October 27, 2020
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Policy Destination Area Call for Applications: +Policy Fellow award
The Policy Destination Area solicits applications from VT faculty who wish to pursue research projects with policy relevance. The 2020-2021 +Policy Fellow support is designed to help researchers add a policy dimension to their work or expand a policy expert’s content knowledge into a new area for future collaborations. Priority will be given to applications from interdisciplinary fellow/teams or, if an individual researcher, interdisciplinary research and clear plans for future directions. Maximum awards are $12,000. 

The application deadline is November 30th, 2020.
Postdoc Opportunity: NOAA/Oregon State University
Integrating ocean survey data to better support ecosystem based fisheries management

OSU’s Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies invites application for a full- time, 12-month postdoctoral scholar appointment with potential to extend for an additional 12 months. The scholar’s principle responsibility will be to examine the phenology of lower trophic level biology in the northern California Current ecosystem and evaluate the optimal timing and temporal resolution of NWFSC ocean surveys to capture ecosystem dynamics and provide early warning of ecosystem shifts.
FACULTY & FELLOW SPOTLIGHT
Luis Escobar - Fish and Wildlife Conservation

Dr. Escobar’s research focuses on the distribution of biodiversity, including parasites and pathogens at global scales, and under past, current, and future environmental conditions. He uses biogeographic approaches for the understanding of diseases distributions under diverse land use...

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Jess Hernandez - Biological Sciences

For her dissertation, Jessica studies a free-living population of box-nesting tree swallows (Tachcineta bicolor) that form social pair bonds throughout the breeding season yet also engage in extra-pair copulations. Through observational and experimental studies, Jessica hopes to better understand the...

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AROUND CAMPUS
CeZAP Virtual Seminar: Luis Escobar, GCC affiliate - Macroecology of Zoonotic Diseases [flyer]

Tuesday, 10/27 at 12:00 pm
EEB Virtual Seminar: Megan Greischar, Cornell Univ. - Adaptation or artifact? Using models to examine diverse parasite life history in malaria infections

Thursday, 10/29 at 3:30 pm
CEE EWR Virtual Seminar: Sally Pusede, University of Virginia - atmospheric chemist studying air quality, climate, and atmosphere-biosphere interactions
Hosted by GCC affiliate Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz
Friday, 10/30 at 2:30 pm
COMMUNITY
IGC fellows meet up for a fall hike & outdoor...

Written by Alaina Weinheimer, IGC GSO social committee chair. Many of us fellows wanted to gather offline in a safe way, so we organized a hike followed by a visit to Moon Hollow Brewing Company for this past Saturday..

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Draper Road Streetscape - Public Input Meeting

Join the Town of Blacksburg, VA for a virtual public workshop to reimagine Draper Road. This is a redesign project to enhance the streetscape. Contribute your input & feedback regarding elements & improvements to be made. Registration required.

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Fish and Wildlife Film Festival

WATCH // Virtual Fish and Wildlife Film Fest 2020 showings will be held on Nov. 6 and Nov. 13, 6-8:00 p.m. PDT. Free for K-12 and University Students. SUBMIT // We are now in the submissions phase for the 2021 festival. Entry deadline is December 11.

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NEWSWORTHY
Geoscience's Ben Gill seeks answer to how the planet...

Scientists don’t yet know what caused the Triassic mass-extinction event — one of the largest extinction events in the history of our planet — 200 million years ago. With a new 3-year $591,000 NSF grant, GCC faculty affiliate, Ben Gill, will work...

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Governor Northam Announces Virginia Coastal Resilience...

Governor Ralph Northam today released the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Planning Framework, which lays out the core principles of the Commonwealth's approach to coastal protection and adaptation, and will serve as a blueprint for...

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