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05/21/2026

CUAHSI's Lead of Research Anthony Castronova co-presented at the Plenary session titled, Progress Toward a National Hydrologic Geospatial Fabric at the American Water Resources Association 2026 Geospatial Water Technology Conference this week in Niagara Falls, NY. Tony's talk was on Enabling Community-Driven Hydrofabric Innovation for NOAA's NextGen Framework, a new project he is leading.

05/21/2026

CUAHSI CEO Jordan Read recently visited University of Iowa's IIHR Engineering Services (Iowa Institute of Hydrologic Research) and presented, CUAHSI's Vision for Community-Focused Infrastructure for Advancing Water Research and Education, covering the current landscape of water science, CUAHSI's three core capabilities, and the organization's forward-looking priorities as it enters its 25th year. The visit also included small research group and department meetings, and wrapped up with a tour of IIHR's remarkable physical facilities: flumes, wave-generation tanks, scale physical models, computational fluid dynamics setups, and an impressive drop shaft model for combined sewage/wastewater overflow systems used by major cities.

05/19/2026

Save the Date: CUAHSI Virtual Open House — June 24, 2026
We're excited to host our next Virtual Open House on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 from 12- 2 pm ET. Join us to connect with CUAHSI staff, hear updates on upcoming plans, and learn where there's room to get more involved or share your perspectives.

What to expect:
Staff-led updates and demos, with opportunities for discussion and Q&A.
Flexible format - drop in or move between sessions as your schedule allows.

Why join
The Virtual Open House is one way we’re creating a dedicated space for conversation, helping us make sure CUAHSI continues to meet the community's evolving needs. We’'ll share plans that are in motion, as well as topics that are still taking shape with room for community input to help guide direction.

Look out for more details in the June newsletter, and register to attend!
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/RLf8JlMaT5GZd1tBDL3Vew #/registration

05/18/2026

Announcing the 2026 Water Prediction Innovators Summer Institute Participants

CUAHSI and The University of Alabama and Alabama Water Institute are pleased to announce the student fellows, theme leads, and course coordinators for the 2026 Water Prediction Innovators Summer Institute. This seven-week experiential learning program, which begins next month, brings graduate students together with academic researchers and professionals to advance water prediction and flood forecasting in the United States. Students work in small teams, mentored by university faculty and other experts in the field. Congratulations to all those selected, and welcome to the Summer Institute!

Student Fellows
Ahmed Omar, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Aldo Andres Tapia Araya, University of Arizona
Alemayehu Dula Shanko, Florida International University
Alexander Joseph Lastner, University of Maryland College Park
Ali Haider, City University of New York
Amirhossein Montazeri, Boise State University
Armen Konialian, University of California, Los Angeles
Azizur Rahman, University of Texas at Arlington
Basit Akinade, The University of Alabama
Bikas Chandra Gupta, University of Texas at Arlington
Danna Villarreal, University of Arkansas
Dominic Kyei, The University of Kansas
Jessica Keiser, San Diego State University
Leo Lonzarich, The Pennsylvania State University
Mohammad Mosavat, The University of Alabama
Niloufar Soheili, The City College of New York
Pitamber Wagle, Brigham Young University
Reza Jamshidi, Northeastern University
Saddy Rafael Pineda Castellanos, Utah State University
Sanjeev Chitrakar Panta, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Santiago Henao Gomez, University of Iowa
Sebastian Marshall, MSc., P.E. Marshall, University of Virginia
Sohail Ahmed Tufail, University of Memphis
Zih-Syun Chen, University of Houston

Theme Leads
Anupal Baruah, The University of Alabama
Humberto Vergara, University of Iowa
Kelsey R. McDonough, Ph.D., The Water Institute
Mohamed Abdelkader, University of Iowa
Mohammad Ali Javidian, Appalachian State University
Sagy Cohen, The University of Alabama
Sushant Mehan, South Dakota State University

Course Coordinators
Megan Vardaman, University of New Hampshire
Nana Oye Djan, Carnegie Mellon University

The Water Prediction Innovators Summer Institute is supported by the CIROH at The University of Alabama with funding under award NA22NWS4320003 from the NOAA Cooperative Institute Program.

05/18/2026

The CUAHSI May e-Newsletter has been published! We have new staff and program participant announcements, a save the date for our next virtual open house, and much more!
https://us3.campaign-archive.com/?u=aad7e9257f329c1a46ebbd412&id=dc6de290b1

04/15/2026

CUAHSI Data Publishing Program
Get your data across the finish line!

Are you sitting on a nearly finished dataset that just needs a push to be published and shared? CUAHSI invites you to join a new 3-week cohort program designed to help researchers clear the “last mile” of data publishing.

The course consists of five virtual guided sessions 1–3 hours per week, beginning on May 18. Visit our website for more program details and to submit an application.

Are you sitting on a nearly finished dataset that just needs a push to be published and shared? CUAHSI invites you to join a new 3-week cohort program designed to help researchers clear the “last mile” of data publishing. Upon completion of all sessions and providing your feedback on ways to imp...

04/10/2026

25 years of CUAHSI. 25 years of water science, together.

Since 2001, we've watched HydroShare grow to more than 25,000 users, our Cyberseminar program that launched in 2003 has made hundreds of expert presentations available at no cost, and our workshops and meetings bring people together in ways that spark real collaborations.

This year, we're celebrating what all of that has made possible and we want to hear from YOU.

What's your CUAHSI moment?

Was it a conversation at a meeting that changed your direction? A dataset published through HydroShare that made a difference? Something you learned at a workshop that stuck with you?

Send your story, memory, or a favorite photo to [email protected]. We'll be sharing anniversary reflections all year long, and yours could be one of them.

Drop a comment below and let us know what CUAHSI means to you!

04/10/2026

Online Workshop on Water Resources Management for Undergraduate Students

Join The University of Texas at Arlington this summer for an engaging, hands-on workshop exploring real-world challenges in water resources management. Designed for undergraduate students from any major enrolled at U.S. universities, this hybrid program combines two online live sessions ( 15–16 June) with an asynchronous component (17 –26 June), offering flexibility while building meaningful skills.

Participants will examine issues such as water scarcity, pollution, and governance through interactive activities, case studies, and peer discussions. Using tools like game theory and multi-criteria decision-making, students will explore how communities make complex decisions about shared water resources and develop collaborative solutions.

A stipend is available for undergraduate participants. Spots are limited–apply by 31 May! Please fill out this interest form:
https://lnkd.in/eWV6udjT

04/09/2026

The CUAHSI April e-Newsletter is out!
Spring is busy in the water science world and this month's issue is full! Here's what's inside:
A call for impact stories as CUAHSI marks its 25th anniversary, recent events from the University of Florida Water Institute's Spring Student Showcase, a Science Talk '26 recap, the National Model Evaluation Hackathon, recent collaborative meetings, upcoming meetings and conferences, updates to HydroShare's Discover page, and a resource spotlight on NEON's Hydrologic Data Products!
https://us3.campaign-archive.com/?u=aad7e9257f329c1a46ebbd412&id=5605765cc9

03/24/2026

Join us April 1, 2026 from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET for a hands-on data skills webinar where we will explore hydrologic data products published by the National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. (NEON) across observational, instrumented, and remote sensing subsystems. In the first half of the webinar, we will focus on downloading and exploring various NEON hydrologic data products. In the second half, we will dive deeper into NEON hydrology data, using co-located terrestrial-aquatic sites to examine the water cycle at multiple levels. The webinar will be led by NEON data product managers, and we will save time at the end of the webinar for any questions or discussion about using NEON data in your own research. The code for the webinar will be available in both Python and R environments.

Zach Nickerson
Research Ecologist, Aquatic Biogeochemistry & Hydrology, NEON
Nick Harrison
Research Scientist, Hydrologist, NEON
Bridget Hass
Data Scientist, NEON

https://lnkd.in/eEf7sXz7