia maze, pottery firings, alternative-fuel vehicles and environmental experts addressing "Global Change" will be part of Earth Day 2001 at Georgia Tech.
A Virtual Celebration
The 10th anniversary of Ivan Allen College was an audiovisual celebration. U.S. Sen. Zell Miller, the first recipient of the Ivan Allen Prize for Progress and Service, was pushing for passage of a bill and was unable to attend the anniversary banquet. Instead he spoke from Washington via videotape.
Passing the Torch
Sam Shelton, who headed the Georgia Tech team that engineered the reliable torch for the1996 Olympic Games, is at it again. Shelton has been given the job of engineering the torch for Salt Lake City's 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
Fusion of Tech and Coke = Fizzion
The Coca-Cola Co. and the Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Tech have joined forces to launch Fizzion, a new generation of business incubator that will provide qualifying start-up firms a unique environment for accelerating growth.
Ford Driving New Building
A $58 million laboratory and research building, supported by a Ford Motor Co. gift of $10 million, will be used by the College of Engineering and the College of Sciences and will house most of the chemical engineering faculty and the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and provide research space for environmental biologists and analytical chemists.
Run For The Pi
The 29th Annual George C. Griffin Pi Mile Road Race will be Saturday, April 7. Registration is at 7 a.m. and the race starts at 8 a.m. The race stretches 3.14 miles through the Georgia Tech campus and will feature awards for the top finishers.
Beefing Up The Brittain
Brittain Dining Hall, a Georgia Tech landmark since 1928, is undergoing a $1.2 million renovation that includes both structural repairs and aesthetic improvements.
UROC My World
When Amy Bruckman joined the College of Computing faculty in 1997, she missed the involvement of undergraduate research she experienced while earning her doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. So she created the Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Computing program in 1998.
Surfing On the LAWN
The Georgia Tech Library and Information Center has joined with the Office of Information Technology to unveil the Local Area Walkup/Wireless Network, or LAWN, which grants employees and faculty easier access to campus computing services in the Library.
Ellingwood Elected to NAE
Bruce R. Ellingwood, chair of Georgia Tech's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been elected for membership in the National Academy of Engineering. The coveted honor is among the top professional distinctions for American and foreign engineers.
Julian Bond Visits Campus
Julian Bond, NAACP chairman and former Georgia state senator, says that only his father's generation separates him from the era of human bondage. "Like others, I am the grandson of a slave," he says. "My grandfather was born in 1863 in Kentucky. Freedom didn't come for him until the 13th Amendment was ratified in 1865." Bond was one of the distinguished speakers participating in the 10th anniversary observance of the Ivan Allen College.
Tech Coaches Top ACC
Men's basketball coach Paul Hewitt joined head football coach George O'Leary as ACC coaches of the year. Hewitt, in his first year as coach of the Jackets, led his team to a 17-13 record and the NCAA tournament. O'Leary led the Jackets to a 9-3 record and a No. 15 national ranking. He also won the Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year Award.
Jacket Swimmers Reach New Depths of Success
The 24th-ranked Georgia Tech men's swimming and diving team completed the most successful ACC Championship meet in school history by finishing third in Charlottesville, Va.
Football Springs Into Practice
Georgia Tech head football coach George O'Leary got his first look at the 2001 team when the squad opened spring practice at the Rose Bowl complex.
Lady Jackets Leave Dance Early
The Georgia Tech women's basketball team fell short in the first round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament, losing to Mississippi State 77-73. Tech's Niesha Butler became the third player in program history to score 1,000 career points — and she's just a sophomore.
We Got the Beat
Bobby Dodd Stadium at Grant Field is getting a makeover. The historic arena, site of legendary gridiron battles, will host women's soccer. The playing surface of the nation's oldest continually used Division 1 stadium was widened and resod to accommodate Atlanta's newest professional sports franchise — the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association.
Cowboys Lasso Ice Jackets
The Georgia Tech ice hockey club lost to eventual champion, the University of Wyoming, 5-3 in the semi-finals of the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division III national championship tournament. The Jackets finished with a 26-6-0 record and a No. 3 national ranking.
Roll Call Update
April Calendar
Take your pick of politics, poetry, music, theater or sports. Check the April calendar for a complete list of on- and off-campus events.
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