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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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Georgia Tech and Tongji University in Shanghai, China recently teamed up to launch the Eco Urban Lab, an international partnership to build smarter, cleaner cities in world experiencing rapid urbanization. Associate professor Perry Yang of Georgia Tech's College of Architecture will co-lead the new lab which will focus on urban modeling, benchmarking the city performance, and studying issues of rapid urban transition. The partnership that began with student and faculty exchanges in 2010 became official following a visit to Shanghai by Yang and the dean of Georgia Tech’s College of Architecture, Steve French. The two universities will co-organize the International Conference on Ecological Urban Systems this December in Shanghai.
