Press Releases
Dutch Dialogues Charleston team delivers final report to city outlining a more water-friendly future
Sep 27, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (Sept. 27, 2019) – A new report released to the City of Charleston Thursday outlines months of community conversations around how to ...
ICYMI: Gov. Edwards announces Coastal Technical Assistance Center
Sep 13, 2019THIBODAUX, La. (Sept. 13, 2019) – Gov. John Bel Edwards, Nicholls State University President Jay Clune and South Louisiana Economic Council President...
Jessi Parfait, anthropologist, joins Institute as research associate
Aug 21, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (Aug. 21, 2019) – Jessi Parfait, anthropologist, joined the human dimensions team at the Institute in early August, bringing her enth...
Dr. Ioannis Georgiou to join Institute as Director of Coastal and Deltaic Systems Modeling
Aug 19, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (Aug. 19, 2019) – Uprooted from his home in the foothills of Cyprus during the civil war at the age of three, Ioannis Georgiou experi...
Civil Engineer Brett McMann joins the Institute
Jul 31, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (July 31, 2019) – Brett McMann grew up around the engineering world, but it wasn’t until he started work on the old LSU River Model a...
New report from Tulane/Institute looks at investment and adaptation in vulnerable communities
Jul 25, 2019Facing multiple challenges from rising seas to repetitive flooding, a new issue paper from the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy an...
Dr. Dalyander honored with Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Jul 24, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (July 24, 2019) – On July 2, The White House announced that Patricia (Soupy) Dalyander was one of the recipients of this year’s Presi...
Institute selected for five-year partnership with NOAA to work on Deepwater Horizon restoration efforts
Jul 8, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (July 8, 2019) – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries has announced the selection of the Institute to par...
Institute begins work on supporting long-term sustainability of the capital area’s groundwater resources
May 30, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (May 30, 2019) – The Water Institute of the Gulf has launched the first phase of a project to support long-term planning for Capital...
Water expert Henk Ovink visits Louisiana to discuss international best practices for watershed management
May 24, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (May 24, 2019) – Centuries of living below sea level and adapting to changes in climate give the Dutch a unique perspective on living...
Beaux Jones joins the Institute as general counsel
May 7, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (May 7, 2019) – Beaux Jones started as the Institute’s general counsel Monday, bringing with him experience in the government, non-pr...
Dr. Alex McCorquodale brings his decades of experience to the Institute
Apr 25, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (April 25, 2019) – For more than 50 years, Dr. Alex McCorquodale P.E., P.Eng., has brought his vast experience in hydrology to solvin...