Ramblin’ Roll

  • Ramblin’ Roll, Vol. 89 No. 2

    Ramblin’ Roll, Vol. 89 No. 2

    1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | Weddings | Births 1960s William L. Ball, IM 69, is spearheading Georgia’s strategic, jobs-focused defense initiative formed by Gov. Nathan Deal. He is the former U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan and a former member of the Georgia Tech President’s Advisory Board. Jack B. Murray Jr., ChE 69, retired from Exxon Mobil’s law department more

  • BLiNQ Blows Up

    BLiNQ Blows Up

    In August 2012, the Gannett Company came calling for BLiNQ Media, a social media engagement company that has managed 600 campaigns for the world’s leading brands since its 2008 founding. The acquisition came a little more than a year after BLiNQ graduated among the 2011 class of Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center, and BLiNQ more

  • Jacob Tzegaegbe, CE 11, Named Marshall Scholar

    Jacob Tzegaegbe, CE 11, Named Marshall Scholar

    Jacob Tzegaegbe, CE 11, a second-year graduate student in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s Infrastructure Research Group, has received the prestigious Marshall Scholarship. Named for the former U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall, the scholarship is awarded to American students pursuing post-secondary degrees in England. After earning his master’s in civil and environmental more

  • Joy Buolamwini, CS 12, Awarded 2013 Rhodes and Fulbright Scholarships

    Joy Buolamwini, CS 12, Awarded 2013 Rhodes and Fulbright Scholarships

    In 2013, Joy Buolamwini, CS 12, will take her talents to the U.K., where she’ll study Global Governance and Diplomacy and African Studies at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. She’s also a 2013 Fulbright scholar and will use her grant to improve access to education in Zambia. Her past experience developing web more

  • The Buzz at the National Zoo

    The Buzz at the National Zoo

    Visitors to the new Speedwell Conservation Carousel at the Smithsonian National Zoo will see 58 custom-carved animals representing creatures on exhibit at the zoo as well as those Smithsonian scientists are working to save from extinction. Oh, and there’s a yellow jacket. The Washington, D.C., Georgia Tech Network sponsored the yellow jacket after hearing about more