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In recognition of their roles as trailblazers, Tech’s first Black students — Lawrence Williams, Ralph Long Jr., and the late Ford Greene, along with the first Black graduate Ronald Yancey — were awarded the 2022 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage on April 20 at the Biltmore Ballroom in Atlanta.

Pictured left to right: State Rep. David Wilkerson, Ronald Yancey, Ralph Long Jr., Lawrence Williams, and Frankie Hall, wife of the late Ford C. Greene.

Georgia Tech Trailblazers Awarded the 2022 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage

Tech's first enrolled Black students and first Black graduate receive one of the Institute's top honors.

New “Micro-rocker” Bots Are Powered by a Single Electromagnetic Coil

Once the size of ants, these Georgia Tech 3D-printed micro-robots can now only be seen under a microscope.

Julian T. Hightower Chair Christopher Rozell

Rozell Named Julian T. Hightower Chair

The prestigious appointment is effective April 1, 2022.

Liam Smith, a second year Ph.D. student in Georgia Tech’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been chosen as a recipient of the 2022 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship.

Smith Receives National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

The fellowship is the highest honor awarded to graduate students by the U.S. Department of Defense agencies.

William H. Robinson, GTRI Deputy Director for Research for the Information and Cyber Sciences Directorate (ICSD) and Georgia Tech Professor in the school of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

William H. Robinson Named GTRI Deputy Director of Research for ICSD

The search for the new GTRI Deputy Director for Research for the Information and Cyber Sciences Directorate (ICSD) is complete, and on April 18, William H. Robinson, Ph.D., will assume the role.