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Rittenhouse Builders Partners with the Stroud Center to Renovate Outdoor Isotope Lab
Rittenhouse Builders Partners with the Stroud Center to Renovate Outdoor Isotope Lab
UpStream 2017, Issue #4
The Stroud Center announces a generous gift-in-kind partnership from Rittenhouse Builders to provide vital renovations of the outdoor isotope laboratory.
A group of students measuring fish.
PA Task Force to Boost Environmental Education, Stewardship
UpStream 2017, Issue #4
Chesapeake Bay cleanup and Pennsylvania watersheds aided by NOAA-funded task force to increase environmental literacy.
Tree tubes in a new riparian buffer
Volunteers Plant 1,000 Trees in Coatesville
UpStream 2017, Issue #4
The Stroud Center and the Brandywine Conservancy hosted a tree planting on a farm that was once the northern base of the historic King Ranch of Texas.
Linford Weber and Deanne Boyer of Willow Run Farm
Berks Farmers Connect With Land, Water, and Customers
UpStream 2017, Issue #3
Willow Run Farm has a sustainable philosophy that includes grass-fed cattle, free-range chickens, and restoring a stream with the help of the Stroud Center.
Bill Anderson teaching.
Remembering Bill Anderson
UpStream 2017, Issue #3
Anderson was a retired high school advanced-biology teacher, a Stroud Center adjunct research associate, and an environmental educator in our Stream School.
2017 Entomology summer interns
Thank You, 2017 Summer Interns!
UpStream 2017, Issue #3
The 45th summer of our internship program has come and gone but we didn’t want to miss the chance to say thanks to our interns for their hard work.
Young Men and Women in Charge explore STEM
Axalta and Stroud Water Research Center Host a Day of Education for Budding STEM Scholars
UpStream 2017, Issue #3
Axalta Coating Systems partnered with the Stroud Center to host students from Young Men and Women in Charge for a day focused on freshwater conservation.
Bern Sweeney presents Prince Albert II of Monaco with the Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence.
Prince of Monaco: “Water Should Bring Us Together.”
UpStream 2017, Issue #3
Prince Albert II of Monaco accepted the Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence as the Stroud Center celebrated 50 years of advancing knowledge and stewardship of fresh water.
Stroud Water Research Center: The First Fifty Years
Stroud Water Research Center: The First Fifty Years
UpStream 2017, Issue #3
Celebrate 50 years of Stroud Water Research Center history with our new anniversary book, available for download or as a hard copy at one of our events.
 Screenshot from caddisfly video
Science Education Feature: Caddisflies
UpStream 2017, Issue #2
Learn about the ecosystem benefits of net-spinning caddisflies, as well as how they interact with their environment, from Ben Tumolo, a visiting Ph.D. candidate from Montana State University. Caddisflies are
Still from Water SCIENCE video
Water SCIENCE Wins Award in Video Showcase
UpStream 2017, Issue #2
The Water SCIENCE curriculum has middle school students complete hands-on science and engineering activities, receive guidance and instruction from undergraduate and graduate student mentors, interact online with STEM professionals, and
Water Quality app screen shot
Water Quality Mobile App
UpStream 2017, Issue #2
The Stroud Center’s Water Quality mobile app is a water-monitoring data-collection and learning tool designed for use by educators and their students, citizen scientists, and researchers. The app helps users