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Freshwater Scientists to meet in Toronto May 8–12
May 8, 2023
IAGLR's 66th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research kicks off today! More than 700 freshwater researchers from the Great Lakes region and beyond will gather in downtown Toronto, this week.
IAGLR announces Jérôme Marty to lead association
Aug 15, 2022
The International Association for Great Lakes Research announces Jérôme Marty as its new executive director. Dr. Marty comes to IAGLR from his role as a project director at the Council of Canadian Academies, an organization in Ottawa, Ontario, working at the interface between science and policy. Dr. Marty has been involved with IAGLR for the past 10 years, including leadership roles managing the association’s annual research conference and serving on the IAGLR Board of Directors, most notably, as president in 2014.
Val Klump receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Jun 16, 2022
J. Val Klump, former dean and a professor emeritus of the School of Freshwater Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, received the IAGLR Lifetime Achievement Award—the association's highest accolade—yesterday at its annual award ceremony. Klump is best known for his pioneering work on Great Lakes biogeochemistry, with a focus on how nutrients and carbon are cycled in lakes.
David Dempsey receives Vallentyne Award
Jun 16, 2022
IAGLR honored David Dempsey, senior advisor at For Love of Water, with its John R. (Jack) Vallentyne Award, presented yesterday at the virtual IAGLR Awards Ceremony
Great Lakes science leaders honored at IAGLR Awards Ceremony
Jun 16, 2022
IAGLR honored several professionals yesterday for their contributions to large lake science and the association at the virtual IAGLR Awards Ceremony. Awards presented include the Anderson-Everett Award, Editor's Award, publication awards, and the Large Lake Champion Awards.
Student freshwater scientists honored at IAGLR Awards Ceremony
Jun 16, 2022
The International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) recognized top student scientists for their contributions to IAGLR and Great Lakes science. The following awards were announced at the association’s awards ceremony, held online Wednesday afternoon.
Announcing inaugural IAGLR Large Lake Champion Award recipients
May 23, 2022
The International Association for Great Lakes Research is proud to announce the debut of the IAGLR Large Lake Champion Award, which recognizes and honors individuals whose work has made significant contributions to sharing the social, economic, and ecological understanding of large lakes of the world. IAGLR looks to pay tribute to the luminaries and rising voices for large lakes that will help shape the association for years to come and pave the way for IAGLR’s future. In the award's inaugural year, we recognize the following IAGLR Large Lake Champions: Patricia Chow-Fraser, Catherine Febria, Abraham Francis, Jim Olson, and Ali Shakoor.
Great Lakes Science Leaders honored at research conference
May 20, 2021
The International Association for Great Lakes Research honored several professionals this week for their contributions to IAGLR and large lake science. The following awards were presented online at the association’s 64th annual Conference on Great Lakes Research.
Great Lakes research association honors 2 NOAA GLERL employees with top awards
May 20, 2021
Two long-time colleagues at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) in Ann Arbor received top honors from the International Association for Great Lakes Research. Henry (“Hank”) Vanderploeg, chief of GLERL’s Ecosystems Dynamics Branch, received the IAGLR Lifetime Achievement Award. The John R. (Jack) Vallentyne Award went to Margaret Lansing, GLERL's chief of information services. The awards were presented online early today at IAGLR’s 64th annual Conference on Great Lakes Research.
Student freshwater scientists honored at research conference
May 19, 2021
The International Association for Great Lakes Research recognized top student scientists for their contributions to IAGLR and Great Lakes science. The following awards were announced Wednesday at the association’s 64th annual Conference on Great Lakes Research held online.
Freshwater scientists, others to convene online for Great Lakes research conference May 17–21
May 17, 2021
IAGLR's 64th annual Conference on Great Lakes Research begins tomorrow! More than 600 freshwater researchers from around the world will gather online for five days of science at our flagship event.
Lake Ontario in the spotlight March 9–11
Mar 8, 2021
Lake Ontario will take center stage this week, when scientists, natural resource managers, and others gather online for the 2021 State of Lake Ontario Conference (SOLO21). The conference will feature daily speakers and discussions, as well as more than 120 oral and poster presentations on topics such as climate change and shoreline resiliency, plastic pollution, Indigenous Peoples’ science, wetlands, native fish restoration, contaminants, harmful algal blooms, and invasive species.
World’s leading aquatic scientific societies issue urgent call to cut global greenhouse gas emissions
Sep 14, 2020
In an unprecedented statement released today, 110 aquatic scientific societies representing more than 80,000 scientists worldwide sound the alarm for the devastating impact of climate change on the world’s freshwater and marine ecoystems. The International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) joins this call to drastically curtail global greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst impacts of human-caused climate change on these aquatic ecosystems. Unless urgent action is taken to reduce emissions, scientists predict catastrophic impacts to human health, fisheries, and economies.
Great Lakes Science Leaders Honored
Jun 11, 2020
The International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) honored several professionals and organizations this week for their contributions to IAGLR and large lakes science. The following awards were presented at the association’s 63rd Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research held online for the first time in the association’s history.
Jan Ciborowski honored with IAGLR Lifetime Achievement Award
Jun 11, 2020
IAGLR honored Jan Ciborowski today with its 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award. Presented online at IAGLR’s 63rd annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, the award recognizes important and continued contributions to the field of Great Lakes research over a period of 20 years or more. Ciborowski, a professor at the University of Calgary in Alberta since last year, is also a professor emeritus at the University of Windsor, where he has worked on the Great Lakes since 1984.
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