Vol. 87, No. 7

  • Of Cisterns and Streetscapes: The new, green face of Georgia Tech’s campus

    Story by Rachael Maddux / Photos by James K. Holder II Unwitting pedestrians strolling the Tech campus over the summer may have wondered if the school was considering changing its mascot from the Yellow Jacket to the Orange Barrel. But just as students began trickling back into dorms and classrooms, the neon construction partitions faded more

  • The Technique Turns 100

    On Nov. 17, 1911, the first issue of The Technique student newspaper was published. There have been many student-run publications at Tech over the years, but The Technique (its tagline still “The South’s Liveliest College Newspaper”) is the most enduring. To mark its centennial, we combed through the archives and picked out eight memorable covers. To view more

  • In Memoriam, November 2011

    In Memoriam, November 2011

    1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | Friends 1930s Karl A. Bevins, EE 39, of Atlanta, on July 29. He served as traffic engineer for the city of Atlanta until his retirement in 1978 and was first-chair clarinetist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Bruce Winston Hafley, Cls 39, of Atlanta, on June 28. He served in the U.S. Army during World War more

  • Tech’s Student Groups are a Cut Above

    By Alumni Magazine staff and Christina Lee Everyone knows Tech students think big. So it should be no surprise that now, more than ever, there’s a growing awareness among the student body that a Tech degree is made even more valuable by connecting to the alumni network before graduation. That’s something that the Alumni Association more

  • Yellow Jackets, Bluegrass

    Seven Handle Circus may be one of the hottest startups to come out of the Georgia Tech community in quite some time. You can’t download its source code, and it’s not the product of countless hours spent tapping away on a laptop in the Clough Commons Starbucks. It’s no app—it’s a band. Still, the guys more