A UW-Madison professor received one of South Korea?s highest honors earlier this month for his work on a multibillion-dollar initiative to restore the area surrounding four major rivers in the country. The honor, called the Order of Service Merit, is comparable to the U.S. Medal of Honor. The professor of civil and environmental engineering, Jae Park, is a top academic advisor for the an ongoing collaboration called the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, which is dedicated to cleaning and restoring the watershed surrounding the Han River, Nakdong River, Geum River and Yeongsan River in South Korea.
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