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Support opportunity for non-U.S. university graduates through Rotary for a Masters’ Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering
The Rotary Center for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution and The Water Institute encourage highly qualified university graduates from outside the U.S. to apply for a Rotary Peace Fellowship in 2013-14 in order to support their studies for a masters’ degree in public health with a concentration in water and sanitation. Details available here (220kb PDF).
Final Call for Abstract and Side Event Submissions
April 30th is the final deadline to submit an abstract or side event proposal for the 2012 Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy and Innovation. This year’s themes include:
- Monitoring and Evaluation for Sustainability
- Ecosystem Protection and Drinking Water Safety
- WaSH and Child Health
- Southeastern US Water Challenges
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- Beyond 2015: Realizing Universal Access and Human Rights
- Water, Energy and Climate
- Making Sanitation Benefits Achievable and Sustainable for All
- Household-centered WaSH
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Abstracts may be submitted through the conference website.
Additional information on side events and workshops, as well as the submission form.
The 2012 Conference will take place October 29th through November 2nd at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC, USA. More information and registration details may be found here .
U.S. Water Partnership Announced
On World Water Day Secretary Clinton announced the U.S. Water Partnership, a public-private partnership focused on finding solutions to global water accessibility challenges. The Water Institute at UNC is a founding member of the Partnership and joins together with others from the business, NGO, government, and private sectors to work together to share U.S. knowledge, leverage and mobilize resources and facilitate cross-sector partnerships to fulfill its mission.
Endowed professorship supports initiatives to improve world water, sanitation
The Gillings School of Global Public Health has received funding to create an endowed professorship in water and sanitation. The Don and Jennifer Holzworth Distinguished Professorship Fund is for a professor who is a global leader in research and policies for improving the world’s access to clean water and sanitation.
Discussion: MDG Target for Water Has Been Achieved – or Has It?
WHO and UNICEF released the 2012 Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation Report (10.5 MB pdf) with the announcement that the MDG target for halving the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water has been achieved. A new Water Institute study, “Global Access to Safe Water: Accounting for Water Quality and the Resulting Impact on MDG Progress,” shows that using a more rigorous indicator definition to capture water safety suggests that target is off trend. The Water Institute is hosting a discussion on its LinkedIn page about this paper and invites you to participate.
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