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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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"The health situation in the world is both dire and correctable," said William H. Foege who was honored with Georgia Tech's 2012 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage. "Poverty is an emergency and should be approached as if you were approaching a drowning person....We are getting so many good people wanting to go into public health, can we handle all of them? Of course we can. The problems are so great.” Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle Saporta Report March 26, 2012