<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
<channel>
    <atom:link href="https://news.vt.edu/tags/_jcr_content/search-results.xml/news_vt_edu:global" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
    <title>Tags</title>
    <link>https://news.vt.edu/tags.html/news_vt_edu:global</link>
    <description></description>
    <language>en</language>
    <managingEditor></managingEditor>
    <webMaster></webMaster>
    <docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs>
    <item>
        <title>Two veterinary college surgeons open new doors in South Korea through animal hip replacement training</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/07/vetmed-surgery-global.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Clair Park and Otto Lanz of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine conducted first-of-their-kind workshops at two universities in South Korea.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:26:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/07/vetmed-surgery-global.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/07/vetmed-surgery-global/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Top News - Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Good Health and Well-Being</category><category>Faculty Excellence</category><category>Surgery</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Global</category><category>Quality Education</category><category>Global Impact</category><category>Impact</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Veterinary Teaching Hospital</category><category>Small Animal Clinical Sciences</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech, Alexandria University explore expanded partnership</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/06/outreach-cired-alexandria.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Leaders discussed opportunities for academic programs, experiential learning, research collaboration, and technology commercialization at Alexandria University’s Borg El Arab campus. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/06/outreach-cired-alexandria.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/06/outreach-cired-alexandria/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>News directly from around campus</category><category>Global</category><category>Center for International Research, Education, and Development</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture receives extension, expands enrollment</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/04/alliance-climate-smart.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The initiative is funded through 2027 and is expanding enrollment in Arkansas and Virginia. The alliance now includes more than 1,800 farms and 475,000 acres and provides financial incentives and technical support to help producers improve soil health, strengthen water retention, and reduce environmental impacts. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:43:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/04/alliance-climate-smart.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/04/alliance-climate-smart/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>United States Department of Agriculture</category><category>Clean Water and Sanitation</category><category>Environment</category><category>Agriculture</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Impact</category><category>Destination Areas</category><category>Agricultural Research and Extension Centers</category><category>Virginia Cooperative Extension</category><category>CALS Global</category><category>Global</category><category>School of Animal Sciences</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>International spouses find belonging at Virginia Tech</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/02/outreach-lci-spouses.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Through the Language and Culture Institute, spouses of students and employees gain more than English skills. They build confidence, community, and new pathways for the future. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/02/outreach-lci-spouses.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/02/outreach-lci-spouses/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Students</category><category>International Students</category><category>Impact</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Language and Culture Institute</category><category>Virginia Tech Transportation Institute</category><category>Faculty and Staff</category><category>Mechanical Engineering</category><category>Global</category><category>Graduate Students</category><category>Human Resources</category><category>Information for Employees</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Keeping watch as Hokies travel the world</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/01/outreach-geo-elizabeth-morrison.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ As the university&#39;s lead for travel safety and risk management, Elizabeth Morrison of the Global Education Office helps monitor conditions abroad and supports travelers when plans change unexpectedly.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/01/outreach-geo-elizabeth-morrison.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/01/outreach-geo-elizabeth-morrison/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Steger Center for International Scholarship</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Campus Experience</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>In memoriam: Lucy Ferrari, architecture program champion</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/01/outreach-aad-lucy-ferrari.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ For more than five decades, Ferrari helped shape architecture education and study abroad at Virginia Tech, including the creation of the Steger Center, leaving a legacy rooted in students, place, and purpose. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/01/outreach-aad-lucy-ferrari.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/01/outreach-aad-lucy-ferrari/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Virginia Tech Foundation</category><category>College of Architecture, Arts, and Design</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Art and Architecture Library</category><category>Philanthropy</category><category>Impact</category><category>Steger Center for International Scholarship</category><category>School of Architecture</category><category>Global</category><category>In Memoriam</category><category>Architecture</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Global farm productivity growth stalls, raising risks for food and markets</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/10/cals-2025-gap-report.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech&#39;s 2025 Global Agricultural Productivity Report warns that innovation is falling behind demand, leaving farmers without the tools needed to keep food affordable and sustainable. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/10/cals-2025-gap-report.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/10/cals-2025-gap-report/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>Top News</category><category>Virginia Cooperative Extension</category><category>CALS Global</category><category>Global</category><category>Agriculture</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Impact</category><category>Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Visit from Malawi university leaders sparks new ideas for global collaboration</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/06/outreach-cired-team-malawi-MUST.html</link>
        <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>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:58:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/06/outreach-cired-team-malawi-MUST.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/06/outreach-cired-team-malawi-MUST/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</category><category>College of Architecture, Arts, and Design</category><category>Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Faculty of Health Sciences</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Impact</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Unmanned Aerial Vehicles</category><category>Global</category><category>One Health</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Focused Ultrasound</category><category>Center for International Research, Education, and Development</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Biomedical Engineering</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Milkshakes fuel a global learning opportunity</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/05/cals-dairyclub.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Nearly two dozen students in the Dairy Club at Virginia Tech traveled over 3,500 miles to explore agriculture across Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, and the cattle-breed birthplace islands of Guernsey and Jersey.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 09:16:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/05/cals-dairyclub.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/05/cals-dairyclub/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Global</category><category>Agricultural and Applied Economics</category><category>Academics</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>CALS Global</category><category>Dairy Science</category><category>Global</category><category>Student Organizations</category><category>Virginia Tech Advantage</category><category>Global Education</category><category>School of Animal Sciences</category><category>First Generation Students</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Electrical and computer engineering earns high honors in U.S. News &amp; World Report rankings</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/11/eng-ece-us-news-world-report-global-rankings-electrical-computer-engineering.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech&#39;s Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ranked at the No. 2 spot, highlighting Virginia Tech’s continued growth in research and reputation. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/11/eng-ece-us-news-world-report-global-rankings-electrical-computer-engineering.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/11/eng-ece-us-news-world-report-global-rankings-electrical-computer-engineering/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Top News</category><category>Virginia Tech National Security Institute</category><category>Academics</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Cybersecurity</category><category>Quantum Frontier</category><category>DC Area</category><category>Global</category><category>Virginia Alliance for Semiconductor Technology</category><category>Rankings</category><category>Security Frontier</category><category>Innovation Campus</category><category>Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, Southwest Virginia Node</category><category>Commonwealth Cyber Initiative</category><category>Artificial Intelligence Frontier</category><category>Transdisciplinary research</category><category>Electrical and Computer Engineering</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech students&#39; water-sampling drone innovation takes them to Malawi and Rome </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/11/vetmed-team-malawi.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Traditional sampling methods require workers to wade into potentially contaminated waters. A drone does the same work much more safely. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/11/vetmed-team-malawi.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/11/vetmed-team-malawi/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</category><category>Agricultural and Applied Economics</category><category>Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics</category><category>Students</category><category>Honors College</category><category>Impact</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Undergraduate Research</category><category>Top News - Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Drones</category><category>Population Health Sciences</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Global</category><category>Civil Engineering</category><category>Sustainability</category><category>Public Health</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Policy update impacts all university-supported international travel</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/notices/gtoc-globalsafety-policy1070.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Global Travel Oversight Committee has updated Virginia Tech Policy 1070: Global Travel Policy. The change will impact any individual flying internationally on university-supported travel.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/notices/gtoc-globalsafety-policy1070.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/notices/gtoc-globalsafety-policy1070.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Safety</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Safety, Security, and Preparedness</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>Campus Experience</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education celebrates 20 years of impact</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2024/10/1_y5i1bj7k.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ With cutting-edge research at the doctoral level and experiential learning at the undergraduate level, Virginia Tech’s Department of Engineering Education leads the field preparing students to solve the world’s most complex problems. As an R1 institution and land-grant university, Virginia Tech aims to be a leader in STEM scholarship programs and implementing solutions across the U.S. that will give all students access to an engineering education. Faculty and Ph.D. research in engineering education contributes to, and even creates, such initiatives at the individual, local, national, and global level, often setting the bar for other engineering programs. ]]></description>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2024/10/1_y5i1bj7k.html</guid>
		<video_url><![CDATA[https://virginiatech.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=ac5cf215-ec4c-4ecb-8933-b40b00c2e295]]></video_url>

<video_views>108</video_views>
<video_length>4:04</video_length>
<video_upload_datetime>2024-10-25T16:08-0400</video_upload_datetime>

        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2024/10/1_y5i1bj7k.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>


        <category>Global</category><category>Celebration</category><category>Education</category><category>Artificial Intelligence</category><category>Impact</category><category>Engineering Education</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Career Development</category><category>Experiential Learning</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>U.S. passport services available on campus</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/notices/2024/10/sa-secl-passport-services-on-campus.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/notices/2024/10/sa-secl-passport-services-on-campus.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/notices/2024/10/sa-secl-passport-services-on-campus.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>Student Engagement and Campus Life</category><category>Student Affairs</category><category>Global</category><category>Community</category><category>Campus Experience</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Bridging the ‘Valley of Death’ to achieve agricultural productivity goals by 2050 </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/09/cals-GAP-Report-advisory.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Releasing on Thursday, Oct. 3, the Global Agricultural Productivity Report will highlight obstacles and solutions for meeting world demand for agricultural products. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:25:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/09/cals-GAP-Report-advisory.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/09/cals-GAP-Report-advisory/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Global</category><category>Good Health and Well-Being</category><category>Agriculture Security</category><category>Global</category><category>Top News  College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Impact</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Aminata Sarr cultivates precision agriculture innovations at the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/09/aminata-sarr-collaboration.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Aminata Sarr has been working with the Precision Agriculture &amp; Data Management lab at Tidewater AREC to enhance her knowledge and skillset in using remote sensing. With focused research on automated irrigation, she plans to return to her home country of Senegal help farmers there develop farming systems to increase profitability and sustainable practices. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/09/aminata-sarr-collaboration.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/09/aminata-sarr-collaboration/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture</category><category>Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center </category><category>Global</category><category>Research</category><category>Agricultural Research and Extension Centers</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Building Irrigation Canals in Nepal With the Help of Virginia Tech Engineers</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2024/09/1_cy1s3gp7.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ This past summer, Biological Systems Engineering and Aerospace Engineering Students at Virginia Tech spent time abroad in Nepal building irrigation systems for the village of Dumba. These canals provide important access to nearby water, making them essential for Dumba&#39;s local economy, food production, agriculture, and crop yield. ]]></description>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2024/09/1_cy1s3gp7.html</guid>
		<video_url><![CDATA[https://virginiatech.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=02b4c368-b84e-4557-aede-b4160052536a]]></video_url>

<video_views>454</video_views>
<video_length>3:08</video_length>
<video_upload_datetime>2024-09-06T10:17-0400</video_upload_datetime>

        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2024/09/1_cy1s3gp7.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>


        <category>Global</category><category>Environment</category><category>Aerospace and Ocean Engineering</category><category>Biological Systems Engineering</category><category>Students</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Culture</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>International scientists converge at Virginia Tech to further plant health research</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/08/international-conference-plant-pathogenic-bacteria.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech hosted the International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, bringing 250 plant health scientists from 27 countries to Blacksburg for an exchange about the global food chain.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:39:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/08/international-conference-plant-pathogenic-bacteria.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/08/international-conference-plant-pathogenic-bacteria/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>United States Department of Agriculture</category><category>International Research</category><category>Appalachia</category><category>Center for Communicating Science</category><category>Biological Sciences</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>School of Plant and Environmental Sciences</category><category>Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture</category><category>Impact</category><category>Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Infectious Disease</category><category>Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens</category><category>CALS Global</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Translational Plant Sciences</category><category>Global</category><category>Graduate Students</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Translational Plant Sciences Center</category><category>National Science Foundation</category><category>Entomology</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech joins global team for award-winning research using firefighting drones </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/08/eng-me-lattimer-bono-award-unmanned-firefighting.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech experts and a global group of researchers bring together strong research and best practices in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in outdoor firefighting.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 09:37:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/08/eng-me-lattimer-bono-award-unmanned-firefighting.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/08/eng-me-lattimer-bono-award-unmanned-firefighting/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Drones</category><category>Mechanical Engineering</category><category>Global</category><category>Honors and Awards</category><category>Research</category><category>Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Unmanned Aerial Vehicles</category><category>Wildland Fire Management</category><category>Sustainable Cities and Communities</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Tradition meets transformation for Maasai women</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/cnre-baird-maasai-empowerment.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A new study by Virginia Tech Associate Professor Tim Baird reveals that a changing Africa is creating avenues of empowerment for Maasai women. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 10:21:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/cnre-baird-maasai-empowerment.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/cnre-baird-maasai-empowerment/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Geography</category><category>Research</category><category>Global Impact</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Complex Problems</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>Social Sciences</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Doctoral student researching infectious diseases named to two honor societies </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/vetmed-jamiu-honor-societies.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Abdullahi Jamiu, a research assistant in the Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences program within the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, has been inducted into Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, and Omicron Delta Kappa.    ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/vetmed-jamiu-honor-societies.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/vetmed-jamiu-honor-societies/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Inclusion and Diversity</category><category>Academics</category><category>Students</category><category>Infectious Disease</category><category>Top News - Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Global</category><category>Graduate Students</category><category>Honors and Awards</category><category>Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences</category><category>Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Microbiology</category><category>Public Health</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Researcher supports Indigenous communities in finding accessible solutions to global problems</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/06/galappaththi-finding-sustainable-solutions-for-indigenous-communities.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Eranga Galappaththi has dedicated more than 10 years to studying the social dimensions of human-nature systems, particularly within 11 Indigenous communities in Sri Lanka and the Canadian Arctic, examining their responses to various natural and human-made problems. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:09:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/06/galappaththi-finding-sustainable-solutions-for-indigenous-communities.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/06/galappaththi-finding-sustainable-solutions-for-indigenous-communities/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>Top News</category><category>Geography</category><category>Research</category><category>Global Impact</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Institute for Society, Culture and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions</category><category>Security Frontier</category><category>Environmental Stewardship</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>New research details economic, nutritional impact of global recreational inland fishing</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/05/cnre-nyboer-inland-fisheries.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A new paper explores the critical role inland recreational fisheries play in providing affordable nutrition and how climate change threatens access for millions of people globally. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:59:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/05/cnre-nyboer-inland-fisheries.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/05/cnre-nyboer-inland-fisheries/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>Life on Land</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Data and Decisions</category><category>Urban Natural Resources</category><category>Data</category><category>Freshwater Ecology</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Wildlife</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Sustainability</category><category>International Research</category><category>Climate Change</category><category>Good Health and Well-Being</category><category>Top News</category><category>Research</category><category>Global Impact</category><category>Global Systems Science</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Complex Problems</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Agriculture Security</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Water</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Conservation</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Class of 2024: Rachel Morse named Outstanding Senior for the College of Natural Resources and Environment</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/cnre-outstanding-senior-2024.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ From local shrews to ocelots in the Amazon, Morse’s academic journey in the wildlife conservation major has been defined by hands-on learning experiences. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/cnre-outstanding-senior-2024.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/cnre-outstanding-senior-2024/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Virginia Tech Commencement</category><category>Class of 2024</category><category>Awards</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Academics</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Students</category><category>Threatened and Endangered Species</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Undergraduate Research</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Student Organizations</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Virginia Tech Advantage</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Conservation</category><category>Amazon</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech expertise to support sustainable agriculture and fishing in Tunisia</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/outreach-cired-tunisia.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Center for International Research, Education, and Development is partnering with the international nongovernmental organization FHI 360 on a U.S. State Department-funded project to strengthen the resilience of Tunisian farmers, fishers, and their communities in the face of climate change. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:58:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/outreach-cired-tunisia.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/outreach-cired-tunisia/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Agriculture Security</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Impact</category><category>Environmental Stewardship</category><category>Center for International Research, Education, and Development</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Memories of fishers reach beyond the data</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/cnre-castello-fishers-memory.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A research team led by Associate Professor Leandro Castelli demonstrates that local knowledge of past harvests can provide an accurate – and affordable – depiction of historical fish stocks.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/cnre-castello-fishers-memory.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/cnre-castello-fishers-memory/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Responsible Consumption and Production</category><category>Life Below Water</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Threatened and Endangered Species</category><category>Data</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Coastal Research</category><category>International Research</category><category>Top News</category><category>Center for Coastal Studies</category><category>Environment</category><category>Research</category><category>Global Impact</category><category>Global Systems Science</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Complex Problems</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Grants</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Conservation</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>A letter from Mark Sikes, dean of students</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/sa-sikestaiwan.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ At Virginia Tech, the well-being of our Hokies is of utmost importance, particularly during natural disasters like the recent earthquake in Taiwan. The Dean of Students Office, along with our partners in Student Affairs, remains committed to offering holistic support and care during this crisis. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 13:13:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/sa-sikestaiwan.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/sa-sikestaiwan/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Wellness</category><category>Student Affairs</category><category>Global</category><category>Graduate Students</category><category>International Students</category><category>Student Wellness</category><category>Student Life</category><category>Campus Experience</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Veterinary college graduate Ashley Johnson awarded prestigious Hogg Scholarship for food safety studies  </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/03/vetmed-alumni-food-safety.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Ashley Johnson DVM &#39;13 has been named a 2024 American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) Foundation Hogg Scholarship recipient.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/03/vetmed-alumni-food-safety.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/03/vetmed-alumni-food-safety/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Responsible Consumption and Production</category><category>Good Health and Well-Being</category><category>Alumni</category><category>Food Safety</category><category>Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program</category><category>News directly from around campus</category><category>Impact</category><category>Scholarships</category><category>Top News - Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Agriculture Security</category><category>DC Area</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Global</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Students study abroad in Antarctica</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2024/02/1_9jgexxde.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Professor Lynn Resler of the Department of Geography led a study abroad course to Antarctica. Virginia Tech students visited the remote continent while learning about the history of exploration to Antarctica, current conservation efforts to protect the terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and the geographic and interdisciplinary dimensions of the polar region. ]]></description>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2024/02/1_9jgexxde.html</guid>
		<video_url><![CDATA[https://virginiatech.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=3d64de08-dfbd-4d2b-8289-b4230011945f]]></video_url>

<video_views>769</video_views>
<video_length>2:30</video_length>
<video_upload_datetime>2024-02-27T15:11-0500</video_upload_datetime>

        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2024/02/1_9jgexxde.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>


        <category>Climate Change</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Geography</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>Experiential Learning</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>The Antarctica journals</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/cnre-antarctica-journal.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech students shares experiences and insights traveling to Antarctica over the winter break. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/cnre-antarctica-journal.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/cnre-antarctica-journal/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation</category><category>Top News</category><category>Geography</category><category>Environment</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Academics</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Students</category><category>Threatened and Endangered Species</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Top News  College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Wildlife</category><category>Virginia Tech Advantage</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>Conservation</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Veterinary college alumna founds global organization for animal welfare, environmental education </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/vetmed-alumna-anna-katogiritis.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Anna Katogiritis transformed a chance email from Jane Goodall into a career championing animal welfare and environmental education globally.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/vetmed-alumna-anna-katogiritis.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/vetmed-alumna-anna-katogiritis/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Good Health and Well-Being</category><category>Top News</category><category>Life on Land</category><category>Alumni</category><category>Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Global</category><category>Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Impact</category><category>One Health</category><category>International Impact</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Forensic science combats wildlife trafficking</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/cnre-wildlife-forensic-center.html</link>
        <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>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 06:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/cnre-wildlife-forensic-center.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/cnre-wildlife-forensic-center/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Life on Land</category><category>Health</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Integrated Security</category><category>Wildlife</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>International Research</category><category>Economic development</category><category>Top News</category><category>Environment</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Global Impact</category><category>Global Systems Science</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Impact</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>Environmental Health and Safety</category><category>Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Grants</category><category>Global Education</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Conservation</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Forging the global land-grant mission</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/cnre-president-sands-visits-africa.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech President Tim Sands traveled to Botswana to meet with President Eric Mokgweetsi Keabetswe Masisi and celebrate the expansion of collaborative projects as part of Virginia Tech’s efforts to expand the land-grant mission globally. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 08:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/cnre-president-sands-visits-africa.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/cnre-president-sands-visits-africa/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Life on Land</category><category>Health</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Integrated Security</category><category>Wildlife</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Sustainability</category><category>Economic development</category><category>Environment</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Global Impact</category><category>Global Systems Science</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Impact</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>Office of the President</category><category>Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Grants</category><category>Global Education</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Conservation</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Kathleen Alexander receives Virginia’s highest faculty honor</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/01/cnre-alexander-schev.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Alexander, the William E. Lavery Professor in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, was recognized with an Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/01/cnre-alexander-schev.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/01/cnre-alexander-schev/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Top News</category><category>Environment</category><category>Academics</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Disease Prevention</category><category>Global Systems Science</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Complex Problems</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>Threatened and Endangered Species</category><category>Office of the President</category><category>Infectious Disease</category><category>Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens</category><category>Faculty and Staff</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Grants</category><category>National Science Foundation</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech,  Xidian University forge cultural and educational bridge</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/12/pamplin-xdu-vt-xian.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A group of three Virginia Tech professors – Don Hatfield, Gregory Kogan, and Ron Poff – traveled to Xi&#39;an to teach a cohort of students at the School of Economics and Management at Xidian University as part of the XDU-VT 3+1 program. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/12/pamplin-xdu-vt-xian.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/12/pamplin-xdu-vt-xian/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Alumni</category><category>Global</category><category>Academics</category><category>International Students</category><category>Pamplin College of Business</category><category>Global Education</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>&#39;Curious Conversations&#39; podcast: Feng Lin talks about the chemistry of better batteries</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/research-curiousconversations_lin.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Lin broke down some of the current challenges to mass producing an effective and affordable battery, and shared his thoughts on the potential for coal in helping overcome these hurdles.      ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2023 11:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/research-curiousconversations_lin.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/research-curiousconversations_lin/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>Chemistry</category><category>Macromolecules Innovation Institute</category><category>Global</category><category>Environment</category><category>Research</category><category>Materials Science and Engineering</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Projects connect U.S. educators to East African scholarship, history, and culture</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/iew-east-africa-roundtable.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ During International Education Week, members of the East Africa Summer Institute for Educators are discussing the progress and expected impact of 12 projects being developed after an intensive monthlong curriculum development program in East Africa. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/iew-east-africa-roundtable.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/iew-east-africa-roundtable/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>Global Impact</category><category>Quality Education</category><category>Impact</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Hope takes root in Uganda</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/cnre-uganda-agroforestry.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Fulbright recipient Sarah Juster is researching how agroforestry interventions can help displaced refugees in Uganda. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 09:34:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/cnre-uganda-agroforestry.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/cnre-uganda-agroforestry/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation</category><category>Awards</category><category>Research</category><category>Health</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Philanthropy</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>Social Sciences</category><category>Sustainable Cities and Communities</category><category>Center for Refugee, Migrant, and Displacement Studies</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Agriculture Security</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Graduate Students</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Forestry</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Conservation</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Going abroad with Project GO</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/CM-ProjectGO-2023.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Project Global Officer is a Department of Defense initiative that allows ROTC students the opportunity to study abroad and sharpen their language skills through immersive training. Students, including those from Virginia Tech, gain regional and cultural expertise in areas deemed strategic parts of the world. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:59:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/CM-ProjectGO-2023.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/CM-ProjectGO-2023/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Top News</category><category>Alumni</category><category>Global</category><category>Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Academics</category><category>Political Science</category><category>Students</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech and Weizmann Institute of Science tackle cell migration on fibers</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/eng-me-nain-cellular-coiling.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Amrinder Nain has established international research partnerships for unique investigations in cellular movement. As his team looks at the coiling movement of cells, he continues to champion globally connected labs. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 12:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/eng-me-nain-cellular-coiling.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/eng-me-nain-cellular-coiling/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Cancer Research</category><category>International Research</category><category>Mechanical Engineering</category><category>Global</category><category>Research</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>College of Engineering</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>A letter from Mark Sikes, dean of students</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/studentaffairs_sikes-message-100923.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Through our Principles of Community, we affirm the value of human diversity because it enriches our lives and the university, and together, our community will respect our differences while affirming our common humanity. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 12:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/studentaffairs_sikes-message-100923.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/studentaffairs_sikes-message-100923/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Employee Wellness</category><category>Student Affairs</category><category>Global</category><category>Students</category><category>Student Wellness</category><category>Student Life</category><category>Campus Experience</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Clean water for students in India</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/cnre-juran-clean-water-india.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech looks to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/cnre-juran-clean-water-india.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/cnre-juran-clean-water-india/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Clean Water and Sanitation</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Feature</category><category>Impact</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Institute for Society, Culture and Environment</category><category>Global Land Grant Impact</category><category>CALS Global</category><category>Global</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Institute Centers</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Unearthing the impact of moisture on soil carbon processes</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/cnre-strahm-carbon-moisture.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/cnre-strahm-carbon-moisture.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/cnre-strahm-carbon-moisture/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Global Land Grant Impact</category><category>CALS Global</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Feature</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Impact</category><category>Sustainable Cities and Communities</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Brain Tumors in Children</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/categories/impact/brain-tumors-in-children.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Experts from Children&#39;s National, Virginia Tech, and Columbia University join forces to explore new tactics to fight lethal childhood brain cancer. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/categories/impact/brain-tumors-in-children.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/categories/impact/brain-tumors-in-children/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="null"/>
    	<category>Good Health and Well-Being</category><category>Global Land Grant Impact</category><category>CALS Global</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Feature</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Impact</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech’s global reach: Hokies take maroon and orange around the world</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/seen-around-the-world--hokies-on-every-continent.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ In just the past year alone, the Virginia Tech flag has flown on all seven continents as Hokies traveled to over 50 countries to engage in study abroad experiences, pursue global research collaborations, and tackle international service projects. On Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Global Education Office will host its annual Study Abroad Fair on the Drillfield. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 09:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/seen-around-the-world--hokies-on-every-continent.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/seen-around-the-world--hokies-on-every-continent/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Top News</category><category>Geography</category><category>College of Architecture, Arts, and Design</category><category>Academics</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Pamplin College of Business</category><category>Steger Center for International Scholarship</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Sustainable Biomaterials</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Big teeth, bigger data</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/cnre-shark-sanctuaries-geospatial.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech researchers use geospatial data to understand shark catch and mortality rates in ocean sanctuaries, a critical step in merging data science with conservation efforts.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:19:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/cnre-shark-sanctuaries-geospatial.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/cnre-shark-sanctuaries-geospatial/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Research</category><category>Center for Coastal Studies</category><category>Global Systems Science</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Data and Decisions</category><category>Complex Problems</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>Geospatial Technology</category><category>Threatened and Endangered Species</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Data</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Coastal Research</category><category>Conservation</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Faculty live like students for first-of-its-kind international training </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/geo-stegercenter-facultydev.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The 11 faculty members learning to build, launch, and lead study abroad programs experienced a role reversal. To design a program that maximizes student outcomes, the faculty experienced studying abroad from a student&#39;s perspective in an immersive development program at the Steger Center for International Scholarship.   ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/geo-stegercenter-facultydev.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/geo-stegercenter-facultydev/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>President</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research</category><category>Virginia Tech Advantage</category><category>Steger Center for International Scholarship</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>Office of the President</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Researchers prepare for the next earthquake in Oregon</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/science-tina-dura-cascadia-subduction-zone.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Cascadia Subduction Zone fault line last experienced an earthquake in 1700. Some 300 years later, geoscientist Tina Dura and her team are taking core samples to reconstruct the seismic history of the coastal region to help its residents prepare for the next earthquake and resulting tsunami and flooding. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2023 08:32:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/science-tina-dura-cascadia-subduction-zone.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/science-tina-dura-cascadia-subduction-zone/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>Top News</category><category>Global</category><category>Center for Coastal Studies</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Research</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Geosciences</category><category>Coastal Research</category><category>College of Science</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Men&#39;s basketball team visits Steger Center</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2023/08/1_zpjl9ryd.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech Men&#39;s Basketball team visited the Steger Center for International Scholarship in Riva San Vitale, Switzerland during their foreign tour. ]]></description>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2023/08/1_zpjl9ryd.html</guid>
		<video_url><![CDATA[https://virginiatech.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=5230a4f4-ecf5-4380-a96f-b41d007d93f9]]></video_url>

<video_views>811</video_views>
<video_length>0:35</video_length>
<video_upload_datetime>2023-08-14T13:54-0400</video_upload_datetime>

        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2023/08/1_zpjl9ryd.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>


        <category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Basketball</category><category>Global</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>An unexpected way to upcycle: Plastic waste transforms into soap</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/science-plastics-upcycle-soaps-guiliang-greg-liu.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Guoliang “Greg” Liu of the Department of Chemistry has discovered a new method of recycling plastics — from milk cartons, food containers, and plastic bags — into soap. The method: Heat the long carbon chains in the plastics then quickly cool them. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/science-plastics-upcycle-soaps-guiliang-greg-liu.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/science-plastics-upcycle-soaps-guiliang-greg-liu/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Top News</category><category>Top News - Instagram</category><category>Macromolecules Innovation Institute</category><category>Academy of Integrated Science</category><category>Research</category><category>Environment</category><category>Plastics pollution</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Chemistry</category><category>Global</category><category>Nanoscience</category><category>Materials Science and Engineering</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Accelerating global food production</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/categories/impact/2023-gap-report-global-impact.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech addresses the need for global agriculture productivity. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 10:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/categories/impact/2023-gap-report-global-impact.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/categories/impact/2023-gap-report-global-impact/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="null"/>
    	<category>Agriculture Security</category><category>Global Land Grant Impact</category><category>CALS Global</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Feature</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Impact</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Optimizing electric vehicles</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/optimizing-electric-vehicles.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 10:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/optimizing-electric-vehicles.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/optimizing-electric-vehicles/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="null"/>
    	<category>Macromolecules Innovation Institute</category><category>Environment</category><category>Media Advisory</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Feature</category><category>Impact</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Chemistry</category><category>Global Land Grant Impact</category><category>Global</category><category>Materials Science and Engineering</category><category>Environmental Stewardship</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech is satisfying the craving for semiconductor advancement</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/semi-conductors-global-impact.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 10:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/semi-conductors-global-impact.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/semi-conductors-global-impact/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="null"/>
    	<category>Responsible Consumption and Production</category><category>Global Land Grant Impact</category><category>CALS Global</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Feature</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Impact</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Astrophysicists to wield James Webb Space Telescope in three new supernova studies</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/07/science-chris-ashall-james-webb-supernova.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ For Chris Ashall&#39;s research group, the chance to study a rare, nearby, and young supernova over the course of the James Webb Space Telescope’s lifespan, recently projected to last up to 20 years, was irresistible.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:18:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/07/science-chris-ashall-james-webb-supernova.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/07/science-chris-ashall-james-webb-supernova/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Top News</category><category>NASA</category><category>Space</category><category>Global</category><category>Research</category><category>Physics</category><category>College of Science</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Immigration law expert to lead Global Strategic Services</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/07/outreach-gss-van-doren.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Jeff Van Doren, a lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience in immigration, employment, and labor law, has been named the director of Global Strategic Services, underscoring Virginia Tech’s commitment to strengthening its systems, staffing, and processes for attracting top talent from around the world and developing multifaceted agreements with leading global institutions. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:26:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/07/outreach-gss-van-doren.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/07/outreach-gss-van-doren/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Impact</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Global</category><category>International Support Services</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Ecuadorian faculty members visit Graduate School to discuss the global challenge of generative AI in higher education</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/07/provost-future-professoriate-latin-america-summer-program.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The collaboration with a Quito university goes back to 2016 — and yields new ideas each year. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2023 10:53:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/07/provost-future-professoriate-latin-america-summer-program.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/07/provost-future-professoriate-latin-america-summer-program/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Faculty and Staff</category><category>Executive Vice President and Provost</category><category>Global</category><category>Technology</category><category>Center for Communicating Science</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Impact</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Sixth Frascari Symposium at Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center focuses on the idea of &#39;finishing&#39;</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/aad-frascari-symposium-2023.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The biennial conference in memory of Virginia Tech Professor Marco Frascari promotes history and scholarship in the field of architecture. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/aad-frascari-symposium-2023.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/aad-frascari-symposium-2023/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>DC Area</category><category>College of Architecture, Arts, and Design</category><category>Global</category><category>Conference</category><category>Academics</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>In search of higher quality chocolate</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2023/06/1_so3v28ga.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researchers Amanda Stewart and Marlon Ac-Pangan are interested in different factors that affect the fermentation of cocoa in the chocolate-making process. Their research took them to the Cocoa Research Center in Trinidad and Tobago, one of the leading organizations in the cocoa industry. ]]></description>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2023/06/1_so3v28ga.html</guid>
		<video_url><![CDATA[https://virginiatech.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=888aed2c-f3c7-4b31-8e0b-b4080150ec4f]]></video_url>

<video_views>478</video_views>
<video_length>2:31</video_length>
<video_upload_datetime>2023-06-08T09:48-0400</video_upload_datetime>

        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2023/06/1_so3v28ga.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>


        <category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Food Science and Technology</category><category>Global</category><category>Research</category><category>Agriculture</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Study explains unusual deformation in Earth’s largest continental rift</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/science-east-african-rift-system-stamps-rajaonarison.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ In a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, Associate Professor Sara Stamps and her team explored the processes behind the East African Rift System using 3D thermomechanical modeling developed by the study’s first author, Tahiry Rajaonarison, who earned his Ph.D. at Virginia Tech as a member of Stamps’s lab.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2023 06:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/science-east-african-rift-system-stamps-rajaonarison.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/science-east-african-rift-system-stamps-rajaonarison/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Geosciences</category><category>Alumni</category><category>Global</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Research</category><category>Graduate Research</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Computer science students gain code-altering intercultural perspective after six days in Egypt </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/05/outreach-coe-cs-alamein-collaboration.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Department of Computer Science partnered with Alamein International University in Egypt for a semesterlong capstone project during which students learned to collaborate with international team members, consider global perspectives, and develop computer science-based solutions for international audiences.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/05/outreach-coe-cs-alamein-collaboration.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/05/outreach-coe-cs-alamein-collaboration/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>Computer Science</category><category>Global Education</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech’s Robert J. Bodnar and Shuhai Xiao elected to the National Academy of Sciences</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/05/science-shuhai-xiao-rober-bodnar-national-academy-of-sciences.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Bodnar, University Distinguished Professor of Geochemistry, and Xiao, a renowned paleobiologist and geobiologist, are among 120 new members and 23 international associates recognized for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2023 16:28:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/05/science-shuhai-xiao-rober-bodnar-national-academy-of-sciences.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/05/science-shuhai-xiao-rober-bodnar-national-academy-of-sciences/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Faculty Excellence</category><category>Top News</category><category>Global</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Named chairs, professorships, and fellowships</category><category>Academics</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Highly Prestigious - Prestigious Awards</category><category>Geosciences</category><category>University Distinguished Professor</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Office of the President</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Study: Sinking ground in parts of Chesapeake Bay area will worsen flooding from rising sea levels and storm surges</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/04/science-chesapeake-bay-sinking-coast-flooding.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ New research by Virginia Tech scientists shows that sections of the Chesapeake Bay are sinking at rates of nearly a quarter an inch — or 7 millimeters — a year. Further, up-to-date knowledge of where the ground in the Chesapeake Bay area is sinking and by how much is not included in the official planning maps that authorities use to assess the local flooding risk from rising sea levels, the researchers said. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 06:29:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/04/science-chesapeake-bay-sinking-coast-flooding.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/04/science-chesapeake-bay-sinking-coast-flooding/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>Global</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Environment</category><category>Research</category><category>Virginia Tech National Security Institute</category><category>Water</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Geosciences</category><category>Coastal Research</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Graduate Research</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Researchers to investigate a gap in animal evolution between two of Earth’s most explosive biodiversity events</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/04/science-nasa-ben-gill-cambrian-explosion.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ With support from NASA’s exobiology program, Ben Gill is leading a team of geologists and geochemists from Virginia Tech, Florida State University, Smith College, and Yale University to collect and study sedimentary rocks and fossils deposited globally under the ocean during the 40-million-year delay in diversification between the Cambrian Explosion and the Ordovician Radiation.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:10:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/04/science-nasa-ben-gill-cambrian-explosion.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/04/science-nasa-ben-gill-cambrian-explosion/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>NASA</category><category>Global</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Environment</category><category>Research</category><category>Geophysics</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Geosciences</category><category>College of Science</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Kathleen Alexander brings a One Health vision to conservation efforts in Botswana</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/cnre-kathleen-alexander-profile.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Alexander makes a global impact merging wildlife conservation with community health and economic development in Botswana. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 08:29:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/cnre-kathleen-alexander-profile.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/cnre-kathleen-alexander-profile/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Health</category><category>Students</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Data and Decisions</category><category>Infectious Disease</category><category>Wildlife</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Climate Change</category><category>Economic development</category><category>Top News</category><category>Environment</category><category>Disease Prevention</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Complex Problems</category><category>Impact</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>Office of the President</category><category>Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>Conservation</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Studying diseases in humans and wildlife</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2023/03/1_t690q1lp.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Professor Kathleen Alexander&#39;s research in Botswana explores factors that influence the spread of diseases. Understanding how diseases infect and spread between humans and wildlife within the environment is crucial for public health on a global scale. ]]></description>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2023/03/1_t690q1lp.html</guid>
		<video_url><![CDATA[https://virginiatech.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=21f51693-1cd6-4d82-b6d7-b40f013352e9]]></video_url>

<video_views>381</video_views>
<video_length>2:08</video_length>
<video_upload_datetime>2023-03-16T15:22-0400</video_upload_datetime>

        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2023/03/1_t690q1lp.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>


        <category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Environment</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Research</category><category>Wildlife</category><category>Infectious Disease</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Lucy Ferrari, Steger Center co-founder and international education trailblazer, honored as director emerita</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/outreach-steger-aad-ferrari.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ After weaving herself into the fabric of the university for more than half a century, Ferrari is honored for her roles in launching and supporting the Steger Center for International Scholarship and fostering untold numbers of study abroad opportunities. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:11:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/outreach-steger-aad-ferrari.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/outreach-steger-aad-ferrari/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Architecture, Arts, and Design</category><category>Global</category><category>Academics</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Steger Center for International Scholarship</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>School of Architecture</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Global Travel Oversight Committee makes the impossible possible</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/GTOC-Oberoi-Making-Travel-Possible.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Imagine you are studying or conducting research in a foreign country when you discover you have lost your passport, or protesters have blocked major roads, or you’ve tested positive for COVID. What do you do? Whom do you call? ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 09:22:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/GTOC-Oberoi-Making-Travel-Possible.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/GTOC-Oberoi-Making-Travel-Possible/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Top News</category><category>Safety</category><category>Alumni</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>COVID-19</category><category>Impact</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech establishing India’s first dual degree master’s program in economics</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/Indias-First-Dual-Degree-in-Economics.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Students will take classes at Mumbai-based NMIMS, one of India&#39;s leading universities, and then complete their second year in Blacksburg. They will earn an Master of Science in economics from NMIMS and a Master of Arts in economics from Virginia Tech.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 10:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/Indias-First-Dual-Degree-in-Economics.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/Indias-First-Dual-Degree-in-Economics/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Academics</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>VT India</category><category>Global Education</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Economics</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>A silver lining in the fight for clean water in India</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/cnre-juran-clean-water-india_old.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Students and faculty in the Department of Geography trialed the use of silver-infused ceramic tiles as a way to provide clean water to schools in rural India.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/cnre-juran-clean-water-india_old.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/cnre-juran-clean-water-india_old/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation</category><category>Young Alumni</category><category>Health</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Data and Decisions</category><category>Feature</category><category>Virginia Water Resources Research Center</category><category>Infectious Disease</category><category>Scholarships</category><category>Data</category><category>Population Health Sciences</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Graduate Students</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Geography</category><category>Alumni</category><category>Center for Coastal Studies</category><category>Research</category><category>Disease Prevention</category><category>Complex Problems</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Undergraduate Research</category><category>Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Institute for Society, Culture and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Water</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Amy Pruden speaks at Global Leaders Group meeting on antimicrobial resistance</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/eng-cee-pruden-speaks-at-glgmeeting.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Pruden was invited to speak with the group to help identify sustainable health outcomes for people and ecosystems.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 12:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/eng-cee-pruden-speaks-at-glgmeeting.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/eng-cee-pruden-speaks-at-glgmeeting/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Faculty Excellence</category><category>Global</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>University Distinguished Professor</category><category>Impact</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Civil and Environmental Engineering</category><category>Infectious Disease</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Luis Escobar receives NSF CAREER award to study disease transmission among wildlife and across geographic scales</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/cnre-escobar-nsf-award.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ With the National Science Foundation award, Escobar will research the disease ecology and biogeography of hantavirus to better understand disease transmission between species and to humans. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 07:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/cnre-escobar-nsf-award.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/cnre-escobar-nsf-award/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>Awards</category><category>Research</category><category>Disease Prevention</category><category>Vector-borne Disease </category><category>Health</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Global Systems Science</category><category>Data and Decisions</category><category>Complex Problems</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>Infectious Disease</category><category>Data</category><category>Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Faculty and Staff</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Student Organizations</category><category>Honors and Awards</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Hokies take the plunge in pursuit of a sustainable New Zealand</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/cnre-studyabroad-newzealand.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Students learn about the interplay between humans and the natural environment on an overseas study trip to New Zealand. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2023 08:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/cnre-studyabroad-newzealand.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/cnre-studyabroad-newzealand/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>Geography</category><category>Environment</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>Students</category><category>Social Sciences</category><category>Threatened and Endangered Species</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Student Organizations</category><category>Forestry</category><category>Wildlife</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>Conservation</category><category>Invasive Species</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>A letter from Mark Sikes, dean of students</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/students-sikes-letter.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ At Virginia Tech the holistic wellness of our Hokies matter, especially in times of a natural disaster such as the earthquake in Syria and Turkey. The Dean of Students office and our Student Affairs partner offices are here to provide holistic support and care amid this crisis. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 11:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/students-sikes-letter.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/students-sikes-letter/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Student Affairs</category><category>Global</category><category>Graduate Students</category><category>Student Wellness</category><category>Student Life</category><category>Campus Experience</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Study abroad scholarship helps student connect to her heritage</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/Outreach-GEO-Camino-Study-Abroad.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Senior Emma de Bara gained a new perspective on the world while hiking the famed Camino de Santiago during a faculty-led program in Spain. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/Outreach-GEO-Camino-Study-Abroad.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/Outreach-GEO-Camino-Study-Abroad/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Top News</category><category>Global</category><category>Academics</category><category>Giving Day</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Scholarships</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Unearthing the impact of moisture on soil carbon processes</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/cnre-strahm-carbon-moisture_orig.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A new paper reveals the critical role that moisture plays in the cycling and sequestration of soil carbon. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/cnre-strahm-carbon-moisture_orig.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/cnre-strahm-carbon-moisture_orig/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation</category><category>Research</category><category>Environment</category><category>Global Systems Science</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>School of Plant and Environmental Sciences</category><category>Feature</category><category>Complex Problems</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Forestry</category><category>Security Frontier</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Research Areas</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Sharks, spatial data, and a conservation success story</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/01/cnre-shark-conservation-kindsvater.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers in the College of Natural Resources and the Environment contribute to research aligning fisheries management with shark and ray conservation. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2023 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/01/cnre-shark-conservation-kindsvater.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/01/cnre-shark-conservation-kindsvater/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Top News</category><category>Research</category><category>Center for Coastal Studies</category><category>Environment</category><category>Driven By Data</category><category>Global Systems Science</category><category>Complex Problems</category><category>Threatened and Endangered Species</category><category>Data</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Coastal Research</category><category>Conservation</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech earthquake expert available to discuss deadly Indonesian earthquake</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/science-robert_weiss_indonesia_earthquake_expertise.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech geoscientist Robert Weiss, who studies the impact of natural hazards and their often-deadly consequences, is available to media outlets interested in this week’s undersea 5.6-magnitude earthquake that struck the country of Indonesia. The estimated death count now nears 270 people as rescue personnel continue to dig through rubble. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2022 14:55:27 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/science-robert_weiss_indonesia_earthquake_expertise.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/science-robert_weiss_indonesia_earthquake_expertise/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Center for Coastal Studies</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Research</category><category>Media Advisory</category><category>Geosciences</category><category>College of Science</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Global Change Center expands commitment to innovative graduate education   </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/fralin-life-sciences-angles.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ With membership spanning 20 institutions across the United States and Canada,  Virginia Tech&#39;s Global Change Center joined ANGLES, a network of higher education professionals dedicated to graduate student leadership development centered in sustainability, environmental, and societal issues.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/fralin-life-sciences-angles.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/fralin-life-sciences-angles/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>Alumni</category><category>Impact</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>Air Pollution</category><category>Office of the President</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Infectious Disease</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Graduate Students</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Graduate Education</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>International fellows connect with university faculty, community to address problems at home</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/outreach-roanoke-legacy-fellows.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Emerging leaders from Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria visited Virginia Tech to develop the skills to successfully develop and implement projects that will help their communities. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/outreach-roanoke-legacy-fellows.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/outreach-roanoke-legacy-fellows/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Economic development</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Impact</category><category>Center for Economic and Community Engagement</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Office of Engagement</category><category>Roanoke Center</category><category>Engagement</category><category>Commonwealth Campus Centers</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Geobiologists shine new light on Earth’s first known mass extinction event 550 million years ago</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/science-ediacaran_first_mass_extinction_event_scott_evans.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A new study by Virginia Tech geobiologists traces the cause of the first known mass extinction of animals to decreased global oxygen availability, leading to the loss of a majority of animals present near the end of the Ediacaran Period some 550 million years ago. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/science-ediacaran_first_mass_extinction_event_scott_evans.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/science-ediacaran_first_mass_extinction_event_scott_evans/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>Top News</category><category>Global</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Research</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>COVID-19</category><category>Geosciences</category><category>College of Science</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Astrophysicist using James Webb Space Telescope to study supernovae as source of heavy elements in universe</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/10/science-james_webb-space_telescope_chris_ashall_supernovae.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Chris Ashall, an assistant professor of astrophysics in the Virginia Tech College of Science, will collect data on the presence of heavy elements — the building blocks of life — in exploding dying stars, or supernovae.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:04:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/10/science-james_webb-space_telescope_chris_ashall_supernovae.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/10/science-james_webb-space_telescope_chris_ashall_supernovae/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>Top News</category><category>Physics</category><category>Space</category><category>Global</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Research</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Thomas Archibald tapped to lead Center for International Research, Education, and Development</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/10/outreach-cired-archibald.html</link>
        <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>
        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/10/outreach-cired-archibald.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/10/outreach-cired-archibald/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Virginia Cooperative Extension</category><category>Global</category><category>Research</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education</category><category>Center for International Research, Education, and Development</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>New, alarming data and solutions on productivity and sustainability of agricultural systems focus of upcoming D.C. event</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/09/cals-gap-report-promo.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech’s GAP Initiative will co-host a hybrid event with the SPG Coalition and U.S. Department of Agriculture on Oct. 4 in Washington, D.C., to unveil the latest data on global agricultural productivity and to identify solutions for increasing sustainable agricultural productivity — critical for global resilience against crises that threaten our ability to feed the planet. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:06:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/09/cals-gap-report-promo.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/09/cals-gap-report-promo/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Virginia Cooperative Extension</category><category>CALS Global</category><category>Global</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Impact</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Casting for data on microplastics in the ocean</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/08/science-seale_coastal_zone_observatory_weiss.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ With the new Seale Coastal Zone Observatory, Robert Weiss, a professor of geosciences, aims to model the present and future effects of microplastics on the marine environment and its life.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2022 11:24:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/08/science-seale_coastal_zone_observatory_weiss.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/08/science-seale_coastal_zone_observatory_weiss/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Top News</category><category>Academy of Integrated Science</category><category>Environment</category><category>Center for Coastal Studies</category><category>Research</category><category>Alumni</category><category>Biological Sciences</category><category>Philanthropy</category><category>Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC</category><category>Robotics</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Global Land Grant Impact</category><category>Global</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Water</category><category>Geosciences</category><category>Electrical and Computer Engineering</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Latin American universities&#39; faculty members hone skills at Virginia Tech</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/07/latin-american-faculty-at-gradschool.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The program, a collaboration between Ecuador’s Universidad San Francisco de Quito and Virginia Tech, explores themes and trends in global higher education. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2022 09:24:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/07/latin-american-faculty-at-gradschool.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/07/latin-american-faculty-at-gradschool/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Faculty and Staff</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Impact</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Graduate Education</category><category>Roanoke, Va.</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Study: Seismic waves from earthquakes reveal changes in the Earth’s outer core</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/06/science-seismic_waves_earthquakes_kermadec.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Our understanding of convection in the Earth’s outer core and its role in driving the planet’s magnetic field is based on theory. Geoscientist Ying Zhou puts proof forward for the first time, by studying seismic waves that once passed through the outer core during earthquakes. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 08:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/06/science-seismic_waves_earthquakes_kermadec.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/06/science-seismic_waves_earthquakes_kermadec/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Geosciences</category><category>Global</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Research</category><category>Global Systems Science</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>East Africa event to focus on immediate actions for agricultural productivity growth</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/06/cals-gap-report-Nairobi.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech’s GAP Initiative will host a hybrid event on June 23 in Nairobi, Kenya, to identify solutions for sustainable agriculture in East Africa — a critical region for global resilience against crises that threaten our ability to feed the planet. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 10:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/06/cals-gap-report-Nairobi.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/06/cals-gap-report-Nairobi/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Agriculture Security</category><category>CALS Global</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Impact</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Microbiologist Frank Aylward to use $989,000 NSF CAREER Award to study ‘giant’ viruses found in ecosystems</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/science-frank_aylward_nsf_career_giant_viruses.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Aylward, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, will use the award funding to better understand how such viruses affect ecosystems.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 06:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/science-frank_aylward_nsf_career_giant_viruses.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/science-frank_aylward_nsf_career_giant_viruses/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens</category><category>Academy of Integrated Science</category><category>Global</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Research</category><category>Biological Sciences</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Systems Biology</category><category>College of Science</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Cooperative Extension and 4-H&#39;s impact in Senegal </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2022/02/1_pv7x9feh.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Cooperative and Extension and 4-H are working in Senegal to improve the wellbeing of local communities by educating teachers and teaching food safety. Their work is focused on the introduction of mung beans to improve the nutrition of local school children. ]]></description>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2022/02/1_pv7x9feh.html</guid>
		<video_url><![CDATA[https://virginiatech.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=31838e95-91d6-46e3-8919-b4100032c31f]]></video_url>

<video_views>408</video_views>
<video_length>5:02</video_length>
<video_upload_datetime>2022-02-18T10:44-0500</video_upload_datetime>

        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2022/02/1_pv7x9feh.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>


        <category>Safety</category><category>Virginia Cooperative Extension</category><category>Global</category><category>4-H</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>School of Plant and Environmental Sciences</category><category>Impact</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Updated process for requesting high-risk travel and COVID-19</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/notices/outreach-globaleducation-high-risk-travel.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 08:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/notices/outreach-globaleducation-high-risk-travel.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/notices/outreach-globaleducation-high-risk-travel.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Campus Experience</category><category>COVID-19</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Passport Project will help more students access study abroad</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/11/outreach-globaleducation-passport_project.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A grant from the Institute of International Education aims to encourage study abroad by providing free U.S. passports to students. Eligible first-year students are encouraged to apply with the Global Education Office.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/11/outreach-globaleducation-passport_project.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/11/outreach-globaleducation-passport_project/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Inclusion and Diversity</category><category>Student Affairs</category><category>Global</category><category>Academics</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Global Education</category><category>First Year Experiences</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Fulbright award helps alumna continue work with refugees</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/11/outreach-globaleducation-skubic-fulbright.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Just before she left on a Fulbright program to Ireland, Chantal Skubic assisted Afghan refugees at an arrival site. The alumna began working with refugees in her junior year at Virginia Tech, and the experience has led her down a path of service to global communities.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/11/outreach-globaleducation-skubic-fulbright.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/11/outreach-globaleducation-skubic-fulbright/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Honors College</category><category>Pamplin College of Business</category><category>Impact</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Collaboration blends entrepreneurship and big data technology</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/10/pamplin-vt-xdu.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A long-standing relationship between the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech and the School of Economics and Management at Xidian University (XDU) in Xi&#39;an, China, has resulted in a unique collaborative program that will welcome its first cohort of 100-120 students in Fall 2022. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2021 11:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/10/pamplin-vt-xdu.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/10/pamplin-vt-xdu/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Top News</category><category>Global</category><category>Academics</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>International Students</category><category>Pamplin College of Business</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>2021 Global Agricultural Productivity Report to be released on October 20</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/10/cals-GAP-report-promo.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ On October 20, the 2021 Global Agricultural Productivity Report (GAP Report), &#34;Strengthening the Climate for Agricultural Growth,&#34; will be released in a virtual event. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 15:36:18 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/10/cals-GAP-report-promo.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/10/cals-GAP-report-promo/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Impact</category><category>Virginia Cooperative Extension</category><category>Global</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Mongoose in the city: How landscape can impact disease transmission in Botswana</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/06/cnre-mongoose-disease-transmission.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers are using genetic tools on banded mongooses to better understand how and why animal behavior changes in proximity to human development and how that change can impact infectious disease spread. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/06/cnre-mongoose-disease-transmission.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/06/cnre-mongoose-disease-transmission/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Environment</category><category>Research</category><category>Complex Problems</category><category>Wildlife</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>One Health</category><category>Conservation</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Infectious Disease</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech professor and Discovery Channel team up on a great white shark research expedition in the Mediterranean</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/06/cnre-mediterranean-shark-expedition.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Led by Assistant Professor Francesco Ferretti, the team is seeking to become the first to tag a Mediterranean great white shark, one of the most endangered and least known white shark populations globally. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2021 09:29:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/06/cnre-mediterranean-shark-expedition.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/06/cnre-mediterranean-shark-expedition/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Top News</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Research</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Coastal Research</category><category>Threatened and Endangered Species</category><category>Conservation</category><category>Graduate Research</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Board of Visitors approves proposed School of Environmental Security</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/06/cnre-school-environmental-security.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The proposed school, which will be housed within the College of Natural Resources and Environment and sited in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area, will integrate new graduate degree programs with an applied research hub and an innovation and design studio. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:18:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/06/cnre-school-environmental-security.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/06/cnre-school-environmental-security/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>Alumni</category><category>Environment</category><category>Academics</category><category>Philanthropy</category><category>Complex Problems</category><category>School of Environmental Security</category><category>Data</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>DC Area</category><category>Global</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability</category><category>Graduate Education</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Kathleen Alexander named William E. Lavery Professor</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/06/cnre-kathleen-alexander-lavery-professor.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Alexander, who has a robust research and outreach program based in Botswana, has garnered a significant international reputation as an expert in human and wildlife health. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2021 09:23:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/06/cnre-kathleen-alexander-lavery-professor.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/06/cnre-kathleen-alexander-lavery-professor/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Faculty and Staff</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Named chairs, professorships, and fellowships</category><category>Academics</category><category>Virginia Tech Board of Visitors</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Class of 2021: Student entrepreneur finds success in diversity-inspired wearable self care</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/05/class-of-2021-gelila-reta.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ “I feel like not enough messages are about like self-love, self-confidence, trying to look within instead of outward for the things that you&#39;re trying to change within yourself or improve within yourself or even love about yourself,” said Gelila Reta. “So, with ‘live like the sun,&#39; it&#39;s like working on yourself to then be the best person for other people.” ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:26:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/05/class-of-2021-gelila-reta.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/05/class-of-2021-gelila-reta/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Center for Engineering Excellence and Discovery</category><category>Global</category><category>Class of 2021</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Industrial and Systems Engineering</category><category>First Generation Students</category><category>Campus Experience</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Coffee for the birds: connecting bird-watchers with shade-grown coffee</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/03/cnre-birds-and-coffee.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers from Virginia Tech, Cornell University, and Columbia University examined ways to improve awareness of coffee grown in a way that protects bird habitat. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/03/cnre-birds-and-coffee.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/03/cnre-birds-and-coffee/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Research</category><category>Environment</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Wildlife</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Conservation</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech to host State Department workshop for study abroad advisors  </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/02/outreach-geo-statedeptworkshop.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The workshop will share best practices for promoting two prestigious State Department scholarship programs, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and the Critical Language Scholarship programs. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/02/outreach-geo-statedeptworkshop.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/02/outreach-geo-statedeptworkshop/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Strategic Plan</category><category>Inclusion and Diversity</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Impact</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Political science professor Laura Zanotti makes a quantum leap in the study of international  relations</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/12/political-science-professor-laura-zanotti-makes-a-quantum-leap-i.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ “The universe manifests and unfolds in a way that is interactive,” said Laura Zanotti, who focuses her work on international peacekeeping. “We are entangled with one another, with the places where we were born and where we live, with everything around us.”  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 10:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/12/political-science-professor-laura-zanotti-makes-a-quantum-leap-i.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/12/political-science-professor-laura-zanotti-makes-a-quantum-leap-i/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Beyond Boundaries  </category><category>Faculty and Staff</category><category>Global</category><category>Research</category><category>Political Science</category><category>Academics</category><category>Social Sciences</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Low oxygen levels in lakes and reservoirs may accelerate global change</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/11/flsi-low-oxygen-accelerate-global-change.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ In a first of its kind study, researchers at Virginia Tech have experimentally tested, at the whole ecosystem-scale, how different oxygen levels in lakes and reservoirs affect the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and contribute to global change. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 13:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/11/flsi-low-oxygen-accelerate-global-change.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/11/flsi-low-oxygen-accelerate-global-change/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Research</category><category>Water</category><category>Biological Sciences</category><category>Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>College of Science</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Leaping lemurs and hidden hellbenders: Class of 2020 graduates get up close to wildlife</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/12/cnre-outstanding-december-graduates.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Giovanni Walters and Margot Breiner each got valuable hands-on experience outside the classroom while to completing their degrees in wildlife conservation. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:37:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/12/cnre-outstanding-december-graduates.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/12/cnre-outstanding-december-graduates/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Academics</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Wildlife</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Class of 2020 profiles</category><category>Conservation</category><category>Undergraduate Research</category><category>Experiential Learning</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech researchers receive a $2 million NIH grant to develop Zika virus vaccine </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/11/fralinlifesci-nih-zika-virus-vaccine.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Zika virus outbreaks have now been recorded throughout Southeast Asia, the South Pacific, South America, and Central America. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/11/fralinlifesci-nih-zika-virus-vaccine.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/11/fralinlifesci-nih-zika-virus-vaccine/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Research</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences</category><category>Academics</category><category>Global Systems Science</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Entomology</category><category>Destination Areas</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>The human dimensions of water</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/11/cnre-juran-water-resources.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Luke Juran’s research ranges from flooding and drought in India to residential water quality in Virginia. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 12:41:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/11/cnre-juran-water-resources.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/11/cnre-juran-water-resources/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Geography</category><category>Research</category><category>Environment</category><category>Biological Systems Engineering</category><category>Academics</category><category>Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (K-12 STEM education)</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Undergraduate Research</category><category>Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Engagement</category><category>Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Virginia Cooperative Extension</category><category>Global</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Water</category><category>Geosciences</category><category>Coastal Research</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences research</category><category>Conservation</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>What does the fox say to a puma? Predators form an unusual coexistence in the central Chilean Andes</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/cnre-pumas-foxes.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ While pumas and foxes overlapped significantly where they lived and what time they were active, researchers found the predators had little overlap in what they were eating. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2020 12:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/cnre-pumas-foxes.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/cnre-pumas-foxes/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Research</category><category>Environment</category><category>Academics</category><category>Wildlife</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Conservation</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Finding strength in global perspectives, design team places second at AIAA competition</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/aoe-aiaa-overthepond.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ With international ties, this aerospace engineering design team was formed through a partnership between Virginia Tech and Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 01:21:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/aoe-aiaa-overthepond.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/aoe-aiaa-overthepond/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Materials Science and Engineering</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Global</category><category>Aerospace and Ocean Engineering</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Academics</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Uneven agricultural productivity growth raises concerns in a time of pandemics</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/cals-gapreportmain.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The 2020 Global Agricultural Productivity Report raises concerns about the resilience of our agricultural systems in the face of pandemic-scale outbreaks that afflict people, crops, and livestock.   ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/cals-gapreportmain.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/cals-gapreportmain/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Academics</category><category>Global</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech students look ahead to international experiences</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/outreach-geo-study-abroad-week.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Despite program disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in studying abroad remains strong among Virginia Tech students. The Global Education Office&#39;s annual Study Abroad Week moved virtually this year and saw nearly 600 attend, including younger students planning future abroad experiences. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:13:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/outreach-geo-study-abroad-week.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/outreach-geo-study-abroad-week/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Top News</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Steger Center for International Scholarship</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Strategic Plan</category><category>Global</category><category>Global Education</category><category>COVID-19</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Provost Cyril Clarke featured in film on agricultural productivity and pandemics</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/cals-gapreport.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ In a new film tied to the annual release of the Global Agricultural Productivity Report, “Agricultural Productivity in a Time of Pandemics,” Virginia Tech Executive Vice President and Provost Cyril Clarke discusses the linkages between human, animal, and environmental health — a concept known as One Health. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2020 12:46:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/cals-gapreport.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/10/cals-gapreport/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Executive Vice President and Provost</category><category>Global</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Academics</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Agricultural Research and Extension Centers</category><category>Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station</category><category>COVID-19</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Collaborative VTBound program gives international students online starting point</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/09/vtbound-fall2020.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The VTBound program was created to support virtual learning for international students who are in numerous time zones so they are able to begin their education at Virginia Tech in fall 2020. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:43:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/09/vtbound-fall2020.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/09/vtbound-fall2020/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Impact</category><category>Executive Vice President and Provost</category><category>Global</category><category>First Year Experiences</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech cancels study abroad programs for winter</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/09/outreach-geo-winter_spring-decision.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech has canceled all study abroad programs scheduled for the 2020-21 Winter Session, a difficult decision that takes into account a variety of factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Programs for spring 2021 remain possible, but ongoing conditions will be monitored closely. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/09/outreach-geo-winter_spring-decision.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/09/outreach-geo-winter_spring-decision/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Impact</category><category>Global</category><category>COVID-19</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Safety, Security, and Preparedness</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Research explores the impacts of mobile phones for Maasai women</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/07/cnre-baird-maasai-cellphones.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The study examines how mobile phones could potentially support women’s empowerment within the specific contexts of the Maasai’s nomadic life. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2020 13:29:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/07/cnre-baird-maasai-cellphones.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/07/cnre-baird-maasai-cellphones/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Alumni</category><category>Geography</category><category>Global</category><category>Research</category><category>Graduate Students</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Impact</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Doctoral student awarded Fulbright to study diseases in migratory birds</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/06/fralinlifesci-fulbright-fellowship-migratory-birds.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Krisangel Lopez, a first-year Ph.D. student in Jonathan Auguste’s lab at Virginia Tech, received the fellowship to research how migratory birds can transmit diseases and which pathogens they may carry. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:22:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/06/fralinlifesci-fulbright-fellowship-migratory-birds.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/06/fralinlifesci-fulbright-fellowship-migratory-birds/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Research</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Entomology</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Grant studies community response to early warnings on safe drinking water in Bangladesh</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/06/cals-aaec-cholera-satellite-grant.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A new grant will allow researchers to study how people in Bangladesh respond to an app that provides information about potential cholera outbreak risks. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:09:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/06/cals-aaec-cholera-satellite-grant.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/06/cals-aaec-cholera-satellite-grant/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Agricultural and Applied Economics</category><category>Global</category><category>Research</category><category>Academics</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>COVID-19</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Professor’s visit highlights forestry collaboration between Virginia Tech and Brazilian universities</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/06/cnre-brazil-forestry-collaboration.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The College of Natural Resources and Environment is collaborating with the Federal University of Lavras and the University of Campinas on several research and education efforts. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/06/cnre-brazil-forestry-collaboration.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/06/cnre-brazil-forestry-collaboration/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Research</category><category>Environment</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Delegation represents Virginia Tech at annual U.N. climate change conference</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/06/cnre-cop25-conference.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Two undergraduate students accompanied four faculty members to the conference in Madrid in December. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:39:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/06/cnre-cop25-conference.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/06/cnre-cop25-conference/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Geography</category><category>Global</category><category>Environment</category><category>Academics</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>College of Science</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>COVID-19 response in developing countries: Virginia Tech team adapts agricultural services when farmers need them most </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/outreach-COVID19developingcountries.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ To address food insecurity during the pandemic, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management is improving the ways in which it disseminates crop solutions to farmers in the developing world.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 10:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/outreach-COVID19developingcountries.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/outreach-COVID19developingcountries/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Impact</category><category>Global</category><category>COVID-19</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Feminist activism goes online to support a home for abandoned children</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/clahs-feminist-activism-goes-online-to-support-home-for-abandoned-children.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A sociology class in feminist activism took its fundraiser online to support Aarti for Girls in Kadapa, India. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 10:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/clahs-feminist-activism-goes-online-to-support-home-for-abandoned-children.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/clahs-feminist-activism-goes-online-to-support-home-for-abandoned-children/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Academics</category><category>Honors College</category><category>Philanthropy</category><category>Social Sciences</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Campus Experience</category><category>Faculty and Staff</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Student Engagement and Campus Life</category><category>COVID-19</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>New associate dean to strengthen global connections for College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/new-associate-dean-to-strengthen-global-connections-for-vt-colle.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Farida Jalalzai will join the leadership of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences on July 1. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 09:17:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/new-associate-dean-to-strengthen-global-connections-for-vt-colle.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/new-associate-dean-to-strengthen-global-connections-for-vt-colle/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Faculty and Staff</category><category>Strategic Plan</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>Social Sciences</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Class of 2020: Studying abroad was the tip of the iceberg for senior Shelly Worek</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/outreach-worek-studyabroad.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A study abroad experience in Switzerland connected geosciences senior Worek with her post-graduation plans of researching glaciers in the Alps.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 08:34:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/outreach-worek-studyabroad.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/05/outreach-worek-studyabroad/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Virginia Tech Commencement</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Geosciences</category><category>Impact</category><category>Class of 2020 profiles</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Undergraduate Research</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Class of 2020: Leadership award recipient Daniel Grizzard shows a commitment to service</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/04/cnre-graduating-senior-daniel-grizzard.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ As a sustainable biomaterials major, Daniel Grizzard has been able to merge his passion for helping others with a field of study that strives to develop solutions that will lessen environmental impacts. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2020 09:37:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/04/cnre-graduating-senior-daniel-grizzard.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/04/cnre-graduating-senior-daniel-grizzard/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Virginia Tech Commencement</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Academics</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Sustainable Biomaterials</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Class of 2020 profiles</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Alumnus John Ross helps educators continue teaching during pandemic</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/04/clahs-john-ross-helps-during-pandemic.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Ross was traveling in Iceland when he heard the news that the COVID-19 pandemic was causing most learning environments to go online. As an instructional designer, he knew just how to help. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 13:17:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/04/clahs-john-ross-helps-during-pandemic.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/04/clahs-john-ross-helps-during-pandemic/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Alumni</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Academics</category><category>COVID-19</category><category>Humanities</category><category>Campus Experience</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Banded mongoose study reveals how behavior and landscape interactions influence the spread of infectious disease</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/03/cnre-alexander-mongoose-behavior.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers observed banded mongoose in several different environments  in Botswana, gaining insight into the spread of a novel tuberculosis pathogen that is transmitted through olfactory communication behaviors. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2020 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/03/cnre-alexander-mongoose-behavior.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/03/cnre-alexander-mongoose-behavior/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Research</category><category>Vector-borne Disease </category><category>Complex Problems</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Infectious Disease</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Wildlife</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>One Health</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Researchers seek to impact New Zealand water quality by understanding forest-water interactions</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/02/cnre-forest-hydrology-new-zealand.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The ambitious collaborative project will utilize remote sensing technology, isotopic tracing, and manipulative field studies to develop a comprehensive model of water and nutrient flow through forested watersheds and streams. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 10:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/02/cnre-forest-hydrology-new-zealand.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2020/02/cnre-forest-hydrology-new-zealand/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation</category><category>Research</category><category>Environment</category><category>Global Systems Science</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Grants</category><category>Water</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Conservation</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Faculty-led study abroad programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences take students around the world</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/12/clahs-study-abroad.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Dozens of faculty-led study abroad programs will be available to Virginia Tech students in the summer of 2020. In the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences alone, faculty members will be leading trips on three continents. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/12/clahs-study-abroad.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/12/clahs-study-abroad/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Faculty and Staff</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Student Engagement and Campus Life</category><category>Philanthropy</category><category>University Libraries</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Campus Experience</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Tackling the challenges of wildlife field work and breaking trail for an expanded Virginia Tech footprint in Africa</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/12/cnre-botswana-summer-course.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Professor Kathleen Alexander’s new immersive overseas study course in Botswana focuses on training undergraduate students on the many facets of wildlife work. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 10:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/12/cnre-botswana-summer-course.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/12/cnre-botswana-summer-course/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Global Education Scholarships awarded to 27 students</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/outreach-globaleducation-scholarships.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Students from every Virginia Tech college were awarded scholarships to support their plans to study in countries around the world.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 08:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/outreach-globaleducation-scholarships.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/outreach-globaleducation-scholarships/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</category><category>Inclusion and Diversity</category><category>College of Architecture, Arts, and Design</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Academics</category><category>Honors College</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech welcomes Indonesian ambassador to Blacksburg campus</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/cals-aaec-indonesian-ambassador.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Indonesian Ambassador Mahendra Siregar and his delegation visited Virginia Tech administrators, as well as students, faculty, and administrators within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to build stronger international ties and develop a lasting partnership. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/cals-aaec-indonesian-ambassador.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/cals-aaec-indonesian-ambassador/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Agricultural and Applied Economics</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech College of Engineering launches Academy for Global Engineering</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/eng-academy.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The academy is a community of research and practice to improve experiential learning on a global scale.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/eng-academy.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/eng-academy/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Research</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Academics</category><category>Engineering Education</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Fifteen years of ocelot tracking is revealing new information about this elusive cat</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/cnre-kelly-ocelot-research.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Professor Marcella Kelly has led efforts to standardize the use of camera trapping as a method of collecting data on wild cat populations. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/cnre-kelly-ocelot-research.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/cnre-kelly-ocelot-research/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Research</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Academics</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Global Education Office names new assistant director for partnerships and affiliations</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/10/outreach-deisinger-appointment.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Maureen Deisinger takes on a new role in the Global Education Office working with students interested in semester exchange programs.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:46:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/10/outreach-deisinger-appointment.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/10/outreach-deisinger-appointment/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Impact</category><category>Strategic Plan</category><category>Global</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Medical school student Miranda Gerrard advocates for rural communities here and abroad</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/10/vtcsom-mirandagerrardprofile.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Given her background as one of the few students with a farm upbringing, the now third-year student at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine has earned a loving nickname from her classmates, “Moo-randa.” ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/10/vtcsom-mirandagerrardprofile.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/10/vtcsom-mirandagerrardprofile/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Top News</category><category>Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</category><category>Global</category><category>Health Sciences and Technology (Roanoke)</category><category>Philanthropy</category><category>Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC</category><category>Impact</category><category>Roanoke, Va.</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Fifteen years of ocelot tracking is revealing new information about this elusive cat</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/10/cnre-kelly-ocelot-research.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Professor Marcella Kelly has led efforts to standardize the use of camera trapping as a method of collecting data on wild cat populations. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 11:37:54 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/10/cnre-kelly-ocelot-research.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/10/cnre-kelly-ocelot-research.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Research</category><category>Academics</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Students grow through international agricultural research</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/10/cals-aaec-ecuador-2019.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Agriculture students gain lessons of global citizenship through human-centered research and study abroad.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/10/cals-aaec-ecuador-2019.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/10/cals-aaec-ecuador-2019/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Economic development</category><category>Top News</category><category>Agricultural and Applied Economics</category><category>Global</category><category>Arlington, Va.</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Intelligent Infrastructure for Human Centered Communities</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Veterinary college receives $3.1 million NIH grant to create universal flu vaccine</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/06/vetmed-NIH-flu-vaccine.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Xiaoping Zhu and his team at the University of Maryland have worked on a universal flu vaccine for more than a decade, formulating preliminary data and preparing to patent an innovative intranasal delivery technology. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/06/vetmed-NIH-flu-vaccine.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/06/vetmed-NIH-flu-vaccine/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Top News</category><category>Impact</category><category>Global</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Research</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>University Distinguished Professor X.J. Meng awarded nearly $2 million NIH grant renewal </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/06/vetmed-meng-nih-grant.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Hepatitis E virus research conducted by Meng and his lab at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine has been funded continuously by the National Institutes of Health since 2002. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:17:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/06/vetmed-meng-nih-grant.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/06/vetmed-meng-nih-grant/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Top News</category><category>Executive Vice President and Provost</category><category>Global</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Research</category><category>Academics</category><category>University Distinguished Professor</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Undergraduate research and study abroad experiences enlighten student’s career direction</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/cals-aaec-huenemann-summer.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The combination of a study abroad trip and undergraduate research last summer sparked Rose Huenemann&#39;s career exploration into the global food industry.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2019 09:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/cals-aaec-huenemann-summer.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/cals-aaec-huenemann-summer/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Agricultural and Applied Economics</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Undergraduate Research</category><category>Alexandria, Va.</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech has record-breaking year with Fulbright student awards</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/outreach-fulbright-awards.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Since 1946, more than 380,000 individuals have participated in the U.S. Fulbright Program. This year, Virginia Tech adds seven more names to the list.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 10:22:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/outreach-fulbright-awards.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/outreach-fulbright-awards/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Top News</category><category>Alumni</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Students come face-to-face with change makers in India </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/outreach-india-social-justice.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A group of eight Virginia Tech students spent three weeks in India meeting with change makers working to improve the living conditions of women and girls. While visiting Hyderabad, Kadapa, and New Delhi, they explored the roles empowerment and activism play in social issues in the country of nearly 1.4 billion people. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 14:05:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/outreach-india-social-justice.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/outreach-india-social-justice/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Academics</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>As graduation nears, the Queen family reflects on what it means to be Hokies</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/051019-dsa-queenfamily.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ As their son prepares for graduation, Kate and Tim reflect on his experience at Virginia Tech, their involvement as Hokie parents, and the insight they gained into the university motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve).  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 08:48:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/051019-dsa-queenfamily.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/051019-dsa-queenfamily/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Virginia Tech Commencement</category><category>DC Area</category><category>Global</category><category>Student Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Philanthropy</category><category>Experiential Learning</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech receives national recognition for meeting study abroad goal</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/outreach-study-abroad-goal.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Global Education Office saw more than 1,400 students study internationally last year.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 14:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/outreach-study-abroad-goal.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/05/outreach-study-abroad-goal/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Academics</category><category>Pamplin College of Business</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Class of 2019: Senior takes experiential learning to new heights, racing horses across three continents </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/04/cals-hannabartnick.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech student and endurance rider Hanna Bartnick contended with sharks, bears, and sandstorms during a capstone project that took her across three continents. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 13:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/04/cals-hannabartnick.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/04/cals-hannabartnick/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Class of 2019 profiles</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech&#39;s Global Brand</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2019/05/0_itbrqdzb.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A strong global brand for Virginia Tech is vital ]]></description>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2019/05/0_itbrqdzb.html</guid>
		<video_url><![CDATA[https://virginiatech.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=501df994-d074-491f-88c8-b42600f2fff8]]></video_url>

<video_views>274</video_views>
<video_length>3:49</video_length>
<video_upload_datetime>2019-05-03T14:40-0400</video_upload_datetime>

        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2019/05/0_itbrqdzb.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>


        <category>Impact</category><category>Global</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Outreach and International Affairs -- the work</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2019/05/0_o4o3dyv1.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Outreach and International Affairs shares the best of Virginia Tech by working alongside communities around the world. ]]></description>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2019/05/0_o4o3dyv1.html</guid>
		<video_url><![CDATA[https://virginiatech.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=c4baeea0-891b-4992-ae7f-b424006b0246]]></video_url>

<video_views>128</video_views>
<video_length>3:53</video_length>
<video_upload_datetime>2019-05-03T14:36-0400</video_upload_datetime>

        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2019/05/0_o4o3dyv1.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>


        <category>Impact</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Global</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech researchers join global effort to develop a new vector control strategy to prevent malaria</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/04/vetmed-BOHEMIA.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Malaria, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development, continues to be a leading cause of illness and death worldwide. Despite extensive work that has produced widespread improvements in fighting the spread of the disease, global efforts have hit a plateau. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:12:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/04/vetmed-BOHEMIA.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/04/vetmed-BOHEMIA/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Research</category><category>Vector-borne Disease </category><category>Academics</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>School of Plant and Environmental Sciences</category><category>Public Health</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech&#39;s Global Perspective</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2019/04/1_nlajejbl.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Our role is to make education and research portable, so that our students and faculty can work and learn anywhere in the world. Your role in how Virginia Tech engages the world awaits. Claim it. ]]></description>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2019/04/1_nlajejbl.html</guid>
		<video_url><![CDATA[https://virginiatech.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=3048d27d-1933-4894-830d-b40100406845]]></video_url>

<video_views>89</video_views>
<video_length>0:45</video_length>
<video_upload_datetime>2019-04-04T13:58-0400</video_upload_datetime>

        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2019/04/1_nlajejbl.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>


        <category>Impact</category><category>Global</category><category>Education</category><category>Students</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Award-winning engineering study abroad program provides international experiences for rising sophomores</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/03/eng-risingsophomore-simonaward.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Led by the College of Engineering&#39;s Department of Engineering Education, the Rising Sophomore Abroad Program, the largest study abroad program at Virginia Tech, has been awarded the 2019 Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award by the Association of International Educators. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:44:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/03/eng-risingsophomore-simonaward.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/03/eng-risingsophomore-simonaward/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Academics</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Engineering Education</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Undergraduate Research</category><category>Experiential Learning</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Paleontologists identify small fossils as that of oldest frog relative found in North America </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/02/Science-Chinle_frog_fossil_northamerica.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Paleontologists from Virginia Tech have identified fossil fragments of what are thought to be the oldest known frogs in North America. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2019 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/02/Science-Chinle_frog_fossil_northamerica.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/02/Science-Chinle_frog_fossil_northamerica/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Top News</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Academics</category><category>Biological Sciences</category><category>School of Performing Arts</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Undergraduate Research</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Geosciences</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Student veers away from traditional study abroad to spend five months in Morocco</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/02/outreach-knight-studyabroad.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Andrew Knight was in search of adventure when he planned his study abroad experience. He got more than that during a semester in Morocco.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 16:21:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/02/outreach-knight-studyabroad.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/02/outreach-knight-studyabroad/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Academics</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Best-laid graduate plans go wonderfully awry for Fulbright winner</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/01/outreach-Bala-fulbright.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Initially selected as an alternate for a Fulbright grant, Alex Bala made other plans after he graduated last spring. One email changed all that .  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/01/outreach-Bala-fulbright.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2019/01/outreach-Bala-fulbright/_jcr_content/image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Igniting a housing revolution</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2019/01/1_aw3a7p9c.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ After years of research and development contributed by over 100 Virginia Tech students and faculty, the FutureHAUS Dubai team built what&#39;s now known as the world’s best solar home. But to get there, the team had to beat the odds. Learn more about FutureHAUS: https://www.futurehaus.tech http://bit.ly/FutureHAUSDubai ]]></description>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2019/01/1_aw3a7p9c.html</guid>
		<video_url><![CDATA[https://virginiatech.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=87328852-0d1d-4f18-a3f8-b4240008a227]]></video_url>
<video_likes>3</video_likes>
<video_views>1287</video_views>
<video_length>9:42</video_length>
<video_upload_datetime>2019-01-15T12:13-0500</video_upload_datetime>

        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2019/01/1_aw3a7p9c.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>


        <category>Research</category><category>Environment</category><category>Academics</category><category>Energy</category><category>Students</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Destination Areas</category><category>Industrial and Systems Engineering</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Mechanical Engineering</category><category>Global</category><category>Technology</category><category>Architecture</category><category>Landscape Architecture</category><category>Intelligent Infrastructure for Human Centered Communities</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Systems Engineering</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title> Global Agricultural Productivity Report enables Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to expand its global reach </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/12/CALS-GapReport.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Global Agricultural Productivity Report examines strategies to produce food, feed, fiber, and biofuel in a sustainable manner to meet the demands and needs of a growing world. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2018 04:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/12/CALS-GapReport.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/12/CALS-GapReport/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Top News</category><category>Virginia Cooperative Extension</category><category>Global</category><category>Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station</category><category>Academics</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>JUMP campaign to support the first Virginia Tech Latinx Symposium </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/11/clahs-jump-latinx.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ As Virginia Tech continues efforts to recruit a more diverse student population, a symposium to showcase Latinx scholarship and teaching is in the planning stages for March 2019. Carmen Giménez Smith, a professor in the Department of English, is using the JUMP crowdfunding platform to help raise more than funds; she is raising awareness for the needs of Latinx students. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/11/clahs-jump-latinx.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/11/clahs-jump-latinx/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Executive Vice President and Provost</category><category>Global</category><category>Inclusion and Diversity</category><category>Academics</category><category>Philanthropy</category><category>Humanities</category><category>Student Life</category><category>Campus Experience</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Students tackle wicked problems at Clinton Global Initiative University’s annual meeting </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/11/061118-dsa-clintonglobal.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Seven Virginia Tech students working on four projects submitted proposals to answer CGI U’s charge: develop a novel solution to a pressing global issue and implement a project to create social change. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/11/061118-dsa-clintonglobal.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/11/061118-dsa-clintonglobal/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Global</category><category>Student Affairs</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>Pamplin College of Business</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Student Life</category><category>Campus Experience</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Surface water and flood dynamics increase vulnerability to waterborne disease and climate change</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/cnre-floodpulsedynamics.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Professor Kathleen Alexander examined whether surface water dynamics were contributing to diarrheal disease outbreaks and how climate change might increase people’s vulnerability to it. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 14:02:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/cnre-floodpulsedynamics.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/cnre-floodpulsedynamics/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Research</category><category>Environment</category><category>Academics</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Volcanic eruption leads to transformative public health student experience</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/vetmed-oishi.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Master of Public Health student Travis Oishi played a key role during the Kilauea volcano eruption.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/vetmed-oishi.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/vetmed-oishi/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</category><category>Global</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Research</category><category>Academics</category><category>Destination Areas</category><category>Campus Experience</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech gets federal grant for business education on East Asia</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/pamplin-doegrant.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The program will integrate the study of Chinese and Korean languages and cultures through coursework in Blacksburg and online, study abroad, and internships with companies.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/pamplin-doegrant.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/pamplin-doegrant/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Global</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Pamplin College of Business</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Humanities</category><category>Campus Experience</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Crowdfunding project aims to give underrepresented students a chance to study abroad </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/outreach-GEOcrowdfunding.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Global Education Office leads October fundraising effort. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/outreach-GEOcrowdfunding.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/outreach-GEOcrowdfunding/_jcr_content/image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>Alumni</category><category>Global</category><category>Inclusion and Diversity</category><category>Research</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences research</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Researchers study water’s role in antibiotic resistance emergence and dissemination in Africa</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/cnre-antibiotic-resistance.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The researchers’ findings suggest that factors beyond industrial farming and medical facilities may be significant contributors to the global problem of antibiotic resistance dissemination. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/cnre-antibiotic-resistance.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/cnre-antibiotic-resistance/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Top News</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Research</category><category>Environment</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Campus Experience</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>JUMP campaign aims to send a harmony of voices to Spain</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/clahs-jump-chamber-singers-in-spain.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech Chamber Singers have launched a crowdfunding campaign to help fund a musical tour of Spain’s most sacred venues. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/clahs-jump-chamber-singers-in-spain.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/10/clahs-jump-chamber-singers-in-spain/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Alumni</category><category>Global</category><category>Academics</category><category>Philanthropy</category><category>School of Performing Arts</category><category>Arts</category><category>Student Life</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech ranked among top global research universities</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/univrel-timesuniversityranking.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech was listed in the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Ranking, which assessed 1,258 research-intensive universities on five pillars that represent key areas of higher education excellence.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/univrel-timesuniversityranking.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/univrel-timesuniversityranking/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>DC Area</category><category>Impact</category><category>Global</category><category>Research</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Students study sustainability abroad</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/univrel-europetrip.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech students explored a variety of cities in Europe as part of a trip with the College of Architecture and Urban Studies to examine sustainability policymaking and planning. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/univrel-europetrip.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/univrel-europetrip/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Environment</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>CALS Global Opportunity Initiative fellows launch partnerships in Kenya</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/Cals-globalfellows.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Kenya trip was the pinnacle of a year-long program in which five early-career faculty fellows participated in training on how to form global networks, map research challenges, understand the global agricultural innovation system, and successfully compete for funding.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/Cals-globalfellows.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/Cals-globalfellows/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Global</category><category>Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station</category><category>Academics</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech trade center becomes knowledge hub for 2018 trade inquiries</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/cals-aaec-trade-2018.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The CALS Center for Agricultural Trade provides analysis to help government, industry, and the public make sense of recent trade issues, threats, and barriers.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/cals-aaec-trade-2018.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/cals-aaec-trade-2018/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Faculty and Staff</category><category>Global</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Campus Experience</category><category>Academics</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Former Brazilian minister of the environment to speak at Virginia Tech</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/cnre-brazilianminister.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Izabella Monica Teixeira, who has been recognized by the U.N. for her knowledge and experience in environmental policy, will discuss land use and Brazil’s challenges in the global climate change agenda. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/cnre-brazilianminister.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/cnre-brazilianminister/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Global</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Environment</category><category>Events</category><category>Academics</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Campus Experience</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech economics departments build rare partnership with Austrian university</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/cals-aaec-uibk-partnership.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Graduate students in economics and applied economics will now be able to study and do research at the University of Innsbruck as part of a student exchange program. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/cals-aaec-uibk-partnership.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/09/cals-aaec-uibk-partnership/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Studies</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Academics</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Student teams from Chile and Germany are big winners in Global Entrepreneur Challenge  </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/08/pamplin-winners.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ “This competition brings together enterprising teams from all over the world to network with one another, experience different cultures, and celebrate the global importance of business and entrepreneurship,” said Derick Maggard, executive director of the Apex Center for Entrepreneurs, which hosted the challenge. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/08/pamplin-winners.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2018/08/pamplin-winners/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Global</category><category>Academics</category><category>Philanthropy</category><category>Pamplin College of Business</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Student Life</category><category>Campus Experience</category>
    </item></channel>
</rss>