News & Annoucements
Find out what our students, faculty, staff, and alumni are doing to make a positive difference on our campus, in our community and state, and around the world.
New Equipment Strengthens UA’s Water Research Across Various Disciplines
From the lab to the field, new tools funded by the Alabama Water Institute are empowering UA researchers to solve Alabama’s most pressing water challenges.
UA Researchers to Develop Systems to Track Water Resources for AI Infrastructure
Dr. Jonathan Frame has secured a National Science Foundation grant to investigate how expanding AI infrastructure will impact water resources—a critical issue he believes will define the next decade of water management.
CIROH-Funded Team Develops AI-Powered Satellite System for River Ice Detection
Springtime river ice floods threaten northern communities, but a CIROH-funded project is changing that. A team at Stevens Institute of Technology, led by Dr. Marouane Temimi, has developed a system that combines satellite imagery and machine learning to monitor river ice in near real-time.
CIROH 2025 Science Meeting: R2O Breakthroughs and Achievements
CIROH’s 2025 Science Meeting united 220 researchers and partners to advance water prediction, showcase research-to-operations breakthroughs and celebrate outstanding contributions driving innovation and community resilience nationwide.
AWI Highlights Education and Outreach at Alabama Water Resources Conference
Water leaders from across Alabama came together in Orange Beach for the 2025 Alabama Water Resources Conference, sharing research, sparking collaboration and tackling the state’s toughest water challenges.
Future Water Scientists Kick Off Yearlong Water-R2O NRT Study Tour with Road Trip
UA graduate students hit the road for the Water-R2O NRT Operational Hydrology Study Tour, a three-day journey that showed them how scientists, forecasters and emergency managers team up to keep Southeast communities safe from floods.
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AWI Events
AWI hosts and participates in a variety of events throughout the year, including conferences, workshops, educational fairs, and academic lectures. These events educate students, provide networking opportunities for research partners and faculty, and foster collaboration to advance water-related research, forecasting, and solutions.
AWI Podcast
The AWI Podcast introduces you to our experts and partners, affiliated faculty members and students. It showcases their work and informs you how their research is helping to improve every aspect of water across all walks of life. The episodes include one-on-one interviews, as well as feature some of their public talks at workshops and conferences.
AWI WaterWorks
AWI holds a monthly seminar series called WaterWorks: Conversations at the Intersection of Water, Science and Society. Its purpose is to educate and entertain the public about many water-related issues by bringing in experts and researchers from all over the county to The University of Alabama, as well as by showcasing UA’s world class faculty.