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The 5th UF Water Institute Symposium ,

The two-day event brought over 325 scientists, students, water related professionals and private citizens together from academic, industry, agricultural, environmental, governmental and non-governmental organizations. The Symposium sessions and panels featured over 165 oral and poster presentations considering trends, cycles and extreme events in the context of sustainable management of water resources. For a glimpse of the event and to see PDFs of many of the presentations, video of plenary sessions, and over 200 photos Click Here

Dr. W. Kent Fuchs, UF President Dr. W. Kent Fuchs, President, University of Florida, welcomed the participants and provided brief remarks on water, science and art to kick off the afternoon plenary sessions on the second day.  You can read the text of President Fuchs' talk on the Office of the President's website.  Click Here http://president.ufl.edu/speeches/2016/the-space-between-art-and-science.html