We are very excited to be hosting a 3-day interactive and intensive workshop focused on the critical role of groundwater in agriculture and community health, by bringing together world leading researchers, policy-makers, practitioners, and community members across disciplines to highlight the interdisciplinary connections of groundwater. When: November 12-14, 2025 Where: Morwick Groundwater Research Centre, 360 … Continue reading Join us! Groundwater at the Science-Policy Interface Workshop
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Job Posting – Joint PhD Position in Groundwater Research: Development of Stable Isotope Method for Sulfolanes
Morwick G360 Institute for Groundwater Research, University of Guelph & Earth Science Department, University of Gothenburg The Morwick G360 Institute for Groundwater Research at the University of Guelph (Canada) and the Earth Science Department at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) are seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD candidate to join our collaborative research team. … Continue reading Job Posting – Joint PhD Position in Groundwater Research: Development of Stable Isotope Method for Sulfolanes
Urgent need for new regulations on “forever” chemicals
University Consortium Director, Dr. Beth Parker, along with Dr. Charlotte Sparrenbom, Associate Professor, Geosciences, Lund University, and Dr. Anna Thomasson, Associate Professor, Public Management, Copenhagen Business School, are urging changes to be made to regulations regarding "forever" chemicals, such as per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS). Read the article here
New Group Photo!
That's a wrap for our 2024 Annual University Consortium for Field Focused Groundwater Research. Thank you to everyone who was able to join us this year, online and in-person. We had a great turnout, filled with fruitful and valuable discussions.
Call for papers!
NGWA has announced a call for papers for a special issue of Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation on “Contamination and Characterization of the Vadose Zone”. If interested, a brief synopsis of proposed manuscript is due July 16th, 2023 and final paper submission is due October 27, 2023. Please see here for more information.
Seeking postdoctoral applicants for Wisconsin Water Resources Science-Policy Research Associate
See job posting below, application deadline has been extended! Please contact David Hart at djhart@wisc.edu or (608) 262-2307 with any questions, and/or your application.
Congratulations to The Consortium’s founding Director, Dr. John Cherry on his Keynote presentation at SIWI’s World Water Week!
Please join us in congratulating the founding director of the University Consortium, Dr. John Cherry on his Keynote presentation at Stockholm International Water Institute’s World Water Week. His presentation, entitled Solving rural water poverty – a hydrogeologist’s perspective, was very well received. The inspiring talk is available at the following link: https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/dr-john-cherry-global-fresh-water-and-crisis-beneath-our-feet
Dr. Shaily Mahendra wins the 2018 Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman Award.
We are so excited to announce that Dr. Shaily Mahendra received the 2018 Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman Award! Dr. Mahendra is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UCLA and is a long standing Principal Investigator for the University Consortium. Read more about Dr. Mahendra's award here.
2015 Fall Focus Meeting
University Consortium 2015 Fall Focus Meeting Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorado – Central City Room November 3 and 4, 2015 Topic University Consortium (UC) research, and the work by others, is driving recognition that natural assimilation processes often play a large role in managing risks at older subsurface releases of organic compounds. While natural assimilation … Continue reading 2015 Fall Focus Meeting
