UWIN offers a Sustainable Urban Water Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Program (URP) where pairs of students are placed with a team of mentors in each of the study cities. Students work on individual research projects in their area of concentration, selected from topics that support integration and connections to the national network. In this way, students develop disciplinary and place-based depth while also learning across the socio-environmental spectrum and across broader spatial scales. A key goal is to support interested URP students in continuing their involvement in the UWIN project as graduate students or research staff.

To foster K-12 education in sustainable urban water systems, an onsite Sustainable Urban Water Interdisciplinary Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program is offered with the expectation of building long-term collaborative relationships between K-12 STEM teachers and the university research community. The program and partnerships it builds helps K-12 teachers translate their research experiences and new knowledge into classroom activities, helping to create the next generation of cross-disciplinary research scientists.

UWIN is engaging in multiple citizen science efforts, including a program on harvested rainwater called “Off the Roof“. Drs. Sharvelle and Berkowitz, in conjunction with the UWIN research team and several outside collaborators are beginning work on the project starting Spring 2018 with plans for implementation starting in the summer.

Additional Citizen Science involvement includes Green Infrastructure monitoring efforts in/near UWIN study regions  and will also be underway starting summer 2018.  Stay tuned for more details!

UWIN offers an Urban Water Sustainability Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for teaching and engagement of graduate students, as well as the broader water community. The goal is to reach interested students across the nation and the globe, with the additional objective of recruiting students and postdoctoral fellows into the research network.