Press Releases
Water Institute's Work Featured in the News
Mar 10, 2021The Institute’s work has been recently featured in a number of national and regional outlets highlighting the range of work in applied science and pol...
Jordan Fischbach joins The Water Institute of the Gulf as the Director of Planning and Policy Research
Feb 18, 2021BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 18, 2021) – Jordan Fischbach, Ph.D., senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation, will join the institute on March 29 as t...
The RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana requests proposals for $2.3 million in available funding
Feb 15, 2021BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 15, 2021) – The RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana (LA-COE) released a second Request for Proposals today and is en...
Dr. Jason Curole to join The Water Institute of the Gulf as Director of Project Management
Feb 4, 2021BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 4, 2021) – Jason Curole, Ph.D., will be joining The Water Institute of the Gulf as the Director of Project Management on Feb. 2...
Webinar: The Louisiana-Netherlands Partnership in Coastal Protection, Restoration, and Adaptation
Jan 6, 2021BATON ROUGE, La. (Jan. 6, 2021) – Join The Royal Netherlands Embassy, the Water Institute of the Gulf, and key partners on Jan. 14, 2021 for a webinar...
Institute to help state quantify carbon sequestration potential of coastal restoration projects
Aug 19, 2020BATON ROUGE, La. (Aug. 19, 2020) – Today, Governor John Bel Edwards signed two climate change related executive orders with the first designed to impr...
Institute to help state quantify carbon sequestration potential of coastal restoration projects
Aug 19, 2020BATON ROUGE, La. (Aug. 19, 2020) – Today, Governor John Bel Edwards signed two climate change related executive orders with the first designed to imp...
Nate Young to join the Institute in joint appointment with University of Iowa’s IIHR — Hydroscience & Engineering
Jul 21, 2020BATON ROUGE, La. (July 21, 2020) – Nate Young, Ph.D., associate director of the Iowa Flood Center and research engineer at IIHR–Hydroscience & Eng...
Agreement between Institute, Port of New Orleans, Louisiana Economic Development, to spur innovative port management
Jul 13, 2020Baton Rouge, La. (July 13, 2020) – Today, Governor John Bel Edwards announced an innovative agreement between the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana Econo...
Institute to continue strategic support for long-term groundwater sustainability planning in Baton Rouge area
Jul 7, 2020BATON ROUGE, La. (July 7, 2020) – At their June 18 meeting, the Capital Area Ground Water Conservation Commission (CAGWCC) unanimously voted to move f...
Institute researchers author five journal articles in special issue of Shore and Beach journal “Deepwater Horizon 10 years later.”
Mar 26, 2020BATON ROUGE, La. (March 26, 2020) – A special issue of Shore and Beach journal – “Deepwater Horizon 10 years later” – includes five articles from Inst...
Institute named Louisiana’s Innovation and Collaboration Hub at Gov. John Bel Edwards coastal priorities announcement
Feb 20, 2020BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 20, 2020) – Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards named the Water Institute of the Gulf as the state’s Coastal Innovation and Collaborat...