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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 Atlanta March for Science brought more than 4,000 people into the streets around Candler Park on Saturday, April 22. The Atlanta demonstration was one of 600 satellite marches for science around the world. The main event took place in Washington D.C....Joshua Weitz, a professor of biosciences at Georgia Tech, took issue with the new administration's travel ban, which he said has impacted a student of his from Iran. Weitz is a professor in the School of Biological Sciences.