Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026

On this day in 1979, President Jimmy Carter (Georgia Tech’s only alumnus to serve in the office) proposed the creation of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. As this year’s holiday approaches, you can plan to participate in the annual Day of Service or tour the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.

The annual Career, Research, and Innovation Development Conference will take place later this month. Registration closes Thursday, Jan. 16.

Researchers brought a prototype haptic device to students in Georgia Tech’s EXCEL Program as part of a study developing wearable technology.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has awarded an interdisciplinary team nearly $1 million in funding to restore coastal wetlands in Georgia. 

Men’s Basketball vs. Pittsburgh
7 p.m.
McCamish Pavilion

Technology Design and Ethics in India: Information Session
7 – 8 p.m.
Online

Will AI Change Cartography, or Will Cartographers Change AI?Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Hodges Room, Third Floor, Centergy One Building

Free Coffee @ Grace House
1 – 6 p.m.
Grace House, 182 Fifth Street NW

Cosmic Missteps: Turning Research Failures Into Art
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Scholars Event Theater, Price Gilbert Library

Endnote 2025
4 – 5 p.m.
Online

Redefining Access: Preparing for the New ADA Title II Standards
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Online

Editor-in-Chief Summit: Navigating Academic Publishing
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
President’s Suites A and B, Bill Moore Student Success Center

Makar Sankranti Festival
Noon – 3 p.m.
Couch Park, Burger Bowl Field