Public Service, Leadership, and Policy

Georgia Tech Will Help Manage DOE’s Savannah River Laboratory

Posted: December 28, 2020

Georgia Tech is part of a team that has been selected to manage the DOE's Savannah River National Laboratory

Coronavirus Vaccine Approval Will Launch Unprecedented Public Health Initiative

Posted: November 30, 2020

When one or more coronavirus vaccines receives FDA emergency use authorization, it will launch a major public health and logistics initiative.

Covid-19 Interventions Can Cut Virus Infections, Severe Outcomes, and Healthcare Needs

Posted: October 21, 2020

Interventions such as shelter-in-place taken to control the SARS-CoV-2 virus can reduce infections and overall deaths.

Digital Tool Helps Hospital Make Important Coronavirus Retest Decisions

Posted: April 13, 2020

The dearth of coronavirus tests and the many false negatives confront doctors with a difficult decision this new tool helps them make.

Create Dedicated Pandemic Clinics Now to Address COVID-19

Posted: March 25, 2020

COVID-19 needs pandemic clinics focused on treating it and keeping it away from non-COVID patients.

Five Tips for Moving Courses Online Quickly, from an OMSCS Instructor

Posted: March 17, 2020

Professors across the country are facing the need to quickly produce online courses.

Modify Hurricane Relief Strategies, National Academies Report Recommends

Posted: February 3, 2020

Hurricane devastation calls for heavy government relief, but a counterintuitive shift toward restoring private sector supply lines would help more quickly.

Georgia Tech Included in Major Water Desalination Research Initiative

Posted: October 18, 2019

Georgia Tech is part of a new effort to address water security issues in the United States.

Georgia Tech Researcher Named to Health Task Force

Posted: September 6, 2019

A Georgia Tech specialist in health informatics has been named to Georgia’s new Task Force on Healthcare Access and Cost.

Antineutrino Detection Could Help Remotely Monitor Nuclear Reactors

Posted: August 6, 2019

Measuring the flow of subatomic particles known as antineutrinos from nuclear reactors could allow continuous remote monitoring designed to detect fueling changes.