Conference to focus on water sanitation

The Water Technologies for Emerging Regions Center at the University of Oklahoma will host the Inaugural OU International WaTER Conference and International Water Prize Award Ceremony today through Wednesday in the Thurman J. White Forum Building.

The conference will bring together participants from groups responding to the U.N. Millennium Development Goals centered on bringing water and sanitation to remote villages in developing countries. Water and sanitation experts from industry, academia, NGOs, government and foundations will participate, as stated in a press release.

The two-and-a-half day conference will include poster and paper sessions devoted to all technical and non-technical topics and sectors relevant to water and sanitation in remote regions of developing countries.

A post-conference workshop will take place Wednesday and will include hands-on instruction of water well drilling and sustainable pump technologies appropriate for emerging regions. Seating may be limited and will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis.

-Jared Rader/The Daily

Events to close Breast Cancer awareness Month

Three students at the OU College of Law have organized events throughout the week to raise money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure to close out National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The week-long event, titled “Raise the Bar for Breast Cancer Awareness,” will include a bake sale, a raffle and pink-out day.

Week-long events are sponsored by the Black Law Students Association and the Organization for the Advancement of Women in Law.

The organizers, second-year students Ali Khalili and Shannon Macko and third-year student Christopher Staine, said they hope the week will become an annual event for the College of Law.

Grand opening ceremonies to include tours

Grand opening ceremonies for the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication’s student-operated advertising and public relations agency, Lindsey + Asp, will be Wednesday from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Lindsey + Asp is the only student-operated advertising and public relations agency in Oklahoma.

OU Cookbook available for purchase on-campus

Copies of the 2009 OU cookbook, “Boomer Book for the Sooner Cook,” are available for $10 at seven on-campus locations.

The book includes more than 300 recipes submitted by members of the OU community, and 100 percent of proceeds will go to the OU United Way campaign. Books will be available for sale until Nov. 6 at the following locations:

• OU Main Bookstore (Stadium)

• OU Union Bookstore

• Administrative & Finance, 204 Evans Hall

• Student Affairs, 265 OMU

• Student Media, 149A Copeland Hall

• College of Business Dean’s Office

• University Printing Services

-Daily staff reports