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The Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development’s professional development arm and other units offer plenty of resources designed to help graduate students prepare for their career needs. 

If you're a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities.

Join the Campus Recreation Complex (CRC) for our welcome home event, RecFest! We are inviting everyone out to participate in the fun on August 29, 2017 from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Leadership Challenge Course.

David Bamburowski has been named director of Academic and Research Faculty Affairs and will assume the role on Aug. 1.

This year’s Graduate Student Employee Processing event (GSEP) will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on August 16 and 17 in the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons (CULC), third floor.

Applications now available for the Vertically Integrated Projects program at Georgia Tech.

ECE Associate Professor Ying Zhang and ECE Ph.D. student Zongyang Xia have received a TechConnect National Innovation Award, which was presented last week in Washington, D.C. at the TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo. 

ECE Ph.D. student Edgar Garay has been chosen for the National GEM Consortium Fellowship. 

Marc Higginson-Rollins, a second-year Ph.D. student in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has won a Young Scientist Award from the International Union of Radio Science (URSI). 

Nicholas Gross, a third-year Ph.D. student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been selected as a Sam Nunn Security Fellow by the Georgia Tech Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy. 

A team of volunteers put together by Sean Rodrigues, a Ph.D. student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech, held a mini workshop series titled "A Day of Light" that aimed to both unify the concept of optics to K-12 students and to introduce them to career pathways in the field. 

On April 18, the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) held its 16th annual Roger P. Webb Awards Program, which honors the students, staff, and faculty who have shown exceptional dedication to their professions and studies.

ECE Ph.D. student Abdallah Al-Shehri has been chosen as the Best-in-Class Young Researcher by Aramco.

A team of volunteers put together by Sean Rodrigues, a Ph.D. student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech, held a mini workshop series titled "A Day of Light" that aimed to both unify the concept of optics to K-12 students and to introduce them to career pathways in the field. 

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved a $100 decrease in the Special Institutional Fee for graduate students.

After 19 years of service to Tech, Cozzens, vice provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development (VPGEFD), will retire on June 30.

Interested in taking a break and releasing some stress during finals week? The Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Complex (CRC) can help. During finals week, the CRC will offer free GIT FIT drop-in classes to all members.

Lisa D. Redding is the recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Graduate Academic Advising – Staff Award. Redding is the academic program coordinator for two Ph.D. programs: the Bioinformatics Graduate Program and the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Quantitative Biosciences (QBios).

On his first research trip abroad, Ph.D. candidate Giovanni DeLuca learned to expect the unexpected

The six-week courses are designed for spouses of matriculated Tech students and visiting scholars.

The Navy Seal Challenge returns to the Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Complex (CRC) on March 7, 2017. This year, the CRC is teaming up with the Navy to provide interaction with Navy Seals during the event. It takes resiliency and confidence to compete with our nation’s elite group of military personnel. Will you make the cut?

The Student Government Association (SGA) had a productive fall semester that led to the accomplishments of many major goals of the organization. Here are some projects that stood out in the End of Semester Report.  

Marc and Kate Sanborn are no strangers to building things. They built a marriage together, built their Army careers to Majors together, and are now building upon their graduate degrees here at Georgia Tech.

If you're a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities.

Four former undergraduates describe their graduate experiences at Georgia Tech.

If you're a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities.

Graduates from near and far share how they got to — and through — Georgia Tech, and who helped along the way.

Being married, with children, during graduate school presents unique challenges, as well as special experiences. 

If you're a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities.

Once again, faculty members and graduate students from ISyE have received awards at this year's INFORMS conference.

Monica McNerney, a doctoral student in Bioengineering, won the 2016 Three Minute Thesis competition.  

Meet Scripka and Kreth, learn what brought them to Georgia Tech, and discover what Grad SGA has accomplished and what it hopes to achieve.

The final round of the Three Minute Thesis copmetition will be held on Nov. 15 from 5-8 p.m. in the LeCraw Auditorium at Scheller College of Business.

If you're a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities.

IRIM’s new lecture series, the Kelly Distinguished Lecture on Robots and Jobs, features preeminent scholars in fields of significance to robotics. The visiting lecturers, in addition to presenting seminars on topics relevant to robots in the workplace, participate in informal discussions with Georgia Tech faculty and students.

Joyce Weinsheimer, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, shares details about her new position at CTL, the name change, and more.  

Still gotta catch ‘em all? Take part in the Campus Recreation Center’s Halloween Holla 5k Pokemon Challenge on Friday, October 28th! Walk the Tyler Brown Pi Mile with your cohorts, and enter for a chance to win a Pikachu Halloween costume.

If you're a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities.

Five weeks in Barcelona adds visual dimension to grad student's research.

This fall, Alyssa Rumsey is one of approximately 3,600 new graduate students starting advanced degrees with Tech — which breaks the previous new graduate student enrollment record of 2,582. She is one of more than 19,200 applicants to the graduate program, which has seen a 12 percent increase in applications in the past year alone.

Program offers trainees a wide-angled glimpse of biomedical career options

Register by Sept. 12 for the 2016 Three Minute Thesis competition. 

The deadline to apply for the VOICE Peer Education Program is quickly approaching on September 11. Be part of the solution to ending sexual violence on campus! 

Ph.D. student Yannis Dialynas has won an Earth and Space Science Fellowship from NASA to support his studies. Read full article: http://ce.gatech.edu/news/dialynas-wins-nasa-support-his-work-soil-erosi...

Techniques Symposium offers wide-ranging ‘shotgun approach’ for young researchers

Under the stewardship of  MaChelle Joseph the Georgia Tech women’s basketball program has made 7 NCAA Tournament appearances with one of them resulting in a trip to the sweet sixteen in her 13 seasons as head coach in the ultra competitive Atlantic Coast Conference. See full article: https://lovepeoplesports.wordpress.com/2016/06/07/basketball-wall-street...

BME honors best and brightest with graduate student awards

Coulter Department honors top scholars with BME Graduate Student Awards

The Mutual Expectations of Research Advisors and Advisees is meant to serve as a starting point in the Institute’s efforts to improve advisor and advisee relationships.

Record number of graduate student recruits hosted by Petit Institute and Coulter Department

If you’re a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities.

Versatile PhD — a free resource provided by Georgia Tech for graduate students and postdocs — will host a virtual panel discussion on careers in software development Feb. 22-26.

The Graduate Student Experience Survey is the first of its kind on campus and is tailored specifically to the graduate student audience. 

If you’re a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities.

Bioengineering student using American Heart Association award for lymphedema research

U.S. District Court approves the DHS requested stay through May 10, 2016.

Georgia Tech’s Aditya Anupam and Ridhima Gupta received the Students' Choice Award at the Serious Games Competition, held November 30-December 4 during the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, Florida.

Petit Institute honors researchers, scholars and staff

If you’re a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities.

ECE Ph.D. student  Song Hu has been named the recipient of the 2015-2016 Predoctoral Achievement Award from the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society. 

If you’re a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities.

From monster El Niños to electronic spaghetti, the thesis topics covered during Georgia Tech’s inaugural Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition were as different as the students who presented them. But it was a compelling argument to leave ancient rocket engines behind that brought home the gold.   

The CollegeNET application portal will be unavailable from 8-10 p.m. (EST). 

The SGA graduate president and vice president answered a few questions on their goals, career aspirations, and lives as students.

Final round of the 3MT competition to be held on Nov. 18.

Priyam Parashar, a first-year student in the Robotics Ph.D. Program at Georgia Tech, received the first Georgia Robotics Fellowship, established earlier this year by local non-profit Georgia Robotics.

Parashar

If you’re a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities.

Grad students win national business plan competition

Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University faculty members are uniting to train the next generation of engineering students in healthcare robotics technologies, so they can better understand the changing needs of patients and their caregivers and healthcare providers. 

If you’re a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities. 

The mission of the program is to educate students and advance research in quantitative biosciences, enabling the discovery of scientific principles underlying the dynamics, structure, and function of living systems.

Petit Scholar and mentor work on simple solution to complex problem

Explain your thesis in three minutes — do you think you could rise to the challenge?

Concerned about the academic job market? Thinking about non-academic careers? Georgia Tech now offers a resource that will make your life a little easier. 

Program offers opportunity for key supporting roles in scholarship program

Five Georgia Tech graduate students have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research GROW (Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide) awards. 

NSF grant program encourages innovation in interactive learning

More than 40 Georgia Tech graduate students and postdoctoral fellows recently attended the 2015 Future Faculty Workshop. 

Ph.D. student from Weitz lab continuing his research in Germany

Students from multiple disciplines going to work at UCB and Boston Scientific

BioE Day returns with presentations, honors and water balloons

BioE grad student from Dixon lab honored by foundation

Holguin's poster grabs second in two competitions

BME presents inaugural Graduate Student Awards

At the annual Graduate Student Government Association banquet held on April 21, Marc Canellas and Matthew Miller were sworn in as the new president and vice president.

The Status Checking portion of the Graduate Studies website will be unavailable on Tuesday, April 21, from 8-10 p.m. (EST).

Undergraduates and graduates from every college were honored at the 2015 Student Honors Luncheon.

Georgia Tech offers a variety of communications resources to assist graduate students, including a Graduate Communication Certificate, a Communication Center, and courses offered by the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. 

As the close of the academic year approaches, many Georgia Tech students are celebrating with honors and awards from a wide variety of organizations in recognition of their academic prowess. 

Grad student to attend annual meeting of Nobel Laureates

If you’re a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities. 

A lot of times Ph.D. student Marc Canellas has found himself daydreaming in class — daydreaming about how policy relates to science, that is. 

Recently, the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) joined the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Affairs, which has resulted in a name change. 

If you need assistance with paying for commencement regalia, listen up.

Celebrating Teaching Day will take place on March 26.

TI:GER team built around biomedical technology wins $30,000

A team with technology that could help monitor the condition of cats and dogs with diabetes won Georgia Tech’s 2015 Startup Competition ($15,000, plus the Edison Prize: a $15,000 convertible note).

If you are an international student and were present in the United States for any day between Jan. 1, 2014, and Dec. 31, 2014, listen up.

Students will enjoy spring break from March 16 – 20, but events will continue on campus and in Atlanta.

Georgia Tech graduate programs continue to earn high marks from U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings.

 multi-disciplinary team of CoA graduate students from Georgia Tech earned honorable mention at the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Hines Student Urban Design competition. The team is made up of Desmond Johnson (M.Arch), Mario Rodas (M.Arch), Nathan Shi (MSUD), Elizabeth Vason (MCRP) and Ai-Lien Vuong, (M.Arch/MCRP).

A weekly meditation class, which is suitable for all levels of experience, is designed to teach participants how to relieve stress, achieve deep relaxation, gain breath and body awareness, and achieve greater mental clarity.

If you’re a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities. 

Paying it Forward the Petit Scholar Way

New Mentorship Program emphasizes career guidance

The Counseling Center hosts a variety of workshops designed to help reduce stress for students.

The Grad Word is a new monthly e-newsletter created by Georgia Tech graduate students on behalf of the Graduate Student Government Association (SGA).

If you’re a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities. 

Before enrolling in Georgia Tech’s MBA Program, Brian Edgerton had long been interested in sustainability.

BioID graduate program giving students real-world biomedical exposure

Three prizes given to grad students for research contributions

If you’re a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities.

Ashley Allen brings home new skills and memories from eventful trip to Israel

BioE grad student’s innovative research grabs honors at national conference

On Nov. 20, 13 Georgia Institute of Technology Ph.D. students were among the 45 students from Georgia universities who were honored at a luncheon for ARCS scholars.

If you’re a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities. 

Georgia Tech students won Pakathon global hackathon in October.

Joshua Jarrell was a keynote speaker at the National Science Foundation’s annual Saluting Veterans in STEM symposium.

If you’re a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities. 

Mingge Wu, a recent graduate from the School of Economics, became the first doctoral candidate to receive a Ph.D. in Economics from Georgia Tech in May 2014. She now works as a senior statistician for InterContinental Hotels Group after receiving master’s and Ph.D. degrees, both in economics, from Georgia Tech.

Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business is ranked 8th in Corporate Knights magazine’s Global 100 Sustainable MBA rankings for success at integrating sustainability into the school experience.

When you are one of thousands of students trying to get offered a handful of jobs, what can you do to stand out from the crowd? Mehdi Nourbakhsh has a suggestion.

The Office of Graduate Studies is currently drafting two documents that it would like your input on.

Here’s another reason why it’s a good idea to hit the gym: it can improve memory.

Are you an aspiring entrepreneur at Georgia Tech? Do you want to learn how to launch a startup by doing instead of just talking? If so, then the 2015 Georgia Tech Startup Competition could be your golden ticket.

If you’re a graduate student in the market for a fellowship, read on to find out more about upcoming opportunities.

If you’re a graduate student planning to apply to graduate this spring, it’s time to submit an Online Application for Graduation.  

In honor of Project One, the Georgia Tech Library invites you to participate in a crowdsourced celebration of our technological past. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni are invited to participate in the retroTECH exhibit by loaning their old tech to the Library for a brief period of time.

This fall, Georgia Tech welcomes a record-breaking total of more than 8,400 new and current graduate students to campus. 

Academics are ever-evolving, and graduate programs within the Ivan Allen College have been created, modified, and expanded to reflect student interests, market opportunities, and innovations in research since the College’s founding in 1990.

Georgia Tech’s newest international initiative, the Georgia Tech-Shenzhen Master of Science (M.S.) Degree Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) launched successfully in Shenzhen, China on August 18, 2014.

Don't miss this year's National Science Foundation Research Fellowship application deadlines in October and November 2014.  

Neal Parker shares his thoughts on being a student at Georgia Tech.

Nunn School PhD students Tong Zhao and Taylor Smith, participated in the 2014 International Summer Symposium on Science and World Affairs held July 25th-August 1st at Princeton University in New Jersey. 

Elnora Kelly shares her thoughts on being a student at Georgia Tech.

Deepak Gopinath shares his thoughts on being a student at Georgia Tech.

Scottie-Beth Fleming shares her thoughts on being a student at Georgia Tech.

By analyzing the brainwaves of 16 individuals as they watched mainstream television content, researchers were able to accurately predict the preferences of large TV audiences, up to 90 percent in the case of Super Bowl commercials.

Do you want help exploring all of the career options available to PhD Scientists and Engineers going into the biomedical workforce? The NIH funded Atlanta Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) Program has been established to help Emory and Georgia Tech PhD students and postdocs in the biological, biomedical, bio-focused STEM fields explore career paths beyond faculty positions.

INSPIRE2 will equip graduate students with tips, techniques and methods to try in their classrooms to better engage students.

NASA’s Space Technology Program seeks to sponsor graduate student researchers pursuing advanced degrees (master’s and doctoral) in science, technology, engineering, and math who show significant potential to contribute to the strategic goals and missions of NASA in the area of space technology.

Three graduate students created a transportation planning game while working for the Atlanta Regional Commission.

Three graduate students created a transportation planning game while working for the Atlanta Regional Commission.

How do you become the kind of mentor that people fondly remember as someone who made a difference in their lives?           

Grad SGA is hosting a picnic for grad students and looking for Senators.