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Congratulations to SERS MES Student Fatima (Noori) Khan who is one of the Top 25 finalists in SSHRC's 2016 Storytellers challenge. Help support Fatima's submission by viewing her entry on "Coastal Changes: A Case-Study of Fisheries in Chilika Lagoon".

SERS Professor Sarah Wolfe had an article published in the The Globe and Mail for World Water Day.

Congratulations to 1st year, Environment, Resources and Sustainability student, Ekaterina Huszka for receiving the Beingessner Award for Excellence in Writing. This award is part of the National Farmers Union Youth's Campaign for New Farmers and is given to the authors of the best 500-1000 word essay on agriculture and food issues in Canada. The theme of this year's essay was "Soil: Our Common Ground".

Ian Rowlands, a Professor in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability has been appointed as Interim Associate Vice-President, International for a one-year term beginning February 15, 2016. Please see the daily bulletin for further information. Congratulations Ian!

Two doctoral students in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability have been awarded prestigious post-doctoral fellowships in recognition for their work on conservation and sustainability.

ERS 473/ERS 675 – July 4-15, 2016
International Food Policy – Rome, Italy

Around the world, coastal and marine communities and ecosystems are the first to face the threat of climate change. A new study by researchers in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo looks specifically at the role played by bridging organizations in connecting people and knowledge in ways that to lead to more effective marine conservation and saving coastal regions from irreversible damage.

On January 1, 2016 the Department of Environment and Resource Studies in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo officially became the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability (SERS). The change from department to school recognizes the evolution of an academic unit continually crossing disciplines to deliver transformational research and experiential learning opportunities for its students.

Congratulations to Hanna Ross, current ERS graduate student, who has published her undergraduate (ERS 411) thesis entitled “Life after death: evidence of the Hoover Dam as a hero project that defends against mortality reminders” in Water History.

Marie Claire Brisbois recent PhD graduate in School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, received runner up for the Oran R Young Prize awarded at the annual Earth Systems Governance Open Science Conference in Australia.