The first-ever Student Water Symposium at the University of New Mexico will be held Friday, March 24. The symposium will bring together invited guests and participants from UNM and other universities at a showcase of current student work on Southwest water topics. The event will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Lobo rooms A & B in the Student Union Building.
Richard Kreiner of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will give the opening talk on the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program. The concluding speaker is Professor Michael Campana, director of the UNM Water Resources Program.
The symposium will include 16 talks and 10 posters on issues like remote sensing, water quality, watershed management, economics of water use, conservation, reservoir management, fire effects on watersheds and hydraulic modeling.
The symposium is organized by the Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Development in cooperation with the UNM Water Resources Program, the student Association of Water Professionals, and WERC: A Consortium for Environmental Education and Technology Development.
There is no registration fee, but all attendees are encouraged to register in advance. Registration will allow the attendee to access a copy of the program and attend the oral and poster presentations, as well as morning and afternoon refreshment breaks.
You can register at: http://research.unm.edu/news_events/register/. Look under Student Water Symposium. Advance registrations will be taken until 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 22, after which time one can register at the symposium.
Registration questions should be directed to Tim J. Ward, UNM assistant vice-president for research at: tjward@unm.edu or (505) 277-2328.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu