In the Mood for Giving: Charitable Donations May Be More About How You Feel Before Giving, Not After
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Conventional wisdom suggests that we give to charity at least partly because of post-donation warm and fuzzies that make us feel great inside. Turns out, it might be the other way around. Georgia Tech School of Economics Assistant Professor Casey Wichman and a colleague from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have found evidence from social…
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The pandemic made remote work the norm for many, but that doesn’t mean it was always a positive experience. Remote work can have many advantages: increased flexibility, inclusivity for parents and people with disabilities, and work-life balance. But it can also cause issues with collaboration, communication, and the overall work environment. New…
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Thomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E., was elected president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)--he will be the 142nd president. Kurfess is the chief manufacturing officer of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. He is the HUSCO/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in…
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The Georgia Tech Research Institute’s (GTRI) Warner Robins Field Office is among the organizations receiving the highest national recognition for industrial security from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). The field office was among 19 facilities of cleared defense contractors across the United States to receive a James…
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Workforce diversity in science and technology is widely seen as necessary for continued innovation. For Georgia Tech, striving toward inclusivity starts with a simple but crucial goal: building deep, lasting research partnerships. Research Next, a planning initiative for Georgia Tech’s research enterprise, was launched by Executive Vice President…
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Space is, thankfully, a peaceful place. But that lack of conflict high overhead also obscures how little scholars down here know about the ways a conflict in orbit might play out, much less how to deter it. Georgia Tech space policy expert Mariel Borowitz thinks she has a way to help clear up some of that confusion. Under a new $1.3 million grant…
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The discovery of nucleic acids is a recent event in the history of scientific phenomena and there is still much to learn from the enigma that is genetic code. Advances in computing techniques are ushering in a new age of understanding the macromolecules that form life as we know it. One Georgia Tech research group is now receiving well-deserved…
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Ten years ago, Samer Naif made an unexpected discovery in Earth’s mantle: a narrow pocket, proposed to be filled with magma, hidden some 60 kilometers beneath the seafloor of the Cocos Plate. Mantle melts are buoyant and typically float toward the surface — think underwater volcanoes that erupt to form strings of islands. But Naif’s imaging…
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The Covid-19 state of emergency may have ended, but Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts researchers continue to probe the pandemic for lessons that can help us prepare for the next catastrophic wave of illness. Researchers from four Ivan Allen College units recently published research on various aspects of the pandemic response, from the importance…
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People with weakened immune systems are at constant risk of infection. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common environmental bacterium, can colonize different body parts, such as the lungs, leading to persistent, chronic infections that can last a lifetime – a common occurrence in people with cystic fibrosis.But the bacteria can sometimes change their…
