2021-22 News Stories
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Congratulations to IGC IGEP 2022-23 Global Change Interdisciplinary Graduate Assistantship Awardees! , articlePlease join us in congratulating Camilo Alfonso, Emma Bueren, Joshua Mouser and Sam Silknetter – recipients of this year’s IGC Fellowships!
Date: Jun 24, 2022 - -
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Congratulations to 2022-23 GCC Diversity Fellows, Carla López Lloreda and Rahul Garg , articlePlease join us in congratulating Carla López Lloreda and Rahul Garg, and in welcoming them to the Interfaces of Global Change (IGC) Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program this fall 2022!
Date: Jun 13, 2022 - -
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Congratulations to GCC affiliates receiving promotion and tenure in 2022 , articleWelcome new faculty affiliates joining the Global Change Center in 2022
Date: Jun 10, 2022 - -
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2022-23 Rural and Environmental Health Fellows will address the human health implications of wildlife disease and environmental contaminants , articlePlease join us in congratulating Amina Tithi and Dr. Shariful Islam, and in welcoming them to the Interfaces of Global Change (IGC) Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program this fall 2022!
Date: May 28, 2022 - -
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How is Amazon Deforestation Related to One Health? , articleThe Amazon Rainforest, the world’s largest rainforest, provides ecosystem services, stores carbon stocks, and supports biodiversity. In addition, a fifth of the world’s freshwater is located in this region.
Date: May 25, 2022 - -
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GCC Advisory Board Transition Summer 2022 – Thank You & Welcome! , articleSeveral Global Change Center faculty members will complete terms on the GCC Advisory Committee this summer. Each member has shown great leadership and resilience during the past two years of unprecedented global adversities through their research, teaching, and guidance of the GCC.
Date: May 20, 2022 - -
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Congratulations to new IGC GSO officers for the 2022-2023 academic year , articleThe Interfaces of Global Change Graduate Student Organization exists to benefit the IGC community as a whole through student contributions to infrastructural, educational, and social investments and activities.
Date: May 20, 2022 - -
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GCC Undergraduate Research Grant Awardees Present at Dennis Dean Research Conference , articleRecipients of Global Change Center Undergraduate Research Grants recently presented their work at the annual Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Conference held on April 29, 2022.
Date: May 16, 2022 - -
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How do you achieve effective science communication? , articleAchieving effective science communication is a challenge for most scientists. Yet, communication science is part of a scientist’s everyday life; thus, to be successful, scientists need to learn how to communicate effectively, from a peer-reviewed article to an elevator pitch.
Date: May 13, 2022 - -
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Three Hollins students will join GCC faculty for undergraduate research in summer 2022 , articleThe Hollins Partnership program, initiated in 2017, provides summer research experiences with Global Change Center faculty at Virginia Tech for select Hollins undergraduate students.
Date: May 05, 2022 - -
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Welcome new faculty affiliates joining the Global Change Center in 2022 , articleWelcome new faculty affiliates joining the Global Change Center in 2022
Date: May 02, 2022 - -
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Celebrating Interdisciplinary Graduate Research & Earth Day at the 7th Annual IGC Research Symposium , articleThe symposium highlighted the latest research from the program’s graduate student fellows, whose collective work addresses critical global changes impacting the environment and society.
Date: Apr 26, 2022 - -
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Invasive Plant Species Management and Soil Community Impacts , article Date: Mar 10, 2022 - -
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A BioInvasion Tale from Down Under: the Cane Toads of Australia , article Date: Feb 09, 2022 - -
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Three GCC Undergraduate Science Policy Fellows will head to D.C. in summer 2022 , articleThe Global Change Center Science Policy Fellowship program resumes this year to award three undergraduate students a fully-funded opportunity to participate in the Washington Semester Program during summer semester 2022!
Date: Feb 01, 2022 - -
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“Flip-the-Fair” science fair event scheduled for Sat, Feb 5th! , articleThe Flip the Fair event, organized & facilitated by VT graduate students, and sponsored by the Center for Communicating Science, GCC, Communicating Science Club, and the Roanoke City Public Libraries, will be held on February 5th in Roanoke, VA.
Date: Feb 01, 2022 - -
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The Interfaces of Global Change IGEP welcomes nine new Ph.D. Fellows in Spring 2022 , articleThe incoming cohort reflects the disciplinary diversity of the Global Change Center, representing seven different departments and six colleges across the VT campus!
Date: Jan 26, 2022 - -
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IGC Fellows enjoy coffee and a chat with GCC Affiliate Dr. Ryan Calder , articleIt was quite the blustery morning for three IGC fellows, Jennifer Brousseau, Tyler Weiglein, and Isaac VanDiest, to grab a coffee with GCC Affiliate and Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Policy Dr. Ryan Calder.
Date: Dec 14, 2021 - -
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New DEI library in the GCC Steger Hall Office , articleThe IGC DEI committee has recently received funding from the GCC to open a new DEI library in the GCC Steger Hall Office
Date: Dec 13, 2021 - -
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GCC undergraduate grant awardees team-up to take down invasive mosquitos , articleDr. Lahondère enlisted the efforts of two previous recipients of the GCC Undergraduate Research Grant– Lauren Fryzlewicz and Ashlynn VanWinkle. Fryzlewicz to study the invasive mosquito species.
Date: Dec 07, 2021 - -
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Faculty Spotlight: Jeff Walters , articleJeff Walters joined the Virginia Tech community in 1994 as the Harold H. Bailey Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Date: Nov 30, 2021 - -
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Thank you, Matt! , articleAfter 16 years of service and leadership at Virginia Tech, Matt Hulver is leaving next week for a tremendous opportunity to serve as the Vice President of Research at Arizona State University.
Date: Nov 29, 2021 - -
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GCC Undergraduate Research Grants awarded to 8 students , articleThis year the Global Change Center continued to support the research efforts of our undergraduate students through our Undergraduate Research Grant program.
Date: Nov 23, 2021 - -
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IGC Fellows meet with climate communicator Dr. Jeremy Hoffman , articleDuring his visit, seven Interfaces of Global Change Fellows had the opportunity to meet with Hoffman and discuss climate change in the Old Guard Room at Preston’s Restaurant.
Date: Nov 23, 2021 - -
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Faculty Spotlight: Julie Shortridge , articleJulie Shortridge is an assistant professor and extension specialist in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech.
Date: Nov 16, 2021 - -
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IGC Fellows promote science communication in workshop and community outreach , articleGraduate students from across the Virginia Tech community recently gathered for the opportunity to improve their science communication and poster-making skills.
Date: Nov 16, 2021 - -
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Build a Stream activity teaches local students about our watersheds , articleThe Virginia Tech Science Festival has returned to campus this year with free hands-on learning interactive booths and activities that showcase dozens of science education and research programs throughout the university. Once again, IGC Fellows volunteered to teach local students important lessons in global change science.
Date: Nov 16, 2021 - -
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Faculty Spotlight: Frank Aylward , articleAylward’s current research broadly focuses on microbial diversity and genome evolution in multiple different microbial groups, including giant viruses, bacteriophages, and several lineages of bacteria and archaea.
Date: Nov 09, 2021 - -
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IGC Fellows enjoy coffee and a chat with GCC Affiliate Professor Wendy Parker , articleOn an unseasonably warm mid-October day, three IGC fellows met with GCC faculty Dr. Wendy Parker to discuss climate change, values, and the roles of philosophy and science in a changing world.
Date: Nov 09, 2021 - -
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Mark your calendars for the 5th Annual Communicating Science Week & Nutshell Games , articleThe Center for Communication Science will be celebrating its 5th anniversary with the annual Communicating Science Week! Taking place between 3/16 -3/22 , the week will showcase the efforts of faculty and graduate students from across multiple disciplines.
Date: Nov 09, 2021 - -
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The GCC & Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program collaborate to support diversity , articleThe wicked socio-environmental challenges of our time such as climate change, water pollution and scarcity, and emerging infectious diseases disproportionately affect marginalized communities around the globe.
Date: Nov 02, 2021 - -
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Faculty Spotlight: Michelle Stocker , articleMichelle Stocker is an Assistant Professor in vertebrate paleobiology in the Department of Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Joining the Global Change Center in April of 2016, Stocker has become an integral part of the community.
Date: Nov 02, 2021 - -
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Microbiome working group delivers cutting-edge computational training to graduate students , articleMembers of the GCC Microbiome Working Group combined their research experience to develop a graduate course in the Spring of 2019 titled “Introduction to Microbial Community Analysis”.
Date: Oct 26, 2021 - -
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Fellow Spotlight: Amber Wendler , articleAmber is a third year Ph.D. student in the Department of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech co-advised by GCC Affiliates Professor Ignacio Moore and Professor Jeffrey Walters. She is also an NSF Graduate Research Fellow.
Date: Oct 26, 2021 - -
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FLSI Hosts Virginia Speaker of the House , articleLast Monday, leaders of the university and the Fralin Life Sciences Institute (FLSI) gathered at Steger Hall to welcome Virginia Speaker of the House Eileen Filler-Corn to Virginia Tech.
Date: Oct 19, 2021 - -
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IGC Fellows enjoy coffee and a chat with GCC Director Bill Hopkins , articleLast week, a group of IGC Fellows enjoyed a bit of sun and coffee with GCC Director Dr. Bill Hopkins for the first Fall 2021 IGCoffee Convo!
Date: Oct 05, 2021 - -
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IGC Fellows gear up and clean up the New River , articleWhile many members of the Virginia Tech community stayed in to recover from the first week of classes, a small group of the Global Change Center’s Interfaces in Global Change (IGC) Fellows were working hard to clean the New River on Saturday, August 28th.
Date: Sep 07, 2021 - -
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Three teams awarded GCC seed grants in fall 2021 , 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: Aug 27, 2021 - -
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IGC GSO transitions to new officers for 2021-2022 , articleAs we welcome in the newest officers of the IGC GSO, we also want to take a moment to thank all the officers who are finishing up their term.
Date: Aug 19, 2021 - -
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GCC Affiliate Wendy Parker contributes to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , articleGCC Affiliate and Professor in the Department of Philosophy (COLAHS) Wendy Parker was one of the IPCC scholars who volunteered their time to assess the published research that informs the comprehensive report.
Date: Aug 17, 2021 - -
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Welcome new GCC team member, Lara Hopkins! , articleWe’d like to welcome Lara Hopkins as she joins the Global Change Center administrative team this month!
Date: Aug 16, 2021 - -
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GCC Faculty Affiliates Co-locate to Steger Hall to Create Novel Synergies , articleThe Fralin Life Sciences Institute is co-locating researchers from across three colleges at Virginia Tech to Steger Hall to foster interdisciplinary collaborations to tackle threats to the environment and society.
Date: Aug 09, 2021 - -
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IGC Fellows engage in science policy action through the Virginia-Science Community Interface coalition , articleAs conservationist Rachel Carson once said, “The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature, but of ourselves.”
Date: Aug 03, 2021 - -
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Courses of Interest to IGC in Fall 2021 , articleCourses include Policy Gateway; Microbial Analysis; & Systems Thinking
Date: Jul 30, 2021 -