During the conference, the director of UDWRC, Gerald Kauffman, Jr., was officially installed as the 59th president of UCOWR
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Staff from the University of Delaware Water Resources Center (UDWRC) joined 360 attendees from water research universities throughout North America at the 2023 Universities Council on Water Resources and National Institutes for Water Resources (UCOWR/NIWR) Annual Water Resources Conference. The event was held on June 13-15, 2023, at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. At the conference awards luncheon, Gerald Kauffman, Jr. director of the UDWRC and associate professor with the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration was installed as the 59th president of UCOWR to serve a one-year term. Kauffman also presented on interstate river basin governance of drought and flood in the U.S. Four additional papers on water resources research in Delaware were presented by UDWRC staff and graduate students. Martha Narvaez, UDWRC associate director and policy scientist, presented on the City of Wilmington Green Jobs Program. Andrew Homsey, UDWRC policy scientist, presented, “The Watersheds and Landscapes of the Delaware Basin and Estuary: 2023 Status and Trends.” Elizabeth Shields, master’s degree student in public policy, presented, “Indigenous and European Place Names Along Streams and Waterways in Delaware (Lenapehocking).” Lydia Franks, water science and policy graduate student, presented, “Economic Value of New Jersey Tributaries to the Delaware River.” The UDWRC is a public service, education, and research unit of the Institute for Public Administration housed at the Biden School.
Article by Biden School Staff. Originally posted in UDaily's For the Record.
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During the conference, the director of UDWRC, Gerald Kauffman, Jr., was officially installed as the 59th president of UCOWR
7/3/2023
7/3/2023
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