The Water Center’s annual Competitive Grants Program considers proposals for funding up to $5000 for student research grants. Proposals are considered in all areas of water resources research in Virginia. The 2017 awards went to the following students and projects: Stephanie Houston, Ph.D. student, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia…
Jake is a third-year PhD student in Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation studying ecohydrology. Prior to Virginia Tech, Jake was a water resources consultant working on hydrology and water quality issues in the intermountain west. He was drawn back to research due to a lingering fascination with science and a…
Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resource and Environment’s Water: Resources, Policy, and Management degree celebrated its first graduates this month. The new Bachelor of Science degree, which became effective in the fall of 2015, takes an interdisciplinary approach to meet the complex challenges of managing water. The graduates, pictured here,…
In May 2017, Eryn Turney, of Daleville, Va., completed a semester-long internship with the Virginia Water Resources Research Center. Eryn graduated May 12, 2017, with a B.S. degree in Natural Resources Conservation from Virginia Tech’s Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation. To complete her Water Center internship, Eryn wrote “Where…
The deadline to submit abstracts for the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Water Resources Conference has been extended to June 1, 2017. To submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation, visit the conference website at www.midatlanticwrc.org. The conference will be held October 12-13, 2017 at the National Conservation Training Center (pictured…
The American Society of Mining and Reclamation hosted the 2017 Joint Conference with the Mine Drainage Task Force, the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, and the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative in Morgantown, WV on April 9-13, 2017 (click here for conference link). VWRRC Director Stephen Schoenholtz presented “Water quality…
The Virginia Water Center is pleased to host Dr. Mark Johnson from the University of British Columbia for a seminar on Friday, April 28 in 315 Cheatham Hall from 4 to 5pm. Dr. Mark Johnson will present “What happens to carbon and water cycling when a temperate rainforest is cleared? Using…
On March 31, 2017, the Dan River Basin Association Club from Patrick County High School visited the Virginia Water Center and the Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and the Environment. On their visit, the students learned how macroinvertebrates can be used to assess water quality, toured the Water Center…
The Global Change Center at Virginia Tech is pleased to host Brian Richter, as part of their Distinguished Lecture Series. Brian Richter is the Chief Scientist for the Global Water Program of the Nature Conservancy and the President of Sustainable Waters, a global water education organization. Brian Richter will speak…
Abstracts are being accepted through March 27, 2017 for the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Water Resources Conference. The conference will be held October 12-13, 2017 at the National Conservation Training Center (pictured below) in Shepherdstown, W.Va. The theme for the conference is “Water Research: Building Knowledge and Innovative Solutions.” Researchers from colleges…
