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Destination Areas provide faculty and students with new tools to identify and solve complex, 21st-century problems in which Virginia Tech already has significant strengths and can take a global leadership role. The initiative represents the next step in the evolution of the land-grant university to meet economic and societal needs of the world.
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- IIHCC newsletter, June 2019(Virginia Tech, 2019-06)Each issue of the IIHCC newsletter quickly highlights research, curriculum, facilities, and outreach efforts aligning with the University’s Beyond Boundaries initiative. The newsletters also contain updates regarding meetings, projects, and events associated with IIHCC and its partnerships.
- Social Equity and Inclusion in Education Policy. Audience NotesBradburn, Isabel S. (Virginia Tech, 2017-11-30)This document includes notes written by members of the audience of the panel: Social Equity and Inclusion in Education Policy
- Sustainable provision of food and water using an interdisciplinary, system-of-systems frameworkBosch, Darrell J.; Clark, Susan F.; Cobourn, Kelly M.; Easton, Zachary M.; Godrej, Adil N.; Hession, W. Cully; Hester, Erich T.; Hull, Robert Bruce IV; Little, John C.; Marathe, Achla; McGinnis, Sean; O'Rourke, Megan E.; Schmale, David G. III; Schoenholtz, Stephen H.; Shortridge, Julie; Swecker, Terry; Thomason, Wade E.; Vullikanti, Anil; White, Robin R. (Virginia Tech, 2017-05-15)Although sustainability is an essential concept to ensuring the future of humanity and integrity of the resources and ecosystems on which we depend, identification of a comprehensive approach to assess and enhance sustainability is another grand challenge. Fortuitously, in a groundbreaking re-conceptualization of the problem, we identified the collective limitations of the current suite of approaches used to assess sustainability and instead proposed a computational, system-of-systems framework that is causal, modular, tiered, and scalable. Our approach incorporates a comprehensive definition of sustainability as well as new educational structures to systematically and computationally connect across the disciplines. It also aspires to address the political, economic, and decision-making challenges that limit the applicability of science and technical solutions to wicked problems...
- Understanding the Dark Web and its Implications for Policy (flyer)Jardine, Eric (Virginia Tech, 2018-05-18)How to deal with the negative excesses of the Dark Web and other anonymity-granting technologies without harming those who use these tools for benign activities is one of today’s most pressing policy challenges. This conference gathers researchers, government officials, civil society activists and private industry experts to engage in constructive debate and dialogue. The conference will explore the topography and implications of Tor Hidden Services and debate the various ways in which online anonymity poses unique normative and policy challenges.
- Virginia Tech Principles of Community(Virginia Tech, 2014)Virginia Tech Principles of Community affirmed in 2014 by President Sands and representatives of seven university organizations: Board of Visitors, Faculty Senate, Staff Senate, Student Government Association, Graduate Student Assembly, Alumni Association, Commission on Equal Opportunity and Diversity