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Recent Announcements & Reminders:
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ICYMI: Postcards from the field: Cristina Marcillo,Guatemala
August 3, 2018 Postcard from Cristina Marcillo ¡Hola desde Guatemala! This July, I have been working in Guatemala conducting a drinking water monitoring study of San Rafael las Flores, home to the Escobal silver mine, and co-leading a...
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VT researchers receive NSF grant to study hellbenders
"Hellbenders may soon be an endangered species, so the broader impacts of this work have the potential to be huge. Learning more about their reproductive behavior may help to reverse some of the declines we see in so many populations," said...
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Virginia Tech Science Festival returns Oct. 27
The Virginia Tech Science Festival returns to campus Saturday, Oct. 27, with 93 free hands-on, minds-on learning interactive booths and activities that showcase dozens of science education and research programs throughout the university,...
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Released last week:
IPCC special report
on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty
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IGC Seminar Reflection Series: Threats to Expertise
Threats to Expertise, by Korin Jones. Does our training as global change scientists make us experts? Can we use our expertise to influence policy, public debate, and action? In a recent IGC seminar, we discussed threats to expertise and its...
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Interdisciplinary REEU program studies real world issues
If you live in the New River Valley, chances are that your local news (and perhaps your social media feeds) have included mention of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) construction, which began in Spring 2018.
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Interfaces of Global Change IGEP manifests in haiku form
The Graduate School's Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program (IGEP) fall reception was held on October 10, 2018. Students from each program were challenged by IGEP Director, Dr. Bill Huckle, to share a haiku poem that "captured the essence" ...
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Hokie BugFest
Saturday, October 20
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
VT Squires Student Center
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Hokie BugFest celebrates the fun and excitement of the science of entomology, and the Virginia Tech tradition of learning and discovery, through outreach and engagement. Educational activities and programs for all ages throughout the day! Full schedule and more information at:
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Understanding Careers in Conservation:
Allison Vogt
, Deputy Executive Director of The Nature Conservancy in Maryland and DC.
Tuesday, 10/16 at 2:00 pm
Fralin Auditorium
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GEOS
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Dr. David Boutt
, University of Massachusetts Amherst - Do you know where your catchment ends? The role of inter-basin groundwater flow and hydrogeologic transience in hydrologic processes
Tuesday, 10/16 at 4:00 pm
Derring Hall 4069
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Doctoral Research Presentation by Richard Odom - A Multi-scale analysis of the potential impacts of climate change on forest lands managed by the Department of Defense in the coterminous United States
Wednesday, October 17
Refreshments 12:30 pm / Presentation 1:00 pm
Fralin Auditorium
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EEB
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Dr. Louie Wurch
, (JMU) - A tale of two algae: approaches to studying controls on Ecosystem Disruptive Algal Blooms (EDAB's)
Thursday, 10/18 at 3:30 pm
Derring Hall 4069
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Thursday, 10/18, Reception 6:00 pm, Lecture 7:00 pm
Derring Hall 4069
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3rd Annual Science Spooktacular
Saturday, October 20
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Science Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
Trick-or-treat stations throughout the museum and special exhibits with hands-on activities from local organizations and student groups: Noke Codes, Roanoke Robotics & Makers Club of Southwest Virginia, Virginia Tech Physics Outreach, Roanoke Valley Astronomical Society, FRC Team 401 Copperhead Robotics.
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National Weather Service Blacksburg, VA Open House
Saturday, October 20
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Science Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
Stop by any time between 10 AM and 3 PM Join us at the National Weather Service in Blacksburg, VA for a tour of the facility and learn how the weather affects our region and what tools we use to observe, forecast, and communicate the weather. Guided tours will last roughly an hour (the last tour group will start at 3:00 pm).
Activities include: Watch a Simulated Weather Balloon Launch, Hands-On Experiments,Child-Friendly Weather Activities and Games, VDOT Snow Plow, Virginia Department of Emergency Management communications Trailer, Virginia Tech Meteorology / Storm Chasers, Learn How Radar Works.
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