2013-14 News Stories
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Article ItemThe IGC IGEP Welcomes New Fellows , article
The IGC IGEP Welcomes 5 New Fellows in 2014-2015 with a reception at the Hahn Horticulture Garden.
Date: Aug 06, 2014 -
Article ItemHeather Govenor Receives the 2014 William R. Walker Award , article
Heather is a Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Tech in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering and a fellow in the Interfaces of Global Change Program.
Date: Jun 26, 2014 -
Article ItemTamara Fetters Receives NSF Research Fellowship , article
IGC Fellow, Tamara Fetters, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Date: Jun 11, 2014 -
Article ItemNew Course: Biological Invasions Fall 2014 , article
Dr. Jacob Barney, will offer BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS, PPWS 4604 and 5604G, during fall semester 2014.
Date: Jun 11, 2014 -
Article ItemAlumni Award for Excellence in Teaching Goes to Dana Hawley , article
Dana M. Hawley, associate professor of biological sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has received the university's 2014 Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Date: Apr 22, 2014 -
Article ItemKeynote: Susan Joy Hassol addresses IGC IGEP , article
The Interfaces of Global Change IGEP recently held their Spring Retreat at the Skelton Conference Center at Virginia Tech. The day included a special seminar featuring Susan Joy Hassol, Director of Climate Communication.
Date: Apr 18, 2014 -
Article ItemPassport to Discovery: An IGC IGEP outreach day , article
Interfaces of Global Change Graduate Student Organization hosted a science outreach day at the SEEDS Nature Center in Blacksburg, VA.
Date: Apr 12, 2014 -
Article ItemScott Salom’s Invasive Species Research May Help Fight Hemlock-killing Insect , article
Scott Salom, a professor of entomology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has worked for years to develop ways to combat the woolly adelgid and save hemlock trees.
Date: Apr 07, 2014 -
Article ItemScientists Study Amazon Forests, Grasses, Fish, Fire, Water to Predict Impact of Climate Change , article
Leandro Castello studies the impacts of extreme weather events on Amazonian floodplains.
Date: Apr 02, 2014 -
Article ItemIGC IGEP Faculty and Students Work in Coal Field Restoration , article
GCC faculty affiliates were recently featured in a VT News article about the Powell River Project, a long-term environmental restoration project in Southwest Virginia.
Date: Nov 19, 2013 -
Article ItemNew IGEP Examines the Effects of Global Change , article
Interfaces of Global Change, a new interdisciplinary graduate education program confronts the problem of Earth’s dwindling biodiversity with a dynamic team of faculty members and doctoral students with diverse perspectives and areas of expertise.
Date: Nov 08, 2013 -
Article ItemA New Graduate Seminar Course in Global Change , article
The first Global Change Seminar course was offered for PhD students in Fall 2013.
Date: Jun 06, 2013 -
Article ItemA New IGEP: Interfaces of Global Change , article
The Interfaces of Global Change IGEP was officially launched in the fall 2013 - spring 2014 academic year.
Date: Apr 01, 2013