‘Water as a Weapon’
Yasmeen Hamdah, Staff Reporter
April 19, 2016
Filed under Community
Could you manage having access to less than a fifth of the water that you use in order to hydrate, bathe, do your laundry and all of your other needs? On April 24, ‘Water as a Weapon’ will educate the audience in the University of Toledo Driscoll Auditorium at 4 p.m. about the water crisis in... Read more »
UT raises water crisis awareness
Yasmeen Hamdah, Staff Reporter
April 13, 2016
Filed under Community
Would you run a 5K race with heavy jugs of water strapped to your back? You can do just that next weekend at the fourth annual Walk for Water Toledo. And it’s for a good reason: to raise awareness about the difficulty of finding clean drinking water in third-world countries. Kristy Kagy is the president... Read more »
Fighting for Flint
Joe Heidenescher, Community Editor
February 24, 2016
Filed under Community
In response to the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Mich., University of Toledo students are organizing material and political support. For the past two Saturdays, Jocelyn Watkins and other local organizers braved the frigid temperatures and traveled to Flint to deliver gallons of water and baby supplies... Read more »
UT class researches algae testing, finds high variability
Colleen Anderson, Managing Editor
February 10, 2016
Filed under News
While most Toledoan residents probably saw the water crisis in the summer of 2014 as an inconvenience at best and a disaster at worst, Associate Professor of Environmental Science Song Qian saw something else: an opportunity for learning. Qian’s curiosity was sparked by the report of the high levels... Read more »