2018-19 News Stories
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'Leaving no stone unturned' at the Ninth Eastern Hellbender Symposium , redirectWith support from the Fralin Life Sciences Institute at Virginia Tech and several other co-sponsors, the ninth Biennial Hellbender Symposium recently held three days of talks, exhibitions, and poster sessions.
Date: Jul 15, 2019 - -
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Welcome Jessica Nicholson! New GCC Administrative Associate , articleWe’d like to welcome Jessica Nicholson as she joins the Global Change Center this month in the new role of Administrative Associate!
Date: Jul 15, 2019 - -
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Fall 2019 Course of Interest to IGC: Human Dimensions of Fisheries and Wildlife , articleGCC Faculty member, Dr. Ashley Dayer, is teaching a course titled Human Dimensions of Fisheries and Wildlife this Fall:
Date: Jul 15, 2019 - -
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Evolution2019 Dispatches: Navigating relationships between science and the public , articleHow do we bridge the gap between scientific and public knowledge and address the resulting disconnect between data and public policy?
Date: Jul 05, 2019 - -
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Six students receive Sigma Xi Awards for 2019 , redirectCongratulations to IGC Fellow, Sydney Hope, for receiving a 2019 Sigma Xi scholarship award. IGC Fellow Lauren Wind was one of three runner-ups also awarded induction into Sigma Xi – kudos!
Date: Jul 02, 2019 - -
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Six IGC Fellows awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships , articleCongratulations to several IGC Fellows awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships in 2019!!
Date: Jun 30, 2019 - -
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Marc Stern facilitates local solutions to global climate challenges , redirectWith extreme environmental events, such as drought, coastal and river flooding, and wildfires, increasing in frequency, there is an urgent need to develop strategies that will reduce negative outcomes.
Date: Jun 28, 2019 - -
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IGC fellows initiate an interdisciplinary effort to tackle invasive species , articleNature’s special issue about interdisciplinarity in 2015 referred to interdisciplinary research as an attempt to save the world by solving the grand challenges we are facing, such as energy, water, and climate (Nature News, 2015).
Date: Jun 22, 2019 - -
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GCC advisory committee service transitions to four new members , articleSeveral Global Change Center faculty members have just completed their multi-year terms on the GCC advisory committee. Please join us in sharing appreciation...
Date: Jun 14, 2019 - -
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To Save The Science Poster, Researchers Want To Kill It And Start Over , articleMike Morrison hardly looks like a revolutionary. He’s wearing a dark suit and has short hair. But we’re about to enter a world of conformity that hasn’t changed in decades — maybe even a century. And in there, his vision seems radical.
Date: Jun 11, 2019 - -
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IGC Fellows get first-hand experience arbitrating scientific knowledge for policymakers , articleThe Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) regulates harmful plants, or “noxious weeds”, in our state (Code of Virginia, Title 3.2 Subtitle I, Chapter 8). Many of these harmful plants are also invasive species...
Date: Jun 10, 2019 - -
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Our water cycle diagrams give a false sense of water security , redirectArticle from Science Daily. Pictures of the earth's water cycle used in education and research throughout the world are in urgent need of updating to show the effects of human interference, according to new analysis by an international team of hydrology experts.
Date: Jun 10, 2019 - -
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IGC Fellows Engage the Community Change Collaborative on How Interdisciplinary Invasion Science Can Shape Policy and Action , articleInvasive species are one of the principal facets of Global Environmental Change. As with other crises such as climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction, the biological implications of invasive species are closely entwined with their socio-cultural contexts.
Date: Jun 01, 2019 - -
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Nine GCC faculty earn Tenure and/or Promotion in 2019 , articleCongratulations to nine Global Change Center affiliated faculty members who have earned tenure and promotion in June 2019 as a result of their outstanding achievements in teaching, research, and service.
Date: Jun 01, 2019 - -
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Backyard Biodiversity Bonanza: An IGC outreach event , articleInterfaces of Global Change graduate students hosted a science outreach day at 2351 Glade Road in Blacksburg, VA.
Date: Jun 01, 2019 - -
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Water & Health in Rural China & Appalachia Conference at VT – October 4th, 2019 , articleThe goal of this one-day conference is to connect VT faculty and students with researchers and officials from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) and UC Berkeley in order to share past/present/planned research...
Date: May 31, 2019 - -
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Congrats! Sydney Hope receives Burd Sheldon McGinnes Fellowship & RVBC Ornithology Scholarship , articleGC Fellow, Sydney Hope, has been selected as a 2019-2020 winner of the Burd Sheldon McGinnes Graduate Fellowship, and has also received the Roanoke Valley Bird Club – Ornithology Scholarship.
Date: May 21, 2019 - -
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IGC Seminar Reflection Series: Navigating elephants in the room , articlePepsi or coke? Cats or dogs? Evolution or creationism? Some topics are easier than others to discuss.
Date: May 08, 2019 - -
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Virginia Tech team working to preserve the treasure of Hawaii’s forests , redirectA shoot of green rises on an expanse of recently cooled lava on Hawaii’s Big Island, the first evidence of seeds that have slipped through cracks and fissures to take advantage of moisture trapped in the new earth.
Date: May 07, 2019 - -
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IGC Fellows impress at the 4th Annual IGC Research Symposium , articleThe Fourth Annual Interfaces of Global Change (IGC) Graduate Research Symposium was held on April 25, 2019 in Fralin Hall.
Date: May 01, 2019 - -
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Researchers lead Kids’ Tech University session about sea level rise , redirectAnamaria Bukvic and Sarah Karpanty led a Kids’ Tech University session about the impacts of sea level rise on March 30 at Virginia Tech.
Date: May 01, 2019 - -
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New working group: plastic pollution in freshwater systems , articlePlastic pollution – specifically microplastics (MPs), which are <5mm sized plastic particles – is now ubiquitous in oceans and rivers.
Date: Apr 17, 2019 - -
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IGC Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Cathy Bodinof Jachowski , articleDr. Cathy Bodinof Jachowski, an Interfaces of Global Change fellow and alumna, accepted a position as an assistant professor at Clemson University in the Forestry and Environmental Conservation Department in August 2016.
Date: Apr 12, 2019 - -
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IGC Seminar Reflection Series: Scientists Need to Move More than Boxes, by Lauren Wind , articleScientists like putting data into their own specific boxes. Scientists stack those boxes based on things like significance and trends.
Date: Apr 10, 2019 - -
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Congrats Sydney Hope, Cristina Marcillo & Jeff Walters! , articleOutstanding students and faculty mentors honored during 2019 Graduate Education Week.
Date: Apr 09, 2019 - -
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IGC Seminar Reflection Series: Walking the Talk of Conservation Biology, by Brenen Wynd , articleHow many earths are needed to support our individual lifestyles? First year IGC fellow, Devin Hoffman, started his IGC seminar by polling the classroom about how sustainably we live.
Date: Apr 06, 2019 - -
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Ancient ‘Snowball Earth' thawed out in a flash (from Science.org) , redirectRocks in China point to a geologically fast melting event 635 million years ago.
Date: Apr 02, 2019 - -
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Testing the water: Virginia Tech team (Cayelan Carey's lab) launches system to predict water conditions , redirectEach morning, Jamie Morris, water production manager at the Western Virginia Water Authority in Roanoke, receives an automated email from a team of Virginia Tech researchers. It resembles a weather forecast. But instead of predicting weather...
Date: Apr 02, 2019 - -
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Dr. Hopkins presents Interdisciplinary Graduate Education initiatives to VT’s Board of Visitors , articleBill Hopkins had the opportunity to brief the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors on April 1, 2019 about Interdisciplinary Graduate Education initiatives at Virginia Tech.
Date: Apr 01, 2019 - -
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Researchers study people who feed birds in their backyards with implications for bird conservation , redirectThis research was jointly funded by the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech and the Institute for Science, Culture, and Environment.
Date: Mar 26, 2019 - -
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IGC Professional Development Series: Alternative Careers | Susan Cook-Patton, The Nature Conservancy , articleOn March 8th, the IGC’s Professional Development Series: Alternative Careers hosted Susan Cook-Patton, PhD.
Date: Mar 25, 2019 - -
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Program prepares farming communities in Nepal for impacts of a changing climate , redirectA Virginia Tech program is analyzing how climate change in Nepal affects distribution of invasive species, livelihoods of smallholder farmers, and food and land availability.
Date: Mar 22, 2019 - -
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What’s in your indoor air? (From NPR Radio IQ) , redirectFor decades, indoor air pollution has actually exceeded outdoor pollution. And that’s because in a closed environment, synthetic materials in things like flooring and furniture, outgas, sending particles into the air.
Date: Mar 19, 2019 - -
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Grad students host first communication science conference , redirectAbout 50 Virginia Tech graduate students recently honed their abilities to connect complex topics to people as part of the campus’ first ComSciCon-Virginia Tech.
Date: Mar 18, 2019 - -
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2019 Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Andrew Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan , articleAndrew Hoffman, the Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise for University of Michigan and author, will visit Virginia Tech on Friday, March 22.
Date: Mar 11, 2019 - -
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RFP: Climate Change Impacts on Chesapeake Bay Restoration , articleThe Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) and the Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) are now accepting proposals...
Date: Mar 11, 2019 - -
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Building community at the 2019 GCC Faculty Retreat , articleThe annual GCC Faculty Retreat was held on Friday, March 1, 2019. The event was well attended with around 50 members participating throughout the day!
Date: Mar 04, 2019 - -
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IGC Professional Development Series: Alternative Careers | John Andrews, Lincoln Park Zoo , articleA growing trend among graduate students emphasizse one important fact: job as a tenure track assistant professor or research scientist may no longer be a viable option for everyone.
Date: Mar 01, 2019 - -
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Two College of Science faculty members receive 2019 SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award , redirectSterling Nesbitt, an assistant professor with the Department of Geosciences, and Leo Piilonen, a professor with the Department of Physics, are recipients of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia’s 2019 Outstanding Faculty Awards.
Date: Mar 01, 2019 - -
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Julia Simpson awarded the 2019 GCC Science Policy Fellowship , articleThe Global Change Center recently awarded the 2019 Undergraduate Science Policy Fellowship to Julia Simpson to attend the Washington Semester Program during summer semester this year. Ms. Simpson is the sixth student to receive this award.
Date: Feb 19, 2019 - -
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Virginia Tech researchers tackle the biological invasions crisis , articleBiological invasions by non-native organisms are one of the most important aspects of rapid global change, costing the global economy greater than $1 trillion annually. Globally, biological invasions also decimate local flora and fauna, contribute to disease outbreaks and agricultural loss, and threaten human health.
Date: Feb 18, 2019 - -
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The Fralin Life Science Institute supports sustainability and green lab efforts , redirectThese strategies include implementing recycling streams, always shutting the sash on fume hoods, regularly turning off lights, and increasing the temperatures on ultralow temperature freezers from -80 degree to -70 degrees.
Date: Feb 15, 2019 - -
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IGC Seminar Reflection Series: What are the Facts? Moving Beyond Adversarial Science, by Devin Hoffman , articleComplex problems require complex solutions and have far reaching impacts on different groups of people and stakeholders.
Date: Feb 14, 2019 - -
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Multi-institutional team evaluates several factors for the success of a species reintroduction , articleMeryl Mims is lead author on a new paper published this week in Ecosphere. She and her colleagues evaluated the potential roles of environmental, demographic, and genetic factors in the success of a species reintroduction.
Date: Feb 14, 2019 - -
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Biology professor, Ignacio Moore, aims to better educate students on sex and gender (from the Collegiate Times) , redirectThe differences between sex and gender has sparked many discussions in today’s society. Prominent news agencies such as The New York Times and BBC often publish articles to discuss and introduce new ideas about sex, sexuality and gender.
Date: Feb 12, 2019 - -
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Winter Storms To Heat Waves, How Better Climate Data Can Make Us More Prepared (from NPR) , redirectIn a cow pasture near Shawnee in central Oklahoma, Kirk Wilson parks his work truck, grabs a harness, and prepares for a 30-foot climb.
Date: Jan 30, 2019 - -
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Interfaces of Global Change IGEP welcomes 6 new fellows in Spring 2019! , articleThe Interfaces of Global Change IGEP welcomes 6 new Ph.D. fellows in Spring 2019. This brings the program’s enrollment to 54 fellows strong in 2019!
Date: Jan 29, 2019 - -
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13 undergraduate students awarded GCC research grants for 2019 , articleThe Global Change Center at Virginia Tech, with support from the Fralin Life Science Institute, is proud to sponsor undergraduate students and their research projects that align with our mission for advancing collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches to address...
Date: Jan 17, 2019 - -
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New environmental sensing and monitoring system tested and evaluated at Virginia Tech , redirectOn the edge of Virginia Tech’s campus, on a stretch of farmland that few students ever visit, small boxes are whirling through the season’s change to winter, collecting and transmitting data that will make it easier for scientists to monitor and collect data across landscapes.
Date: Jan 05, 2019 - -
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Dr. Paul Turner, Yale Biologist, to give MLK Seminar on January 25th , articleDr. Paul Turner, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, will give the Eighth Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Seminar in the Biocomplexity Institute Auditorium on Friday, January 25, 2019 at 12:20 pm.
Date: Jan 01, 2019 - -
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Radford Arsenal Transparency and Virginia Tech Data Forge Positive Community Relations (from WVTF.org) , redirectAfter decades of suspicion about what exactly is going on at the Radford Arsenal in southwestern Virginia, community relations are improving.
Date: Dec 15, 2018 - -
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Virginia Tech researcher, Todd Schenk, offers tips for breaking bread over the holidays , redirectAs families and friends gather for the holidays, a Virginia Tech expert offers tips for dinner-table conversations around contentious issues.
Date: Dec 12, 2018 - -
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ComSciCon-local at Virginia Tech this March , articleThe Global Change Center is proud to be one of the co-sponsors of Virginia Tech’s first ComSciCon-local event!
Date: Dec 11, 2018 - -
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Funding available to support recruitment of IGC Fellows , articleFinancial support is available to GCC faculty who are hosting prospective graduate students that have interest in the Interfaces of Global Change Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program.
Date: Dec 07, 2018 - -
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The Mass Extinction Detectives: Sterling Nesbitt contributes to NPR’s Science Friday , redirectJust inches under his fingertips is the skull of a 210-million-year-old creature entombed in the gritty sandstone. But as Irmis huddles on the narrow ledge and chips away at the block with a chisel and hammer, he notices—to his alarm—he has unearthed a crack.
Date: Dec 07, 2018 - -
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IGC Seminar Reflection Series: Interdisciplinary Organizations and Research, by Ben Kligman and Jennie Wagner , articleMany of the most pressing environmental challenges cannot be solved by individual scientists or single academic disciplines.
Date: Dec 05, 2018 - -
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Interactions between thermoregulatory behavior and physiological acclimatization in a wild lizard population , articleBehavioral thermoregulation and physiological plasticity have long been recognized as key traits that should buffer organisms from the pernicious effects of climate warming.
Date: Dec 03, 2018 - -
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Global Change Center seed grants awarded for 2018-19 , articleEach year, the Global Change Center (GCC), along with the Institute for Society, Creativity and the Environment (ISCE) at Virginia Tech, accept proposals from GCC faculty to support interdisciplinary research that will lead to collaborative proposals submitted to extramural funding sources.
Date: Nov 30, 2018 - -
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Seed grants helping to grow Virginia Tech’s transdisciplinary capacities, contributions , redirectCongratulations to several GCC faculty affiliates collaborating on transdisciplinary teams across campus!
Date: Nov 29, 2018 - -
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Invasive Asian Longhorned Tick Spreading Widely in U.S. (from the CDC.gov) , redirectThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with public health, agricultural, and academic experts to understand the possible threat posed by the spread of the Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis)...
Date: Nov 29, 2018 - -
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The Search For Giant, Rare Salamanders That Live In Georgia (from WABE.org) , redirectIn the deep woods of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a cold, clear stream flows. Below a canopy of twisted rhododendrons, seven people in black wetsuits creep upstream through the water. They look like Gollum, sleek in their neoprene, crouching in the water, feeling under rocks.
Date: Nov 27, 2018 - -
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Mary Lofton, New GSA Co-Chair Elect (from GLEON.org) , redirectI am writing to introduce myself as the new Co-Chair Elect of the GLEON Student Association. I am honored and excited to be taking on this role and very much look forward to working with you all over the next couple of years.
Date: Nov 27, 2018 - -
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GCC Director, Dr. William Hopkins, to deliver keynote speech at Graduate School Commencement ceremony on Dec. 14 , redirectJudge Josiah Showalter Jr. ’84 and William Hopkins, professor of wildlife in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, will deliver the keynote addresses at Virginia Tech’s 2018 fall University and Graduate School Commencement ceremonies on Friday, Dec. 14.
Date: Nov 21, 2018 - -
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Fourth National Climate Assessment assimilates the immediate effects of climate change across the U.S. , articleThe Global Change Research Act of 1990 mandates that the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) deliver a report to Congress and the President no less than every four years that “1) integrates, evaluates, and interprets the findings of the Program…
Date: Nov 20, 2018 - -
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Researchers discover how 'cryptic' connections in disease transmission influence epidemics , redirectA new study by researchers of disease transmission in bats has broad implications for understanding hidden or “cryptic” connections that can spread diseases between species and lead to large-scale outbreaks.
Date: Nov 19, 2018 - -
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See how a warmer world primed California for large fires- from National Geographic , redirectFires are natural in California: Many of its ecosystems, from the chaparral of Southern California to the northern pine forests, evolved to burn frequently.
Date: Nov 15, 2018 - -
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Candidates for Fish Ecology Faculty position to present seminars on campus , articleThe Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation within the College of Natural Resources welcomes three candidates to campus in the coming weeks as part of the search to fill a new Fish Ecology Faculty position.
Date: Nov 15, 2018 - -
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IGC Seminar Reflection Series: A New Look on Leadership, by Bennett Grooms , articleThink about a time when you worked in a team or organization that succeeded and got things done. What was the role of leadership?
Date: Nov 12, 2018 - -
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New Course for Spring 2019 – Advocacy, Science, and Policy of Invasive Species , articleAdvocacy, Science, and Policy of Invasive Species | Instructors: Drs. David Haak (SPES) and Scott Salom (ENT)
Date: Nov 09, 2018 - -
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Surface water and flood dynamics increase vulnerability to waterborne disease and climate change , redirectResearchers have now uncovered how surface water dynamics may increase the vulnerability of dependent populations to diarrheal disease and climate change.
Date: Nov 08, 2018 - -
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IGC Fellows, Brenen Wynd and Bennett Grooms, participate in the 2018 Nutshell Games! , articleWe are very proud of IGC Fellows, Brenen Wynd, and Bennett Grooms who recently participated in the Center of Communicating Science’s “Nutshell Games”...
Date: Nov 06, 2018 - -
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Water experts to study emerging threat of antibiotic resistance , redirectThe CDC recently awarded two contracts to study antibiotic resistance in recycled water and in plumbing to Amy Pruden and Marc Edwards...
Date: Nov 05, 2018 - -
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Conservationists get a billion dollars. Here’s how it may help. (from National Geographic) , articleHumans are rapidly taming the world’s wild places. In the past century, nearly 80 percent of all land has been modified or impacted by human development.
Date: Oct 31, 2018 - -
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Meet the maverick mayor of Glen Lyn in new Save Our Towns season , redirectGlen Lyn’s one-of-a-kind mayor, Howard Spencer, says, “I’m either the biggest crook that’s ever been in this county, or I’m trying to do things the right way.”
Date: Oct 31, 2018 - -
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IGC Seminar Reflection Series: The Science of Scientific Consensus, by Becca O’Brien , articleThe Sun circles the earth! Spontaneous generation can bring forth life! The earth is one solid mass! These are all statements that the majority of scientists once agreed with, but that we now recognize to be incorrect.
Date: Oct 29, 2018 - -
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“Science is bigger than you think!” IGC at the 2018 Virginia Tech Science Festival , articleThe IGC Grad Student Organization sponsored an outreach table at the Virginia Tech Science Festival Expo in the Moss Arts Center from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm held on Saturday, October 27th.
Date: Oct 27, 2018 - -
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Hokie Spirit at the IGC IGEP Fall Picnic! , articleIt was a picturesque, autumn day for sharing Hokie Pride, along with some friendly competition!
Date: Oct 25, 2018 - -
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Changing climate forces desperate Guatemalans to migrate , articleEduardo Méndez López lifts his gaze to the sky, hoping to see clouds laden with rain. After months of subsisting almost exclusively on plain corn tortillas and salt, his eyes and cheeks appear sunken in, his skin stretched thin over bone.
Date: Oct 23, 2018 - -
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New Course: Intro. to Microbial Community Analysis , articleDrs. Brian Badgley, David Haak (SPES), Lisa Belden, and Frank Aylward (BIOL) are offering a new, broad-based soils course for those that have had little exposure to the belowground world. If you are interested in…
Date: Oct 23, 2018 - -
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IGC Seminar Reflection Series: Fellows in Doubt, by Kristen Bretz and Camilo Alfonso , articleA sense of gloom and frustration clung to the air along with the late lingering Virginia humidity as the first year IGC fellows met for their weekly seminar on September 24 to discuss denialism and the Merchants of Doubt...
Date: Oct 22, 2018 - -
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IGC Seminar Reflection Series: Role-play exercise for multi-stakeholder collaboration, by Chloe Moore and Hye-jeong Seo , articleNavigating the challenges of global change will require scientists to engage with countless, diverse stakeholders in collaborative decision-making.
Date: Oct 17, 2018 - -
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People Need Lakes and Lakes Need People; Friends of Claytor Lake (from wvtf.org) , redirectAfter Hurricane Florence hit the southeast coast last month, Claytor Lake, hundreds of miles away in southwestern Virginia, took a hit.
Date: Oct 17, 2018 - -
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Interfaces of Global Change IGEP manifests in haiku form , articleThe Graduate School’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program (IGEP) fall reception was held on October 10, 2018.
Date: Oct 16, 2018 - -
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Bill Gates launches effort to help the world adapt to climate change (from National Geographic) , articleIn Bangladesh, low-lying and vulnerable to yearly flooding, farmers are shifting from raising chickens to raising ducks. Ducks can swim.
Date: Oct 16, 2018 - -
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Mammal diversity will take millions of years to recover from the current biodiversity crisis (from PNAS.org) , redirectWithout coordinated conservation, it will likely take millions of years for mammals to naturally recover from the biodiversity losses they are predicted to endure over the next 50 y.
Date: Oct 15, 2018 - -
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Virginia Tech Science Festival returns Oct. 27 , redirectThe Virginia Tech Science Festival returns to campus Saturday, Oct. 27, with 93 free hands-on, minds-on learning interactive booths and activities.
Date: Oct 12, 2018 - -
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Interdisciplinary REEU program studies real world issues at the “Confluence of Water and Society” , articleIf you live in the New River Valley, chances are that your local news (and perhaps your social media feeds) have included mention of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) construction, which began in Spring 2018.
Date: Oct 09, 2018 - -
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Climate change impacts worse than expected, global report warns (from National Geographic) , articleThe impacts and costs of 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) of global warming will be far greater than expected...
Date: Oct 07, 2018 - -
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Sydney Hope recaps her avian research abroad in Villiers-en-Bois, France , articleSydney Hope returned to Virginia Tech this fall semester after spending 7 months overseas conducting avian research at the Centre d’Etudes Biologique de Chizé (CEBC) in Villiers-en-Bois, France.
Date: Oct 05, 2018 - -
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Touring the Center Woods research facilities with House and Senate Committee members , articleIn a recent visit to the Virginia Tech campus, approximately forty state representatives toured several research facilities across campus...
Date: Oct 05, 2018 - -
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IGC Seminar Reflection Series: Threats to Expertise, by Korin Jones , articleDoes our training as global change scientists make us experts? Can we use our expertise to influence policy, public debate, and action?
Date: Oct 03, 2018 - -
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Science event brings the laboratory out into the public (from the Roanoke Times) , redirectMichelle Stocker will lead next Science on Tap event on Nov. 1st!
Date: Sep 30, 2018 - -
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Federal Agency Panel session sponsored by Career and Professional Development, October 8, 2018 , articleFor students who are interested in working for the federal government, an upcoming Federal Agency Panel session sponsored by Career and Professional Development will be held on Monday, October 8th...
Date: Sep 28, 2018 - -
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Students examine impacts of pipeline construction through ecological and cultural lens , redirectVirginia Tech faculty and eight undergraduate students from universities around the country spent the summer monitoring ecological and social impacts of Mountain Valley Pipeline construction...
Date: Sep 24, 2018 - -
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New Undergraduate Study Abroad Course Announcement: Darwin’s Galapagos , articleDarwin’s Galapagos: Evolution in the Anthropocene is a new course that will be offered by Drs. Ignacio Moore, William Hopkins and Peter Graham in Spring 2019.
Date: Sep 24, 2018 - -
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Congratulations, Dr. Gifty Anane-Taabeah! , articleKudos to Dr. Gifty Anane-Taabeah for successfully defending her PhD dissertation on Tuesday, September 18, 2018!
Date: Sep 21, 2018 - -
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Now accepting applications for the 2019 Undergraduate Science Policy Fellowship , articleThe Global Change Center (GCC) offers competitive fellowships to undergraduate students to cover the cost of tuition (in-state, 6 credits), housing and fees to attend the Washington Semester Program during summer semester.
Date: Sep 20, 2018 - -
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IGC Fellows float the New River! , articleOn a beautiful September morning, a group of IGC members got together on the New River with two bucket boats...
Date: Sep 17, 2018 - -
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John Little reappointed Charles E. Via Jr. Professor , redirectJohn Little, professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, was reappointed the Charles E. Via Jr. Professor...
Date: Sep 17, 2018 - -
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Former Brazilian minister of the environment to speak at Virginia Tech , redirectA global leader and authority in sustainability efforts and the development of environmental and climate change policy will be speaking at Virginia Tech and discussing future avenues for collaboration.
Date: Sep 12, 2018 - -
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Geosciences to host film screening to challenge science gender stereotypes , redirectThe Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences is sponsoring a screening of the short documentary film "The Bearded Lady Project: Challenging the Face of Science," followed by a panel discussion.
Date: Sep 12, 2018 - -
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Disaster aid: new research uses analytics to improve placement of supplies , redirectWhen disaster strikes, having relief supplies in the right place to be deployed swiftly is critical.
Date: Sep 11, 2018 - -
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Invitation to Faculty: Rotating Resilience Roundtables, October 11 & 12th at VT , articleIf you are interested in what is going on in our coastal zone this will be a great opportunity to interact with stakeholders from Hampton Roads area in person and in a small group setting.
Date: Sep 10, 2018 - -
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Invasive Reptiles Are Taking Over Florida—and Devouring Its Birds Along the Way , articleBirds like Roseate Spoonbills and Burrowing Owls are ending up in the stomachs of hungry pythons and nile monitors. Is it too late to stop them?
Date: Sep 05, 2018 - -
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Eleven new fellows are welcomed to the Interfaces of Global Change IGEP in Fall 2018 , articleThe Interfaces of Global Change Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program will begin its sixth year with a cohort of eleven new Ph.D. students!
Date: Aug 31, 2018 - -
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Virginia Tech researchers host international meeting on mange in wildlife , redirectThe International Meeting on Sarcoptic Mange in Wildlife was held at Virginia Tech on June 4 and 5, 2018, hosted by the College of Natural Resources and Environment.
Date: Aug 30, 2018 - -
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A summer at EPA headquarters: Reflections from James Maze’s Science Policy Fellowship , articleLike many other undergraduate interns, I made the pilgrimage to Washington for a summer of sticky heat and bustling activity.
Date: Aug 28, 2018 - -
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VT-FAST: A new resource for Virginia Tech faculty , redirectVT-FAST is a virtual team of faculty and staff across campus who support faculty at Virginia Tech in all aspects of grant and proposal development
Date: Aug 20, 2018 - -
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Virginia Tech researchers studying how fungus among us can control invasive tree of heaven , articleThe kudzu of the tree world could one day be controlled by a fungus.
Date: Aug 19, 2018 - -
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Congratulations to Drs. Tamara Fetters and Carl Wepking! , articleAugust 9th, 2018 was a big day last week for both the Interfaces of Global Change IGEP and the Biology Department at Virginia Tech, as two IGC fellows successfully defended their PhD dissertations with flying colors!
Date: Aug 10, 2018 - -
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Postcards from the field: Nicole Ward is working on linking people and water in Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire , articleHi! I am writing from Sunapee Harbor on Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire, USA. My field season is wrapping up now, but I’ve been here for three months!
Date: Aug 09, 2018 - -
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Postcards from the field: Cristina Marcillo in Guatemala , articleThis July, I have been working in Guatemala conducting a drinking water monitoring study of San Rafael las Flores, home to the Escobal silver mine, and co-leading a water-monitoring workshop for citizen scientists...
Date: Aug 03, 2018 -