Georgia Tech

After five days of travel and setup in the Mojave Desert in July, the Georgia Tech Experimental Rocketry team launched Fire on High — a sounding rocket that soared 9,000 feet into the atmosphere and reached speeds of Mach 1.8. The rocket’s propulsion and aerostructure concepts are two of the innovations the team tested as part of their larger goal of becoming the first collegiate team to launch a two-stage rocket into space 🚀🐝

Georgia Tech's MBA program ranks in the top 20 of Fortune’s best MBA programs for 2025. Tech's full-time MBA program came in at No. 19 in the nation and No. 5 among public institutions. Scheller’s ranking rose nine spots from the previous year. 🐝💼 | c.gatech.edu/4d81lND

The 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero was designed to be a space that allows people to come together and commemorate that day as a community. It was also designed by a Georgia Tech alum. Michael Arad witnessed the attacks from the rooftop of his Manhattan apartment not long after completing his master’s degree in architecture at Tech. His design was chosen from thousands of submissions and is meant to be a space for visitors and New Yorkers alike as a living part of the city.

Every year on September 11, a group of Georgia Tech students places 2,977 flags on Tech Green to commemorate and honor the lives lost on this day in 2001. 🇺🇸

The Wall Street Journal Best Colleges in America list has Georgia Tech ranked as the No. 2 public institution and a top-10 overall university in the country 💪🐝

Today we remember Waffle House CEO and Georgia Tech alum Walter Ehmer. After graduating from Tech in 1989, Ehmer began at Waffle House in 1992. He remained a dear friend to the Institute throughout his career.

Georgia Tech has announced the launch of a seventh College. A cornerstone initiative in Tech's commitment to double the number of degree and nondegree learners reached by 2030, the new College of Lifetime Learning will offer programs that elevate the academic study of learning and transform the future of education in every stage of life. | https://c.gatech.edu/3TkoXrD

Exciting improvements are underway at Georgia Tech! While construction may cause some disruptions, the enhancements will bring lasting benefits to our campus community! 🚧🐝

Photo 1: Ferst Drive - Realignment for installation of Cycle Track (North and eastern arc of Ferst Drive)
This project will provide improved bicycle infrastructure and allow for separation between bikes, pedestrians, and vehicles.

Photo 2: Ferst Drive - Connectivity Plan • (Southern arc of Ferst Drive)
Three new pedestrian and vehicular crossings at the following locations: Tech Parkway to the John Lewis Student Center at State Street; Tech Parkway to the John Lewis Student Center loading dock; and Tech Parkway to the bus turnaround.

Photo 3-4: Student-Athlete Performance Center (Corner of Techwood and Bobby Dodd)
The 100,000-square-foot Fanning Center will be a state-of-the-art space for GT Athletics.

Photo 5: Harrison Square
Improvements to the campus chilled water piping in this area will allow the overall distribution system to be more resilient, sustainable, and efficient.

Photo 6-7: D.M. Smith
Upgrades to the building’s infrastructure include new mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.

The Alpha Delta Chi sorority will no longer exist at Georgia Tech. After over 20 years on campus, the Sigma Chapter has sold its house on campus, pledging the proceeds from the sale to create an endowed scholarship for students with low and limited income. President Cabrera recently thanked members of the sorority for their generosity, which is one of the largest gifts given by a Greek organization to Georgia Tech. 🐝

2-0 for the North Avenue Station Trade School 😉 🐝

Legend 🐝

Guess who came to town 👀 Sheamus

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Cassie Mitchell has a degenerative neurological condition that has left much of her body paralyzed, but she refuses to let that slow her down. A professor in biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech, Mitchell is in France for her fourth Paralympic Games. She will compete in the discus throw and look to add a third medal and first gold of her career 💪🏅 -- https://c.gatech.edu/3Xmj53l

📸 Joe Kusumoto, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee

The Princeton Review and Niche.com each ranked Georgia Tech as the top-value public university in the country for 2025 💪💵🐝 -- https://c.gatech.edu/3ASks0L

Ireland is a helluva country and this is a helluva start to the season!! How ‘bout them Jackets?!?! 🐝

Music can provide the soundtrack to our lives, but what kind of music might help us learn? Georgia Tech researcher and neuroscience Ph.D. candidate Yiren Ren has discovered a link between music, memory, and visual learning. Ren's findings suggest that the familiarity a person has with music may help — or hinder — our ability to remember and learn.

Georgia Tech Neuroscientists Explore the Intersection of Music and Memory | Research In two studies, Ph.D. student Yiren Ren's research explores music’s impact on learning, memory, and emotions. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music with a strong emotional tone can reshape the quality of existing memories. H...

Georgia Tech breaks ground on a new 10,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility, The Hangar, aimed at bolstering research in advanced aviation technologies. Home of the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, the facility will house specialized laboratories, including an electric powertrain laboratory, a propulsion system test cell, an avionics lab, composite fabrication areas, and an area for integrating prototype aircraft with wing spans of up to 20 feet. The Hangar is expected to be completed in the fall of 2025. ✈️ | c.gatech.edu/3WVKTdg

First first days, last first days, and everything in between. Let’s have a helluva semester Yellow Jackets! 🐝💛

We've got RATS on campus! Welcome to your new home Class of 2028 🐀🐝💛

Georgia Tech's economic impact was measured at $5.3 billion for 2023, according to a report from the University System of Georgia — the most of any university in the state. Tech was also the top contributor to employment among Georgia universities — supporting almost 34,000 jobs. | https://c.gatech.edu/3SOvCty

Georgia Tech liberal arts student, Jeremy Paredes, interned with NBC Sports/NBC Olympics as part of the Craft Edit team, editing features and cinematic recaps throughout the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This assignment was his second stint with NBC Olympics. Paredes also served on the editing team for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. 🥇

Green Goodbyes becomes a year-round, free thrift store where students can access quality goods, ensuring affordability and reducing waste. Located on the second floor of the Georgia Tech Bookstore, Green Goodbyes will maintain a diverse inventory of gently used items, including clothing, accessories, books, household items, and other miscellaneous items. All currently enrolled students of Georgia Tech are eligible to participate in the free item selection process at the Green Goodbyes store. The store repurposes items supplied predominantly from the campus move-out process and keeps those items out of landfills. | https://c.gatech.edu/3YBIAPl

Georgia Tech staff member Avard Moncur represented the Bahamas in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, earning a bronze and silver medal, respectively. The now Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program Manager also won two straight NCAA Division I championships for Auburn in the 400 meters, in 2000 and 2001, and took home gold medals in the 400 meters and 4x400 meter relay at the 2001 World Championship. Moncur now helps graduate students reach their potential, handling course logistics, scheduling, admissions and recruitment, and student advising. | c.gatech.edu/4dAQixn

Here is your ✌️ weeks notice — classes start in 14 days.

A Georgia Tech alum has emerged from the first NASA mission to simulate a year-long stay on Mars. Ross Brockwell spent 378 days in Mars Dune Alpha — a 1,700-square-foot habitat designed to replicate the conditions and environment a crew would experience on the Red Planet. Brockwell, a civil engineering graduate, served as flight engineer and participated in robotic operations, agricultural activities, and surface walks.

The data collected from the mission could help design future missions to Mars 🔴 -- https://c.gatech.edu/3LQcs2E

In 1996, Georgia Tech's campus served as the heart of the Olympic Village — where athletes lived, journalists reported, and visitors from around the world gathered for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Tech also served as the venue for swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, modern pentathlon, boxing, and Paralympic volleyball.

Share your memories (and photos if you've got them!) in the comments below.

Atlanta — sizzling heat and summer storms ⚡

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Nine Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Among these Yellow Jacket Olympians, Chris Eubanks and Nic Fink will represent Team USA in tennis and swimming, respectively. The Olympian Yellow Jackets include alumni, current student-athletes, and even two incoming first-year student-athletes. 🐝 | c.gatech.edu/3YkavTO

It’s one month until the Fall semester begins, and we can't help but think about all the amazing students we've missed on campus. 🐝💛

A Georgia Tech alum has founded a startup company and developed an innovative implant that could improve treatment for a common and debilitating knee injury. Jonathan Schwartz and OrthoPreserve have created an implant that mimics the shape, structure, and biomechanical properties of the meniscus and developed a surgical technique that could drastically improve the recovery and long-term health of meniscus injury patients. -- https://b.gatech.edu/3YabANI

A team of former Yellow Jackets swimmers, a current Georgia Tech coach, and an Olympic gold medalist added a new member this weekend at the Trans Tahoe Relay — the President of Georgia Tech, Ángel Cabrera. Taking a 30-minute leg of the 11.4-mile race in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, President Cabrera helped the team finish sixth in a field of 45 🏊‍♂️🐝