Submit your Water Photos!
Can’t resist snapping that alpine-lake photo at the end of your hike? Neither can we.
iPhone full of pictures of students in waders? Us too.
Share your photos with Freshwater Initiative!
Freshwater “flows” across many disciplines. Today’s freshwater issues are complex, and no single discipline can tackle them alone. That’s where we come in. The Freshwater Initiative promotes community interaction and facilitates new and creative applications of freshwater research in the water science and engineering communities.
Join usCan’t resist snapping that alpine-lake photo at the end of your hike? Neither can we.
iPhone full of pictures of students in waders? Us too.
Share your photos with Freshwater Initiative!
At the beginning of November 2018, the University of Washington (UW) Freshwater Initiative hosted its inaugural Freshwater Confluence meeting. This meeting—the first of its kind at the UW—put scientists from all disciplines, career stages, backgrounds, and specialties in one room.
Read moreCalling all student leaders!
Interested in learning more about Freshwater Initiative student leadership opportunities? We are recruiting new members to our Student Steering Committee.
Our student leadership is the heart of Freshwater Initiative, planning events, organizing training opportunities, and promoting water science on campus.
Read moreThursday, Dec. 20, 2018
UW Freshwater Initiative and eScience Institute host weekly Data Science Drop-In Hours, Thursdays 9:30-10:30am, in eScience.
Event DetailsTuesday, Feb. 12, 2019
Freshwater Exploration Series: Winter Roundtable
This event will include (1) lightning talks about how dams are featured in student research, (2) brief discussion of Ho et al.
Event DetailsMonday, Mar. 25, 2019
WaterHackWeek is a 5-day collaborative workshop event to be held at the University of Washington in conjunction with the eScience Institute from March 23-31, 2019.
Event DetailsAs the human footprint spreads, the need to reduce per-capita effects on natural resources has become more urgent. Educating large groups of consumers about the sustainability of not only their individual actions, but also broader economic and political structures, is a huge conservation challenge. Boredom and despair about environmental issues can also stagnate progress. Chief among these issues of concern is water use (supply) and water quality (pollution). The project, led by School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science Research Scientist Lauren Kuehne, seeks to overcome these challenges by using games built around key conservation topics. In addition to being fun,…
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