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The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech and GT or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or the Institute) [9] is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. [10] Established in 1885, it is part of the University System of Georgia and has satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia ...
GTRC is a nonprofit corporation that works on behalf of all academic departments and divisions of Georgia Tech not related to the (1984-created) Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) —which uses the dedicated services of the Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation (GTARC). The GTRC serves as the contracting agency for sponsored research ...
McCamish Pavilion (also nicknamed "The Thrillerdome") is an indoor arena located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the home of the Georgia Tech basketball teams and hosted the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association from 1968 to 1972 and again from 1997 to 1999. Tech's women's volleyball team has occasionally used the facility as well ...
Buzz is the current official mascot of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Buzz is usually represented as a stylized yellowjacket with yellow-and-black fur, white wings, a yellow head, and antennae. Buzz is almost never drawn with six legs, but rather with arms, legs, hands (in white gloves) and feet (in black Converse high tops ), like a human.
In 2000, successful internet entrepreneur and Tech alum Chris Klaus donated $15 million towards the construction of a new building for the college. At the time of Klaus' contribution, it was the fifth-largest contribution by an individual in Georgia Tech's history. The building was officially opened on October 26, 2006.
Georgia Tech admitted its first Black students in 1961. Deanna Yancey, who earned an undergraduate engineering degree from Penn State University in 2020, ...
The Georgia Tech Athletic Association is a non-profit organization responsible for maintaining the intercollegiate athletic program at Georgia Tech. The Athletic Association is overseen by the Georgia Tech Athletic Board. The Georgia Tech Athletic Association sponsors varsity intercollegiate athletics competition in the following sports: [1]