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Coastal Glacier Retreat Linked to Climate Change

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Researchers have developed a methodology to determine why coastal glaciers are retreating, and in turn, how much can be attributed to human-caused climate change.
Joseph Montoya, professor in the School of Biological Sciences (Photo courtesy of Andreas Teske, ECOGIG) , Joseph Montoya collecting Sargassum about 80 nautical miles off the coast of Barbados. (Credit: Lyra Montoya, University of Colorado)

Joseph Montoya Named Director of Ocean Science and Engineering

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The Colleges of Sciences and Engineering are pleased to announce the appointment of Joseph Montoya, professor in Biological Sciences, to the position of director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Ocean Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech.

An Evolution of Astrobiology

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Three researchers from the Colleges of Engineering and Sciences are leading astrobiology’s largest national conference focused on the origins of life.
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.