Articles By: Melissa Weinman

When Professor Emeritus of Economics Bill Schaffer, IM 56, lived in Towers dormitory as a student in 1952, the interstate highways had not yet cut their way through Atlanta. The only nearby TVs were at the Varsity. And the student center was just a patch of kudzu. A lot has changed since Schaffer first came more

Dean Alford, EE 76, never expected to become the face of a coal plant. A clean-cut businessman with snow-white hair and a matching mustache, he looks comfortable in a tailored suit with a pocket-square intricately styled into three points over his chest. Despite his manicured appearance, he has an easy presence and comfortable charm. His more

Take a walk around a home-improvement store, and you’ll see plenty of product tags advertising ways you can reduce spending on your utility bills—and your carbon footprint. But going green and saving a bit of money by using Energy Star appliances, smart thermostats or compact fluorescent light bulbs is just a drop in the proverbial more

It’s been dubbed the “Year of Wearable Technology,” with 2014 marking the tipping point for computer-powered apparel and accessories in the marketplace. Scores of finally viable devices have made it into the headlines and into consumers’ wardrobes, as eyeglasses, wristwatches, gloves and other articles of clothing have increasingly been called to perform double-duty—serving not only more