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Ruth Patrick in a stream holding clumps of aquatic plants.

UpStream Newsletter, October 2013

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Remembering Ruth Patrick: Ruth Patrick, Ph.D., a pioneer in environmental science and aquatic ecology and co-founder of the Stroud Center, died September 23, 2013 at 105 years old.

Remembering Ruth Patrick

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Patrick’s outstanding career in limnology, which focused on the study of streams, spanned eight decades and earned her worldwide recognition.

Sherman Roberts collecting rocks from the Neversink River.

Staff Spotlight: Sherman Roberts and Michael Gentile

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Ask anyone at Stroud Water Research Center what makes working here great, and most often you’ll hear that it’s the people.

Jane Lubchenco received the SAFE Award from Rod Moorhead and Bern Sweeney.

Jane Lubchenco (2013)

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Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D, former NOAA Under Secretary of Commerce, received the Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence on Oct. 15, 2013.

Rod Moorhead, Kathleen Sullivan, and Bern Sweeney at the Water's Edge gala.

NOAA Leaders Sullivan, Lubchenco Honored for Freshwater Stewardship

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Jane Lubchenco, former Under Secretary of Commerce for the National Oceans and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA), and Kathryn Sullivan, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator received the 2013 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence.

Bern Sweeney receiving the Forest Champion Award

Sweeney Receives Forest Champion Lifetime Achievement Award

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Sweeney was honored by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the U.S. Forest Service at the opening ceremonies of the 2013 Chesapeake Watershed Forum.

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Sustaining Earth’s critical zone: basic science and interdisciplinary solutions for global challenges

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Banwart, S.A., J. Chorover, J. Gaillardet, D. Sparks, T. White, S. Anderson, A. Aufdenkampe, et al. 2013. Report of an international workshop on Critical Zone Observatory science, 9-11 November 2011. The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Stroud Center Scientist to Advise U.S. Army Corps on Environmental Impacts

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Melinda Daniels, Ph.D., has been appointed by Secretary of Defense Hagel to serve on the Environmental Advisory Board to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Christina Medved near a waterfall.

Christina Medved

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Education Programs Manager

Two students perform a leaf pack experiment in Oregon.

Leaf Pack Connects Students with Nature

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Stroud Water Research Center partners with National Wildlife Federation to provide classrooms with powerful stream and water testing tool.