Manufacturing is undergoing a major transformation, evolving from traditional assembly lines into high-tech, purpose-driven hubs of innovation and sustainability. Modern factories now feature robotics, AI-driven automation, and smart systems, creating dynamic career opportunities in areas like green technology and digital manufacturing. Experts emphasize the need to change outdated perceptions, address workforce challenges, and integrate advanced skills training to meet growing demand. As industries embrace electric vehicles, renewable energy, and interconnected systems, manufacturing is positioned as a cornerstone of economic growth and global competitiveness—offering meaningful, future-ready careers.
In 2028, Atlanta will be home to a yet-to-be-named National Women’s Soccer League team, announced Nov. 12. The announcement comes at a time when soccer is building momentum in Atlanta and across the U.S.
Tariffs, shipping delays, and rising costs are squeezing toy makers — and parents are scrambling to find gifts, as Georgia Tech experts weigh in on the disruptions.
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Campus and Community
Georgia Tech’s yearlong exhibition transforms Terminal T North with immersive works merging science, design, and creative research.
New alumna Amber Ephraim is from Villa Rica, Georgia and she's ready "to thrive in a global environment."
Beginning Saturday, Dec. 13, a planned outage of the campus chilled water distribution system will support ongoing resiliency improvements and allow for system testing.
Health and Medicine
With the help of a contract award for up to $12 million from ARPA-H, a team of researchers led by the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy at will begin developing an advanced cybersecurity platform to protect hospitals.
By uniting expertise and resources, Georgia’s leading institutions are creating practical solutions to improve health outcomes across the state.
Inspired by NASA technology, Georgia Tech alumni launched Deleon—a startup using biochemical data to advance preventive health, backed by CREATE-X.
Science and Technology
Georgia Tech researchers are using AI to quickly train exoskeleton devices, making it much more practical to develop, improve, and ultimately deploy wearable robots for people with impaired mobility.
Georgia Tech’s research and talent are helping PBS Aerospace launch a new era of aerospace manufacturing in Roswell, Georgia — advancing U.S. defense innovation and fueling the state’s growing leadership in drone and propulsion technology.
Major airports across the United States were subject to a 4% reduction in flights on Nov. 7, 2025, as the government shutdown began to affect travelers.
Earth and Environment
Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE, or Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, mission will help unleash.
China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft took a hit from a piece of space debris floating through orbit, causing Chinese officials to delay the spacecraft’s return from its Tiangong space station in early November 2025.
Countries around the world have been discussing the need to rein in climate change for three decades, yet global greenhouse gas emissions – and global temperatures with them – keep rising.
Society and Culture
Tariffs, shipping delays, and rising costs are squeezing toy makers — and parents are scrambling to find gifts, as Georgia Tech experts weigh in on the disruptions.
The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech Arts, and Spelman College invite you to experience the bomb, a critically acclaimed immersive film, music, and art installation that puts viewers in the center of the story of nuclear weapons.
Experts at Georgia Tech say the surge in AI hyperrealism — content that mimics human emotion, speech, and appearance with uncanny precision — is both a technological marvel and a societal challenge.
Business and Economic Development
Modern manufacturing blends AI, automation, and sustainability to create meaningful careers and economic resilience.
Tariffs, shipping delays, and rising costs are squeezing toy makers — and parents are scrambling to find gifts, as Georgia Tech experts weigh in on the disruptions.
In 2028, Atlanta will be home to a yet-to-be-named National Women’s Soccer League team, announced Nov. 12. The announcement comes at a time when soccer is building momentum in Atlanta and across the U.S.
