The GCC WEEKLY | February 21 2023 | |
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GCC / MAOP Global Change Scholars Program Seeks Undergraduate Applicants
The Global Change Scholars program provides financial assistance to undergraduate students from the U.S. who demonstrate a commitment to academics, research, and community stewardship. Undergraduate Scholars supported by the GCS conduct research with Global Change Center faculty.
Application deadline is Friday April 15
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GCC Affiliate Erin Hotchkiss Named a 2022 Fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
Dr. Hotchkiss has been named a 2022 Fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) for "achieved excellence in [her] contributions to ASLO and the aquatic sciences". Since 2015, the ASLO Fellows program has honored over 100 members for their service to our society and the aquatic science community. For 2022, ASLO recognizes a distinguished group of Fellows and Sustaining Fellows whose contributions exemplify ASLO's commitment to fostering an international scientific community that creates, integrates, and communicates knowledge across the full spectrum of aquatic sciences.
Congratulations, Erin!!
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Congratulations,
Dr. Millican!
IGC Fellow David Millican, department of Biological Sciences, successfully defended his PhD dissertation last Thursday, February 16.
His seminar was titled "Trees, Birds, and People: Resource Use and Interspecific Interactions in a Namibian Cavity-Nesting Guild".
Way to go, David!!
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IGC GSO Rolls Out the Fun to Welcome New Fellows
The Interfaces of Global Change (IGC) Graduate Student Organization (GSO) held a Welcome Social on February 8th at the Breakzone on campus to meet and celebrate the newest cohort (22 PhD students!) of IGC Fellows. The evening allowed for plenty of fun and networking with new colleagues over bowling and dinner together.
Thanks to all who were able to attend!
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Graduate Student Writers Needed for Food, Water, and Communities StoryMap
The editors of the Food, Water, and Communities blog, sponsored by the VT's Center for Communicating Science, are currently recruiting graduate students to share their stories about communities that have faced a natural resource challenge and how that challenge inspired their career or graduate work.
Up to 6 authors will be selected to contribute a full story (500-700 words) for the StoryMap. Published authors include IGC Fellow Okeshola Idowu and IGC Alumni Alaina Weinheimer and Cristina Marcillo.
Interested writers should complete this Google Form about their story by February 27th, 2023. Email IGC Alumnus Alaina Weinheimer or Marti Wagnon with questions.
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Postdoc Opportunities in the Dayer Human Dimensions Lab
The Dayer HD Lab seeks applicants for two postdoctoral associate positions:
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A postdoctoral associate with a passion for conservation science and/or social-ecological science is sought to contribute to a 3-year social-ecological study of sea level rise and land use decisions. This research project is funded by the NASA Land-cover and Land-use Change program. Read more here
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A postdoctoral associate with a passion for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in conservation and/or life science to conduct research to inform how three ornithological societies can facilitate culture change in ornithology. Read more here
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Erin Hotchkiss
Biological Sciences
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Erin Hotchkiss is an associate professor of freshwater ecology in the department of Biological Sciences. Research in the Hotchkiss Lab explores climate, landscape, and in situ controls on freshwater biogeochemistry and ecosystem processes (e.g., carbon metabolism, nutrient cycling, food web dynamics), with the aim of understanding these fundamental controls in the context of current and future environmental change.
Dr. Hotchkiss has been named a 2022 Fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) for "achieved excellence in [her] contributions to ASLO and the aquatic sciences".
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Volunteer Opportunity: FLSI "Global Kids Zone" at VT International Street Fair
The International Street Fair returns to campus on Sunday, April 23, 2023! The Fralin Life Sciences Institute is seeking volunteers to help facilitate the popular Global Kids Zone, a booth where kids can make science themed jewelry and slime, participate in a science-themed photo shoot, and more.
Set up starts at 10:30 AM and the event runs from 12 to 6 PM. Interested volunteers can sign up at the link below.
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Science on Tap NRV: "Healthcare Research in Harm Reduction"
Frankie Edwards, a Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Ph.D. candidate at VT, will discuss his research rooted in public health strategies targeted towards Narcan® use and harm reduction behaviors. Audience members will have the chance to engage with a behavior specification framework activity relevant to anyone ready to change a behavior.
Wednesday, Feb 22
5:30 - 7:00 PM ET
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New Research by GCC Affiliate Luis Escobar Reveals Complexity of "Spillover Transmission"
A new study by Luis Escobar, assistant professor of fish and wildlife conservation, explores virus spillover transmission - a common yet highly complex phenomenon encompassing multiple stages and host variables. Using rabies in vampire bats as a model disease system, Escobar elucidates how multi-scale variables and subtle stages throughout a transmission path can be deconstructed and analyzed separately to better understand the drivers of zoonotic virus spillover transmission from wildlife.
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Ecosystem Toxicologist & GCC Affiliate, Austin Gray, is Tracking Microplastic Consumption in Dolphins
Austin Gray’s research has led him and fellow team members to find an average of 1,400 microplastics, including small polymers from tires, particles from fishing lines, and even foam particles from discarded cups, in the gastrointestinal tracts of dolphins in Charleston Harbor. If you were to walk along the shoreline of Charleston Harbor, you’d encounter a piece of plastic every two steps, according to a 2014 survey of plastic debris conducted by a team that included Gray at the start of his research on microplastics.
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