Month October 2023

The Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology, or CIROH, recently held its second annual science meeting at The University of Alabama. The meeting’s purpose was to review the advancement of CIROH’s research agenda, as well as strengthen the translation of research into practice. Matt Womble, executive director of the Alabama Water Institute, said…

The Alabama Water Institute’s Community-Oriented Nature-based Science for Ecosystem Restoration and Versatile Engineering, or CONSERVE, research group was recently awarded a $250,000 grant from the United States Army Corps of Engineers Engineering with Nature Program for its Acequia Science and Tribal Engagement Support project. The multi-year project will take place in Arizona and New Mexico,…

The Alabama Water Institute recently welcomed student Ashley Villegas as an event coordinator intern. Villegas, a junior at The University of Alabama, joined AWI in the summer of 2023. She is majoring in economics and finance with a minor in public policy. Villegas works under Lanna Nations, AWI’s director of education and outreach, to coordinate…

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. The researchers coordinating efforts on these projects include Dr. Kenneth Hoadley with The University of Alabama and Dauphin…

Researchers at The University of Alabama have co-authored a new study about mollusks that sheds new light on the complex relationships within the animal tree of life. Dr. Kevin Kocot and Meghan Yap-Chiongco in UA’s Department of Biological Sciences and Alabama Museum of Natural History are two of the authors of the study recently published…