WOW! -- Waters of the West Resource Program

 “Water of the West: Towards a Sustainable, Interdisciplinary Water Resources Program,” a $1.6 million over five years was awarded to a team of 25 faculty, led by Jan Boll, associate professor of biological and agricultural engineering, to launch a water resources graduate program. 

The project was judged to hold high promise to advance excellence in key thematic areas identified last year in University of Idaho President Timothy P. White’s Plan for Renewal.

This new integrated, interdisciplinary graduate program in Water Resources is currently under development and will begin in Fall 2007. 

The educational program will train students to address complex water resources issues by building disciplinary depth in concert with multidisciplinary breadth to understand focused problems and communicate across disciplines. 

To accomplish this objective, the program is being designed to have three overlapping degree focus areas:

• Water Resources Science and Engineering
• Water Resources Science and Management
• Water Resources Law, Management and Policy

As the program develops, more information will be found at:  http://water.uidaho.edu/