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¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ researcher Celso Ferreira is helping two Virginia towns prepare for flooding through advanced hazard mapping and resilience planning.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ researchers are leading a National Science Foundation–funded collaboration to develop sustainable, biology-based methods for recovering valuable resources from silicon-rich waste materials, transforming industrial byproducts into reusable resources while reducing energy use and emissions.

From solving climate challenges through research to preparing the next climate leaders, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ is developing leadership and talent to produce solutions for our global community.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ researchers are working with an innovative, electricity-free drinking water treatment system in Puerto Rico that could help small rural communities gain reliable access to safe water.

What difference does a tree make? That’s what ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ researcher Luis Ortiz wanted to find out with his course, CLIM 759 Micrometeorological Modeling for Local Climate Action, in which students work individually with community groups to study their needs and model the outcomes of various interventions.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ is authorized to host the Virginia State Climate Office, thanks to a provision in the new state budget effective July 1, 2026. The office is charged with developing and delivering data, analyses, assessments, and expertise about Virginia’s weather- and climate-related impacts, risks, and risk management options to state and local government agencies, businesses, and communities across the commonwealth.

At a recent gathering of air quality researchers from across the Washington, D.C., region and beyond, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ officially launched a new center that aims to advance Earth system science in atmospheric composition and air quality. 

You’ve probably seen slimy mats of brownish green clinging to rocks in streams or on lake beds, and perhaps not given it another thought. But ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Rosalina Stancheva Christova has.

As the university’s Grand Challenge Initiative (GCI) enters its second year, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ today announced funding for seven catalyst research projects and the launch of the Grand Challenge Research Exchange—quarterly convenings for all GCI-related research to accelerate solutions to the grand challenge of our time.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ has become Virginia’s first R1 research institution to commercialize a product under the state’s new Lab-to-Launch initiative, marking an early milestone in the commonwealth’s push to accelerate university research into the market.