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| November 1, 2005 |
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| Homecoming 2005 | |
| Thousands of alumni swarmed back for Homecoming weekend to celebrate reunions, participate in seminars, tailgate and watch the Yellow Jackets' hard-fought victory over Clemson. |  |
| Grand Jury Indicts Student in Campus Scare | |
| The lawyer for freshman Theodore Hollot says a bomb scare on the Georgia Tech campus, which resulted in the engineering student being indicted by a grand jury, was the result of a botched experiment. |  |
| Training the Next Generation | |
| Ten faculty members began an eight-month pilot program aimed at developing current and emerging academic leaders. Provost Jean-Lou Chameau said the program fosters leadership skills, an important tool for institutional stability. |  |
| Campus Christian Fellowship Leads Relief Mission | |
| More than 200 Georgia Tech students and alumni spent five days working in relief efforts along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast. |  |
| Champion Golfer Charlie Yates Dies at 92 | |
| Charlie Yates was a champion golfer, yet he also was a champion of the arts, his community and of his alma mater. Charles R. Yates, GS 35, British Amateur winner, Atlanta Arts Alliance leader and Georgia Tech Centennial Campaign chairman, died Oct. 17 at his Atlanta home. He was 92. |  |
| Basketball Standout Jason Collier Dies | |
| Jason Collier, Mgt 03, Atlanta Hawks center and an All-ACC basketball player at Georgia Tech before being drafted into the NBA in 2000, died Oct. 15. He was 28. |  |
| Tech, Emory Get $19 Million Grant | |
| Georgia Tech and Emory University received a $19 million federal grant to apply nanotechnology to the study of cancer. The grant is part of the National Cancer Institute's overall five-year, $144.3 million initiative to develop and apply nanotechnology to cancer research and treatment. |  |
| GTRI to Train Gulf Coast Workers | |
| The Georgia Tech Research Institute was awarded a one-year, $400,000 training grant from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to help train workers involved in rebuilding Gulf Coast areas damaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. |  |
| Air Force Awards $750,000 to VentureLab Firm | |
| Virtual AeroSurface Technologies, a company assisted by Georgia Tech's VentureLab program, has received $750,000 from the Air Force to study flow-control technology, which could have a revolutionary effect on future aviation. |  |
| Wong Assumes Smithgall Chair | |
| C.P. Wong, a Regents professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, has been named to the Charles Smithgall chair, one of two Institute chairs at Tech. |  |
| WiMax May Improve Rural Education | |
| In U.S. cities and suburbs, high-speed wireless Internet connections are becoming more commonplace but that kind of access and the opportunities it provides are not yet available in most rural areas. |  |
| Seaweed Yields Potential Pharmaceuticals | |
| Georgia Tech researchers have discovered 10 new molecular structures with pharmaceutical potential in a species of red seaweed that lives in the shallow coral reef along the coastline of Fiji. |  |
| College of Computing Develops Sign Language Tutorial | |
| Georgia Tech's College of Computing has developed technology, in partnership with the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf, to help hearing-impaired children improve their language development. |  |
| Register for the Women's Leadership Conference | |
| Online registration is open through Nov. 2 for the ninth annual Women's Leadership Conference Nov. 11-12 at the Georgia Tech Student Center. Join 350 Georgia Tech women students, faculty, staff and alumnae for keynote speakers, workshops, a recruiting fair and an awards ceremony. |  |
| The Ramblin' Reck Club Sponsors Ride for Relief | |
| In the wake of the devastating hurricane season, the Ramblin' Reck Club is sponsoring the Ride for Relief. One winner will ride in the passenger seat of the Ramblin' Wreck as it leads the Yellow Jackets onto Grant Field to battle the Georgia Bulldogs. For more information, please visit http://www.reckclub.org/. |  |
| Send Holiday Greetings Overseas | |
| Send holiday greetings to Georgia Tech alumni who will be deployed overseas during the holiday season. Fill out our online form prior to Nov. 12 and let our Yellow Jackets stationed around the world know you're thinking of them. |  |
| Sports | |
| The football season is winding down, but Yellow Jacket basketball is just around the corner. Get all Georgia Tech sports news here. |  |
| November Calendar | |
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