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Current Events

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Fall 2012 Calendar
Event		Date	Location	Details
	First Spring WSSS Meeting!	January 18, 2013	Goddard 310 The Fletcher School	First WSSS meeting of the spring semester. We will gather to catch up and set the schedule for the coming term.
	Institutional Research Board (IRB) Presentation	February 1, 2013 3:00 - 4:30 PM	TIE Conference Room Miller Hall	Martin LaVigne, coordinator of the IRB at Tufts, will speak about research practices.
	Communicating Water Science Workshop: Using Film as a Tool for Communicating Science	February 8, 2013 2:00 - 5:00 PM	Boston Museum of Science 1 Museum of Science Driveway Boston, MA Skyline Room, 6th Floor	The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science (CUAHSI) and Let's Talk About Water! are hosting a free workshop on using media to communicate water science. For detailed information and registration, visit the event page on the CUAHSI website here.
	Interviewing Workshop with Libby Mahaffy	February 15, 2013 3:00 PM	TIE Conference Room Miller Hall	TIE Communications Specialist Libby Mahaffy will be hosting a workshop on how to hold effective research interviews. Contact Libby with questions at elizabeth.mahaffy@tufts.edu.
	R-track: Grantwriting Workshop with Amy Gantt, Office of Proposal Development	March 1, 2013 3:00 - 4:30 PM	TIE Conference Room Miller Hall	RSVP: http://bit.ly/X1rftM
	Reminder: WSSS Fellowship Applications Due	March 14, 2013	N/A	The WSSS program sponsors fellowships to encourage and foster interdisciplinary water-related research; to provide financial support to WSSS students for research that will produce scholarship; and to increase participation of WSSS faculty in research projects related to WSSS objectives. More information available on the Fellowships page.
	Film Screening: "Mekong Citizen"	March 29, 2013 2:00 - 4:00 PM	Nelson Auditorium Room 112 Anderson Hall, Tufts University	WSSS presents "Mekong Citizen" A documentary film examining the impact of hydropower development along China's Mekong Waterway. Q&A session to follow, with special guest Michael Victor from the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. More information available here.
	WSSS Symposium 2013: "Feeding Ourselves Thirsty: the Future of Water and Food Production"	April 5th, 2013 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Cabot Auditorium The Fletcher School, Tufts University	The annual student-run WSSS symposium will focus this year on the nexus between water issues ad global food security. Panels will include food, water, and energy; global change and agriculture; and efficiency in resource management. For detailed information and registration please visit the event page here.
	All-WSSS Meeting	May 3, 2013	TBD	Final meeting of the semester for WSSS students in all tracks.

Weekly Meetings
To support the development of an interdisciplinary WSSS research community, all WSSS students are expected to attend regular weekly meetings during their first two years of their graduate work at Tufts. After that, participation is optional but strongly encouraged. The initial weekly meetings – focusing on community-building experiences – will be held in September and early October on the Tufts Medford Campus. Thereafter, weekly meetings often will be held in smaller groups, focusing on specific interests and topics, with plenary meetings interspersed. Locations will be on both the Medford and Boston campuses.

Topics for the weekly meetings will be chosen from among the following activities (in no particular order):

(1) orientation of new WSSS students,
(2) fostering and maintaining participation of returning WSSS students,
(3) involvement of WSSS participating faculty, and other water colleagues
(4) planning of annual WSSS symposium,
(5) presentation of seminars by WSSS students, faculty, other water colleagues,
(6) planning for the annual WSSS Practicum
(7) coordination and planning of individual interdisciplinary WSSS research projects
(8) provide skills in leadership, public speaking, teaching, development of research proposals, project management and budgeting, and the ethical conduct of research.

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The Water: Systems, Science and Society (WSSS) program is a graduate research and education program that provides Tufts students with interdisciplinary perspectives and tools to manage water-related problems around the world.

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