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General ItemApply now for the 2024-25 ISCE PREP Program Cohort
The PREP (Preparing your Research for an External Proposal) program targets faculty who are relatively new to proposal writing or have previously unfunded proposals. This program aims to support faculty whose research has strong potential for external funding.
Date: Apr 17, 2024 -
Article ItemRenowned scholar to address the complexities of the science and policy relationship , article
Many of today’s most pressing challenges require research and technology to coincide with policymaking to enact real change. This will be the focus of this spring’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Policy program keynote seminar on Thursday, April 11, at 4 p.m. featuring research policymaking advocate Roger Pielke Jr.
Date: Apr 04, 2024 -
Article Item‘Challenges to Creating an Egalitarian Society’: Kellogg Center to host MacArthur Fellow at annual lecture , article
Elizabeth Anderson of the University of Michigan will deliver the 2024 PPE Distinguished Lecture from 5-6:30 p.m. April 3 at the Moss Arts Center.
Date: Mar 26, 2024 -
Article ItemMaple syrup producers provide sweet news for threatened birds , article
Virginia Tech researchers are participating in a new grant that will encourage maple syrup producers to improve forest biodiversity in an effort to help bird populations in the U.S.
Date: Mar 22, 2024 -
Article ItemResearch aims to bring a circular revolution to industry , article
College of Natural Resources and Environment researchers are gaining insights from value-retention processes and natural systems to explore how to transition industry toward a sustainable future.
Date: Mar 15, 2024 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech students, public invited to Swiss Embassy program for female leaders , article
Virginia Tech in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland will host a program March 16 in honor of Women's History Month. It will discuss gender in politics and provide a pathway to participation for future women leaders.
Date: Mar 11, 2024 -
Article ItemIn world of continuous disagreement, professor envisions new social contract , article
As a recipient of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Professor Michael Moehler, director of the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Virginia Tech, will continue his social contract theory research in Germany.
Date: Feb 14, 2024 -
Article ItemHope takes root in Uganda , article
Fulbright recipient Sarah Juster is researching how agroforestry interventions can help displaced refugees in Uganda.
Date: Oct 30, 2023 -
Article ItemUnlocking the power of the humanities: Virginia Tech Humanities Week returns Oct. 22-27 , article
From artificial intelligence to prison reform, Humanities Week sessions will explore critical issues and topics facing society.
Date: Oct 17, 2023 -
Article ItemSix faculty selected for Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment PREP awards , article
The interactive, two-semester cohort program is designed for faculty pursuing research in social science disciplines who have strong potential for success in seeking external funding but who are relatively new to the proposal writing process or those whose past proposals did not receive funding.
Date: Oct 13, 2023 -
Article ItemRising seas mean less space for people and nature , article
Virginia Tech researchers will merge social and geographic information system science to investigate how coastal communities and ecosystems will migrate because of sea-level rise.
Date: Oct 11, 2023 -
Article ItemFor female undergrads in Pakistan, Sister 2 Sister program offers hope , article
Two undergraduate students from Pakistan recently spent time studying at Virginia Tech through the Sister 2 Sister Exchange Program — an opportunity they say is a dream come true for women pursuing higher education in the country.
Date: Sep 22, 2023 -
Article ItemBirds aren’t the only creatures who flock together , article
Virginia Tech researchers and partners seek to understand the climate of ornithological societies and increase access through affinity groups or “flocks.”
Date: Jun 22, 2023 -
Article ItemPaul Springer to lead Department of Human Development and Family Science , article
Springer, a faculty member in the Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will start in his new role at Virginia Tech on July 1.
Date: May 05, 2023 -
Article Item+Policy Network to sponsor half-day virtual symposium on the governance of new and emerging technologies , article
In a time when technological advancements are breaking new ground in health, artificial intelligence, and transportation, one factor that must be considered yet is often overlooked: the social impact. Virginia Tech faculty will discuss such social implications of emerging technologies in a variety of fields during the Governance of New and Emerging Technologies virtual symposium on April 6 beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Date: Mar 30, 2023 -
Article ItemNASA grant to fund critical research on sea-level rise in Virginia , article
A collaborative research team will seek to understand how rising sea levels will impact coastal communities, merging social science with geospatial information to help Virginia communities adapt to a changing landscape.
Date: Mar 29, 2023 -
Article ItemSpring Forum focuses on new and emerging directions for behavioral and social sciences research , article
Christine Hunter, the acting director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health, will provide a virtual presentation during the event on March 31.
Date: Mar 20, 2023 -
Article ItemKellogg Center to host award-winning cultural theorist , article
On March 15, Kwame Anthony Appiah will discuss the role of identities in democracy and the challenges of maintaining differing views in a humane way.
Date: Mar 06, 2023 -
Article Item+Policy Fellows program supports new research to improve lives globally , article
Rural farmers living in poverty in Zimbabwe and small-scale farmers in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and India are the ultimate beneficiaries of +Policy Fellow seed grants awarded to Virginia Tech faculty who proposed research with broad applications and strong policy implications.
Date: Feb 28, 2023 -
Article Item‘This Is Not a Scam!!' It’s a theatrical tool for scam awareness , article
‘This Is Not a Scam!!’ is a new interactive theater production that uses real stories from victims of online and phone scams to educate audiences, especially older people, about scam awareness. The free performances run through Feb. 28 in various New River Valley locations.
Date: Feb 23, 2023
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