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Spring Forum focuses on new and emerging directions for behavioral and social sciences research , articleChristine Hunter, the acting director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health, will provide a virtual presentation during the event on March 31.
Date: Mar 20, 2023 -
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+Policy Fellows program supports new research to improve lives globally , articleRural farmers living in poverty in Zimbabwe and small-scale farmers in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and India are the ultimate beneficiaries of +Policy Fellow seed grants awarded to Virginia Tech faculty who proposed research with broad applications and strong policy implications.
Date: Feb 28, 2023 -
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Transdisciplinary research network addresses policy research and education , articleA new community has emerged as a result of the work of Virginia Tech’s Destination Areas. An outgrowth of the Policy Destination Area, the +Policy Network, reflects the original Destination Area’s mission and expands the breadth of engagement across Virginia Tech.
Date: Feb 16, 2023 -
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Researchers explore human-centered solutions to environmental grand challenges , articleFinding a solution to challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution requires addressing a host of transdisciplinary research and a human-centered approach. Convergence researchers aim to address such large-scale societal problems by working with a broad range of both scientists and stakeholders.
Date: Feb 08, 2023 -
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Nutshell Games offer a fun speaking competition for graduate research students , articleAre cows afraid of the dark? Are bees OK with weedkiller? Do mothers really know best? These are only a few of the research topics that will be explained as 30 Virginia Tech graduate students compete for $500 in professional development funding in this year’s event.
Date: Feb 02, 2023 -
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Social science faculty recipients of Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment’s first PREP awards , articleThe institute launched the Preparing your Research for an Extramural Proposal Program this fall with a call for applications. The program helps faculty develop the skills and experience needed to lead projects regarding human, societal, and environmental research.
Date: Dec 20, 2022 -
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Fulbright program brings 100 international students to Virginia Tech , articleThe German Fulbright Summer Institute program Communicating across Disciplines was back in person for its “most exciting and robust year,” according to Patty Raun, director for the Center for Communicating Science. Over the summer, 26 German students immersed themselves in American culture and the Virginia Tech campus experience in Blacksburg.
Date: Nov 11, 2022 -
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Transformative whole health ambassador to speak at Virginia Tech , articleTracy Gaudet, past executive director of the Veterans Health Administration's National Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, will speak at Virginia Tech on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m. in the Fralin Hall Auditorium. Sponsored by the Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment, Gaudet’s presentation is free and open to the public.
Date: Nov 04, 2022 -
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Researchers probe neural connections for age-related decline , articleTae-Ho Lee and Ben Katz have earned a five-year $3.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to study attention networks in the brain with the goal of examining those networks when one is trying to focus in a distracting or stressful environment.
Date: Oct 26, 2022 -
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Blacksburg campus institute names liaison in D.C. area , articleThe Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment welcomes Shalini Misra as its new administrative fellow. Misra is an associate professor of urban affairs and planning in the School of Public and International Affairs, which is located in the Virginia Tech Research Center — Arlington.
Date: Sep 20, 2022 -
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Eminent researchers around the country help launch the new Center for Rural Education , articleImagine a gathering of the most innovative and prominent scholarly researchers who are offering their intelligence, experience, and time. That describes the Rural Education Summit, held at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center on Aug. 26, which officially launched the new Center for Rural Education.
Date: Sep 20, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech sustainability research impacts retirement community residents , articleThrough seed funding provided by the Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment, Jennifer Russell and her students are working with a retirement company to study how it could increase its sustainability efforts.
Date: Sep 06, 2022 -
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Now is the time to work on improving cognitive health, Virginia Tech researcher says , articleBen Katz studies executive function — working memory, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility — throughout the lifespan. How people stay sharp as they grow older and what happens to the brain during the aging process are questions he contemplates.
Date: Aug 22, 2022 -
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Scholars program supports research addressing critical human and societal concerns , articleWith up to $30,000 each, the research teams will conduct preliminary studies to make themselves more competitive for external funding from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and other sources of public and private funding.
Date: Aug 01, 2022 -
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STEP program keynote addresses climate change and policy solutions , articleSolving environmental and societal problems through scientifically backed policy was the focus of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Policy (STEP) keynote seminar featuring Claire Kremen, professor and President’s Excellence chair of biodiversity at the University of British Columbia.
Date: May 31, 2022