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Ayella Maile Moskowitz named 2021 Graduate Student of the year!

Ayella, a 4th year PhD student in the Pruden lab, has been named one of two graduate students of the year for her dedication to Covid Surveillance during the pandemic!

https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2021/04/GraduateStudentsofYear.html

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Congrats to Delaney Snead, an undergrad in the Pruden lab, on her 1st place at the ASCE Virginias Conference

Delaney placed 1st in the Marr Technical paper and the Hardy Cross Technical Presentation!

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Dr. Pruden honored as University Distinguished Professor!

Check out the story from the University here!

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Dr. Pruden named 2020 International Environmental Award winner!

Dr Pruden was honored this week as the 2020 International Environmental award winner for her work documenting antibiotic resistance genes as environmental contaminants!

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Huracán María aumentó genes de resistencia antimicrobiana en el agua

Check out Amy’s recent interview for SciDevNet!

Huracán María aumentó genes de resistencia antimicrobiana en el agua
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Researchers refine antibiotic resistance surveillance tools in Puerto Rican watersheds after Hurricane Maria

Our group was featured for our study on AMR in Water Sheds after Hurricane Maria!

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Press on Quincy Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak paper in ES&T Letters

Recent ES&T Letters paper is receiving lots of publicity!

St Louis Public Radio 10/20 Shahla Farzan 

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/health-science-environment/2020-10-20/quincy-made-major-changes-to-water-treatment-prior-to-legionnaires-outbreak

WHIG  Quincy 10/21 Matt Hopf 

https://www.whig.com/news/illinois-news/quincy-pushes-back-on-report-that-compares-water-system-to-flint-mich/article_0632e03b-3afb-5e52-b62d-1f3e1499f43b.html

Matt Hopf WHIG Quincy 10/24 correcting 3rd article 

https://www.whig.com/news/illinois-news/quincy-walks-back-part-of-water-report-criticism/article_7b2e7daf-f583-5e01-9a4b-ff032b4ef9ff.html

WGEM Quincy 10/21  Jim Roberts 

REPORT: Quincy made changes in water treatment prior to Legionnaires’ outbreak
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Dr. Pruden honored as IWA Fellow!

IWA Announces 2020 Fellows and Distinguished Fellows
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Team of Virginia Tech researchers taps into wastewater antibiotic-resistant gene monitoring

Always glad when our work can reach a broad audience!

https://www.wdbj7.com/2020/10/12/a-team-of-virginia-tech-researchers-tap-into-wastewater-antibiotic-resistant-gene-monitoring/

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Team taps into wastewater antibiotic-resistant gene monitoring

Excited to start our new NSF Funded work!

https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/09/engcs-nsfciwars.html

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