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Jirre Anderson (Water Resources Center and Soil; Water; and Climate) received two grants, one from the Metropolit~m Council of the Twin Cities and one from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, for a project titled ``Assessment of Stonnwater Treatment Practices on the Quantity and Quality on Runoff." Hill Arnold (Civil Engineering) presented research sponsored by the Water Resources Center at the American Chemical Society meeting held Auguust 28-September 1; 200. The title of the research is "Methanotrophicbaeterial populations in constructed wetland sediments." )gill Arnold was promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Civil Engineering. Dr'iss ~+ nnaaraay (Water Resources Science) presented a poster titled "Modeling Hydrologic Response of Converting Amlual Crops to Agroforestry and Other Perernial Cropping Systems: An assessment of SWAT and I~ISPF capabilities" at the 9th North American Agroforestry Conference in Mimlesota this past June. Ferrg Fanb (Water Resources Science alunnms) co-authored the following papers: "Point-Nonpoint Source Water Quality Trading: A Case Study in the Miresota River Basin" in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association ~d "Ch~uacterization of Soil Algal Bioavailable Phosphorus in the Mimlesota River Basiri' in Soil Science Society of America Journal. Erni It®, Avery Cool; Shirrnepnan (Linmological Research Center and Geology ~md Geophysics), and Len FeIl•rirabton (Entomology); along jvith researchers fionn the St. Croix Watershed Research Station; St_ Olaf College, and Minne~ra~ the Belgian National Museum returned to Mongolia in August to conduct field work with scientists from the National University= of Mongolia. Their project is a continuation of a survey begtm last sununer of water chemistry, biology, and sediment composition in laltes of the Valley of the Great Lakes bettiveen the Altai and Khangai mountains. David 1~ulla (Soil, Water, and Climate) Qave a keynote speech titled "A U.S. perspective on TMDLs and effectiveness of BMPs for erosion control" for an all-European-Union conference on soil conservation management; perception and policy held in Mont Saint Aignan, France, on June ~, 200. Vinay I~Tanbia (Water Resources Science) received a travel grant from the Water Resources Science Graduate Program to present a paper at the American Society of Agriculttual Engineers' (ASAE) Tlird Conference on Watershed Management to Meet Water Quality Standards and Emerging TMDLs, March ~-9; 200; inAthuita, Georgia. He also presented nvo papers at the ASAE 200 Amnial International Meeting, July 17-20, 200, in Tampa; Florida. Kay l~evvtaran (Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology) received the College of Nahrral Resources' Richard C. Newman Art of Teaching award in May 200. Erie ®tto (Water Resources Science) received lis Professional Engineer license in civil engineering from the State of Mimlesota on June 17; 200. Carl Richards (Sea Grant, Biology- UMD) has been appointed Director of the U.S. EnviromrentalProtectionAgencys (EPA) Mid-Continent Ecology Divisioin (iV~D) in Duluth, Mimlesota. The MED is part of the EPA's National Health University of Minnesota Water Resources Science Program Degree Recipients Heieti Rantala received her M.S. in Mav 200>. Her thesis was titled '`Landscape Evolution and a Relict Fish Comuruiit~~. North Slope. Alaslia." Rantala was advised by Howard iVlooers (Geology-Uhf). Kevin Sprinaob received his M.S. in August 200. The title of lis Plan B paper vas '`The Influence of Biological 1 actors ou the Effectiveness of Altus Treatments.' Springob was advised by Larry Balser (Water Resources Center). and Envirormiental Effects Research Laboratory, headquartered in North Carolina. ~'otis Sotirop~oerlos (Civil Engineering and St Anthony Falls Laboratory) has accepted the position of Director of the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, beginning in JaraLUry 2006. Sotiropotilos was previously a professor of civil engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology; where he conducted research in the Computational Hydrodynamics andBio$uids Laboratory. Leh S~wacl~namer (Water Resources Center and Enviromnental Health Sciences) will be hosting renowned biologist Dr. David Schindler (University of Alberta) in one of the Great Conversations series, February 28, 2006. Sc1_indler researches the effects of antluopogeric disturbance on alpine 1~tlces. Jeffl' Werner (Water Resources Science) was the lead author on a recent article in the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs' Reporter titled "Photochenical Transformation of Antibiotics in Mimlesota Waters."