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        <description><![CDATA[ Doctoral student Sithuni Mimasha works with Indigenous communities in Sri Lanka to understand how the environment affects food systems, health, and daily life. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Chrishma Dharshani Perera, Summer Stevens, and Yuhang Zheng developed projects to advocate for awareness, knowledge, and skills associated with Virginia Tech’s Principles of Community across the university and in the surrounding communities. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Melissa Cumbia ’12, an academic advisor in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment, was honored with the University Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The student-led club, known regionally as the Blue Ridge chapter of the American Meteorological Society, received the national Local Chapter of the Year award at the annual conference. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A snapshot of the college presented in a series of infographics. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ We launch the year-long celebration of 100 years of forestry education, research, and outreach at Virginia Tech on February 25 with the inaugural John F. Hosner Distinguished Lecture, made possible with an endowment created by the generosity of his wife Tenna Hosner, and enabling an annual distinguished lecture in perpetuity. Hosner, honorary founding dean of the college, would have been 100 years old on this date and our celebration comes at a serendipitous timing of events, including honoring J. Wilbur O’Byrne, the first forester hired at Virginia Tech 100 years ago.    Click the photo to read more. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Fangzheng Lyu and Matthew Baker recently joined the College of Natural Resources and Environment faculty. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Two College of Natural Resources and Environment students attended the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech experts are available to discuss the shocking Syrian revolution, winter weather forecasts, the economics of &#34;Wicked&#34;, gifts to encourage STEM, holiday shopping cybersecurity tips and more. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech has a plethora of experts representing many disciplines available for interviews on a variety of holiday-connected topics and research. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Drew Ellis, a professor in the  Department of Geography and an expert in climate science, explains the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration&#39;s winter outlook, which predicts a mild winter for the mid-Atlantic region of the United States ]]></description>
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        <link>https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/11/eng-me-hurricane-helene-cleanup-kochersberger.html</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Department of Emergency Management called on the Uncrewed Systems Lab to map flood damage caused by Hurricane Helene. The interdisciplinary team of students used aerial data capture in comparison with existing open-source virtual maps. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech researcher finds AI could help improve city planning</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The new research shows that using generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini could improve city planning by enhancing access to tools that help measure walkability, safety, lighting, and more. ]]></description>
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        <title>Students engineer solutions in remote corners of the world</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech students learned about water quality in the remote Himalayan mountains of Nepal during a three week long trip to improve irrigation. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>A record seven Hokies join Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Kathleen Alexander, Tom Dingus, Dan Givens, T.M. Murali, Amy Pruden, Dan Sui, and Bevlee Watford make up the university’s largest elected class to date and the largest number elected from a single Virginia institution this year.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Winistorfer, himself a first-generation student, fostered a culture of forward-looking innovation in the college, creating successful degree programs and student initiatives while emphasizing the college’s research portfolio.  ]]></description>
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        <title>Researchers seek to better understand population mobility in the Indo-Pacific </title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A research team led by Anamaria Bukvic in the Department of Geography received a $2 million grant from the Department of Defense to evaluate how efforts to adapt to climate change affects population mobility in coastal areas in the Indo-Pacific. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Esterhuizen ’12 will lead the planning and execution of a comprehensive strategic communications and marketing plan for the college that aligns with and advances universitywide strategic goals and initiatives. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Faculty in the College of Natural Resources and Environment have received $1.79 million from the National Science Foundation for an interdisciplinary research project that will examine the dynamics of socio-environmental factors impacting coastal fisheries. ]]></description>
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        <title>Alumnus plants his flag in a growing sport</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Kyle Bailey, who hosts a highly rated sports radio show in Charlotte, was chosen to be the play-by-play voice for USA Football’s top international flag football event in mid-July. The Christiansburg native spent a week in Los Angeles broadcasting USA Football’s “Week at The One,” a series of elite flag football competitions  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The College of Natural Resources and Environment is leveraging research in natural resources to shape the cities of tomorrow. ]]></description>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 10:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <title>Tradition meets transformation for Maasai women</title>
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        <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>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech has experts available to speak on topics surrounding the 2024 hurricane season including the increase in severe storms, coastal flooding risks, flooding prediction models, disaster resilience, storm preparation, and response. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Associate Professor Tim Baird’s exploration of social networks in northern Tanzania is supporting his research and observations in the Creativity and Innovation District and helping him envision a new field of study. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews surrounding a variety of topics and research ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ An interdisciplinary research team tested ChatGPTs accuracy talking about three climate change-related hazards – tropical storms, floods, and droughts – in 191 countries.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech has experts available to speak on topics surrounding the 2024 November Presidential election including the campaigns, issues such as abortion and climate changes, campaign finance, disinformation, election security, and more. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Diversity Scholars specialize in and advocate for the awareness, knowledge, and skills associated with inclusion and diversity in the Graduate School and the greater community. This year’s scholars will share their work at noon Thursday, March 28. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Alexis George ’22 monitors some of the most extreme weather in the world at the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire. ]]></description>
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        <title>From field sites to C-suites</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Three alumni of the College of Natural Resources and Environment share their stories of moving into executive leadership roles in the field of conservation science and advocacy. ]]></description>
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        <title>Students study abroad in Antarctica</title>
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        <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>
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        <title>Expert says West Coast flooding, mudslides remain threat from multiple large winter storms</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ As California and the west coast stare down yet another major winter storm this week, the threat of devastating flooding and mudslides is even more urgent. Drew Ellis, a climate science and meteorology expert at Virginia Tech, explains that in drought-stricken areas, the ground is less able to absorb large influxes of water, and this is complicated by soil saturation from other recent storms. ]]></description>
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        <title>The Antarctica journals</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech students shares experiences and insights traveling to Antarctica over the winter break. ]]></description>
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        <title>Virginia Tech students participate in annual U.N. climate change conference</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Seven Virginia Tech students and two faculty members attended the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Dubai in early December. For the past 28 years, the conference has allowed negotiators, legislators, and observers from nearly every country in the world to come together to assess ways to address issues related to climate change.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ By dissecting at least 86 travel itineraries, Rachel Midura and a research team will trace the ways and challenges of travelers before the year 1700 across oceans and land, mostly throughout Europe.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Scarpaci, a Virginia Tech faculty member for approximately 20 years whose research focused on urban and social geography in Latin America, passed away Dec. 30 in Blacksburg. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Assistant Professor Junghwan Kim has discovered limitations in ChatGPT’s capacity to provide specific information about environmental justice issues, suggesting a geographic bias in large-language artificial intelligence models. ]]></description>
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        <title>Understanding atmospheric flash droughts in the Caribbean</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Assistant Professor Craig Ramseyer is using meteorological data to understand atmospheric flash drought occurrences in the Caribbean. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ For Chaz Nuttycombe, a senior political science major who created his own election forecasting platform,  Election Day is more exciting than Christmas morning. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ At the Majors and Minors Fair on Oct. 11, students who are passionate about their major explained how they landed on it—and what they hope to do next with what they studied. ]]></description>
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        <title>A new geospatial intelligence certificate is being offered to Virginia Tech students</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This program, situated in the Department of Geography, will provide students with training on how to utilize geospatial technology to tackle environmental, security, and natural resource management challenges. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech researchers will merge social and geographic information system science to investigate how coastal communities and ecosystems will migrate because of sea-level rise. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ First reacting with hesitation to the fall 2022 debut of ChatGPT, Virginia Tech faculty are now starting to embrace artificial intelligence&#39;s transformative power in teaching and research. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia will receive the additional funds to improve and enhance broadband access through the efforts of the Center for Geospatial Information Technology. ]]></description>
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        <title>Communication skills key for scholars of all fields</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Lay Nam Chang Dean’s Discovery Fund recently announced research awards to support projects that include the discovery of non-opioid pain killers, wildlife disease, a mobile app for rural parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and bat guano. This year&#39;s awarded grants exceed $120,000.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Atop a new wave of support from the Fralin Life Sciences Institute, Peter Vikesland is leading a research team in creating wireless sensor networks to survey microbial threats to water quality and to enable operational control and provide real-world feedback for public transparency.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was among the most damaging and deadly in modern history, but that isn’t necessarily an indicator for 2023. According to Virginia Tech meteorologist Stephanie Zick most seasonal forecasts are predicting a near average season, which goes from June 1 to November 30. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Virginia Tech researchers use meteorological data to explore the relationship between atmospheric processes and tornado risks. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ For its signature seed funding program, the Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment has awarded up to $30,000 each to seven interdisciplinary teams. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Tara Nepper, previously assistant director of alumni relations in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, said she is excited to build bridges with an alumni base that is working to solve the critical challenges of today. ]]></description>
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        <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>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Hunter has recently joined the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation and the Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and Eranga Galappaththi will join the Department of Geography. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Gabrielle Mountain is tasked with planning, promoting, and executing alumni engagement programming to meet institutional advancement goals. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ James Campbell was honored for lifetime achievement by AmericaView; Jennifer Gagnon and Adam Downing were named Fellows of the Society of American Foresters. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Lynn Resler and Anamaria Bukvic investigate how climate change affects two vastly different ecosystems. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Luke Juran’s research ranges from flooding and drought in India to residential water quality in Virginia. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Santosh Rijal helps students develop the skills and expertise they need as geospatial technology becomes more prevalent in a wide variety of fields and applications. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Professor Korine Kolivras applies geographical expertise and geospatial tools to study the spread of Lyme disease in the southeastern U.S. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The senior meteorology major prepares forecasts for band practices and performances in Blacksburg as well as away games and exhibitions. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Baird, associate professor of geography, and his family are looking forward to the adventure of a lifetime. One thing is for sure: there will be learning.  ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Geography grad student Peter Forister’s photos and tweets on weather and other natural phenomena have garnered national attention. ]]></description>
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        <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>
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        <title>Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens to tackle infectious diseases</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The center will be administratively established as an institute-level center in the Fralin Life Science Institute and will include faculty participants from at least seven colleges and more than 25 departments on campus. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ To support COVID-related research and provide immediate support for Virginia Tech researchers, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation collaborated with Virginia Tech institutes and colleges to establish a COVID-19 Rapid Response Seed Fund. As a result, nine projects were selected for funding. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Two undergraduate students accompanied four faculty members to the conference in Madrid in December. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ University Libraries at Virginia Tech faculty members Anne M. Brown and Jonathan Briganti challenged their undergraduate data students in the library’s DataBridge program and the Bevan &amp; Brown Lab to jump in and create tools and look for patterns and trends in COVID-19 research data using machine learning and molecular modeling.   ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Colleen Pramenko will commission into the U.S. Air Force and put her meteorology degree and her experience with the Corps of Cadets to use as an environmental science officer with the 28th Operational Weather Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The new center, housed under the Fralin Life Sciences Institute, will engage with a diverse set of stakeholders, create a safe space for difficult conversations with the public around coastal-zone issues, and establish a Coastal Zone Observatory.  ]]></description>
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