2023-24 News Stories
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Article ItemFaculty Seed Grants Awarded for 2023-2024 , article
Each 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 14, 2023 -
Article ItemCongratulations to New IGC GSO Officers for the 2023-2024 Academic Year , article
The 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: Jun 20, 2023 -
Article ItemCongratulations to GCC affiliates receiving promotion, tenure in 2023 , article
Join us in celebrating the eight GCC faculty affiliates that received promotion and/or tenure in 2023!
Date: Jun 20, 2023 -
Article ItemEngaging Stakeholders is a Key Factor in Solving the Global Crisis , article
IGC Fellow, Idowu Kayode Okeshola, reflects on a topic discussed as part of the Interfaces of Global Change Graduate Seminar course.
Date: May 30, 2023 -
Article ItemIn the News: IGC Alumnus, Dr. Angie Estrada , article
IGC Alumnus Dr. Angie Estrada, was recently interviewed by ELLAS Magazine. Dr. Estrada is the Administrator of the Parque Municipal Summit in Panama, which is celebrating it's 100th year.
Date: May 31, 2023 -
Article ItemCongratulations to 2023-24 Global Change Fellowship Awardees! , article
Please join us in congratulating Prashasti Agarwal, Amanda Darling, Bailey Howell, and Macy Kailing – recipients of this year’s IGC Global Change Fellowships!
Date: May 31, 2023 -
Article ItemThe Role of NGOs for Nature Conservation and Social Development , article
IGC Fellow, Caetano Franco, reflects on a topic discussed as part of the Interfaces of Global Change Graduate Seminar course.
Date: Jun 06, 2023 -
Article ItemNew IG3C Members Announced , article
Meet the newest members of the Interfaces of Global Change Curriculum Committee (IG3C), GCC faculty members Brian Badgley, Alasdair Cohen, and Luis Escobar, and IGC Fellows Kathleen Hohweiler and Brendan Shea!
Date: Jun 15, 2023 -
Article ItemPostcard from a Fellow: Sam Sillknetter , article
IGC IGEP Fellow, Sam Silknetter, tells us about his trip to Brisbane, Australia to attend the Freshwater Sciences 2023 Conference in June.
Date: Jul 06, 2023 -
Article ItemIGC Fellow Sarah Juster Receives 2023-24 Fulbright Study Research Award for Conservation Work in Uganda , article
IGC IGEP Fellow, Sarah Juster, has been awarded a 2023-2024 Fulbright Study/Research Award for her dissertation project "Tree-Based Interventions in the Imvepi Refugee Settlement" in Uganda.
Date: Jul 12, 2023 -
Article ItemGCC Advisory Board Transition Summer 2023 – Thank You & Welcome! , article
Several Global Change Center faculty members will complete terms on the GCC Advisory Committee this summer. Each member has shown great leadership through their research, teaching, and guidance of the GCC.
Date: Jul 19, 2023 -
Article ItemPostcard from a Fellow: Mona Abadian , article
IGC IGEP Fellow, Mona Abadian, tells us about her trip to Fort Collins, CO to attend the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST)
Date: Jul 21, 2023 -
Article ItemIn the News: IGC Alumnus, Dr. Derek Hennen , article
It's official! Studies show that intelligent people listen to Taylor Swift. Further proof of this phenomenon is IGC Alumnus, Dr. Derek Hennen. Dr. Hennen discovered a new millipede species which he named in Swift's honor.
Date: Aug 21, 2023 -
Article ItemIGC Fellow, Kathleen Hohweiler, Announced as Inaugural Rural Environmental Health T32 Trainee , article
The Global Change Center is delighted to announce that Kathleen Hohweiler will be the inaugural student of the Rural Environmental Health (REH) T32 Training Program.
Date: Aug 29, 2023 -
Article ItemRenowned Soil Scientist, Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, to Deliver Distinguished Public Lecture at Virginia Tech , article
The Global Change Center’s Distinguished Lecture Series returns this fall on October 3rd with renowned soil biogeochemist, and current Director of the Office of Science for the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe. Join us for her public lecture at the Moss Arts Center on Tuesday, October 3.
Date: Aug 31, 2023