2014-15 News Stories
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Hopkins Lab hatches bluebird outreach project with Blacksburg High School , articleThis spring, Blacksburg High School students peeked into wooden nest boxes and found one of three things: an empty nest, powder blue eggs, or best of all, a feathery baby bird.
Date: Jun 05, 2015 -
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Cayelan Carey Partners with the United Nations to Confront Global Water Crisis , articleA Virginia Tech ecologist provided potential solutions to the world’s water problems in an article published recently in the United Nations’ Chronicle.
Date: May 19, 2015 -
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Engineers and Scientists to Examine Antibiotic Resistance in Food Chain , articleGrowing evidence suggests that agricultural practices, especially widespread antibiotic use, could be contributing to the increasing antibiotic resistance problem in humans.
Date: May 14, 2015 -
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Amy Pruden Receives Best Paper Award , articleAmy Pruden, associate dean for interdisciplinary graduate education in the Graduate School and professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, received a best paper award for 2014 from the journal Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T).
Date: May 11, 2015 -
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Ben Vernasco Studies the Social Dynamics and Physiology of Dancing Birds , articleVernasco is a doctoral student in biological sciences at Virginia Tech, and studies the wire-tailed manakin, or Pipra filicauda – a tropical bird named for the wired filaments on its tail and known by researchers for its unique social display: the males perform to attract the females.
Date: May 02, 2015 -
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State of the Amazon: WWF Report by Leandro Castello , articleIn 2014, the World Wildlife Fund Living Amazon Initiative launched the series, “State of the Amazon”, presenting the first report, “State of the Amazon: Ecological Representation, Protected Areas and Indigenous Territories”.
Date: May 01, 2015 -
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IGC Fellows Engage Students at Elementary School Science Fair , articleThe Interfaces of Global Change Graduate Student Organization participated in a recent science fair at Gilbert Linkous Elementary School in Blacksburg.
Date: May 01, 2015 -
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Tony Timpano is Investigating the Impacts of Coal Mining on Appalachian Streams , articleTony Timpano is an IGC student and a Ph.D. candidate in Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation. His field research is centered in the Appalachian “coal country” of southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia
Date: Apr 30, 2015 -
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William Hopkins receives Virginia Tech’s 2015 Alumni Award for Excellence in Research , articleWilliam Hopkins, professor of fish and wildlife conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech and director of the Global Change Center, received the university’s 2015 Alumni Award for Excellence in Research.
Date: Apr 29, 2015 -
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Cathy Jachowski’s Hellbender Research is Featured in VT Video , articleCathy Jachowski is a Ph.D. candidate in Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and a fellow in the Interfaces of Global Change interdisciplinary graduate education program at Virginia Tech.
Date: Apr 29, 2015 -
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Postcards from the Field: Laura Schoenle , articleLaura Schoenle arrives at the Queen’s University Biological Station (QUBS) in Elgin, Ontario for field season.
Date: Apr 08, 2015 -
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Climate change scientist Michael Mann visits Virginia Tech , articleMichael Mann, a climate scientist and central figure in the political debate over climate change, visited Virginia Tech on March 20, 2015. The free event was sponsored by the GCC and the Interfaces of Global Change IGEP.
Date: Mar 27, 2015 -
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IGC Science Communication Workshop is led by Susan Hassol and Michael Mann , articleIGC students recently attended a science communication workshop led by Susan Hassol, Director of Climate Communication, and Michael E. Mann, Professor of Meteorology at Penn State University. The day-long workshop addressed framing and messaging, scientists and social media, and media training.
Date: Mar 25, 2015 -
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Research by IGC Fellow Cordie Diggins Featured on PBS Blog , articleCordie Diggins is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation at Virginia Tech. She is co-author on a paper that was published in Endangered Species Research and featured this week in the Rundown, the news blog for the PBS Newshour.
Date: Mar 17, 2015 -
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Laura Schoenle's Research Featured on Virginia Water Radio , articleLaura Schoenle discusses her research on avian malaria in red-winged blackbirds
Date: Mar 15, 2015 -
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Postcards from the Field: Facing My Fears, Headlamp-On in Panama , articleTraveling with VT graduate student researchers, Angie Estrada and Daniel Medina, in Soberania National Park.
Date: Mar 12, 2015 -
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Four GCC Faculty Receive New Investigator Award , articleFour Virginia Tech life science researchers have received Fralin’s New Investigator Award, which recognizes promising first-time tenure-track faculty who have joined Virginia Tech within the last two years.
Date: Mar 10, 2015 -
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Special IGC/EEB Seminar Featuring Dr. Robert Lackey: Science in Public Policy , articleHas science become irrelevant in informing policy debates?
Date: Mar 10, 2015 -
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Postcards from the Field: We're going on a frog hunt! , articleTraveling with VT graduate student researchers, Angie Estrada and Daniel Medina, in Soberania National Park.
Date: Mar 09, 2015 -
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SDAL Seminar: Global Change Initiatives at Virginia Tech , articleEmerging collaborative opportunities for interdisciplinary research and training
Date: Feb 20, 2015 -
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IGC Fellows Meet with AAAS Fellows to Talk Science and Policy , articleIGC Fellows meet with AAAS Fellows to discuss science communication and policy impact.
Date: Feb 16, 2015 -
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Cordie Diggins’ Research Featured in Nature Conservancy Magazine , articleWest Virginia conservationists have set out to revive heavily logged red spruce forests in hopes of saving an endangered flying squirrel from extinction.
Date: Feb 10, 2015 -
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The Global Change Center at Virginia Tech is Chartered , articleFLSI launched a new center to support research, education, and outreach in the field of global change. Directed by Dr. William (Bill) A. Hopkins, the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech was officially chartered in January 2015.
Date: Jan 28, 2015 -
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New Undergraduate Water Degree is Approved by SCHEV , articleVirginia Tech’s new undergraduate degree in water, approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia in early December, is one of the most innovative, interdisciplinary offerings in the country and will position graduates for a wide spectrum of careers in private industry, federal and state agencies, and nongovernmental organizations.
Date: Jan 23, 2015 -
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Laura Schoenle Wins Poster Award at the SICB Meeting , articleLaura won the Best Student Poster Award in the Ecoimmunology and Disease Ecology division for her poster.
Date: Jan 22, 2015 -
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Jacob Barney Receives Outstanding Researcher Award from NWSS , articleJacob Barney, received the Outstanding Researcher Award at the Northeastern Weed Science Society’s (NEWSS) 69th Annual Meeting in Williamsburg, VA on January 5, 2015.
Date: Jan 12, 2015 -
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Global Change Center Awards First Seed Grant , articleGlobal Change Center awards first Seed Grant in January 2015 to a team of VT researchers led by Dr. Cayelan Carey.
Date: Jan 05, 2015 -
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New course: Freshwaters in the Anthropocene , articleDr. Cayelan Carey is teaching a new special topics course, "Freshwaters in the Anthropocene".
Date: Dec 12, 2014 -
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New course: Systems Conservation , articleDr. Leandro Castello is teaching a new interdisciplinary course, "Systems Conservation of Animal Populations", in Spring 2015.
Date: Dec 11, 2014 -
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Jacob Barney’s Research in PNAS , articleIn a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study this month, the scientists recommended tighter regulations, including a fee for damage to surrounding areas, evaluation of weed risk to the environment, a list of prohibited species based on this risk, and closer monitoring and control of natural area damage.
Date: Dec 02, 2014 -
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McGlothlin Research Explores the Evolution of Toxin Resistance in Snakes , articleJoel McGlothlin, assistant professor of biological sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech with a team of scientists, looked for clues to the evolution of TTX resistance in the DNA sequences of garter snake sodium channels.
Date: Nov 17, 2014 -
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Jon Doubek is a GLEON fellow! , articleJon Doubek , a PH.D. student in Biological Sciences and a fellow in the Interfaces of Global Change Program, has been invited to be a Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) Fellow.
Date: Nov 14, 2014 -
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Lisa Belden Receives the Innovator Award , articleThe Innovator Award recognizes outstanding faculty members and includes a $25,000 stipend to be used to advance innovative research projects and team-oriented science.
Date: Nov 07, 2014 -
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Laura Schoenle Receives a 2014 EPA STAR Fellowship , articleAn IGC IGEP student has received a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science to Achieve Results or STAR program fellowship for outstanding environmental research.
Date: Nov 04, 2014 -
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IGC Students Attend the Installation of President Sands , articleInternational students Angie Estrada and Daniel Medina, fellows in the Interfaces of Global Change IGEP, attended the recent installation ceremonies for Virginia Tech’s new president, Dr. Timothy Sands.
Date: Oct 23, 2014 -
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Emmanual Frimpong Named Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow , articleThe Carnegie African Diaspora scholar program, supports 100 short-term faculty fellowships for African-born academics.
Date: Oct 22, 2014 -
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Amy Pruden Receives the 2014 Busch Award , articleAmy Pruden, professor of civil and environmental engineering and associate dean and director of interdisciplinary graduate education in the Graduate School at Virginia Tech, is the 2014 recipient of the Paul L. Busch Award which includes a $100,000 research grant.
Date: Oct 09, 2014