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        <description><![CDATA[ As International Education Week highlights global well-being, stories from across the university’s worldwide community reveal how connection fuels joy and learning. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech and the Malawi University of Science and Technology are expanding a longtime partnership that connects students and researchers across engineering, medicine, public health, and design. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Tania Pérez-Bustos examines how textiles become instruments of political struggle, memory-making, and collective healing among Colombian communities. As a visiting scholar at Virginia Tech, she will lead three events March 19–21 to share her research.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The presidents of Virginia Tech and Egypt’s Alexandria University signed a memorandum of understanding that formalizes a long-standing partnership and aims to encourage student mobility and collaborative projects benefiting both institutions and their respective communities. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech’s Integrated Pest Management Activity, part of the Center for International Research, Education, and Development, launched a biocontrol program that harnesses the use of natural enemies to fight the noxious Parthenium weed and enhance the nation’s food security.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Center for International Research, Education, and Development has assembled a transdisciplinary team from Blacksburg and India to develop a new generation of infrastructure professionals.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech’s IPM Innovation Lab is partnering with Bangladeshi mango exporters to support the implementation of Good Agricultural Practices and help the country reach its export potential. The initiative, focused on equipping farmers with the tools and knowledge necessary to meet international standards, has already helped several exporters achieve GAP certification. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Neeti Aryal Khanal has pioneered research exposing inequities faced by Nepali women with disabilities, bridging gaps between gender and disability advocacy. She will visit Blacksburg on March 14 to share insights from her research and advocacy during the Women and Gender in International Development Discussion Series.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ On any given day, in every corner of the world, Virginia Tech students, faculty, staff, and alumni are making a profound impact. As the university celebrates International Education Week, we check in with some of those Hokies embodying the university’s commitment to international education and engagement. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Bernice Owusu-Brown overcame criticism and resistance to research the rarely discussed issue of intimate partner violence in Ghana. As a new postdoctoral fellow at Virginia Tech and the first speaker in this fall&#39;s Women and Gender in Development Discussion Series, she believes she is on the path to influencing change. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The university — one of just two in the commonwealth with a Peace Corps recruiter — is sending three recent graduates to volunteer in Kyrgyzstan, Guatemala, and Lesotho. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech received top marks in the indicators of international research, student employability, and sustainability in the QS World University Rankings 2024 — one of the three most widely read university world rankings in the world. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Transcending cultural, gender, political, and geographical divides, food is part of everyone&#39;s story. In a series of events in Blacksburg, Nina Mukerjee Furstenau will showcase how research can be guided through conversations in the kitchen.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jessica Spence is hoping the photovoice project she completed in Uganda will highlight the complex realities of female farmers across the globe. She is scheduled to speak during the Women and Gender in International Development Discussion Series on Thursday, March 16, at 12:30 p.m.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A member of the Virginia Tech community since 2013, Archibald will be the new executive director of the center, which oversees a significant portion of the university&#39;s international research. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Ranking released Wednesday, the university’s teaching reputation, surge in international students and staff, and increase in the number of doctoral degrees awarded led to high marks in the pillars of teaching and international outlook. ]]></description>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/07/outreach-ipm-bifad.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Seerjana Maharjan is one of dozens of graduate students in Nepal whose research is supported by Virginia Tech’s Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ As part of the QS World University Rankings 2023 that came out Wednesday, Virginia Tech received top marks in the International Research Network and International Faculty indicators. The university&#39;s overall comprehensive ranking placed it among the top 26 percent in the world.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Collaborations with the Center for International Research, Education, and Development and the Pamplin College of Business have provided expertise to help grow Ladies Own Transport, a driving school and ride-sharing service for women.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management is conducting research on invasive weed spread in Nepal, providing groundwork for addressing food security and biodiversity impacts.    ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The drone academy, the first of its kind in Africa, aims to eventually establish additional programs in other countries.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management aims to improve crop production while minimizing environmental hazards caused by the overuse of chemical pesticides in the South Asian nation. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Center for International Research, Education, and Development is using a digital approach to increase the consumption of nutritious vegetables in Kenya.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management has found that climate change is contributing to invasive weed spread in Nepal, putting land and people at risk.    ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The former chancellor of the University of Missouri and a nationally recognized advocate of global education and international understanding has been named interim executive director. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Less than a year after the Peace Corps Prep certificate program debuted, its first awardee is preparing for a future full of travel, service, and leadership.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Africa’s first and only institution of its kind, the Virginia Tech-managed academy provides African youth with drone, data, and entrepreneurship skills.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech’s IPM Innovation Lab and the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology have introduced farmers in East Africa to the “push-pull technology,” which is improving farming outputs and adding value to women’s livelihoods.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A virtual workshop for graduate students preparing to take part in the Women and Gender in Development Conference helps them to more effectively communicate with people outside of their fields. ]]></description>
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