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From groundbreaking research and innovative teaching to campus operations and community initiatives, these stories showcase our commitment to progress and stewardship.

Hope Among the Pines: A Field Tour in Southeast Georgia Presents Carbon Exchange as Solution

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<p>Field tour attendees in Soperton, Georgia. </p>

Mercury ID
680696
Jul 28, 2026

The Georgia Carbon Exchange can provide economic incentives to help landowners keep and manage their forests for carbon sequestration, with benefits to impact the entire state.

Georgia Tech Earns National Recognition for Sustainability Innovation

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Mercury ID
680681
Jul 27, 2026

Georgia Tech’s in-vessel composting program earns national recognition.

Green Forks Transforms Surplus Food Into Campus Support

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<p>From left to right: Campus Sustainability Project Manager, Office of Sustainability Steve Place; Director, Safety and Facilities for Dining and Retail Danielle Ismirle Dunigan; and Program Director, STAR Steven Fazenbaker at the Green Forks celebration.</p>

Mercury ID
680687
Jul 27, 2026

Green Forks collaboration reduces waste, supports student well-being, and advances campus sustainability goals.

Yuanzhi Tang Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society

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<p>Yuanzhi Tang</p>

Mercury ID
680685
Jul 27, 2026

Yuanzhi Tang, executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) and Georgia Power Professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, has been named an American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow.

Rapid Testing Offers Path to More Sustainable Material Choices

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Mercury ID
680664
Jul 24, 2026

At Georgia Tech’s Daedalus Lab, Christos Athanasiou and postdoctoral researcher Danqi Sun are working to provide greater certainty to designers and engineers by rethinking how materials are tested for their fracture characteristics.

Georgia Tech Launches New Sustainable Lab Certification

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<p>Research technician Myles Hilson (left) and research scientist Shweta Biliya (right) of the Molecular Evolution Core Lab stand in front of TipCycle program equipment. TipCycle collects, sterilizes, and returns pipette tips to labs, reducing costs and decreasing plastic waste.&nbsp;</p>

Mercury ID
680673
Jul 22, 2026

Campus labs have a new pathway to strengthen sustainable operations through a campus comprehensive certification program.

Bruce Weinelt Joins BBISS as Managing Director

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Mercury ID
680510
Jun 24, 2026

Bruce will develop and lead BBISS’s external partnership and fundraising strategy, grounded in the Institute's academic research priorities.

Mining New Possibilities for Critical Minerals: Mapping a Stronger U.S. Supply Chain

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<p>United States map showing the eight regions of the CORE-CM Initiative. Courtesy: <a href="https://netl-exchange.energy.gov/FileContent.aspx?FileID=fe48ff94-6a59-… of Energy Core-CM Initiative</strong></a></p>

Mercury ID
680536
Jun 24, 2026

A new Department of Energy award will help Georgia Tech lead a regional effort to identify, recover, and reuse materials essential to energy, manufacturing, and national security.

Scientist Maps Biodiversity on a Warming Southern Landscape

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Jenny McGuire, Ph.D.
Mercury ID
660288
Jun 11, 2026

Jenny McGuire is refining tools and partnerships that help protect biodiversity, from Atlanta’s urban canopy to the southern Appalachians.

2026-2027 Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grants Announced

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Mercury ID
680389
Jun 01, 2026

The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Sustainability Education and Curriculum Committee are pleased to announce the recipients of the fifth round of Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation grants.

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