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Tech Alum Engineers Iraq Recovery |
| Entifadh Qanbar, MS CE 99, gave up a career as an engineer in Atlanta to become the chief spokesman for the Iraqi National Congress. |
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Governor Names Two Alums to Leadership Posts |
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Two Georgia Tech alums have accepted new job offers from Gov. Sonny Perdue.
Annie Hunt Burriss, MCP 79, became executive director and senior adviser to the governor for the Commission for a New Georgia. Bill Todd, IM 71, was appointed president of the Georgia Cancer Coalition.
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Alumnus is WTC Memorial Competition Finalist |
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A Georgia Tech alumnus' design is one of eight finalists in the World Trade Center memorial competition that drew more than 5,000 entries from 63 nations. |
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Scientists Study Antarctica's Atmospheric Chemistry |
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A scientific expedition led by investigators from Georgia Tech is "rewriting the book on atmospheric chemistry in Antarctica."
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Six Years and Seven Transplants Later Student Graduates |
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Kathryn Smith was one of more than 1,400 Tech students who "got out" in December. She knew the road to graduation wouldn't be easy, but she had no idea how hard it would be.
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Student Wins Marshall Scholarship |
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Aerospace engineering student Jia Xu became the third Georgia Tech student in four years to win the prestigious Marshall Scholarship.
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Georgia Tech Foundation Invites Alumni Awareness |
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Publicity and privacy issues were topics Georgia Tech Foundation Chairman A.J. Land and Foundation President John B. Carter Jr. addressed at the quarterly meeting of the Alumni Association Board of Trustees in December.
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Alumni Board Approves Gold & White Honors Recipients |
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Three former alumni presidents receiving the Joseph Mayo Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service Award are among a slate of recipients approved by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association board of trustees for recognition at Gold & White Honors in March.
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Simulated Simians Pick Best Football Teams |
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An undergraduate researcher in Georgia Tech's School of Mathematics — and his two faculty advisers — say that a team of monkeys could come up with the same teams as the Bowl Championship Series ranking system.
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Univ. of Miami head coach Larry Coker holds BCS Trophy. |
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Tech Grad Named Space Station Commander |
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NASA astronaut Bill McArthur, MS AE 83, was named commander of the International Space station. He and a Russian cosmonaut are scheduled to blast off aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in April.
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Nunn Receives Award for Reducing Nuclear Threat |
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Former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn was honored by the Heinz Family Foundation for his nuclear nonproliferation efforts and success in reducing the number of nuclear weapons.
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Universities Send Textbooks to Africa |
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Students at Georgia Tech and other Georgia universities are sending their used textbooks to schools and libraries in Africa.
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Chemistry Enrollment, Research Enterprise Continues to Grow |
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With 218 graduate students registered for fall, Georgia Tech's School of Chemistry and Biochemistry ranks as the 12th largest program in the country.
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Tech Motorsports Wins Down Under |
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The Georgia Tech Motorsports team won the Australasian Formula SAE competition — its third championship on as many continents.
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The Hive is Buzzing |
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Georgia Tech's men's basketball is ranked in the top 10, the Yellow Jackets volleyball team made it to the finals of the NCAA regional tournament and the football team played in its seventh-consecutive bowl game.
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