Sustainability Spotlight September 2013
Workshop Advances Grassroots Water Research Community at KU By Kevin Boatright, Director of Communication, Office of Research & Graduate Studies
More than 120 KU faculty and staff researchers, above, from 30 departments and centers, participated in the Water Research Workshop September 13 at The Commons in Spooner Hall. The goal was to define opportunities for collaborative research and develop a grassroots community of water researchers at KU. Karen Flournoy, above, director of the Water, Wetlands and Pesticides Division for Region 7 of the Environmental Protection Agency, was a guest speaker. Susan Stover, left, manager of High Plains Issues at the Kansas Water Office, served as moderator. Jeff Vitter, provost and executive vice chancellor, also spoke, as did Steve Warren, vice chancellor for research and graduate studies. Ed Martinko, director of the Kansas Biological Survey and a member of the workshop planning committee, said, “The grand challenge with water research goes well beyond science and engineering. To understand it
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