*********************************
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
*********************************
More than 800 of Tech’s 1,100 faculty members outlined their concerns to the Georgia Board of Regents in a letter titled “Statement of Academic Faculty of Georgia Tech on the COVID-19 Crisis and Fall 2020 Semester.” ... Among those who signed were some of the university’s top researchers, including renowned physicist Walter de Heer, psychologist Randall Engle, chemist Seth Marder and atmospheric scientist Nga Lee Ng. Related coverage: AJC, AP, CNN (Seth Marder), NPR (Joshua Weitz), The Chronicle of Higher Education.
