• Georgia Tech ranks No. 8 worldwide on Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s list of top 100 universities for engineering/technology and computer science. [Newsroom]
• Monday begins Sex Trafficking Awareness Week, hosted by student organization One Voice Atlanta. [Newsroom]
• The City of Atlanta recently approved $1.4 million for Atlanta BeltLine Inc. to study streetcar routes that would connect, among other places, to Georgia Tech. [Creative Loafing]
• Researchers at Georgia Tech and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta develop a simpler way for doctors to differentiate tumors from brain matter during surgery. [AJC]
• Those busted old sneakers and outdated computer components are taking up way too much room in the closet—but you have until April 5 to donate these items, and more, for Earth Day. [Newsroom]
• Tech student-athlete Shayla Bivins, a member of the women’s basketball team, is a finalist for the 2013 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award, which honors undergraduate students of color who exemplify the standards set by the tennis great for which it is named. [RamblinWreck]
• A student accepted to Tech asks for help with finding ways to afford his dream college. [Reddit]
Above: Aviation supply officers training on Tech campus, March 1918, via the Georgia Tech Digital History Portal.
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