Office Space

Georgia Tech’s School of Applied Physiology moved into its digs in the Engineering Center building in March 2011, but they’re already having to make some adjustments to the space—and it’s a good problem to have. This fall, the master of science in prosthetics and orthotics program will welcome a class of 14, the largest in more

In 2007, Sarah Lorenzen, M Arch 97, associate professor of architecture in the College of Environmental Design at Cal Poly Pomona, moved into and began to restore an old house in Los Angeles. But it wasn’t some rickety Southern California bungalow—it was the VDL House, a glass-walled home constructed in 1932 by pre-eminent modernist architect more

For his 77th birthday, John Burson enjoyed a low-key celebration with some coworkers. The surprise is not that Burson, ChE 55, MS Met 63, PhD ChE 64, is still working beyond retirement age, it’s the location where he was working: a combat emergency room in Kabul, Afghanistan. This is the fourth deployment since 2005 for more

Story by Rachael Maddux Photos by James K. Holder II Most people react to the mention of parasites with disgust — a wrinkled nose, a disdainful frown. But not assistant professor of biology Meghan Duffy. When conversation turns to Daphnia, the planktonic water fleas she began researching while an undergrad at Cornell, her eyes sparkle more