Congratulations Winners of the 5th Annual Nutshell Games! |
The annual Nutshell Games took place over a new online format this past Saturday, November 7th. Kudos to all graduate student presenters! Five prizes were awarded this year, four of which recognized IGC fellows: Amber Wendler, Abby Lewis, Bennett Grooms, and Sara Teemer Richards.
Check out the IGC fellows' videos!
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Job Opportunity: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences, USC |
The University of Southern California is seeking young scientists who work on aspects of global change, broadly defined. A key priority of this search is to bring new perspectives and backgrounds to USC faculty.
Candidates may contact the chair of the search committee, Julien Emile-Geay (julieneg@usc.edu), with any question regarding the search.
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FACULTY & FELLOW SPOTLIGHT |
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Dr. Ashley Dayer - Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Dr. Dayer is a conservation social scientist. Her research program focuses on understanding people’s and organizations’ conservation behavior, especially related to private lands habitat conservation, human-wildlife conflict, endangered species management, citizen science, and conservation funding.
www.globalchange.vt.edu
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Abby is a PhD student in Dr. Ignacio Moore's Lab, studying how certain birds respond to changing environments.
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CALS Virtual Seminar: "Choices and Challenges of Food Systems", panelists include GCC affiliate David Haak
Wednesday, 11/11 at 2:00 pm
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EEB Virtual Seminar: EJ Milner-Guland, University of Oxford - Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity; Director, Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science
Thursday, 11/12 at 9:30 am
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ENTO Virtual Seminar: Brian Lovett, West Virginia University - "Insect-killing fungi and their potential as versatile biotechnology"
Thursday, 11/12 at 3:30 pm
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Haha! Science Comedy Night with Kasha Patel |
Need some good funny?! Science on Tap NRV is hosting Kasha Patel, science comedian, journalist, and communicator with the NASA Earth Observatory. Kasha has backgrounds in chemistry and science journalism, and performs stand-up regularly, including at the DC Comedy Club in Washington, D.C.
On Thursday, Nov. 19 at 5:30 p.m., join for a special performance followed by a conversation about the role of comedy in communicating science.
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Free online training courses offered by US Institute of Peace |
The United States Institute of Peace is offering its entire catalog of online courses tuition-free from now until the end of 2020.
Courses include: "Designing Community-Based Dialogue", "Negotiation: Shaping the Conflict Landscape", "Introduction to Peacebuilding", and more.
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Get outside for a Hokie Hike!
For the first time, we're hosting a fall hike for all Hokies. Get outside, explore, and have fun! It's not too late to sign up! Register for the Hokie Hike and then hike anywhere, anytime between Nov. 7-17. The hike will culminate on National...
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www.alumni.vt.edu
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In this webinar, Jonathan Rutter (Research Tecnhnician, FWC) shares some insights from the social sciences on ethno-racial diversity in wildlife viewing and conservation. At the center of the webinar is a study of the relationship between race, ethnicity, and birdwatcher specialization based on a large, national survey of eBird users. A short panel discussion includes GCC affiliate Dr. Ashley Dayer (FWC) and Dr. Jennie Duberstein (Sonoran Joint Venture), who are co-authors on the study.
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Geosciences doctoral student discovers new species
The finding of a new species, Kataigidodon venetus, has been published in the journal Biology Letters by lead author Ben Kligman, an IGC fellow and doctoral student in the Department of Geosciences.
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vtnews.vt.edu
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Battle against the highly invasive spotted lanternfly...
When the highly invasive spotted lanternfly was first discovered in the woods surrounding Kate Reed's Winchester, Virginia, home, it occurred in such small numbers that finding it required a short trip and careful observation in a small area of...
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vtnews.vt.edu
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