Virginia Tech News2015-10-292015-10-292009-10-12http://hdl.handle.net/10919/62457The first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics is a researcher for a Virginia Tech-managed international program. Elinor Ostrom has won a share of the 2009 prize based on her work on how community institutions can prevent conflict.text/htmlIn CopyrightOutreach and International AffairsPress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations