2023 Spring Symposium
Watershed Connections: Engaging Communities in Water Research
The 2023 Spring Symposium highlighted a fascinating array of projects and experiences about engaging and working alongside communities in water research. A series of presentations, lightning talks, and a panel discussion explored practices, experiences and outcomes of community-based water research.
2022 Fall Art and Poster Session & Reception
2022 Art and Poster Session
Date: November 7th
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Where: Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
Previous Events
2022 Spring Symposium
With a theme of “Reconnecting Around Water”, the virtual 2022 Spring Symposium brought together a range of thinkers from the natural and social sciences, humanities, arts, public policy, and Wisconsin state agencies.
Posters On Ice
On February 5th, 2022 Water@UW joined the Center for Limnology, Wisconsin Sea Grant, the IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, and others to share water research at Clean Lakes Alliance Frozen Assets Festival.
Fall Meet-Up
Our fall networking event at the Memorial Union Terrace included informal networking and icebreaker activities with pizza and refreshments catered by the Wisconsin Union.
Further back...
2021 Spring Symposium: Opportunities in a Changing World
An exceptional lineup of presenters shared about their work about state-level action plans on climate change and PFAS, the power of the arts in improving water relations, as well as how state agencies and university researchers are tackling new questions at the intersections of water and COVID-19.
2019 Spring Symposium
Over 200 members of the Wisconsin water community gathered to hear 21 speed talks, 4 lead talks, and special welcome messages by Chancellor Blank and Lt. Gov. Barnes at the 3rd annual Water@UW-Madison Spring Symposium.
2018 Water Image Contest
Winners of the first Water Research Image Contest held Fall 2018 are Titus Seilheimer ("Cleaning the net"), Tommy Shannon ("Small lives, big changes"), and Brooke Weiland ("Militaristic invasive species message frame"). Explore their images and research plus many other water projects on the Water@UW-Madison Story Map.
2018 Weston Roundtable
Water@UW-Madison hosted Dr. Mark LeChevallier, former Vice President and Chief Science Advisor of American Water Works Company, Inc., as the Weston Roundtable speaker and facilitated a separate luncheon for related PIs and graduate students to discuss the current challenges facing drinking water systems.
2018 Science Communication Workshop
Dovetailing with the theme of the Spring Symposium, Water@UW-Madison worked with Holly Walter Kerby and Jessica Courtier of Wisconsin Story Works to offer a science communication workshop on "What Story Can Teach Us About Science Communication".
Keepers of the Waters
Water@UW-Madison hosted a screening of the 1996 Documentary "Keepers of the Waters," produced by the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council, followed by a discussion by film director Al Gedicks, Menominee community organizer Anahkwet, and UW-Madison doctoral candidate Justyn Huckleberry.
2019 Fall Poster Session
Water enthusiasts from across Madison and the around the state came together for a poster session & reception with 44 presenters. Dr. Remucal gave a talk about PFAS and photo contest winners were announced.
2018 Science on Tap: Dan Egan
A standing-room-only crowd turned out for a special edition of Science on Tap Madison with Dan Egan at Working Draft Beer Company on Oct 17, 2018.
2018 Spring Symposium
"Connecting People and Water Scholarship through Better Communication." This year's spring symposium featured Jerry Apps, Sharon Dunwoody, Finn Ryan, and Moira Harrington. In addition, 24 speakers presented 5-minute speed talks on a broad range of water research topics.
2017 Fall Poster Session
The 2nd annual poster session featured 34 water research posters from 10 different departments on campus as well as from organization partners such as the WI Department of Natural Resources and UW-Extension.
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In collaboration with the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin this event featured a wide range of speakers from across the system and the state, sharing their stories to inspire connections and collaboration to advance research and education, and leverage water expertise to help address water-related challenges and opportunities.
2019 Posters on Ice
Water@UW-Madison braved slush and wet feet to share their water projects with the greater Madison community on a frozen Lake Mendota at the Clean Lakes Alliance's Frozen Assets Festival on Feb 2, 2019.
Water Happy Hours
Members of the Water@UW-Madison Community occasionally meet at the Terrace for Happy Hour Members of the executive committee are happy to meet an mingle with anyone having an interest in Water@UW-Madison! 2019 Happy hours were held in July, November and March.
2018 Fall Poster Session
The 2018 Fall Poster Session on Oct 16, 2018 showcased water research by students, faculty, and scientists from 17 departments and programs across UW-Madison and attracted many community members ahead of the Go Big Read keynote talk with Dan Egan, author of The Death and Life of the Great Lakes.