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Building Community in Meaningful Ways
Welcome back from sabbatical to Dr. Chelsea Wood, Future Rivers faculty advisor and Executive Committee member and now Associate Director and Graduate Program Coordinator of the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences! Her goals and ideas for her new role hinge on the idea that “learning and growth come when we have a sense of belonging.” Read more about it here.
Read moreLocal K-12 Science Outreach
Image of Claire Vaage presenting at Seattle’s Lawton Elementary School
This past fall, two current trainees, Claire Vaage and Nicole Doran, supplemented the learning of local 4th grade students at Seattle’s Lawton Elementary School with a presentation on salmon in the Pacific Northwest and their importance to indigenous communities.
Freshwater Initiative Spring Celebration
Do you have a dream research project that you want to share with academic community? If so, Freshwater Initiative invites you to present your idea in a lightning talk (2-3 minutes) answering the following question: if you had unlimited funding for a year, what is one interdisciplinary question you would pursue?
Read moreWaterhackweek 2019 Community Mixer, featuring Special Guest Speaker Sally Jewell
You’re Invited!
Join Waterhackweek participants, industry professionals and the greater University of Washington Freshwater Initiative and eScience Institute community for the Waterhackweek Community Mixer on Thursday, March 28, 2019, 4:00-6:00 pm.