“There is a revolution. I want to lead it, not follow it,” Zvi Galil, head of Tech’s school of computing, tells Slate in this report on the Institute’s new MOOC-based master’s degree. [Slate]
“A school known for its rivalry with Bulldogs experiences a full-on case of puppy love? Not even the fabled scribes of the Journal or Constitution could make up such a shaggy dog story.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shares archive photos (like the one above) of Sideways and the Tech students that loved her. [AJC]
Tech’s school of Literature, Media and Communication will host the first Southeastern Web Series Awards & Conference this Oct. 25-27. [ATLWebFest.com]
Tommy Pethtel, a Tech student battling Hodgkins lymphoma, is seeking a life-saving bone marrow donor. Potential matches are being vetted at a “swab-a-thon” in Marietta, Ga. this afternoon and on drop-by basis next week. [Marietta Times]
Atlanta magazine’s Daily Agenda blog profiles Kevin King, ME 12, and Juan Spir, Cls 13, former Yellow Jackets tennis teammates playing together at the U.S. Open Series in Atlanta this week. “Although me and Kevin are not brothers, like real brothers from blood, we definitely have shared a lot of things together in school,” says Spir. [Atlanta]
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