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Please join us in congratulating the award winners from Water@UW-Madison’s recent Fall Art & Science Poster Session:
Ripple Effect award: Marian Azeem-Angel, for her work on vulnerability and community perceptions of flooding in Madison, WI—an inspiring example of community engagement and advocacy in water sustainability. With co-author Paul Block.
Innovation Overflow award: Bennett McAfee for his integration of machine learning techniques with process-based modelling to understand complex lake water quality dynamics.
Cross-Currents award: Gabriel LeBlang and Raymond Allen for their Zaaga’iganan Kinship Project, which explores relationships between humans, northern Wisconsin lakes, and their non-human denizens. Understanding varying and nuanced perspectives will underpin informed approaches to future research, education and stewardship. With co-authors Celeste Hockings and Gretchen Gerrish.
Best in Show award: Ruth Olawumi for her outstanding poster that blended scientific insight and artistic expression to explore impacts, detection, and quantification of microplastics. With co-author Darren Henrichs.
Congratulations to these remarkable researchers for their inspiring contributions to water science and sustainability!
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