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| April 1, 2005 |
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| Association Recognizes 10 at Gold & White Honors | |
| Ten members of the Georgia Tech community, including four alumni who received the Alumni Association's highest recognition, received awards at the annual Gold & White Honors program. |  |
| Tech Offers Semester in Singapore | |
| Beginning next fall, Georgia Tech undergraduates will be able to spend a semester abroad in Singapore as part of a student exchange program. |  |
| May to Chair School of Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
| College of Engineering Dean Don Giddens announced last week that Gary May, professor and executive assistant to the president, will be the new chair for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. |  |
| Athletes Score Well in NCAA Program | |
| Georgia Tech athletes scored high marks in an NCAA program aimed at improving graduation rates. |  |
| Sloan Foundation Honors Three | |
| Three Tech faculty members were among 116 young American and Canadian academics named 2005 Alfred P. Sloan research fellows. |  |
| Tech Design Team Reaches Finals | |
| A team of five Georgia Tech graduate students won an honorable mention in the Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition sponsored by the Urban Land Institute. |  |
| Run for the Pi | |
| Make plans to run in the 33rd annual Pi Mile Road Race on April 16. In addition to the race around campus, runners will enjoy a post race celebration on the Tech Tower lawn. |  |
| Callaway Estate, Gardens Open to Public | |
| Hills and Dales, the 35-acre estate and gardens of the late Fuller E. Callaway Jr., is open to the public and includes architectural drawings from the College of Architecture's archives. |  |
| Exercise Trail Honors Tyler Brown | |
| A 3.14-mile running trail that wends its way through campus will be dedicated on April 7 as the Tyler Brown Pi-Mile Trail in honor of the young man whose vision led to its creation. |  |
| Medical Devices May Cause Immune Problems | |
| Researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University have concluded that the body can have different — and potentially detrimental — reactions to devices like implants and stents. |  |
| United States Losing Innovative Edge | |
| The global landscape for science and technology is changing, with increased competition for resources and recognition. That's beginning to look like bad news for the innovative edge the United States has long enjoyed. |  |
| Rhyme Over Reason | |
| Robert Bly and Heather McHugh are the featured poets at the annual Poetry at Tech seminar April 7, presented by Thomas Lux, the Margaret T. and Henry C. Bourne Jr. chair in poetry in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture. |  |
| ACC Honors Scholar Athletes | |
| Three Georgia Tech athletes were among the 29 ACC student athletes who received postgraduate scholarships from the conference. |  |
| Campus Laundries Go Online | |
| Doing laundry is going high tech at Georgia Tech. When a washer is available or their laundry is done, students can expect their cell phones to ring. |  |
| Former Librarian Honored | |
| Longtime Tech librarian Dorothy Crosland, who worked toward the admittance of female students in the 1950s, is among a dozen women being honored at the National Museum of Patriotism in Atlanta. |  |
| Ethics of Genetic Engineering Fuels Debate | |
| Roberta Berry, an associate professor in the School of Public Policy, told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that ethical issues surrounding genetic engineering will be a focal point of future debate. |  |
| Sports | |
| The Tech baseball team defeated Miami and gave coach Danny Hall win No. 505, breaking the record held by Miami coach Jim Morris, who led the Yellow Jackets from 1982-1993. Catch up on all Tech sports news. |  |
| April Calendar | |
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