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News Archive
2009
(4/29/09) WRC Co-Director Deborah Swackhamer was featured in a Minnesota Public Radio story about the tug of war regarding amendment money priorities. Full story
(4/29/09) Deborah Swackhamer was featured in a Minnesota Daily story on the first draft of the University's Sustainable Goals and Outcomes Committee's plan to integrate sustainable practices into all areas of University life. The plan, which sets forth specific goals and outcomes, also aims to position the University as a national leader in the area of sustainability. Full story
(4/29/09) Les Everett is a 2008-09 recipient of the CFANS Professional and Academic Staff award for research.
(2/19/09) WRS and Civil Engineering Associate Professor Paige Novak has been selected as a 2009 Leopold Leadership Fellow. The Fellows will take part in intensive leadership and communications training designed to hone their skills in delivering scientific information to decision makers, the media, and the public. More about the program
(1/15/09) Expert Alert: Nick Haig on keeping your septic-system from freezing this winter. View this and other January 2009 Expert Alerts
2008
(12/05/08) WRC Co-director Deborah Swackhamer was a guest on MPR's Midday as a Voice on the Environment. Listen to the program.
(09/23/08) One of the segments on Midmorning with Kerri Miller explored what steps are being taken to save the Great Lakes. WRC Co-Director Deborah Swackhamer was among the guests. Listen to the program
(9/17/08) WRC Co-director Deborah Swackhamer been appointed chair of the USEPA Science Advisory Board. In her new role, Swackhamer will be providing scientific advice on environmental regulation. Read the news release
(7/11/08) A report on the critical environmental issues facing Minnesota in the next fifty years was recently released. WRC Co-Director Deborah Swackhamer appeared on Twin Cities Public Television's Almanac: At the Capitol to discuss some of the key findings of the report. View the show
(6/1/08) Effective June 2008, the Water Resources Center is the first Affiliate Organization of the Institute on the Environment. The two will collaborate on research, education, and/or public engagement activities.
(5/13/08) Kevin Blanchet (pictured right, University of Minnesota Extension) was recognized with a 2008 CFANS Distinguished Academic/P&A Award. Blanchet worked with the WRC from 1998-2008. Mike Sadowsky (Professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate and WRS Faculty) received the 2008 Faculty CFANS Distinguished Diversity and Inclusion Award. The award recognizes his “significant efforts to assure broad access to University programs for students of color thorough a host of active and collaborative recruitment and retention efforts.”
(5/5/08) Fromer WRS student Dr. Holly Dolliver (Ph.D. 2007) received Honorable Mention for 2008 Universities Council on Water Resources Ph.D. Dissertation Award in Natural Science & Engineering. Current student Allison Gamble has been awarded a 2008-2009 Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship.
2007
(10/30/07) WRS student Adam Sealock's master's thesis titled "An investigation of disturbance, sampling methods, the river continuum concept, and hydroseres in Hardwood Creek a ditched stream in Minnesota, USA" has been selected for the University of Minnesota Distinguished Master's Thesis Award for 2007-08 and will represent the University of Minnesota at the Midwest Association of Graduate Schools' (MAGS) Distinguished Master's Thesis Award.
(6/6/07) Deborah Swackhamer has been selected as the 2006 winner of the Harvey G. Rodgers Environmental Health Leadership Award, given by the Minnesota Public Health Association (MPHA). This award honors “an individual who through years of dedication, distinguished service and technical contribution has promoted the public's health through preservation of the environment." She will receive the award at the MPHA's annual meeting on June 14, 2007.
(6/4/07) Heiko Schoenfuss' research on estrogenic compounds appeared in the June 4, 2007 edition of Newsweek. More on the research
2006
(10/4/06) Listen the daily radio feature for a U of M Moment discussion of the Institute on the Environment by Deborah Swackhamer, the Interim Director.
(10/2006) Barb Liukkonen (WRC and MN Sea Grant), Nick Zlonis (MN Sea Grant, and Eleanor Burkett (University of Minnesota Extension) were awarded the Sea Grant Program Leaders' Outstanding Program Award at Sea Grant's Great Lakes Network Conference in Alpena, MI. The award was for a project on preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species via water gardens. Wendy Strombeck (oneD.design), Mike Klepinger (MI Sea Grant), and Mandy Beall (WI DNR) were also part of the award-winning team. The project will represent the Great Lakes Region at the next Sea Grant Week event.
(08/13/06) Deborah Swackhamer, the WRC's Co-Director was featured in a KARE 11 Extra segment during the 10:00 p.m. news broadcast. She discussed phosphorous in Minnesota's lakes and rivers.
(6/4/06) WRC staffer Sara Heger Christopherson discussed sewage treatment in rural Minnesota in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The story focused on untreated sewage illegally entering Minnesota's water bodies because of failed septic systems. Sara is a member of the Onsite Sewage Treatment Program.
(4/20/06) Larry Baker (Water Resources Center) and Kristen Nelson (WRS, Forest Resources and Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology) joined John Curry, Campaign Director for the Minnesota Campaign for Conservation, at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis to discuss the future of the Minnesota environment. The event was sponsored by the Citizens League and Minnesota Public Radio, and was the latest installment of the Citizen League’s “Policy and a Pint” lecture series. DJ Steve Seel of 89.3 The Current moderated the discussion. Listen to the program
(4/7/06) Giana Glesey and Erica Schram, WRS MS students, were awarded GK-12 Fellowships from NSF. They were two of twelve fellows selected from the University of Minnesota. The fellowship begins in July 1, 2006 and runs through June 30, 2007. Giana is co-advised by Mark Edlund and Len Ferrington while Erica is advised by Jim Perry.
(3/30/01) Jeffrey Werner received one of the 2006 Graduate Student Paper Awards from the Division of Environmental Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. Jeff's paper, titled "The environmental photochemical kinetics of tetracycline as a function of pH and water hardness"will be presented at the Environmental Chemistry Awards Symposium, 232nd National ACS Conference in San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006. Bill Arnold and Kris McNeill are his advisors.
(3/27/06) WRS student Summer Streets was runner-up for the best student platform presentation at the Meeting of the Midwest Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry meeting. The meeting was held in St. Cloud, MN, March 21-22, 2006. Her paper titled " Bioaccumulation Factors of PBDE Congeners in Lake Michigan Fish" is co-authored by Scott Henderson, Amber Stoner, Matt Simcik and Deborah Swackhamer. Summer is advised by Swackhamer.
(3/27/06) A number of WRS students participated in the first Sigma Xi Juried Research Poster Exhibit for Graduate Students at Coffman Memorial Union. Four of the participants were honored at the Annual Banquet following the poster presentation event. Mark Green was co-recipient of First Place for excellence in communicating science and engineering research while Filiz Dadaser Celik and Ole Olmanson received Honorable Mentions. Filiz was also elected Associate Member. Michelle Marko received the Charles and Dorothy Andrew Bird Award for outstanding research in any field of pure or applied science and was promoted to Full Member.
(3/12/06) Professor Mike Sadowsky, WRS faculty from the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, was highlighted in the TIME magazine (Vol. 167 No. 12) for his research on distinguishing human versus non-human sources of E. coli bacteria. Read the full article
(2/28/06) In conjunction with the Great Conversation, "Protecting Water Quality for Future Generations," to be held on Tuesday, February 28, 2006, Deborah Swackhamer, WRC co-director, will appear on The Don Shelby Show on WCCO radio at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, February 28.
(2/23/06) In the UMNnews article, Water Will Not Wait, Deborah Swackhamer, WRC co-director, and David Schindler, professor of ecology at the University of Alberta, describe the urgency of protecting the Great Lakes and other bodies of water that will fuel their Great Conversation on Tuesday, February 28, 2006.
(31/1/06) Deborah Swackhamer appeared in the January-February 2006 edition of the U of MN Alumni Association's "Minnesota Magazine" discussing her upcoming Great Conversation with David Schindler on February 28th, 2006.