Water Seminars & Films
Sponsored by the IWW

OSU hosts three water-related seminar series and one film series each year.

• In the Fall, the IWW sponsors a water resources seminar series that usually has a water management focus.

  • Fall 2009 - Corruption and Ethics Issues in Water Resources

  • Fall 2008 - When Water Does Run Uphill: The Economics and Politics of Water in the 21st Century

  • Fall 2007 - Revisiting Restoration, Reconstruction, and Renaturalization of Engineered Landscapes: Technical, Political, Legal and Natural Resistance

  • Fall 2006 - focused on The Politics of Water

• In the Winter, the Hydrophiles water resources club often sponsors a seminar series and for the past several years, the IWW has sponsored a water film series.

  • Winter 2009 - Water Film Series. This film series will also be shown in Newport, Oregon at Hatfield Marine Science Center.

  • Winter 2008 - Water Film Series

  • Winter 2007 - Hydrophiles Seminar - Getting Involved in Oregon Water Issues; Water Film Series

  • Winter 2006 - Some OSU Hydrology Alumni and their current jobs and projects

• In the Spring, Hydrophiles, various OSU departments, the IWW, and others sponsor a Spring Hydrology Seminar Series.

  • Spring 2009 - Impending Water Crises and Solutions

  • Spring 2008 - Water in the West (videos and PDFs of presentations are available online)

  • Spring 2007 - Tracers in Hydrology

In addition to these series, the IWW sponsors additional lectures during the year. Some recent events include:

• 2009
  • January 22, 3:30-5:00 p.m., MU 206. The Problem of Water: Misallocation and Mismanagement. Speaker: Gary D. Libecap, Donald Bren Distinguished Professor, Corporate Environmental Management, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, National Bureau of Economic Research Hoover Institution. Sponsored by the Institute for Water and Watersheds and the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
• 2008
  • April 21. Kevin McRay, Executive Director, National Groundwater Association, America's Groundwater Dependence: Trends and Forecasts in a Changing Marketplace. Presented as a Webinar.
  • May 2, 4-6 p.m., MU 208. Cynthia Barnett, journalist, environmental historian and author of Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Waters of the Eastern U.S..
  • April 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m., OSU Memorial Union 208. Living Waters: Connection and Separation in Water, from Physical, Legal, Political, and Spiritual Perspectives. Speakers include: Scott Leibowitz, Aaron Wolf, Benjamin Barnett.
• 2007
  • May 11. Dr. Jerome Delli Priscoli, Senior Advisor at the Institute for Water Resources, US Army Corps of Engineers, Editor in Chief of the International Journal,Water Policy
  • April 25-26. Ray Newmyer, Hydrogeologist& Hydrophilanthropist, NWP Drilling & Consulting. Two lectures on: Drilling Through Cultures and Drill Rig Applications for Hydrologists.

Various departments sponsor other water resources related seminars throughout the academic year. For a calendar of upcoming events, please see our Water Resources Calendar.