January 22, 2019

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Important Dates for Spring 2019: March 1 - Deadline for Fall 2019 IGC Admission & Fellowship Applications March 7 & 8 - ComSciCon , hosted by the Center for Communicating Science March 22 - GCC Distinguished Lecture , Andrew Hoffman, Lyric Theatre April 25 - IGC Graduate Symposium , Fralin Hall

13 undergraduates awarded GCC research grants for 2019 This year’s research grant funds total $11,500, spanning 11 projects across 6 departments. Students will present their research findings as a poster at either the VT Experiential Learning Conference or the VT Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium.. Read more www.globalchange.vt.edu

Funding opportunity for Faculty: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Health and Climate Solutions RFP

Graduate Courses in Spring 2019:

FREC 5164 - Population Genomics T/R 12:30 - 1:45pm Instructor: Jason Holliday GRAD 5204 - Citizen Scholar Seminar W 10:10 am - 12:05 pm Instructors: Bill Huckle, Catherine Cotrupi

AROUND CAMPUS

Seminars and Events of Interest:

Women in (Geo)Sciences :  Dr. Laura Sands , Professor in the Center for Gerontology and Editor in Chief of the journal Innovation in Aging - Data sharing and authorship Wednesday, 1/23 at 11:00 am - 12:30 pm 2062 Derring Hall, Museum of Geosciences *please bring dish or snack to share

Rachel Brooks , IGC Fellow, SPES - Biological Control of the Invasive Tree of-Heaven Wednesday, 1/23 at 12:00 pm Hahn Horticulture Garden Pavilion

MLK Jr. Seminar :  Dr. Paul Turner , Yale Biologist -  Harnessing virus biodiversity to develop new therapies against multi-resistant bacteria Friday, 1/25 at 12:20 pm Biocomplexity Institute Auditorium, Steger Hall

EEB: Dr. Jeremy Draghi , Brooklyn College CUNY - Complex roles of natural selection in innovation and coexistence Friday, 1/25 at 3:00 pm 4069 Derring Hall

GEOS: Dr. Peter van Kekan , Carnegie Institution for Science Friday, 1/25 at 3:30 pm 4069 Derring Hall

Translational Plant Sciences Mini-Symposium: Feb 15, 2019 Registration is open for the 2019 Translational Plant Sciences (TPS) mini-symposium: Plants in a Changing Environment. Held at the Inn at VT and organized by Drs. Eric Beers & Amy Brunner. Read more tps.vt.edu

NEWSWORTHY

Researchers test a new environmental quality sensing system VT NEWS Several GCC Faculty are part of team testing an integrated environmental quality sensing system, called Envōk. The user-deployed network composed of wireless microprocessing nodes that are capable of connecting to a wide range of... Read more www.globalchange.vt.edu

GCC & IGC Featured in December edition of the Fralin Explorer Magazine Invasive Species! How the Barney Lab is assessing and reducing the risk of biological invader, including the research of IGC Fellows Becky Fletcher and Vasiliy Lakoba Epic Adventure in Ecuador : stories and photos from the undergrads of the 2018 Tropical Biology & Conservation course co-taught by Drs. Moore and Hopkins 

FACULTY & FELLOW SPOTLIGHT

Josef Uyeda - Biological Sciences Dr. Uyeda's research program focuses on understanding the drivers of long-term evolutionary change and how these are connected to the ecological, environmental and genetic drivers that we study in contemporary populations. Read more www.globalchange.vt.edu

Ariel Heminger - School of Plant and Environmental Sciences In Spring 2017, Ariel joined as a Ph.D. student in Dr. David Haak 's lab. Ariel studies the relationships between plants, insects, and microbes. She is interested in understanding how biotic and abiotic factors can impact this relationship and... Read more www.globalchange.vt.edu

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