Water Events

Water Community Events

Upcoming Penn State Water Events

A selection of water-related events from around Penn State and beyond.

 12:00 - 1:30pm  Online  Full details
Is your stream healthy? Would you like to explore it more closely or monitor changes over time? Have you recently taken steps to improve your stream and now want to measure the results? The First Investigation of Stream Health (FISH) tool is a fun and easy way for individuals, families, volunteer groups, youth, and adults to explore a stream and share their findings with the scientific community. Join us for an introduction to the new and improved mobile app, online reporting tool, and paper data sheets. Event Details

 11:30am - 1:00pm  Steidle Building Atrium  Full details
Climate Science Research Experience for Undergraduates Program will host a poster session. All are welcome! Refreshments will be served. Please reach out to rgn1@psu.edu with any questions.
 11:30am - 1:00pm  Steidle Building Atrium  Full details
Climate Science Research Experience for Undergraduates Program All are welcome! Refreshments will be served Please reach out to rgn1@psu.edu with any questions!

 All day  Animal, Veterinary, and Biomedical Sciences Building  Full details
This free, comprehensive, workshop is a cornerstone training event for emerging researchers to launch their microbiome studies and network at Penn State. The Microbiome Kickstart Workshop provides an introduction to microbiome research, experimental design and data analysis, featuring extensive experimental design background and hands-on computational training. Welcoming to all ranks of students, staff and faculty, the workshop equips participants with the awareness and skills to design a microbiome-focused experiment and perform basic microbiome data processing and analyses.

 All day  Animal, Veterinary, and Biomedical Sciences Building  Full details
This free, comprehensive, workshop is a cornerstone training event for emerging researchers to launch their microbiome studies and network at Penn State. The Microbiome Kickstart Workshop provides an introduction to microbiome research, experimental design and data analysis, featuring extensive experimental design background and hands-on computational training. Welcoming to all ranks of students, staff and faculty, the workshop equips participants with the awareness and skills to design a microbiome-focused experiment and perform basic microbiome data processing and analyses.

 All day  Animal, Veterinary, and Biomedical Sciences Building  Full details
This free, comprehensive, workshop is a cornerstone training event for emerging researchers to launch their microbiome studies and network at Penn State. The Microbiome Kickstart Workshop provides an introduction to microbiome research, experimental design and data analysis, featuring extensive experimental design background and hands-on computational training. Welcoming to all ranks of students, staff and faculty, the workshop equips participants with the awareness and skills to design a microbiome-focused experiment and perform basic microbiome data processing and analyses.

 All day  Animal, Veterinary, and Biomedical Sciences Building  Full details
This free, comprehensive, workshop is a cornerstone training event for emerging researchers to launch their microbiome studies and network at Penn State. The Microbiome Kickstart Workshop provides an introduction to microbiome research, experimental design and data analysis, featuring extensive experimental design background and hands-on computational training. Welcoming to all ranks of students, staff and faculty, the workshop equips participants with the awareness and skills to design a microbiome-focused experiment and perform basic microbiome data processing and analyses.

 All day  Animal, Veterinary, and Biomedical Sciences Building  Full details
This free, comprehensive, workshop is a cornerstone training event for emerging researchers to launch their microbiome studies and network at Penn State. The Microbiome Kickstart Workshop provides an introduction to microbiome research, experimental design and data analysis, featuring extensive experimental design background and hands-on computational training. Welcoming to all ranks of students, staff and faculty, the workshop equips participants with the awareness and skills to design a microbiome-focused experiment and perform basic microbiome data processing and analyses.
 11:00am - 12:00pm  Online  Full details
2024 Women Advancing River Research Seminar Series All seminars will be presented online live at 11:00 a.m. ET on the third Thursday of each month. Seminar recordings will be posted later. Please register in advance for all talks. Salty Waters: Understanding De-icer Dynamics and Impacts from Source to Stream Lauren McPhillips, Penn State (U.S.) Claire Oswald, Toronto Metropolitan University (Canada) 

 8:00am - 5:00pm  Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center  Full details
A faculty workshop on building knowledge and providing practical skills on how to better center equity and inclusion in the search process and career development with a focus on Penn State tenure-line faculty. The Initiative for Faculty Success and Equity Workshop will include a hybrid (in person and livestreamed) morning session open to all Penn State faculty as well as in-person workshops in the afternoon, which will require registration.

 8:30am - 5:00pm  University Park, PA  Full details
Water Academy 2024: Empowering Interdisciplinary Water Scholars with Transferable Skills

 All day  The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center  Full details
UIDP Penn State 2024 will examine what it takes to drive multi-stakeholder R&D that addresses global challenges. UIDP’s fall conference brings together thought leaders and on-the-ground practitioners with the savvy to drive new partnerships. You’ll meet partnership connections, explore new approaches to shared challenges, and tackle contemporary issues in cross-sector research partnership.

 All day  The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center  Full details
UIDP Penn State 2024 will examine what it takes to drive multi-stakeholder R&D that addresses global challenges. UIDP’s fall conference brings together thought leaders and on-the-ground practitioners with the savvy to drive new partnerships. You’ll meet partnership connections, explore new approaches to shared challenges, and tackle contemporary issues in cross-sector research partnership.

 All day  The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center  Full details
UIDP Penn State 2024 will examine what it takes to drive multi-stakeholder R&D that addresses global challenges. UIDP’s fall conference brings together thought leaders and on-the-ground practitioners with the savvy to drive new partnerships. You’ll meet partnership connections, explore new approaches to shared challenges, and tackle contemporary issues in cross-sector research partnership.

 11:00am - 12:00pm  Online  Full details
2024 Women Advancing River Research Seminar Series All seminars will be presented online live at 11:00 a.m. ET on the third Thursday of each month. Seminar recordings will be posted later. Please register in advance for all talks. Braided and Meandering: Making a Career in Water and Rivers Outside Academia Kate Brauman, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (U.S.) Robin Abell, The Nature Conservatory (U.S.) Michele Thieme, World Wildlife Fund (U.S.) Ingrid Timboe, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (U.S.)

 All day  HUB-Robeson Center  Full details
The Stuckeman School is hosting a research symposium March 2-3, 2025 that focuses on the place of animals in design. Titled “Biophilia: Designing for Animals,” the event is being organized by Andy Cole, professor of landscape architecture and ecology and director of the Ecology plus Design research center at Penn State. 

 All day  HUB-Robeson Center  Full details
The Stuckeman School is hosting a research symposium March 2-3, 2025 that focuses on the place of animals in design. Titled “Biophilia: Designing for Animals,” the event is being organized by Andy Cole, professor of landscape architecture and ecology and director of the Ecology plus Design research center at Penn State.