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        <description><![CDATA[ By analyzing Louisiana Medicaid data, a recent study co-led by researcher Barbara Allen found elevated health risks among residents living near petrochemical plants and refineries. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A $1 million, four-year National Science Foundation grant will help better understand how natural hazards impact the forest and soils that control the water quality that ends up in drinking water reservoirs. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Partnering with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia State Dairymen&#39;s Association, researchers are helping develop a $20 million program  designed to create incentives for landowners to measurably reduce nutrient runoff.     ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Funding from the university now supports costs and replacements of automated external defibrillators across all Virginia Tech facilities. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ All of the departments within Virginia Tech’s Public Safety Division play an integral part in safety and security measures during home football games.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Environmental Health and Safety was recently awarded its eighth Susan Harwood Grant.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Several activities are planned for faculty, staff, and students during the university’s second Biosafety and Biosecurity Day on Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Fralin Hall atrium.    ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Environmental Health and Safety was established as a department on campus in 1974 and today plays a crucial role in teaching, learning, and research activities by ensuring regulatory compliance and promoting a safe and healthy environment across all university locations.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Kimberly Prather, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and distinguished professor at the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institute of Oceanography, will give a talk titled “From Water to Air: How Pollution Impacts Air Quality and Health in Coastal Regions&#34; on Sept. 26. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Located on the lawn of the Student Services Building, the Information Station offered a new students and their families as series of interactive tents filled with essential campus resources and insights.  ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:33:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>The quest for clean water: National Water Quality Month buoys Virginia Tech research</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ August is National Water Quality Month, a time to contemplate conserving natural water sources and consider what households and communities can do to ensure and preserve access to clean, safe water. Many researchers at Virginia Tech pursue this goal in myriad ways. Read on to learn how Virginia Tech works to study and preserve water quality. ]]></description>
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        <title>Experts available: Supreme Court decisions, first presidential debate, impacts of summer heat and more</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <title>Dennis Nolan named executive director of Environmental Health and Safety</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Nolan brings extensive experience and a vision for enhancing safety and compliance within the university community. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Environmental resources management major Abagail Megna ’21 coordinates with government agencies to obtain environmental permits for infrastructure projects as an environmental scientist in New York.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A $2.6 million grant will fund a new wildlife forensic center in Botswana as part of Virginia Tech’s ongoing collaborations with the government of the Republic of Botswana to foster conservation and global research initiatives in Africa.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Sponsored by the Division of Scholarly Integrity and Research Compliance and Environmental Health and Safety,  the university’s inaugural Biosafety and Biosecurity Day included various challenges, trivia, crafts, resources, and even a bio-safety-themed photo booth.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ryan Calder, assistant professor of environmental health and policy in the Public Health Program within the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, is the principal investigator in a $650,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for research on how divides might be bridged in order to accelerate decarbonization of New England’s power grid in light of differing community values.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech, Carilion Clinic collaborate to promote ATV safety</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Topics related to ATV safety were discussed during National Farm Safety and Health Week, which ran from Sept. 17-23. ]]></description>
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        <title>Tailgate like the pros: Sustainable and safe tailgating tips</title>
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        <title>Technology-enabled water surveillance and control project earns grant</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Atop a new wave of support from the Fralin Life Sciences Institute, Peter Vikesland is leading a research team in creating wireless sensor networks to survey microbial threats to water quality and to enable operational control and provide real-world feedback for public transparency.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ It is imperative that Virginia Tech employees complete the Medical Survey Questionnaire with Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) at least 60 days prior to departure for research-related travel outside the United States ]]></description>
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        <title>Researchers use autonomous technologies to make mines safer</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Drones have become an essential part of surface mine operations to boost safety and efficiency. Virginia Tech researcher Richard Bishop sees a day when that will be true for underground operations, too, and that could have broad impacts on safety and economic growth.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Michael Karmis said although he&#39;s retiring after four decades in the Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, he&#39;s not leaving the coalfields behind. He&#39;s now ready to use all the research, teaching, and networking he has done over the past four decades to help rural Virginia reverse economic decline from the falling fortunes of coal. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Mona Ghassemi, assistant professor and Steven O. Lane Junior Faculty Fellow in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is principal investigator in an effort to develop a prototype for a high-voltage, power-dense, cost-effective cable for twin-aisle aircraft that can safely operate in high-altitude, low pressure environments. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Assistant Professor of Practice Kevin Young spent summer 2020 applying his 11 years of professional engineering experience and nine years as an instructor to rework the lab component of his Civil and Environmental Engineering 2814 course. The result? A comprehensive revision and the development of a lab safety policy that Virginia Tech’s Environmental Health and Safety team approved immediately, complimenting its detail and thoroughness. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers are using stream quality data to find new insights into the interactions between the health of our natural spaces and human well-being. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The vice president will serve as a key member of the senior vice president and chief business officer’s leadership team and will administer the university’s safety and security programs and key auxiliary business units. ]]></description>
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        <title>This Valentine&#39;s Day protect your heart by learning about Virginia Tech’s AED program</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ There are more than 180 automated external defibrillators in place throughout the Blacksburg campus and greater Washington, D.C., area. The student-run Virginia Tech Rescue Squad leads the operation, maintenance, and inspections of these life-saving devices.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Additional employee case managers and a new student advocate program to assist students in on-campus isolation and quarantine spaces are among new ways Virginia Tech is enhancing COVID-19 support for employees and students. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Home to more than 1,200 laboratories, Virginia Tech strives to solve the world’s most complex problems by connecting brilliant minds with powerful technology. But at the end of the day, every researcher is facing the same challenge: copious amounts of laboratory waste. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech Environmental Health and Safety&#39;s new online system for hazardous waste ticket submittal makes it easier than ever for researchers and Facilities employees to arrange waste pickups. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia has awarded a total of $80,000 in community health research grants to four multi-institutional biomedical research projects.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Participants put themselves in the shoes of students, faculty, and staff as they walked along a route that included the Duck Pond, the Overflow Lot, Oak Lane, Burchard Plaza, and Burruss Hall – in the dark.     ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine hosted an 11-week transdisciplinary program designed to expose participants to research best practices and the diverse career opportunities available in the field.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The girls from schools in Montgomery County and Roanoke City will tour different areas of the university&#39;s Facilities Department to see the range of career opportunities that are available to them.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The two were recently given the 2017 Virginia Tech Award for Safety Excellence. The honor recognizes members of the university community whose safety efforts or initiatives have resulted in a safer work environment or substantially helped eliminate or minimize loss or injury. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Two minority students will conduct infectious disease research in northern Botswana. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Kathleen Alexander, a veterinarian and wildlife professor, will showcase some of her research projects on Capitol Hill on April 26. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Fish Conservation Professor Eric Hallerman advised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the environmental issues surrounding transgenic Atlantic salmon. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Stephen Schoenholtz, director of the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, is one of 150 invitees from across the nation to participate in the Water Summit. ]]></description>
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