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The Rocky Mountain American Water Works Association / Water Environment Federation is looking for students to volunteer at the RMAWWA/RMWEA Annual Conference this fall, Sept. 13-16 in Loveland, CO. Students would serve as room monitors for the presentations. In return the students will receive free day registration for the day...

A new University of Colorado Boulder framework used to screen hundreds of organic chemical compounds used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows that 15 may be of concern as groundwater contaminants based on their toxicity, mobility, persistence and frequency of use. Using a fast groundwater transport scenario, the team predicted...

New courses are being offered by the Engineering Management Program this fall semester 2015. There are two new courses, Leading Others (graduate level) and Intro to Engineering Management (undergraduate level), as well as Fundamentals of Systems Engineering (graduate and undergraduate level). Click here for more info

IRC is an international think-and-do tank that works with governments, NGOs, entrepreneurs and people around the world to find long-term solutions to the global crisis in water, sanitation and hygiene services. At the heart of its mission is the aim to move from short-term interventions to sustainable water, sanitation and...

EVEN Professor Shelly Miller has received a new award from the Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York. Title: Application of Test Protocol for Whole-room Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) Surface Decontamination of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Klebsiella species and Clostridium difficile. Purpose of Project: To determine in a controlled laboratory setting,...

Paul Polack, founder of iDE, author of “Out of Poverty” is seeking an Executive Assistant. Click here to see his tweet Check the iDE website

EVEN Professor Diane McKnight joined ‪ ‎NSF‬'s Arctic Sciences Section as program director co-managing the Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program. Diane McKnight became a program director in Polar's ‪ Arctic ‬ Sciences section on June 15, joining Neil Swanberg in managing the Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program . McKnight holds...

WASH Advisor (WASH Coordinator) Kabul, Afghanistan Provide technical advice and support to management and project staff, deliver training and ensure quality programming. Develop, lead, monitor and evaluate technical aspects of the country programme WASH activities. Coordinate and network at a senior level with national and regional authorities, clusters and other...

Congratulation to EVEN PhD Candidate student Leigh Gilmore who won 1st place oral presenter at the 12th Annual Rocky Mountain Section American Water Works Association Student Conference! Award: 1st place oral presenter - $300 prize Time: May 21, 2015 Place: New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM Other CU...

CU Green Labs has a job opening (see link below) for a Program Assistant and Outreach Coordinator with a June 22, 2015 application deadline. This is a full time position at CU-Boulder with benefits that is being advertised nationally. It would be best filled by an individual with knowledge of...