GaTech Planning

A treat to serve in APA national leadership with #jacketplanners AICP commissioner Juan Borrelli, APA Region I rep Scott Turner, SRC past-chair Bianca Mers, and PAB board member Rachael Thompson Panik. @GaTech_Planning

Team Patchwork of @GaTech_Planning is the first prize winner in the @APA_Planning Student Planning and Design Competition!!! Congratulations Nick Lucovsky, Meryl Pawlick Andrew Sarphie, and Emma Uppelschoten!!!!  #NPC26

Congratulations Scott Turner and Marie Williams on induction to #FAICP!

Today is Giving Day! Your gift, no matter the size, helps send a message of how much @GeorgiaTech mission matters and how it makes a difference!!!🐝💪 gtgives.org/giving-day/105…

Best luck to #jacketplanner Team Terminus in the finals of @APA_Planning Student Planning and Design Competition during #NPC26 in Detroit! @GaTech_Planning linkedin.com/pulse/march-di…

We're excited to announce the release of the preliminary program for the 13th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium! We hope to see you all on Thursday, May 14th at Georgia State! atlantastudies.org/2026/04/13/pro…

APA Foundation Scholarships – Now Open! Support for students in planning who show academic merit, commitment to the profession, and financial need. These scholarships aim to expand access to planning education and strengthen communities nationwide. Application Window: Feb 25 – May 15, 2026 planning.org/foundation/sch…

We're hosting a gathering at 6pm at Manuel's Tavern TODAY (Thursday, March 19th at 602 N Highland NE, Atlanta) (now that the Tech Kate Marvel event was canceled). Just come - no need to RSVP! Spread the word and bring a friend! lnkd.in/eJaUbbcH

I love Jose Andres. Washington DC has loved him for decades for his restaurants and hospitality, and today we learned he's now fed over 600 million people through World Central Kitchen. I'm so happy he's with us in Atlanta and at GT. It's raining out but its sunny in here 🐝 🥘.

APA Foundation Scholarships – Now Open! Support for students in planning who show academic merit, commitment to the profession, and financial need. These scholarships aim to expand access to planning education and strengthen communities nationwide. Application Window: Feb 25 – May 15, 2026 planning.org/foundation/sch…

APA Foundation Scholarships – Now Open! Support for students in planning who show academic merit, commitment to the profession, and financial need. These scholarships aim to expand access to planning education and strengthen communities nationwide. Application Window: Feb 25 – May 15, 2026 planning.org/foundation/sch…

APA Foundation Scholarships – Now Open! Support for students in planning who show academic merit, commitment to the profession, and financial need. These scholarships aim to expand access to planning education and strengthen communities nationwide. Application Window: Feb 25 – May 15, 2026 2026 Opportunities: APA Foundation Scholarship in Planning, Charles Abrams Scholarship, Judith McManus Price Scholarship, and the APA Foundation Piuze Scholarship in Environmental Planning planning.org/foundation/sch…

Extending the abstract and session submission deadline by TWO WEEKS to Friday, February 27th! If you haven't already submitted, be sure to take advantage of this extra time so that you can join us for another amazing day of sharing research about Atlanta!

Thank you to all women who found a path to science at @GeorgiaTech and, along the way, made Georgia Tech better for others. This past year we celebrated them with a beautiful permanent installation on campus that's inspiring new generations to follow their example. Come see it!

Dzung Do Nguyen, @GaTech_Planning MCRP '13, and founder of enCity Singapore, was recognized for Design Excellence this past week by @DesignatGT How a planning degree blossoms! design.gatech.edu/design-excelle…

Pleased to be part of this important project setting out similarities and differences among planning systems around the world. THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL PLANNING to be published on 30 January 2026. routledge.com/.../Babali.../…

@GeorgiaTech's Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education celebrated 10 years of #CommunityEngagement and #sustainability leadership last night. @GeorgiaTech_SLS

Ready to turn your planning studies into real-world experience? Join our panel on making the most of your internship journey. Hear from a planner who hires interns, a graduate who landed a job through their internship, and an academic who connects students to opportunities—plus practical tips on standing out, building connections, and launching your planning career. plnn.org/3ZrJsF7

Ready to turn planning studies into real-world experience? Join our panel on maximizing your internship journey. Hear from a planner who hires interns, a graduate who turned an internship into a job, and an academic who connects students to opportunities—plus tips on standing out, networking, and launching your planning career. plnn.org/49Tj25e

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through Tech Tower, Not a Yellow Jacket was stirring, avoiding Atlanta rush hour, The rat caps were placed by the Whistle with care, In hopes that George P. Burdell soon would be there, Buzz was all nestled snug in his bed, While visions of Pop-Tarts danced in his head, And MaTech in her 'kerchief, and I in my rat cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap, When out on Tech Green there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my hammock to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a drone, Tore open the shutters and no time to postpone. The moon on the campanile glistening in snow, Gave a lustre of class change to objects below, When what to my wondering eyes did appear, But a golden Ramblin’ Wreck without power to steer, With a jolly good driver so lively and well, I knew in a moment he must be Burdell! More rapid than golden tornados his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name: "Now, Computing! now, Math! now Science and Mechanical! On, Engineering! on, Design! on, Aerospace, Give ‘em hell! To the top of The Flats! To the top of the Brittain Hall! Now buzz away! Buzz away! Buzz away all!" As leaves that before the wild Atlanta thunderstorm fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky; So up to Tech Tower top the coursers they flew, With the Wreck full of experiments, and Old Burdell too, And then, in a twinkling, I heard above, The stretching and snapping of a laboratory glove. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney George P. Burdell came with a bound. He was dressed all in gold, from his head to his feet, And his clothes were all tarnished with rubber pellets from his cleat, A bundle of test tubes he had flung on his back, And he looked like a rambler just opening his pack. His eyes—how they twinkled! His voice, what a singer! His cheeks were like honey, his nose like a stinger! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the stubble on his chin was maximized for air flow; The bite of a Junior’s burger he held tight in his teeth, Hiding his milkshake he kept just beneath, He had an indiscriminate face, that old bee, That shot a crooked smile, when he showed me his degree. He was sneaky and smart, a right jolly good fellow, And I laughed when I saw him, instead of saying “hello,” A wink of his eye and a twist of his head Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread, He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the rat caps; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, to the top of Tech Tower he rose; He sprang to the Wreck, and we all heard the Whistle, And away they all flew like an aerospace missile. But then he exclaimed, or so I thought I heard, “Happy Christmas to all, and to all — What’s the Good Word!?!?!”