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        <description><![CDATA[ The five-year award from the National Science Foundation will fund research into how immersive technologies affect decision-making, spending, and privacy as well as how policy and technical interventions can protect users. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Four faculty members representing four colleges, one school, and three departments were named fellows or scholars in the +Policy Network’s 2025-26 policy research cohort, each receiving up to $10,000 to turn policy ideas into real-world solutions. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news, including the partial shutdown over homeland security funding, social media companies on trial in child addiction cases, the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and more. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A trial has gotten underway in California that accuses corporate giants Meta and YouTube of intentionally engineering their products to make children become addicted. Virginia Tech social media expert Megan Duncan and political communications expert Cayce Myers discuss the possible impacts of the case and the wider implications for consumers and public policy.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A $1 million, four-year National Science Foundation grant will help better understand how natural hazards impact the forest and soils that control the water quality that ends up in drinking water reservoirs. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ During his time as a +Policy Network Scholar, Brendan David-John worked alongside a mentor to connect his eye-tracking research with policy perspectives to address privacy and security challenges in emerging technologies. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A message from Amy Sebring, executive vice president and chief operating officer, and Frances Keene, vice president for student affairs.    ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Misra explained the tensions between traditional hiking experiences and modern technology and emphasized the need for a balance between accessibility and preservation of natural environments. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ David-John explores the potential for gaze data to reveal personal information and related security implications, especially in a military context, and shared the projects he’s currently working on to better mitigate this threat. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Jacob Barney’s unique expertise will bolster federal efforts to manage invasive species. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Information regarding an Executive Order issued by the Governor of Virginia on Feb. 11, 2025 banning use of DeepSeek on state-owned or managed resources. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Policy 7000 governs the use and administration of Virginia Tech computer and communication systems, network, services, and data. Users are advised to review and understand the policy and accompanying standard. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A message from Amy Sebring, executive vice president and chief operating officer, and Frances Keene, vice president for Student Affairs. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Hosted by Virginia Tech’s +Policy Network, the Policy Camp on Aug. 14 will emphasize the importance of researchers and students gaining exposure to policy concepts and applying them to real-world challenges. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Linsey Marr, the Charles P. Lunsford professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,  recounted her experiences interacting with governmental and health policymakers as the guest speaker for this year’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Policy program. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ In a time when technological advancements are breaking new ground in health, artificial intelligence, and transportation, one factor that must be considered yet is often overlooked: the social impact. Virginia Tech faculty will discuss such social implications of emerging technologies in a variety of fields during the Governance of New and Emerging Technologies virtual symposium on April 6 beginning at 9:30 a.m.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Invasive Species Working Group is crowdsourcing resources and expertise to tackle global invasion species that are reshaping ecosystems, disrupting economies, and causing disease, costing an estimated $1.3 trillion globally each year.     ]]></description>
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        <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>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech Policy Destination Area launched its interdisciplinary graduate certificate program, Science, Technology, and Engineering in Policy, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Launching the certificate under current conditions has made clear how important such a certificate is for STEM-H students who are looking to work at the interface of science and policy. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Destination Areas are designed to support and accelerate Virginia Tech’s transformation of areas of interdisciplinary strength into dynamic, transdisciplinary collaborations.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ As the coronavirus tightened its grip across the globe in late spring 2020, faculty members associated with the Policy Destination Area began brainstorming about how they could respond to the pandemic. What they created was a “database of databases” related to the policies around the pandemic, with direct links to data for researchers to use. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Sana Ahmad loves how science foundations can be applied to any field. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ With a $2.3 million award from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, an interdisciplinary team of Virginia Tech researchers led by Masoud Agah are working to revolutionize a testing process for harmful pollutants, in particular, for truck drivers. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ For the past two decades, research institutions have been buying research the same way consumers have been buying television programming: in big bundles. Like big cable packages, these bundles have become bloated with unnecessary content, and their prices have exploded. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Saul Halfon and Anne Khademian spoke at the inaugural Policy, Technology and Society Conversation and Networking seminar at Virginia Tech sponsored by the Policy Strategic Growth Area on March 4.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A team of Virginia Tech graduate students working in two Appalachian communities is underwritten by a new university-wide program.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech Policy Strategic Growth Area (SGA) is taking aim at helping research teams place policy considerations front and center in interdisciplinary projects focused on pressing contemporary issues.  ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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