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- $1.25 million grant to take lead on Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse Web portal awarded to Virginia TechMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-10-27)Virginia Tech has been awarded a $1.25 million five-year contract by the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop, manage, and maintain a public Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse (SGIC) Web portal that encourages use of electricity in an environmentally responsible way.
- Assistant professor Andrea Wittenborn, research team conduct clinical trial to treat couples' depression, marital problemsMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-01-13)Andrea Wittenborn, assistant professor, human development, is heading a research team conducting the Strengthening Bonds Couples Therapy Study to treat depression and marital problems (dyadic distress) in married/committed couple relationships.
- Barbara Allen awarded Fulbright for comparative research on Italian chemical industryMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-12-10)Barbara Allen, associate professor and director of the Science and Technology Studies program in the National Capital Region, has been awarded a Senior Research Fulbright Fellowship for research in Italy, sponsored by the Program in Science in Society, University of Trento.
- Barbara Allen, Daniel Breslau organize 2009 annual meeting of Society for Social Studies of Science in Washington, D.C.Micale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-11-17)Organizing a conference with more than 1,000 attendees from around the globe is no small task. Just ask Barbara Allen, associate professor and director, Science and Technology Studies, National Capital Region; and her Blacksburg colleague, Daniel Breslau, associate professor, Science and Technology Studies, who co-chaired the 2009 annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S).
- Bruce Lawlor charged with developing comprehensive, policy-oriented study on Black Sea region's political futureMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-03-30)Bruce M. Lawlor, director, Virginia Tech Center for Technology, Security, and Policy, has been appointed to the Commission on the Black Sea to foster discussion about the political future of bordering nations.
- Center for Food and Nutrition Policy: Added sugars don't displace vitamins, mineralsMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2004-10-11)Added sugars have little or no substantive effect on diet quality, according to a new study by the Center for Food and Nutrition Policy (CFNP) at Virginia Tech.
- Center for Geospatial Information Technology partners with Alexandria on digital historic map preservationMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-06-10)Virginia Tech's Center for Geospatial Information Technology (CGIT) in the National Capital Region, has announced that it will collaborate with the Office of Historic Alexandria to digitally preserve important historic maps for the Alexandria Archaeology Museum beginning with the area outside of Old Town Alexandria where archaeological resources are most threatened by expanding development. Direct funds from the City of Alexandria in addition to a grant from the Historic Alexandria Foundation will allow Virginia Tech CGIT to develop a framework for a Historic Alexandria Digital Atlas based on Geographical Information System (GIS) technology.
- Center for Technology, Security, and Policy director leads national security workshop for counter-terrorism coordination in Black Sea regionMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-10-08)Bruce Lawlor, director of the Virginia Tech Center for Technology, Security, and Policy recently led an instructional session on developing more effective methods to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction throughout the Black Sea region at the second Regional Information Exchange Network Workshop in Kiev, Ukraine.
- Center for Technology, Security, and Policy receives grant to fund study on smuggling in Black Sea regionMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-10-02)The Department of Defense (DOD) has issued an initial award of $1,014,401 to the Virginia Tech Center for Technology, Security, and Policy, National Capital Region, to study illicit traffic and the smuggling of contraband in the Black Sea region.
- Center for Technology, Security, and Policy research faculty conduct study of New Madrid Seismic ZoneMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-01-25)Theresa Jefferson and John Harrald, research faculty at the Virginia Tech Center for Technology, Security, and Policy in the National Capital Region recently completed a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-funded research project to model the social impacts and disaster response requirements of a 7.7 magnitude catastrophic earthquake on the three segments of the New Madrid Seismic Zone.
- CGIT awarded grant for researching geospatial technologiesMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-06-28)The Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies has awarded a $100,000 National Cooperative Highway Research Program grant to Virginia Tech's Center for Geospatial Information Technology (CGIT) to prepare and disseminate information about geospatial technologies in the right-of-way (ROW) data management process. ROW refers to the property along existing or proposed roads and highways necessary to build or expand public facilities.
- Charles Clancy joins Virginia Tech as associate director of Hume Center and research Fellow in National Capital RegionMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-10-01)
Charles Clancy has joined Virginia Tech as associate director of the Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology and research Fellow, National Capital Region Research Development Team (RDT).
- City of Alexandria honors Washington Alexandria Architecture Center Director Jaan Holt with CIVIC AwardMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-09-03)
Jaan Holt, professor and director of the Virginia Tech Washington Alexandria Architecture Center was awarded a 2010 Park and Recreation CIVIC Award from the City of Alexandria in recognition of his 30 years of exemplary service in design education, public outreach, and professional work in addition to instilling the core value of community service to alumni of the city's only academy of architecture and design.
- City of Alexandria responds favorably to Virginia Tech eco-city report on environmental issues, looks toward next phaseMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-02-12)The Alexandria City Council received the Eco-City Alexandria report, "Green-Ventory of City Environmental Policies, Plans, and Programs," conducted in collaboration with the Virginia Tech Eco-Studio, Urban Affairs and Planning, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, during its recent monthly legislative meeting.
- Claire Fraser to address graduates at 25th National Capital Region commencementMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-05-09)Claire M. Fraser, president and director of The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), Rockville, Md., will address graduates at Virginia Tech's 25th National Capital Region Commencement Ceremony at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 15, at the Center for the Arts in Fairfax, Va.
- Complexity Science Academy holds policy informatics workshop in National Capital RegionMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2007-10-09)The Virginia Tech Complexity Science Academy, in conjunction with the university's National Capital Region (NCR) Operations, recently sponsored a workshop, "Policy Informatics in an Interdependent World," drawing both national and international invited experts from government, industry, and academia.
- Counterterrorism expert Joshua Sinai joins Virginia Tech Center for Technology, Security, and PolicyMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-05-17)Joshua Sinai recently joined the Center for Technology, Security, and Policy as associate professor/research.
- Derek Hyra studies neighborhood revitalization in our nation's capitalMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-12-15)
The revitalization of historic African-American neighborhoods is a central research focus for Derek Hyra, associate professor, Urban Affairs and Planning Program, Virginia Tech National Capital Region.
- Educational program gives researchers, students greater insight into Arab worldMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-11-29)In Amman, Jordan, a class of eager-to-learn third graders are actively engaged in a skit, using colorful masks and props to act out the relationship between a zoo keeper and the animals in the zoo. The skit is cleverly designed to illustrate social responsibility. In another building, high school students are discussing the lack of public transportation accommodations for people with disabilities. Having identified this problem, they have been investigating potential solutions. Subsequently, the students will be making public policy recommendations to local officials and to the Ministry of Health and Community.
- Englebert named Center for Public Administration and Policy's first Inclusive Management FellowMicale, Barbara L. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2007-11-07)Capt. Suzanne Englebert, chief of prevention for the 7th District, U.S. Coast Guard, Miami, Fla., has been named the first Inclusive Management Fellow of the Coast-to-Coast Inclusive Management Initiative within the Center for Public Administration and Policy and the School for Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech, National Capital Region.