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Effective July 1, the Georgia Tech College of Sciences has a new unit focused on the life sciences — the School of Biological Sciences.
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School of Biology’s Joel Kostka, students engaged fifth-graders in oils spills, oil-eating bacteria.
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Biology professor aims to “sustain and propel” life sciences research and teaching at Georgia Tech
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The new unit consolidates Georgia Tech’s strength in the life sciences