{"686237":{"#nid":"686237","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Powered by Community Support, Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Computing Exceeds Fundraising Target","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology is proud to announce that it has exceeded its campaign target, raising $75 million. The College raised the funds as part of Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/transformingtomorrow.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETransforming Tomorrow\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E capital campaign.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022If I have learned anything during this campaign, it is how lucky the College of Computing is to have such an invested and involved community,\u0022 said \u003Cstrong\u003EVivek Sarkar\u003C\/strong\u003E, John P. Imlay, Jr. Dean of Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough the College has met its fundraising goal, it hasn\u0027t met all its financial needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo meet ongoing needs, the College continues to partner with donors to expand opportunities for the whole community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne focus is undergraduate scholarships. Tech is affordable and is famously one of the highest-ROI public universities. The College is only able to meet 54 percent of its undergraduates\u0027 financial needs, however, leaving many brilliant students struggling to cover the costs of their education. Donor scholarships are the primary vehicle for reducing this gap.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFaculty recruiting is also essential. The College has invested in and grown its tenure-track faculty by 38 percent over the past five years, but still has more to do, since enrollment grew by 65 percent during the same period. More flexible faculty endowments would give the College a much-needed edge in recruiting and retaining the best.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother goal is to work with corporate partners to build real-world, classroom-integrated opportunities for students. The College is particularly focused on expanding beyond its ties to tech companies to find opportunities in tech-adjacent industries such as retail, healthcare, and logistics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe College\u0027s final goal is to grow the unrestricted funds available to the dean and school chairs through the Excellence Funds. These unrestricted funds allow the College to meet ever-changing challenges in our exciting and uncertain times.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe funds raised so far in the College have led to concrete advances.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/major-philanthropic-grant-will-create-new-center-advance-open-source-software\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchmidt Sciences funded a new Center for Scientific Software Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, which partners with researchers to accelerate scientific discovery. The Hopper-Dean Fund helped launch programs that support K-12 computing education across Georgia and the nation. The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/bharat-endowed-faculty-professorships\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKrishna Bharat Chair in Computational Journalism\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E will support two faculty members who are researching information access.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe College has also received multiple junior faculty fellowship awards, which fund some of the most creative, forward-thinking research in the College. \u003Cstrong\u003EKexin\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ERong\u003C\/strong\u003E, an assistant professor in the School of Computer Science, used \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/georgia-tech-awarded-15m-build-people-centric-network-national-research-database\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eher award to work on democratizing data science\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cstrong\u003EJosiah\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EHester\u003C\/strong\u003E, an associate professor in the School of Interactive Computing, used his award to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/professor-using-minikers-harvest-energy-through-everyday-activities\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ebuild sensors powered by their environments\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGraduate students have also received a boost. The JP Morgan AI Ph.D. Research Award supports some of the College\u0027s most promising doctoral researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe College also raised endowed funding for crucial undergraduate scholarships. These vital funds will help scores of students stay on track to complete their courses despite personal financial challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am excited to see our committed donors and friends continue to invest in the College of Computing. With their support, we can meet all of our funding objectives and seize opportunities as they arise,\u0022 Sarkar said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing is building support for undergraduate scholarship and faculty development thanks to donor investment.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The College of Computing is building support for undergraduate scholarship and faculty development thanks to donor investment."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2025-11-05 22:13:45","changed_gmt":"2025-11-05 23:09:32","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"678556":{"id":"678556","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Transforming Tomorrow campaign graphic","body":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Transforming Tomorrow campaign graphic\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1762381071","gmt_created":"2025-11-05 22:17:51","changed":"1762381071","gmt_changed":"2025-11-05 22:17:51","alt":"Georgia Tech Transforming Tomorrow campaign graphic","file":{"fid":"262608","name":"Unknown-1.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/11\/05\/Unknown-1.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/11\/05\/Unknown-1.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":89827,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/11\/05\/Unknown-1.jpeg?itok=X08bPUxY"}}},"media_ids":["678556"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"193234","name":"Campaign Stories"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10199","name":"Daily Digest"},{"id":"181991","name":"Georgia Tech News Center"},{"id":"194752","name":"transforming tomorrow"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnn Claycombe, Communications Director\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Computing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eclaycombe@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}