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Intelligent Design in the Classroom?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-11-28)
Controversy continues to circulate about evolution, raising the issue
of whether public schools are the appropriate forum for teaching about the
subject matter. In recent years, critics have offered forward a view ...
Thinking Outside the Black Box: Getting People Excited about Science and Engineering
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-09-19)
A number of societal factors are contributing to society's decreasing interest in science and technology, despite its ubiquitous presence in modern society. These factors include everything from the failure of scientists ...
Visionary or Autocrat: Pat Crecine and Georgia Tech Reorganization, 1988-1990
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-02-28)
The adminstration of Georgia Tech's ninth president, John Patrick "Pat" Crecine, was the most controversial in the school's history. The period from 1987 to 1994 would become marked by much change and significant ...
Georgia Tech Inventors & Innovators
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-10-31)
Marilyn Somers is the Director of Georgia Tech's Living History Program. Her talk on this occasion featured inventors and innovators who graduated from Georgia Tech. Featured: Joe Byrd, III (GE 38), inventor of the Mark ...
Hurricane Katrina's Impact on Louisiana's Transportation Infrastructure
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-03-28)
Hurricane Katrina's storm surge and high winds had a devastating impact on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. Although the extensive damage to residential areas continues to receive attention in the media, the damage to key ...
Chemical Cues in the Ocean
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-04-25)
We are all at the mercy of molecules: hormones affect our sexual interests, toxins give us food poisoning, polluting chemicals give us asthma, and the smell of Krispy Kreme tugs on the steering wheel whenever we drive along ...