March/April 2011

April Fools’ Day pranksters, MARTA riders dropping their pants while the trains are moving and improvisational comedy players are just part of the Georgia Tech community of jokesters. more

Shaina Ervin spent her four years as a star pitcher at North Carolina State as a looming threat to the Georgia Tech softball team. Ervin, who is 6 feet 3 inches tall, led the Wolfpack to a successful run against the Yellow Jackets from 2003 to 2007 and helped her team win the 2006 ACC more

There is an inherent awfulness to Robin Murphy’s job. Whenever disaster strikes, she is called to duty. Murphy, ME 80, MS ICS 89, PhD CS 92, is the Raytheon professor of computer science and engineering at Texas A&M and director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue. She has responded to 11 terrorist attacks, more

Georgia Tech and science fiction are a natural fit, with the campus being a center for cutting-edge research in science and technology. No surprise then that Tech is a perfect setting for Lisa Yaszek, an associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture. Yaszek has devoted her career more