2023-24 News Stories
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Faculty Seed Grants Awarded for 2023-2024 , 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 14, 2023 -
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Congratulations to New IGC GSO Officers for the 2023-2024 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: Jun 20, 2023 -
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Congratulations to GCC affiliates receiving promotion, tenure in 2023 , articleJoin us in celebrating the eight GCC faculty affiliates that received promotion and/or tenure in 2023!
Date: Jun 20, 2023 -
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Engaging Stakeholders is a Key Factor in Solving the Global Crisis , articleIGC Fellow, Idowu Kayode Okeshola, reflects on a topic discussed as part of the Interfaces of Global Change Graduate Seminar course.
Date: May 30, 2023 -
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In the News: IGC Alumnus, Dr. Angie Estrada , articleIGC 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 -
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Congratulations to 2023-24 Global Change Fellowship Awardees! , articlePlease 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 -
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The Role of NGOs for Nature Conservation and Social Development , articleIGC Fellow, Caetano Franco, reflects on a topic discussed as part of the Interfaces of Global Change Graduate Seminar course.
Date: Jun 06, 2023 -
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New IG3C Members Announced , articleMeet 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 -
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Postcard from a Fellow: Sam Sillknetter , articleIGC 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 -
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IGC Fellow Sarah Juster Receives 2023-24 Fulbright Study Research Award for Conservation Work in Uganda , articleIGC 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 -
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GCC Advisory Board Transition Summer 2023 – 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 through their research, teaching, and guidance of the GCC.
Date: Jul 19, 2023 -
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Postcard from a Fellow: Mona Abadian , articleIGC 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 -
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In the News: IGC Alumnus, Dr. Derek Hennen , articleIt'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 -
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IGC Fellow, Kathleen Hohweiler, Announced as Inaugural Rural Environmental Health T32 Trainee , articleThe 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 -
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Renowned Soil Scientist, Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, to Deliver Distinguished Public Lecture at Virginia Tech , articleThe 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