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Featured Stories
UA’s Underwater Robotics Key to Unlocking Secrets of the Past
TUSCALOOSA, Ala – Deep below the Gulf of Mexico’s surface is a Cypress forest that has laid dormant for approximately 60,000 years. Discovered only about a decade ago, its wood is not corroded. Other than removing some pieces to determine its age, it has remained virtually undisturbed by human hands. It’s a secret, peaceful habitat for marine creatures.
Worlds of Work Introduces Students to Water Careers
The Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology, or CIROH, recently attended the Worlds of Work career expo at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The expo addresses workforce needs in the Southeast while educating students about fascinating career opportunities in various industries. The organization helps students discover their own intriguing pathways and allows organizations to introduce themselves to their potential future workforce.
UA Professors Get CAREER Boost
The National Science Foundation selected Dr. Hamed Moftakhari for a CAREER Award, one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for top-performing young scientists, during the recently completed academic year. Dr. Moftakhari’s grant will provide about $550,000 for research, education and outreach efforts.
Coral Researchers Awarded $2M for New Restoration Technology
A collaboration of efforts from five organizations focuses on using novel technology in the field to aid in coral restoration practices across the globe. The efforts have resulted in two grant-funded projects totaling more than $2 million.
AWI News
November 14, 2023: UA’s Underwater Robotics Key to Unlocking Secrets of the Past
November 14, 2023: Worlds of Work Introduces Students to Water Careers
October 19, 2023: Project Advancing Tools To Remotely Monitor Water Quality
October 18, 2023: CIROH Hosts Annual Science Meeting in Tuscaloosa
October 17, 2023: AWI’s CONSERVE Research Group Awarded $250,000
October 17, 2023: Coral Researchers Awarded $2M for New Restoration Technology
October 15, 2023: UA Researchers Discover Evidence in Disputed Evolution of Mollusks
October 7, 2023: Black Belt Students Learn Water Research, Treatment
September 21, 2023: UA Professors Get CAREER Boost
September 19, 2023: UA Hosts 89th Annual Malacological Society Meeting Focused on Mollusks
September 19, 2023: Developing the World of Water
September 19, 2023: AWI Partners with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Youth Corps Program
September 15, 2023: First Cohort of UA’s Water Operations and Forecast Graduate Training Program Begins
September 11, 2023: New Director to Oversee Water Research
September 5, 2023: New Computing Center Expands Innovation Opportunities
July 24, 2023: Defense Department Unveils Guidebook for Engaging Tribal Nations
June 26, 2023: UA Student Team Wins EPA Award for Water Quality Assessment
June 26, 2023: Alabama Water Institute, CIROH Researchers Earn Pilot Project Seed Funding
May 18, 2023: UA Faculty and Students Present at Freshwater Mollusk Symposium, Win Award
May 10, 2023: Alabama Water Institute Names Third Cohort of Faculty Fellowship Recipients
May 10, 2023: AWI Awards $110,000 in Research Support to UA Faculty
April 18, 2023: UA’s Global Water Security Center Makes Connections at UN Water Conference
April 13, 2023: National Science Foundation Selects UA Student for Competitive Fellowship
April 11, 2023: UA Biological Researchers Return to Antarctica to Discover, Study New Species
March 9, 2023: AWI, Kentuck Art Center Partner for Tuscaloosa Waterways Exhibit
February 14, 2023: UA Researcher Awarded NSF Grant to Investigate PFAS Water Contamination
February 14, 2023: AWI Staff, Affiliates Attend Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting
December 16, 2022: UA Researchers Developing Drone-based Underwater Laser Mapping Technology
December 15, 2022: Op-Ed: Pine Hills and Hickory Smoke: Ichuaway’s Living Laboratory at the Jones Center
December 15, 2022: AWI Awards $144,450 in Research Support to UA Faculty
November 17, 2022: UA Hosts Symposium to Address Food and Water Challenges
November 16, 2022: UA Researchers Find Hydroplaning Risks Greater in Southern US
November 15, 2022: AWI Researcher Develops New Snow Model Machine Learning Tutorial
October 21, 2022: UA Center Recognized as Part of National Global Water Security Strategy
October 19, 2022: Alabama’s Water Sapphire Springs Forth
October 13, 2022: U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby Addresses Inaugural CIROH Meeting at UA
October 6, 2022: UA Global Water Security Center to Participate in 2023 UN Water Conference
September 26, 2022: Fedoroff Named AWI Director of Cultural and Water Resources Preservation
September 21, 2022: Testing Florida’s Freshwater Limits for Population Growth
September 21, 2022: UA Young Water Professionals Awarded Student Chapter of the Year
September 19, 2022: Small Wetlands the Focus of UA Effort to Boost Resource Management
September 12, 2022: Interim Executive Director Named for Alabama Water Institute
August 30: 2022: Moradkhani Named Robert E. Horton Lecturer in Hydrology
August 19, 2022: UA Research Enterprise Enjoys Remarkable Year
August 2, 2022: UA Researcher Investigates Drivers of Antarctic Ice Retreat
August 1, 2022: Pilot Project to Support Equitable Climate Resilience Along the Upper Mississippi River
July 15, 2022: UA Researchers Highlight Need for Gauges in Intermittent Waterways
July 14, 2022: Alabama Water Institute Names Second Class of Faculty Fellowship Recipients
July 14, 2022: UA Awarded $3M For Graduate Training in Water Operations and Forecasting
June 10, 2022: UA Researchers Develop Chemical Sensors to Detect Antibiotic Overuse in Water
May 16, 2022: UA Researchers to Study Gulf Coast Severe Weather Communications
May 2, 2022: UA Hosts AWRA National Spring Water Conference
April 6, 2022: UA Awarded $360 Million to Lead National Water Effort
January 20, 2022: UA Partners with USGS to Build Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility
January 19, 2022: Krauss Named AWI Director of Research to Operations Communications
December 15, 2021: UA-Led Collaborative Groundwater Effort Awarded NSF Funding
December 14, 2021: AWI Awards $198,500 in Research Support to UA Faculty
December 14, 2021: New Mobile App to Aid Gulf of Mexico Fishermen, Boaters
December 14, 2021: UA Research Enhanced by New Research Software Engineer
October 21, 2021: NOAA Awards Climate Science Funding for UA, Sea Grant Projects
October 20, 2021: UA Researcher Awarded Grant for Imaging Algae in Coastal Waters
October 20, 2021: Department of Defense Water Resilience Fellow Joins GWSC as Associate Director
October 11, 2021: Collaborative UA-Alabama A&M Aquatic Project Awarded National Science Foundation Funding
August 19, 2021: UA Engineering Faculty Receives Fulbright Award
August 12, 2021: Washing Away Nitrogen Through Roadside Ditches
August 10, 2021: UA Researchers Studying Storm-driven Groundwater from Barrier Islands
June 23, 2021: AWI Strategic Plan Addresses Global Water Research and Solutions
June 17, 2021: National Awards for Early Career Research go to Four UA Professors
June 16, 2021: New UA Center to Fill Need for Understanding Water Security
June 14, 2021: UA developing leading-edge radar system for critical water information
June 7, 2021: UA Research to Enhance Flood Resilience of Coastal Communities
May 25, 2021: Alabama Water Institute Names First Faculty Fellowship Recipients
May 21, 2021: UA CyberSeed Program Funds More Campus Research
May 18, 2021: UA Hires Preeminent Alumnus to Advance Water Research Initiative
April 27, 2021: Kocot Honored with UA President’s Faculty Research Award
April 16, 2021: Moradkhani, Pitt to Receive American Society of Civil Engineers Award
April 15, 2021: Moftakhari Awarded Early-Career Research Fellowship
April 14, 2021: UA Researcher Studying Impact of Humankind’s Water Footprint
April 13, 2021: Nearly a Third of Mobile Bay Marshes Gone Since 1980s, Study Finds
April 12, 2021: Alabama Water Institute Awards Multiple Equipment Grants
March 30, 2021: Groundwater Impact on Oceans Cannot Be Ignored, Major Study Finds
March 9, 2021: New UA Stormwater Detention Basin to Ease Flooding and Provide Research Opportunities
March 3, 2021: UA Researcher Awarded Grant for Severe Weather Public Communication Study
February 3, 2021: UA Food Scientist Awarded AWI Grant For Nanofiber Production Equipment
December 11, 2020: UA Professor Receives National Science Foundation Awards for Mussel and Water Research
December 9, 2020: UA Professors Awarded NSF Grant For Underwater Robotics Wireless Communications
November 12, 2020: UA Leading Rural Wastewater Treatment Pilot Program with Grant from Columbia World Projects
November 11, 2020: UA Professor Awarded NSF Grant for Symbiotic Algae and Coral Research
October 28, 2020: A Worldwide View of Water
October 14, 2020: USGS Director Reveals Vision, New Facility Plans for Collaboration with Alabama Water Institute
July 16, 2020: Balancing the Cost of Disasters
July 15, 2020: UA Researcher Studying Link Between Pollutants and Hermaphroditic Fish
July 1, 2020: Rayder to Head Alabama Water Institute
January 29, 2020: AWI’s Flournoy Named 2020 Mirzayan Fellow
January 28, 2020: UA Institutes Working Together for Healthier Lives in Rural Alabama
August 28, 2019: Combating the Harmful Effects of Illicit Supply Networks
August 7, 2019: Alabama Water Institute Interdisciplinary Innovation Program offers funding support for new research
April 29, 2019: Bonizzoni Building Student Success Through Chemistry and Collaboration
April 5, 2019: Formulating a Better Partnership for Water Quality
April 5, 2019: Alabama Water Institute Researchers Prepare for Disasters by Studying Online Behavior
January 3, 2019: Alabama Water Institute offers water research funding support through new bridge program
September 27, 2018: When Lionfish Roar
July 5, 2018: Winning the Water Quality Game