Articles By: Van Jensen

  • Changes in the Air for Yellow Jackets Broadcasts

    Recently, Georgia Tech athletics announced two major changes for its radio broadcasts of sporting events. Wes Durham, the long time play-by-play announcer of Yellow Jackets football and basketball games is stepping aside from that role to pursue TV opportunities. “After 18 years and more than 750 football and basketball broadcasts with Georgia Tech, I am more

  • Tech Student Wins John Portman Architecture Prize

    Tech Student Wins John Portman Architecture Prize

    Georgia Tech’s School of Architecture and John Portman & Associates recently awarded the prestigious Portman Prize to Tech student Miguel Otero Fuentes. Otero Fuentes, who is in his first year in the masters of architecture program, won the top honor for his design “Midtown Gardens School for the Arts.” This year’s charge was to design more

  • Four Yellow Jackets Competing in U.S. Open

    Four Yellow Jackets Competing in U.S. Open

    Four Georgia Tech alumni are vying to become the first alumnus since Bobby Jones to claim a U.S. Open victory as play begins today. Among those competing at the 113th U.S. Open Championship at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., are Stewart Cink, Mgt 95; Matt Kuchar, Mgt 00; Nicholas Thompson, Mgt 05; and Matt more

  • Think Little

    Think Little

    The Institute’s interlocking “GT” shows up on T-shirts and websites, on billboards and the massive scoreboard at Bobby Dodd Stadium. But the most impressive display of the logo just might be one that can’t be seen at all—at least not with the naked eye. Above is a nanoscopic image of GT logos created by a team at Tech’s more

  • ‘It’s Important That
 We Set Our Sights High’

    Mike Bobinski, Georgia Tech’s new athletic director, has one hell of a work ethic. He spent March preparing to take the reins at Tech while wrapping things up at Xavier University (where he had served as director of athletics for 12 years) and serving as chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee (which more