We are excited to welcome our new Water Center intern, Lauren Handley! She is majoring in Water: Resources, Policy, and Management with a minor in Pathways to Sustainability and plans to graduate in 2026. She aims to pursue a career in either water conservation and sustainability or hydrology with a…
The Virginia Water Center invites all Virginia college and university students to submit your photos featuring water in Virginia – Show us what the waters of Virginia mean to you in our annual Virginia Waters Photo Contest! For more information, including how to submit photos and to see last year’s…
We have announced the top photos in this year’s annual Virginia Waters Photo Contest! Our first place goes to Luca Pfeiffer from the University of Virginia, with a photo of an immature bald eagle at sunrise at Stumpy Lake Natural Area in Virginia Beach (below). Second place (below) is a…
The Virginia Water Resources Research Center annually compiles an inventory of water-related legislation in the Virginia General Assembly. We update the inventory during the session, then publish a final version after the end of the reconvened (“veto”) session. The first version of the inventory for 2023, with bill status as of January 31,…
We would like to welcome our new student intern, Luna Fulgueiro Fuchs! Luna will work with us as an intern for the spring 2023 semester. Luna is finishing up her Bachelor’s Degree in Water: Resources, Policy, and Management and is graduating this spring. She hopes to begin her career in…
Welcome to Jenna Kalgren, our undergraduate intern for 2023! Jenna is majoring in Meteorology with a minor in Geographic Information Science and plans to graduate in 2024. She hopes to pursue a career as a meteorologist at a weather station office after graduation. We are looking forward to working with…
The USGS Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center and the Virginia Water Resources Research Center at Virginia Tech are pleased to announce a new internship opportunity – the USGS-VWRRC Summer 2023 Water Internships. These internships, with support from the Virginia Environmental Endowment, are designed to give two Virginia Tech undergraduate students…
Need a job? Looking for an internship for the summer? The Water Center’s new Job Board at www.vwrrc.vt.edu/jobs/ could help you. View the list of current job announcements we’ve received or join our Water Jobs Google Group to receive emails with current job listings. The website also includes links to other…
Our annual photo contest is open! We invite all Virginia college and university students to submit your photos featuring water in Virginia – Show us the beauty of Virginia’s waters through your lens in our annual Virginia Waters Photo Contest! For more information, and to submit a photo, click here!
Congratulations to Katie Mayer, recipient of the 2022 William R. Walker Graduate Research Fellow Award! Katie is a first year PhD student in Dr. Austin Gray’s aquatic toxicology lab in the Department of Biological Sciences. She is interested in emerging contaminants of concern in freshwater ecosystems. She studies freshwater mussels and their biodetoxification…
