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Quadriplegic Ross Mason has an ambitious plan to fix spinal cord treatment.

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151 NASA Jackets

151 NASA Jackets

Georgia Tech co-op students and alumni, including 151 highlighted here, are helping make space missions possible.

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101 Books Tech Alums Should Read

101 Books Tech Alums Should Read

Faculty, alumni, staff and students share the 101 books all Institute graduates should read.

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Leading by Example

Leading by Example

When Jerimiah McClary walked onto the Georgia Tech campus as a student, the promising freshman defensive lineman from Lawrenceville, Ga., weighed a trim 230 pounds.
Four years later, through a regimen of lifting and eating, he’d bulked up to nearly 300. His massive frame broke through the interior of one offensive line after another as the [...]

School of Psychology Hits Half-century Mark

School of Psychology Hits Half-century Mark

In a video commemorating the School of Psychology’s 50th anniversary, former chair Anderson Smith cracked that the program had been treated with “benign respect” for half a century.
Associate professor Jim Roberts was charged with chairing the anniversary committee. He said it was no easy task to gather information on the school, which has been housed [...]

Late-night Eatery Gets White-and-gold Makeover

Late-night Eatery Gets White-and-gold Makeover

Technology Square has a new dining destination sure to entice students returning to their dorms after a night on the town and alumni seeking postgame grub this football season. A Georgia Tech-inspired Waffle House opened its doors June 9.
Sandwiched between Jazzy Nails and Tan Spa and Great Clips on Fifth Street, the restaurant has all [...]

Cycling and Politics in the Summer of 1970

Cycling and Politics in the Summer of 1970

By J. Paul Oxer
In the summer of 1970, I read an article in the Atlanta Constitution about draft legislation in both the Georgia and Florida assemblies to provide funding for 4-foot-wide bicycle lanes on key routes. Georgia’s then-Gov. Lester Maddox was well known for his support of cycling and for his press stunt of riding [...]

A Bad Case of Old Age

A Bad Case of Old Age

“I’m breathing,” McKinley Conway retorts when asked about his health.
While he says his body is giving out part by part, his mind is sharp. Conway, AE 41, who turns 90 in November, recently completed his autobiography, A Bad Case of Old Age: Enjoying a Great Life One More Time, a textbook-size tome. It’s his 47th [...]

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