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• Children’s garden opening
  Next weekend in Athens, the State Botanical Garden of Georgia will host the grand opening of its Alice H. Richards Children’s Garden. The 2.5-acre garden is designed to be a destination for approximately 50,000 children each year to learn more about Georgia’s natural resources through planned activities, such as planting, and free play. The new […]
• InVenture Prize awarded
  Georgia Tech’s coveted first place InVenture Prize of $20,000 was awarded this week to Ethos Medical, a company created by former biomedical and mechanical engineering students. The prize is the culmination of a faculty-led innovation competition among current and recently graduated Georgia Tech students, sometimes called American Idol for Nerds. As undergraduates, the Ethos Medical […]
• See Macon’s cherry blossoms
  Macon is home to 350,000 Yoshino cherry trees, making it the cherry blossom capital of the world. To celebrate the blooms, the city’s annual International Cherry Blossom Festival will be held March 23-31. A sneak preview of the blooms as they open is now available via the Blossom Cam, a live webcam. It’s the result […]