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Examining Public Participation in ACTion Alexandria
The Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech has entered into an agreement to partner with ACT for Alexandria to advance the design of citizen engagement platforms. Kevin Desouza, Director of the...
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IBM Center for the Business of Government: Citizen Apps as a Democratizing...
The Metropolitan Institute is pleased to announce a new grant from the IBM Center for the Business of Government for our research project, Citizen Apps as a Democratizing Technology: Challenges and...
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Faculty Fellow Showcase: Margaret Cowell
Professor Margaret Cowell, assistant professor in the Urban Affairs and Planning program in the School of Public and International Affairs and Faculty Fellow to the Metropolitan Institute, shared some...
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Letter From the Director – Wrap-Up of the First Semester
My first semester as Director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech (MI) is drawing to a close. Similar to my 60 day update, I would like to share with you selected achievements and strategic...
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Resilience in Planning – Starting a Discussion
“Resilience is a term much bandied about these days in the planning and development professions. Buildings, plans, economies and even cities are expected to be resilient to unforeseen externalities in...
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The Center for Community Security and Resiliency (CCSR) convened its third annual Conference on Community Resilience in Davos, Switzerland. Cosponsored by the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech,...
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Schilling assists the City of Newburgh with the launch of its Code...
Director Joe Schilling Joseph Schilling, Interim Director of the Metropolitan Institute and Professor and Program Director of the Urban Affairs & Planning Program-Alexandria, partnered with Kermit...
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Discussing Resilience at the Federal Reserve
Selected from amongst 180 submissions, Joe Schilling, Maggie Cowell and Lauren Bulka presented a poster while attending the Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference, “Resilience...
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A Pre-Conference Roundtable: What Next? The Future of Brownfields Research in...
For individuals heading to the 2013 EPA National Brownfields Conference, a pre-conference roundtable has been organized by Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, St. Louis University and Ryerson University. This...
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RSVP for Upcoming event: Leadership Through Landscape
Special Event: Leadership Through Landscape Leadership Through Landscape Exploring the Power of Place and Its Influence on Public Leadership and Sustainability Policy June 6, 2013 ~ 6:00 PM Artisphere...
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