Press Releases
Institute and regional partners celebrate opening of permanent New Orleans office
Apr 23, 2019NEW ORLEANS, La. (April 23, 2019) – The University of New Orleans and The Water Institute of the Gulf celebrated the Institute’s new home at the UNO R...
Organizations join forces to form Coastal-Hydrologic Consortium
Apr 16, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (April 16, 2019) – Regional water management has become a critical issue not only in Louisiana, but around the country and world. Rep...
Oceanographer Dr. Patricia (Soupy) Dalyander to join The Water Institute
Apr 4, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (April 4, 2019) – Growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina, Dr. Patricia “Soupy” Dalyander loved going to the beach, but it wasn’t unt...
More than 100 water professionals spend the week at The Water Campus taking part in North American Deltares Software Days
Mar 13, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (March 13, 2019) – More than 100 government employees, private consultants, and university researchers from the United States and Can...
The Water Institute of the Gulf welcomes Hugh Roberts as the new Vice President for Engineering
Feb 4, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 4, 2018) – Hugh Roberts, who spent years with Arcadis working on numerical modeling and resilience issues, will be joining The...
ICYMI: Institute, Waggonner & Ball, and Royal Netherlands Embassy to work with Charleston on Dutch Dialogues program
Jan 17, 2019CHARLESTON (JAN. 17, 2019) – On Wednesday (Jan. 16, 2019) , representatives from Historic Charleston Foundation, the City of Charleston and the visiti...
Gov. Edwards participates in signing ceremony with water research institutes from Israel, Louisiana
Oct 29, 2018BEERSHEBA, Israel (Oct. 29, 2018) – Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards convened a meeting of leading international researchers in water management during hi...
Nicholls State University and the Institute sign MOU for future collaboration in water-related research and projects
Oct 9, 2018BATON ROUGE, La. (Oct. 9, 2018) – The Water Institute of the Gulf and Nicholls State University signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday that outl...
Institute and Ecole des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris sign MOU for future collaboration
Sep 13, 2018BATON ROUGE, La. (Sept. 13, 2018) – Today, Ecole des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris, an engineering university based in Paris, and The Water Institut...
ICYMI: Water Institute to Support Development of Houston's Resilience Strategy
Aug 30, 2018HOUSTON (Aug. 29, 2018) – On Wednesday, Aug. 29, the City of Houston, 100 Resilient Cities, The Rockefeller Foundation and Shell released the followi...
ECO Magazine Announces Special "State of the Coast" Issue Dedicated to Coastal Restoration
Aug 17, 2018BATON ROUGE, La. (Aug. 17, 2018) – ECO Magazine (ECO), the marine science publication written by ocean experts and explorers, today announced the upco...
Geologist Michael Miner to join Institute as Director of Applied Geosciences
Aug 2, 2018BATON ROUGE, La. (Aug. 2, 2018) – Whether it’s offshore sand sources needed for barrier island restoration or more efficient use of dredge material fo...