Below you'll find a list of all posts from March, 2016
Aysegul Kibaroglu, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at MEF University in Istanbul, Turkey, will give a keynote address on Thursday April 21, 2016 ahead of a full-day workshop on Friday, April 22 about water issues in the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin. GWI is co-sponsoring the event with the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and the the Middle East …
Coinciding with the celebration of Earth Day, GWI, the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, and the Middle East Studies Center will co-sponsor a full-day workshop about the geological, political, and cultural forces acting in the Tigris-Euphrates water systems and new ideas for research and policy approaches to ease tensions. The workshop is free and open to all, but please …
As World Water Week comes to an end, The Ohio State University has renewed its commitment to sustainability with the creation of the Global Water Institute, a new innovation cell dedicated to sustainable systems solutions to complex water issues. The Institute designation was made official Thursday by a vote of the University Senate with President Michael Drake presiding. Other water-related …
Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada announced the goal for stamping out harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie: reduce the phosphorus flowing into the Lake by 40% compared to 2008 levels. GWI Senior Faculty Lead Jay Martin is a member of a team of modelers that took that goal to heart. The team, led by the …
Ohio Sea Grant, on behalf of The Ohio State University, the University of Toledo and the Ohio Department of Higher Education, has released the annual report for the first year of funding for the Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative (HABRI), which seeks solutions for harmful algal blooms in Ohio. Following the Toledo water crisis in August 2014, ODHE offered $2 …
Christine Moe, the Eugene J. Gangarosa Professor of Safe Water and Sanitation in the Rollins School of Public Health and the Director of the Center for Global Safe Water at Emory University, will speak about the intersection of water, sanitation and health as part of the Hydropolitics Seminar Series co-sponsored by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and GWI. The …
Just in time for World Water Day, Ohio State and partners are wrapping up the first step in a major rehabilitation effort of broken rural water systems in Tanzania. From November 2015 to March 2016, a field team led by Ohio State partner WorldServe International visited 43 rural villages in eight regions of Tanzania. The purpose of the field visits …
As water issues continue to make headlines both close to home and far away, a White House Water Summit on March 22 will gather leading stakeholders that have innovative solutions for U.S. water issues—including The Ohio State University. Marty Kress, Interim Director of the Global Water Institute at Ohio State, will represent the university at the event. “Ohio State was …
The Ohio State University is a founding member of a new coalition that will put important farm data into the hands of farmers while keeping it secure. The Agricultural Data Coalition (ADC) is dedicated to helping farmers better control, manage and maximize the value of the data they collect every day in the fields. It is the result of years …
GWI Faculty Advisory Committee member Berry Lyons will co-host a panel discussion at a screening of Antarctic Edge: 70° South sponsored by Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (on World Water Day, no less!). Date: Tuesday, March 22 (4:00 p.m.) Location: Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Scott Hall (West Campus) More info: http://bpcrc.osu.edu/events/film-screening-antarctic-edge-70%C2%B0-south
