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AWI Student Spotlight: Ashley Villegas

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…


First Cohort of UA’s Water Operations and Forecast Graduate Training Program Begins

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The first cohort of The University of Alabama’s Water-R2O National Science Foundation Research Traineeship program has been assembled and is beginning its unique hydrologic science research and training journey. Established by a $3 million award in July 2022, the Water-R2O NSF NRT program brings master’s and Ph.D. students together from a variety…


UA Student Team Wins EPA Award for Water Quality Assessment

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A student-led team from The University of Alabama has received a federal award for its research into helping private well owners in Alabama predict and identify the risk of water contamination after flooding. The team received $24,899 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s People, Prosperity and the Planet, or P3, student…


AWI Spotlight: Jade Richardson

The Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology, or CIROH, (CIROH) is excited to welcome Jade Richardson as its new communications specialist student intern. Richardson is a senior at The University of Alabama obtaining her degree in public relations with a minor in psychology. She has been working with CIROH since the spring of…


UA Faculty and Students Present at Freshwater Mollusk Symposium, Win Award

Faculty members and students from The University of Alabama recently attended the 13th Biennial Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Symposium in Portland, Oregon. The conference was held April 10-14. Matt Lodato, a Ph.D. candidate in UA’s Department of Biological Sciences, won the award for Best Student Platform Presentation. The Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society is dedicated to…


AWI Spotlight: Mary Eliza Beaumont

The Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology recently welcomed Mary Eliza Beaumont as its first communications specialist student intern. Beaumont, a senior at The University of Alabama, is majoring in communication studies with minors in political science and environmental policy pre-law. As the communications specialist student intern, Beaumont writes feature articles highlighting CIROH’s…


AWI Spotlight: Natalie Crisci

The Alabama Water Institute recently welcomed student intern Natalie Crisci as an undergraduate research assistant. Crisci, a senior at The University of Alabama, joined AWI in the fall of 2022. She is majoring in civil engineering with minors in Italian and the Randall Research Scholars program. She is an assistant to Amy Hammett, AWI’s director…


AWI Spotlight: Cody Taylor

The Alabama Water Institute recently welcomed student intern Cody Taylor as an undergraduate research assistant. Taylor, a sophomore at The University of Alabama, joined AWI in August 2022. He is on the STEM path to an MBA, majoring in math with a minor in the Randall Research Scholars program. He is an assistant to Amy Hammett, AWI’s…


AWI Spotlight: Emily Fischer

The Alabama Water Institute recently welcomed Emily Fischer as a science communications student intern. Fischer is a sophomore at The University of Alabama, majoring in biology with a minor in English. As a science communications intern, Fischer writes press releases and feature articles highlighting cutting-edge hydrological research and projects being conducted at UA and by…


UA Young Water Professionals Awarded Student Chapter of the Year

The University of Alabama’s Young Water Professionals organization has been selected as the 2022 Water Environment Federation Student Chapter of the Year. It’s the first time the federation has awarded the honor to an entire student group. “It brings recognition and legitimacy to the group because we’ve only been around since 2020,” said Melanie Vines,…


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