Fullbright U.S. Student Awards Announced for 2024-2025 – 2024
The Georgia Institute of Technology is pleased to announce that five students and alumni have received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to study/conduct research in the fields of international business and neuroscience and serve as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Mongolia and Taiwan for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
ANISHA KANUKOLANU, B.S. NEUROSCIENCE, 2023, Research at the Technische Universität, Berlin, Berlin Germany. Anisha will conduct research under the guidance of Dr. Sein Jeung in the Berlin Mobile Brain-Body Imaging Lab. Anisha states, “I am very passionate about cultural competency and creating globally inclusive research. I want to conduct research in Germany to learn more about the highly multicultural academic landscape in neuroscience research.”
Academic Success & Advising Announces CCG & Advising Award Recipients – 2024
Christina Ragan wins the Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advisor Award
Asthma’s New Treatment Frontier – 2024
Asthma impacts more than 40 million Americans, and 10% of the world’s population. However, current anti-inflammatory treatments only partially control the disease’s symptoms. Now, Liang Han, an associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a $2.47M grant by the National Institute of Health to study the role our nervous system plays in asthma — and the potential for new treatments. The grant will fund five years of research, with work beginning this spring.
Neuroscience, Mental Health, & Motherhood – June 2nd, 2023
Christina Ragan and her husband Zachary Grieb have studied the neuroscience of mental health and parenthood for years, and are now set to become parents themselves.
College of Science Honors Faculty & Staff at Spring Sciences Celebration – April 20th, 2023
Dr. Thackery Brown (Psychology) was awarded the Cullen-Peck Faculty fellows award
Dr. Christina Ragan (Biological Sciences) was awarded the Eric R. Immel memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching
Mary Holder Elected President of Atlanta Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience – 2023
Mary K. Holder, a senior academic professional in the School of Psychology and associate director of Georgia Tech’s Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience, is adding a new title to her CV: President of the Atlanta chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (ACSFN).