Vol. 89, No. 2

A football star at Georgia Tech and in the NFL, Larry Morris, IM 55, died Dec. 19 in Austell, Ga. Following his death, his family provided his brain to a center at Boston University that is researching the brains of former football players to understand degenerative brain disease and the long-term impacts of concussions. Morris’ bruising more

In 1990, when the Alumni Magazine listed Tech’s greatest inventors, Glen P. Robinson Jr., Phys 48, MS Phys 50, earned a prominent spot on the list. The article, titled “Dream Makers,” listed Robinson as having 35 patents in solar energy, antenna systems and energy management. Robinson died Jan. 16 in Atlanta. He worked up until more

Al Merrill was 10 years old when he decided to become a scientist. Now a professor of biology and Smithgall Institute Chair in molecular cell biology at Georgia Tech, with degrees from Virginia Tech and Cornell, he holds tight to the sense of wonder that first drove him to raise tadpoles and tinker with chemistry more

On March 12, more than 110 employers and about 800 job-seekers converged on Atlanta’s Cobb Galleria Centre for the annual Georgia Tech Alumni Career Fair. Inside the sprawling expo space, hiring managers conferred at their booths with sharply dressed graduating students and alumni alike. In the atrium surrounding the ballroom, career fair attendees double-checked their more