Two Georgia State University graduate students have received 2026 Graduate Awards from the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA), recognizing their academic achievement, research potential and commitment to advancing science and technology.

Ahanab Hafiz Anab (M.S. '25), a doctoral student in computer science, and Haobo Cui (M.S. '26), a doctoral student in mathematics and statistics, are among only four students across SURA member universities to receive the award this year.

A new trajectory planning system developed by MIT researchers formally guarantees that an uncrewed aerial vehicle’s flight path will remain safe from collisions, even in unmapped environments with unknown moving obstacles. 

A landmark survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has revealed the once endangered species is thriving and stable in the Seychelles. Giant tortoises found on the Aldabra Atoll - one of two population centres in the world - are now numbered at around 180,000 individuals following five years of surveying and the use of sophisticated statistical techniques.