Love Family Foundation Award

Outstanding Students Honored at Annual Celebration

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Several College of Sciences students were recognized for excellence this year at the annual Student Honors Celebration on Thursday, April 21.
Kim Cobb, professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Power Chair, ADVANCE Professor, and director of Georgia Tech's Global Change Program , Kim Cobb drills corals underwater in the tropical Pacific

Kim Cobb to Lead Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

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A climate scientist and professor, Cobb will depart Georgia Tech to lead IBES, an academic hub for scholars exploring the interactions between natural, human, and social systems.
Balloons , Larry Jacobs and Pinar Keskinocak at the 2022 Faculty and Staff Honors Luncheon

Tech Celebrates Outstanding Faculty, Staff Members

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Faculty and staff from Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Physics were honored at the 2022 Faculty and Staff Honors Luncheon on Friday, April 29.
College of Sciences 2022 NSF Graduate Research Honorees: Mi Do, Claire Elbon, Tatiana Gibson, Madeleine Hardt, Emily Hughes, Tucker Lancaster, McKinley Paul.

Sciences Students and Alumni Receive 2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

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More than a dozen College of Sciences student researchers and alumni are among nearly 90 Georgia Tech students and alumni being awarded five-year fellowships and honorable mentions for their work.
Tech Tower, Spring 2022 (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

Honoring Excellence: College of Sciences Students, Teaching Assistants, Future Faculty Earn Top Annual Awards

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Over 30 from College of Sciences are recognized as 2021-2022 recipients of top student honors, teaching assistant accolades, and future faculty awards — including the Institute’s prestigious Love Family Foundation Award.
Susan Lozier, Dean of the College of Sciences (Photo: Tamara Lackey) , NASA visualization of North Atlantic Ocean currents. (Photo: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio) , Researchers with OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic) prepare to launch marine sensors. (Photo: Heather Furey, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Susan Lozier Appointed to Climate Security Roundtable

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Susan Lozier, dean and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair of the College of Sciences, will serve a three-year term on the inaugural Climate Security Roundtable, a joint initiative across the U.S. Congress and the National Academies.
Researchers deploy an electromagnetic transmitter to study plate tectonics during a 2010 research expedition off the coast of Nicaragua.( Photo: Steven Constable, Scripps Institution of Oceanography) , Samer Naif

Plumes of Hot Material Near Earth's Core Grease Way for Moving Slabs of Earth

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Georgia Tech's Samer Naif co-authors study showing streams of heated rocks called mantle plumes probably play a role in creating a slippery base for tectonic plates.
Spring Flowers on Campus

Down to Earth — Every Day

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Georgia Tech will celebrate its 25th annual Earth Day with a 4-day schedule of events this week.

Spring Sciences Celebration Honors Faculty and Staff Excellence

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Joined by alumni and friends, the College of Sciences welcomes new professors, presents annual faculty honors alongside inaugural staff and research faculty awards in recognition of individual excellence and community accomplishments.
Meltwater lake on the Sørsdal Glacier. (Photo: Dave Lomas) , Meltwater lake on the Sørsdal Glacier East Antarctica (Photo: Sue Cook, UTAS) ,  Meltwater lake in East Antarctica observed from the Landsat 8 satellite (Photo: USGS) , Meltwater lake near Shackleton Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. (Photo: David Small, Durham University)

Warmer Summers and Meltwater Lakes are Threatening the Fringes of the World’s Largest Ice Sheet

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Antarctic supraglacial lakes have been linked to ice-shelf collapse and acceleration of inland ice flow. A new study shows lake area and volume vary substantially from year-to-year around the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and between ice shelves.