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THE GLOBAL CHANGE CENTER  |

Our mission is to advance interdisciplinary scholarship and education to address critical global changes impacting the environment and society.

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Interdisciplinary research is necessary to tackle the new frontier of global environmental challenges. The goal of the new Global Change Center at Virginia Tech is to explicitly address the challenges posed by the interaction of climate change, pollution, invasive species, disease and habitat loss.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”49004″ img_size=”400×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border”][vc_column_text]AFFILIATED FACULTY
The Global Change Center is a university-wide, faculty-led initiative, involving most colleges on campus. GCC Affiliated faculty represent a diversity of disciplines and academic units, integrating basic and applied science, engineering, and social sciences.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”49875″ img_size=”400×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border”][vc_column_text]GRADUATE EDUCATION
The Interfaces of Global Change Program is an exciting interdisciplinary graduate education program designed to address the multidimensional aspects of global change. Funded by the Virginia Tech Graduate School, this program is one of several Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Programs (IGEPs) on campus.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_separator align=”align_right” css=”.vc_custom_1538676464135{margin-top: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]

Science is Service

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