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Media Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
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March 12, 2007

UNM Students, Faculty and Staff Prepare for Water Symposium

Water is so important in the Southwest environment that dozens of UNM faculty, students and staff are working on a wide range of research and other creative activities relating to water and its use. On Friday, March 23, they will gather for the Second Annual UNM Student Water Symposium. This is a daylong event featuring oral and poster presentations about water related research. It will be in Lobo rooms A & B of the Student Union Building on the UNM Campus.

The symposium is designed to bring together undergraduate and graduate students and the UNM community interested in creative water research to showcase the exciting work being conducted by students on water topics in New Mexico and the Southwest.

This event is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Development, the UNM Water Resources Program, the student Association of Water Professionals, and WERC: A Consortium for Environmental Education and Technology Development.


The University of New Mexico is the state's largest university, serving more than 32,000 students. UNM is home to the state's only schools of law, medicine, pharmacy and architecture and operates New Mexico's only academic health center. UNM is noted for comprehensive undergraduate programs and research that benefits the state and the nation.

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