Press Releases
RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana awards third round of grants
Jun 24, 2024BATON ROUGE, La. (June 24, 2024) – Today, the RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana (LA-COE) announced the third round of two-year grants to ...
The Water Institute board appoints new officers during March meeting
Apr 11, 2024BATON ROUGE, La. (April 11, 2024) The Water Institute welcomes new board chairman Merritt Lane succeeding long-time chairman Kevin Reilly Jr. who will...
Updates from The Water Institute: April 9, 2024
Apr 9, 2024The Water Institute is an independent, non-profit, applied research institution advancing science and developing integrated methods to solve complex e...
Register now for the Policy Forum on Nature-Based Solutions, Feb. 7-8
Feb 1, 2024BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 1, 2024) – Virtual registration is open for the Network for Engineering with Nature and the National Academy of Sciences' Gulf ...
Newly released Avian Data Monitoring Portal available to public and researchers
Jan 11, 2024BATON ROUGE, La. (Jan. 11, 2024) – A newly released Avian Data Monitoring Portal brings together more than a decade of aerial survey photos along the ...
ICYMI: Mobile releases Resilience Assessment and announces public planning meeting
Jan 9, 2024MOBILE, ALA. (Jan. 9, 2024) – After more than a year working alongside The Water Institute and other local partners, the City of Mobile has released i...
A look back at 2023: The Water Institute
Dec 29, 2023As 2023 comes to a close, we wanted to take a look back and celebrate a year of accomplishments, partnerships, and collaborations toward our mission o...
Save the Date: RFP 3 RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana
Dec 20, 2023The RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana (LA-COE) will be releasing a third Request for Proposals (RFP) in early 2024 and is encouraging coa...
Beaux Jones named President and CEO of The Water Institute
Dec 12, 2023The Water Institute’s Board of Directors unanimously voted to appoint Beaux Jones as president and CEO during their Dec. 11 board meeting. Jones is an...
Resilient Jacksonville Strategy released
Oct 13, 2023BATON ROUGE, La. (Oct. 13, 2023) – Today, the City of Jacksonville took another step in the pursuit of a more resilient future with the release of the...
Dr. Katya Wowk joins The Water Institute as Senior Social Scientist
Oct 12, 2023BATON ROUGE, La. (Oct. 12, 2023) – Furthering The Water Institute’s mission of helping communities in finding realistic and common ground to become mo...
Muthukumar Narayanaswamy, Ph.D., joins The Water Institute as Director of Coastal and Compound Flood Risk
Sep 18, 2023BATON ROUGE, La. (Sept. 18, 2023) – The Water Institute welcomes Muthukumar “Muthu” Narayanaswamy, Ph.D., as the new Director of Coastal and Compound ...