“What can literary fiction teach us about recent revelations that the National Security Agency has aggressively been gathering massive amounts of data on American citizens?” asks a Slate article co-authored by Aaron Santesso, associate professor of literature at Georgia Tech. [Slate]
Georgia Tech’s VentureLab, which has launched more than 150 technology companies since 2001, has been ranked second in the world by a study benchmarking 150 university-based incubators in 22 countries worldwide. [Newsroom]
Among the new Ramblin’ Wrecks on campus this fall will be Tesca Fitzgerald, who graduated from Portland State University this spring at age 16. She’ll pursue a Ph.D in computer science at Tech. [OregonLive]
“It’s as if they’re drunk — and in a way, they are. The robots, all Khepera IIIs, have infra-red sensors that are sensitive to light, and they’re suffering beneath the harsh glare of studio lamps.” Inside Tech professor Magnus Egerstedt’s MOOC, from the first issue of the new Georgia Tech Engineer magazine. [College of Engineering]
In honor of National Ice Cream Month, Tech shows off its campus’s permanent sundae. [@GeorgiaTech]
AP exam scores and personality traits—in addition to high schoolers’ grades—can help predict long-term college success, research at Tech and Rice University suggests. [Inside Higher Ed]
Above: A pedestrian takes a stroll across what is now Harrison Square on July 15, 1968. Photo via the Georgia Tech Archives.
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