<?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:international-research" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
    <title>Tags</title>
    <link>https://news.vt.edu/tags.html/news_vt_edu:international-research</link>
    <description></description>
    <language>en</language>
    <managingEditor></managingEditor>
    <webMaster></webMaster>
    <docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs>
    <item>
        <title>Better farmer training may start with less information</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/05/outreach-cired-ipm-das.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Nandini Das’ doctoral research in Bangladesh shows how focused, sustained support can help farmers adopt more sustainable agricultural practices. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/05/outreach-cired-ipm-das.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/05/outreach-cired-ipm-das/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Agricultural and Applied Economics</category><category>Alumni</category><category>Research</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Center for International Research, Education, and Development</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Economics</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Helmet Lab testing supports Australian athlete</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2025/12/1_sxoy9x2y.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Caleb Daniel, the North Melbourne professional AFL footballer, and the Australian-based company SWAARM visits the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab. Daniel wears soft head protection made by SWAARM when he competes, which helps reduce the impact forces that can cause concussions. ]]></description>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2025/12/1_sxoy9x2y.html</guid>
		<video_url><![CDATA[https://virginiatech.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=e14471c5-6204-4253-836f-b4270146f6e3]]></video_url>

<video_views>311</video_views>
<video_length>2:01</video_length>
<video_upload_datetime>2025-12-01T11:56-0500</video_upload_datetime>

        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2025/12/1_sxoy9x2y.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>


        <category>International Research</category><category>Research</category><category>Helmet Research</category><category>Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Virginia Tech Helmet Lab</category><category>Biomedical Engineering</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>International partnership for autonomous vehicle safety</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2025/11/1_9tp2h8zr.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute work with AstaZero to test autonomous vehicle safety programming on the Virginia Tech Smart Road. AstaZero, owned by RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, is an open environment and research organization for testing automated vehicle solutions and advanced safety systems. ]]></description>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2025/11/1_9tp2h8zr.html</guid>
		<video_url><![CDATA[https://virginiatech.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Embed.aspx?id=4e8b49de-a572-4161-9dbf-b41b001682dd]]></video_url>

<video_views>247</video_views>
<video_length>1:38</video_length>
<video_upload_datetime>2025-11-11T08:28-0500</video_upload_datetime>

        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2025/11/1_9tp2h8zr.thumb.319.319.png" type="image/png"/>


        <category>Virginia Tech Transportation Institute</category><category>International Research</category><category>Smart Road</category><category>Autonomous Vehicles</category><category>Research</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Researcher creates teaching tool for hydrology education</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/10/cnre-research-hydrology.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A new browser-based app from Virginia Tech and University of Zurich collaborators is making hydrology models easier to teach and learn anywhere in the world. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:09:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/10/cnre-research-hydrology.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/10/cnre-research-hydrology/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation</category><category>Top News - College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Research</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>A global collaboration enhances bioeconomy research</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/10/cnre-research-sbio-larasatie.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The partnership between Alice Ludvig of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Austria and Pipet Larasatie of Virginia Tech reflects the College of Natural Resources and Environment’s commitment to advancing environmental stewardship through global research and collaboration. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/10/cnre-research-sbio-larasatie.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/10/cnre-research-sbio-larasatie/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Virginia Cooperative Extension</category><category>Research</category><category>Sustainable Biomaterials</category><category>Top News - College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>International Impact</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Deadline Extended: Submit events for International Education Week</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/notices/2025/09/outreach-iew-event-proposals2.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Observed nationwide each November, International Education Week (IEW) celebrates universities’ strong intercultural communities, global connections, and international engagement. Colleges, departments, student organizations, and local community organizations are invited to submit events for inclusion in Virginia Tech’s International Education Week calendar. The deadline to submit events has been extended to Friday, October 3.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:48:42 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/notices/2025/09/outreach-iew-event-proposals2.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/notices/2025/09/outreach-iew-event-proposals2/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Campus Notices</category><category>International Faculty</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>International Students</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>&#39;Curious Conversations&#39; podcast: Cayelan Carey talks about ecosystem forecasting</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/09/research-curiousconversations-carey.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Carey&#39;s ecosystem forecasting provides near real-time predictions about water quality in lakes and reservoirs. Believed to be the first of its kind, the system is collecting data from 15 lakes and reservoirs spanning three continents and providing each with a daily, 30-day forecast.   ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:58:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/09/research-curiousconversations-carey.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/09/research-curiousconversations-carey/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Clean Water and Sanitation</category><category>Research</category><category>Biological Sciences</category><category>Curious Conversations Podcast</category><category>College of Science</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Freshwater Ecology</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Water</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Environmental Stewardship</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Center for Ecosystem Forecasting</category><category>Computational modeling and data analytics</category><category>Data Science</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Wind tunnel research gathers speed with NATO partnership </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/08/eng-aoe-common-research-wind-tunnel-nato.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A team of Virginia Tech engineers is part of an international task force aiming to close the gap between computational fluid dynamics and real-world behavior. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/08/eng-aoe-common-research-wind-tunnel-nato.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/08/eng-aoe-common-research-wind-tunnel-nato/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Research</category><category>Aerospace and Ocean Engineering</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Stability Wind Tunnel</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Graduate Research</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Steger Center strengthens its role as hub for global collaboration</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/07/outreach-StegerCenter-Collaborations.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ During his visit to Switzerland, Dan Sui, senior vice president for research and innovation, highlighted how the center is advancing the university’s Global Distinction goals by fostering connections between faculty and international partners. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 13:46:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/07/outreach-StegerCenter-Collaborations.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/07/outreach-StegerCenter-Collaborations/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Executive Vice President and Provost</category><category>Research</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Steger Center for International Scholarship</category><category>Destination Areas</category><category>Beyond Boundaries  </category><category>Population Health Sciences</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Transdisciplinary research</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Professional Development</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>College of Architecture, Arts, and Design faculty tackle real-world challenges through research and creativity</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/05/aad-FIRG-projects.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Faculty are using college-funded research grants to develop innovative, community-focused projects that aim to improve everyday life through creative technology and collaboration. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 08:08:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/05/aad-FIRG-projects.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/05/aad-FIRG-projects/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Music</category><category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>Graphic Design</category><category>Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</category><category>College of Architecture, Arts, and Design</category><category>Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Feature</category><category>Industrial Design</category><category>University Libraries</category><category>School of Architecture</category><category>Industrial and Systems Engineering</category><category>Science, Technology, and Society</category><category>School of Visual Arts</category><category>School of Design</category><category>Graduate Students</category><category>Architecture</category><category>Engagement Center for Creative Aging</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Arts</category><category>Sustainability</category><category>Graduate Education</category><category>International Research</category><category>Good Health and Well-Being</category><category>Appalachia</category><category>Research</category><category>Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics</category><category>School of Education</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Myers-Lawson School of Construction</category><category>Computer Science</category><category>Global Impact</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Interior Design</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>School of Performing Arts</category><category>Sustainable Cities and Communities</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Design</category><category>Grants</category><category>Creativity and Innovation</category><category>Economical and Sustainable Materials</category><category>Accessibility</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Dining</category><category>Creative Technologies</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Mahindra University, Virginia Tech launch technology research center in India</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/05/oia-india-new-research-center.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The new center in Hyderabad will unite faculty from both institutions to tackle urgent global challenges — ranging from clean energy to smart cities — through interdisciplinary innovation. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 16:31:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/05/oia-india-new-research-center.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/05/oia-india-new-research-center/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Mechanical Engineering</category><category>Research</category><category>VT India</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech alumnus rewrites the story of a Florentine icon</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/04/aad-architecture-alum-spotlight-elon-danziger.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A passion for architecture and history led Elon Danziger from Virginia Tech to Florence, where his research is rewriting the story of the city’s famed Baptistery. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:19:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/04/aad-architecture-alum-spotlight-elon-danziger.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/04/aad-architecture-alum-spotlight-elon-danziger/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Alumni Spotlight</category><category>Alumni</category><category>College of Architecture, Arts, and Design</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Impact</category><category>Steger Center for International Scholarship</category><category>School of Architecture</category><category>Experiential Learning</category><category>Architecture</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Arts</category><category>Study Abroad</category><category>Professional Development</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Geography graduate student explores Indigenous health in Peru</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/04/cnre-peru-research.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Chrishma Perera’s work focuses on how Indigenous communities respond to health risks through their connection to the rainforest. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:39:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/04/cnre-peru-research.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/04/cnre-peru-research/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Geography</category><category>Research</category><category>Top News - College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Graduate Education</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>National Academy of Inventors names seven senior members</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/02/research-nationalacademyofinventors.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Alaa Algargoosh, Anna Duraj-Thatte, Jonas Hauptman, Brook Kennedy, Guoliang &#34;Greg&#34; Liu, Roop Mahajan, and Danfeng &#34;Daphne&#34; Yao were among 162 emerging inventors from across the nation to make up the 2025 class of senior members for the National Academy of Inventors. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/02/research-nationalacademyofinventors.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/02/research-nationalacademyofinventors/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Top News</category><category>College of Architecture, Arts, and Design</category><category>Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics</category><category>Research</category><category>Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics</category><category>Plastics pollution</category><category>VT India</category><category>Computer Science</category><category>Highly Prestigious - Prestigious Awards</category><category>Industrial Design</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Cybersecurity</category><category>Food Science and Technology</category><category>Mechanical Engineering</category><category>LINK+LICENSE+LAUNCH</category><category>Materials Science and Engineering</category><category>Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, Southwest Virginia Node</category><category>Commonwealth Cyber Initiative</category><category>Center for International Research, Education, and Development</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>From Blacksburg to Venice: International Archive of Women in Architecture celebrates 40 years of global impact</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/02/aad-iawa-40-anniversary.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The 40th anniversary of the archive, which preserves and amplifies the contributions of women architects, will be marked by a series of events that include immersive digital exhibits in Blacksburg and Venice. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/02/aad-iawa-40-anniversary.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/02/aad-iawa-40-anniversary/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Architecture, Arts, and Design</category><category>Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure</category><category>Center for the Arts</category><category>Exhibition</category><category>University Libraries</category><category>School of Architecture</category><category>Architecture</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Arts</category><category>International Research</category><category>Advanced Research Computing</category><category>Top News</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Global Impact</category><category>Computer Science</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Impact</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>School of Performing Arts</category><category>Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology</category><category>Faculty and Staff</category><category>Education</category><category>Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Creative Technologies</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Why Blacksburg is the ‘perfect place’ for Fulbright scholar exploring language learning</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/12/outreach-lci-fulbright.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Language and Culture Institute is hosting Maria Prawati, a Fulbright scholar from Indonesia’s Bina Nusantara University, who is examining how students navigate language and cultural complexities in the classroom.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/12/outreach-lci-fulbright.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/12/outreach-lci-fulbright/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Research</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Language and Culture Institute</category><category>Fulbright</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Uniting science and social equity, speaker explores building bridges for climate action</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/11/outreach-cired-wgd-giri.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ As a student in Nepal, Kalpana Giri discovered a disconnect between academic understanding and people’s lived experiences around forests. In a public discussion on Nov. 14, Giri, a senior manager at the World Resources Institute, will examine the nuances of integrating the human dimension into natural resource management. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/11/outreach-cired-wgd-giri.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/11/outreach-cired-wgd-giri/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Forestry</category><category>Impact</category><category>Environmental Stewardship</category><category>Arts</category><category>Center for International Research, Education, and Development</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>&#39;Curious Conversations&#39; podcast: Farida Jalalzai talks about female leaders of nations and the U.S. presidency</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/10/research-curiousconversations-Jalalzai.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Jalalzai talked about the state of female leadership globally with a focus on the United States. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/10/research-curiousconversations-Jalalzai.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/10/research-curiousconversations-Jalalzai/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>International Research</category><category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences research</category><category>Research</category><category>Political Science</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </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>There’s an app for that: Study reveals that a smartphone app can effectively lower cholera risk</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/pamplin-boyle-cholera.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Kevin Boyle from the Pamplin College of Business and an interdisciplinary team of researchers demonstrate the potential of using smartphone apps in the fight against cholera. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:53:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/pamplin-boyle-cholera.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/pamplin-boyle-cholera/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Faculty and Staff</category><category>DC Area</category><category>Environment</category><category>Research</category><category>Disease Prevention</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Pamplin College of Business</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Infectious Disease</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>From Chile to Virginia: Ph.D. research improves brain tumor measurement in dogs </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/vetmed-brain-research.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A study by doctoral student Josefa Garcia Mora on canine brain tumor measurement has become one of the most cited papers in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.     ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/vetmed-brain-research.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/vetmed-brain-research/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Good Health and Well-Being</category><category>Alumni</category><category>Research</category><category>Named chairs, professorships, and fellowships</category><category>Emeritus and Emerita Faculty</category><category>Top News - Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Cancer Research</category><category>Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine</category><category>Graduate Students</category><category>Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences</category><category>Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology</category><category>Quality Education</category><category>Global Education</category><category>One Health</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Brain Cancer</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Students explore evolutionary marvels during a journey to the Galápagos Islands</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/flsi-galapagos-islands-student-abroad-experience.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Fifteen undergraduate students spent their spring break being inspired by the living laboratory of Charles Darwin. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:24:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/flsi-galapagos-islands-student-abroad-experience.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/07/flsi-galapagos-islands-student-abroad-experience/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Top News</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Biological Sciences</category><category>Impact</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Undergraduate Research</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Wildlife</category><category>Virginia Tech Advantage</category><category>Global Education</category><category>Study Abroad</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>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>New center showcases Virginia Tech&#39;s strengths in global sustainability</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/cayelan-carey-quinn-thomas-center-ecosystem-forecasting-new.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Cayelan Carey and Quinn Thomas, co-directors of the Virginia Tech Center for Ecosystem Forecasting, are striving to stay ahead of ecological hazards and broadly extending their efforts to encompass partners both home and abroad.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:26:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/cayelan-carey-quinn-thomas-center-ecosystem-forecasting-new.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/cayelan-carey-quinn-thomas-center-ecosystem-forecasting-new/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>Climate Change</category><category>International Research</category><category>Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation</category><category>Clean Water and Sanitation</category><category>Research</category><category>Life Below Water</category><category>Biological Sciences</category><category>Academy of Data Science</category><category>College of Science</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Freshwater Ecology</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Geosciences</category><category>Environmental Stewardship</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Center for Ecosystem Forecasting</category><category>Computational modeling and data analytics</category><category>Data Science</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Collaboration in Bangladesh aims to boost mango exports</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/outreach-cired-ipm-mangoes.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech’s IPM Innovation Lab is partnering with Bangladeshi mango exporters to support the implementation of Good Agricultural Practices and help the country reach its export potential. The initiative, focused on equipping farmers with the tools and knowledge necessary to meet international standards, has already helped several exporters achieve GAP certification. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 10:25:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/outreach-cired-ipm-mangoes.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04/outreach-cired-ipm-mangoes/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Agriculture Security</category><category>Life on Land</category><category>Agriculture</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Impact</category><category>Center for International Research, Education, and Development</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Empowering each other: Female researchers share hard-won lessons on navigating fieldwork abroad</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/03/outreach-geo-womens-safetypanel.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ In recognition of Women&#39;s Month, five experienced researchers will share insights on navigating personal safety and cultural challenges while conducting research abroad and will offer practical wisdom to help women feel more prepared and confident when undertaking research in unfamiliar environments.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:06:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/03/outreach-geo-womens-safetypanel.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/03/outreach-geo-womens-safetypanel/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Top News</category><category>Graduate Students</category><category>Political Science</category><category>Geophysics</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Safety, Security, and Preparedness</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>Geosciences</category><category>Impact</category><category>Global Education</category><category>English</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>International work puts robot avatars on the move  </title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/eng-me-international-robotics-work-connor-herron.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Graduate student Connor Herron went from Blacksburg to Genoa, Italy, to lend a hand in making a better system for long-range, remotely controlled robots that walk on two legs.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/eng-me-international-robotics-work-connor-herron.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/02/eng-me-international-robotics-work-connor-herron/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Mechanical Engineering</category><category>Research</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>Robotics</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Graduate Research</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>Traveling to Latvia expands student researcher’s experience and expertise</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/12/traveling-to-Latvia-expands-student-researchers-experience-and-expertise.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A senior computer science major, Rosen attended the First Annual International Student and Coordinator Assembly of the Vertically Integrated Projects program in Riga, Latvia, in October. There he presented research and participated in a student pitch competition with other student researchers from around the world.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/12/traveling-to-Latvia-expands-student-researchers-experience-and-expertise.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/12/traveling-to-Latvia-expands-student-researchers-experience-and-expertise/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Virginia Tech National Security Institute</category><category>Research</category><category>National security</category><category>Computer Science</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Undergraduate Research</category><category>Hume Center</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Community engagement takes researcher from Brazil to Blacksburg and back again</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/outreach-engagement-poets.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, political science Professor Desirée Poets is connecting a group of Virginia Tech faculty, students, and alumni with a Brazilian nonprofit to improve the lives of residents in the favelas north of the city. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/outreach-engagement-poets.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/outreach-engagement-poets/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>International Research</category><category>Good Health and Well-Being</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Political Science</category><category>Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought</category><category>Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions</category><category>Impact</category><category>Sustainable Cities and Communities</category><category>Office of Engagement</category><category>Engagement</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Vampire bats make northward flight seeking stable climates</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/flsi-vampire-bat-research.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Doctoral student Paige Van de Vuurst is the lead author of research recently published in the Ecography journal that predicts that vampire bats — currently only found in Mexico and Central and South America — are on the move, with the United States being a viable home in 27 years.   ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/flsi-vampire-bat-research.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/flsi-vampire-bat-research/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Good Health and Well-Being</category><category>Research</category><category>Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Undergraduate Research</category><category>Infectious Disease</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Environmental Stewardship</category><category>Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health</category><category>International Impact</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>&#39;Curious Conversations&#39; podcast: Roop Mahajan talks about the power of international collaborations</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/research-curiousconversations_mahajan.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Mahajan joined the podcast to chat about the value of international collaborations to research and innovation as well as how they’ve contributed to his work advancing the “wonder material” graphene.     ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/research-curiousconversations_mahajan.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/11/research-curiousconversations_mahajan/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Research</category><category>Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics</category><category>Center for International Research, Education, and Development</category><category>VT India</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Mechanical engineering professor uses coal to create &#39;wonder material&#39;</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/eng-me-mahajan-graphene-coal.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Lightweight, strong, electrically conductive, and antimicrobial — graphene is a prime candidate for a host of applications. Now, a Virginia Tech team is making the material from a surprising source. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/eng-me-mahajan-graphene-coal.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/10/eng-me-mahajan-graphene-coal/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Responsible Consumption and Production</category><category>International Research</category><category>Good Health and Well-Being</category><category>Top News</category><category>Clean Water and Sanitation</category><category>Research</category><category>Environment</category><category>VT India</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>DC Area</category><category>Mechanical Engineering</category><category>Affordable and Clean Energy</category><category>Materials Science and Engineering</category><category>Environmental Stewardship</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</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>Jiangtao Cheng receives international funding to study spiderwebs as biosensors</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/eng-me-cheng-spiderwebs-.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The dew-covered spiderweb you see in your yard might soon become a platform to detect airborne viruses. Cheng received an international grant from the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation to build bio-inspired technology that could serve as an early warning system for pathogens such as COVID. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/eng-me-cheng-spiderwebs-.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/eng-me-cheng-spiderwebs-/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Additive manufacturing</category><category>Mechanical Engineering</category><category>Research</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Virginia Tech Global Distinction </category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Artificial Intelligence Frontier</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Researchers cross international boundaries to predict better water quality</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/flsi-cayelan-carey-quinn-thomas-nsf-global-center-design-grant.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Awarded a $250,000 National Science Foundation grant, Virginia Tech researchers Cayelan Carey and Quinn Thomas have teamed up with researchers at three Australian universities to lay the foundation for a water quality forecasting center that can be scaled for all bodies of water. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 07:37:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/flsi-cayelan-carey-quinn-thomas-nsf-global-center-design-grant.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/09/flsi-cayelan-carey-quinn-thomas-nsf-global-center-design-grant/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.png" type="image/png"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation</category><category>Research</category><category>One Health Frontier</category><category>Academy of Data Science</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>College of Science</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Water</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Center for Ecosystem Forecasting</category><category>Data Science</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Women and Gender in Development speaker: In Ghana, policies to help women may be bringing them more pain</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/outreach-cired-wgd-ipv-discussion.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Bernice Owusu-Brown overcame criticism and resistance to research the rarely discussed issue of intimate partner violence in Ghana. As a new postdoctoral fellow at Virginia Tech and the first speaker in this fall&#39;s Women and Gender in Development Discussion Series, she believes she is on the path to influencing change. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/outreach-cired-wgd-ipv-discussion.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/outreach-cired-wgd-ipv-discussion/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Inclusion and Diversity</category><category>Research</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Gender Research</category><category>College of Science</category><category>Center for International Research, Education, and Development</category><category>Economics</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech’s Stability Wind Tunnel selected as a NATO Common Research Wind Tunnel</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/eng-aoe-common-research-wind-tunnel.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Of the four global facilities selected, the Stability Wind Tunnel is the only one at an educational institution, allowing engineering students to take part in international research. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 09:33:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/eng-aoe-common-research-wind-tunnel.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/eng-aoe-common-research-wind-tunnel/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Top News</category><category>Research</category><category>Aerospace and Ocean Engineering</category><category>Quality Education</category><category>Stability Wind Tunnel</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Decent Work and Economic Growth</category><category>Undergraduate Research</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Nain lab partners with researchers in Japan and Israel to put cancer cells on a tightrope</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/eng-me-nain-cancer-cells-tightrope.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ An international research group led by Virginia Tech Professor Amrinder Nain and Professor Shiro Suetsugu of the Nara Institute of Science and Technology has uncovered new findings that explain how cancer cells adhere to their environment. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 09:33:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/eng-me-nain-cancer-cells-tightrope.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/06/eng-me-nain-cancer-cells-tightrope/_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>College of Engineering</category><category>Research</category><category>Graduate Research</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Ling Li leads team to see through eyes made of stone</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/05/eng-me-ling-li-chiton-stone-eyes.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Li, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded $1.05 million over three years to lead a team studying the visual abilities of a unique underwater creature with thousands of eyes.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 09:26:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/05/eng-me-ling-li-chiton-stone-eyes.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/05/eng-me-ling-li-chiton-stone-eyes/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Mechanical Engineering</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Research</category><category>Engineering Excellence </category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Fulbright visiting scholar to speak about building a welcoming community for refugee students</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/Cranwell-Fulbright-Visiting-Scholar.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ From April 3-7, Virginia Tech will welcome Fulbright scholar Mervi Kaukko, who will present on her research about educational success from the perspective of refugee students. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:44:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/Cranwell-Fulbright-Visiting-Scholar.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/Cranwell-Fulbright-Visiting-Scholar/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>International Research</category><category>Student Affairs</category><category>School of Education</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Center for Refugee, Migrant, and Displacement Studies</category><category>Fulbright</category><category>Campus Experience</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Shattering stereotypes: Farida Jalalzai on how women-led nations succeeded during pandemic</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/clahs-women-leaders-in-pandemic.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ What can the world learn from women who led New Zealand and Iceland during the pandemic? A lot, said Jalalzai, associate dean of global initiatives and engagement in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 11:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/clahs-women-leaders-in-pandemic.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/clahs-women-leaders-in-pandemic/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>International Research</category><category>Faculty and Staff</category><category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences research</category><category>Research</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Virginia Tech geoscientists shed a light on life’s evolution 800 million years ago</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/flsi-eukaryotic-cells-junayo-kang.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Is nitrate responsible for algae, flowers, and even your neighbors? A team from Virginia Tech has unearthed evidence that may indicate yes. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/flsi-eukaryotic-cells-junayo-kang.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/flsi-eukaryotic-cells-junayo-kang/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Top News</category><category>NASA</category><category>Fellowships</category><category>Fralin Life Sciences Institute</category><category>Research</category><category>Global Change Center</category><category>Geosciences</category><category>University Libraries</category><category>College of Science</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Botswana president committed to conservation and sustainability</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/CM-Pres-Botswana-2023.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi visited the Virginia Tech Blacksburg campus Tuesday. In meetings with university leadership and in a discussion in front of a packed ballroom, the mutually beneficial collaboration between Botswana and Virginia Tech was highlighted. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:34:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/CM-Pres-Botswana-2023.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/03/CM-Pres-Botswana-2023/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>College of Natural Resources and Environment</category><category>Top News</category><category>Fish and Wildlife Conservation</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Blacksburg, Va.</category><category>Office of the President</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Campus Experience</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz earns Fulbright scholarship to study pollution in the Amazon rainforest</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/eng-cee-isaacman-vanwertz-receives-fulbright.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Isaacman-VanWertz will be living in Ecuador to study emissions in the Amazon rainforest that can lead to global pollution.   ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2023 09:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/eng-cee-isaacman-vanwertz-receives-fulbright.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/eng-cee-isaacman-vanwertz-receives-fulbright/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Faculty Excellence</category><category>Executive Vice President and Provost</category><category>Research</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Civil and Environmental Engineering</category><category>Fulbright</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Bringing new life to degraded forests in Madagascar</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/spes-research-madagascar-restoration.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Deforestation is threatening Madagascar&#39;s biodiversity due to the fact that more than 40 percent of its forests have been cleared over the past 70 years.The government has committed to restoring 4 million hectares, and a team of researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences explored techniques to improve plantings during eastern Madagascar’s dry season. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 12:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/spes-research-madagascar-restoration.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/02/spes-research-madagascar-restoration/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>International Research</category><category>School of Plant and Environmental Sciences</category><category>Research</category><category>Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station</category><category>Undergraduate Research</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>+Policy Fellows program supports new research to improve lives globally</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/01/isce-plus-policy-fellowship.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Rural farmers living in poverty in Zimbabwe and small-scale farmers in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and India are the ultimate beneficiaries of +Policy Fellow seed grants awarded to Virginia Tech faculty who proposed research with broad applications and strong policy implications. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/01/isce-plus-policy-fellowship.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/01/isce-plus-policy-fellowship/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences</category><category>International Research</category><category>Agricultural and Applied Economics</category><category>Institute for Society, Culture and Environment</category><category>Research</category><category>Policy</category><category>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</category><category>School of Plant and Environmental Sciences</category><category>Destination Areas</category><category>Social Sciences</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Beauty is only skin deep. As it turns out, so is disease detection.</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/Beauty-is-only-skin-deep-it-turns-out-so-is-disease-detection-agah-nsf-skin-sensor.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Professor Masoud Agah has received a National Science Foundation grant to develop a novel skin sensor that provides insight into an individual&#39;s health. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 11:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/Beauty-is-only-skin-deep-it-turns-out-so-is-disease-detection-agah-nsf-skin-sensor.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/Beauty-is-only-skin-deep-it-turns-out-so-is-disease-detection-agah-nsf-skin-sensor/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Center for Engineering Excellence and Discovery</category><category>International Research</category><category>Global Land Grant Impact</category><category>Research</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Graduate Research</category><category>Engineering Excellence </category><category>Electrical and Computer Engineering</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>6G vision: The future of wireless communications can be seen through your phone’s camera lens</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/6g-wirless-vision-guided-communications-walid-saad-harpreet-dhillon-nsf-grant.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Professors Walid Saad and Harpreet Dhillon of Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering have been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop technologies that use current and emerging wireless systems to “view” and map the surrounding environment. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/6g-wirless-vision-guided-communications-walid-saad-harpreet-dhillon-nsf-grant.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/11/6g-wirless-vision-guided-communications-walid-saad-harpreet-dhillon-nsf-grant/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>Center for Engineering Excellence and Discovery</category><category>International Research</category><category>Research</category><category>Artificial Intelligence</category><category>Security Frontier</category><category>Research Frontiers</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Engineering Excellence </category><category>Wireless</category><category>Electrical and Computer Engineering</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>First bats fly through Virginia Tech&#39;s new bat cave in Brunei</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/08/eng-brunei-bats.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The tunnel built by Rolf Mueller&#39;s team in Brunei to study the mechanics of how bats fly has completed its multi-year journey and is now hosting live bats. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:52:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/08/eng-brunei-bats.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/08/eng-brunei-bats/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Mechanical Engineering</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Research</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>Student addressing the impact of invasive species in Nepal scores major BIFAD award</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/07/outreach-ipm-bifad.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ Seerjana Maharjan is one of dozens of graduate students in Nepal whose research is supported by Virginia Tech’s Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/07/outreach-ipm-bifad.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/07/outreach-ipm-bifad/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Impact</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Center for International Research, Education, and Development</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>United Nations touts Virginia Tech mining engineering class as model of sustainability education</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/10/eng-sustainable-mining-united-nations.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ In June, the class was designated an official case study in education that incorporates UN sustainability goals — including climate action, clean energy, and economic growth — making it a model for sustainability focused education around the world.   ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:16:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/10/eng-sustainable-mining-united-nations.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/10/eng-sustainable-mining-united-nations/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Top News</category><category>Economic development</category><category>Undergraduate Education</category><category>Academics</category><category>Mining and Minerals Engineering</category><category>College of Engineering</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category><category>Graduate Education</category><category>Sustainability</category>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title>$3 million USAID award will address crop threats in Bangladesh</title>
        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/08/outreach-Bangladeshagriculture.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management aims to improve crop production while minimizing environmental hazards caused by the overuse of chemical pesticides in the South Asian nation. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
        <guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/08/outreach-Bangladeshagriculture.html</guid>
        <enclosure url="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2021/08/outreach-Bangladeshagriculture/_jcr_content/article-image.transform/l-medium/image.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
    	<category>International Research</category><category>Research</category><category>Outreach and International Affairs</category><category>Impact</category><category>International Impact</category><category>Center for International Research, Education, and Development</category><category>Virginia Tech&#39;s international presence</category>
    </item></channel>
</rss>