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Media Related to Water Theme Year
Water issues are everywhere and impact everyone. Thankfully, there are many ways to stay informed about what is happening in your local, state, and national area. The list below contains links to media (articles, videos, etc.) about water issues and interesting approaches to addressing them.
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UMSI Theme Year Stories
A year of water: Snapshots from UMSI’s first theme year
"This year, students, faculty and staff in the Great Lakes State were challenged to look beneath the surface of an issue that surrounds us. “Water conservation and access” — the topic of the University of Michigan School of Information’s 2023-2024 theme year — became a curricular focus, a community endeavor and a source of individual inspiration."
UMSI launches theme year on water conservation and access
“Water conservation and access” brings a slew of images to mind: wastewater flowing through main lines to a city treatment plant, a fisherman yanking invasive mussels off the hull of a trawler, the installation of filters in communities that lack access to safely managed drinking water...
Water management is challenge of a generation, Lt. Gov. tells UMSI students
Information professionals will be essential to solving our generation’s greatest challenges, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II told an audience of over 400 during his keynote talk at the University of Michigan on Thursday, Sept. 28. Gilchrist’s much-anticipated visit came as part of the School of Information’s theme year on water conservation and access.
8 things Michiganders should know about our drinking water
How much do you know about the water that comes out of your faucet? When most people fill up a glass of water under the tap, they think, “If it looks and smells OK, it’s OK to drink,” says Kris Donaldson, clean water public advocate for Michigan...
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