Category: Affiliate Faculty Impact

UF Bridges Cohort Forges New Connections During Three-Day South Florida Workshop
June 2, 2026Restoration efforts for America’s Everglades, one of Florida’s most well-known treasures, require collaboration reaching beyond academia. To bridge this gap, 24 Water Institute affiliate faculty traveled to South Florida for an intensive, three-day workshop.

Water Institute BRIDGES Leader Dr. Nick Aumen Receives Prestigious Freshwater Science Fellowship
April 21, 2026Dr. Nick Aumen, leader of the Water Institute’s BRIDGES project and a visiting scholar at the School of Natural Resources and Environment, has been named a 2026 Fellow of the Society for Freshwater Science.

Forming International Connections at the Center for African Studies Carter Conference
April 14, 2026With support from the Water Institute, the Center for African Studies brought visiting scholars from African nations as speakers for their 2026 Carter Conference.

Restoring Memory of Water: UF Launches Immersive Springs Experience
March 24, 2026What if you could step inside a Florida spring and watch decades of change in under five minutes? An interdisciplinary team at the University of Florida has introduced an innovative multimedia project that does just that.

UF Launches the BRIDGES Working Group to Strengthen Everglades Science
March 17, 2026America’s Everglades is one of Florida’s most well-known treasures, and its restoration and the re-envisioning of the South Florida ecosystem is one of the most ambitious, consequential, and expensive socio-ecological experiments in history.

Developing Innovation: BREWS Cohort and Persistent Contaminants
November 18, 2025Curious about the UF Water Institute BREWS Cohort and their work on persistent contaminants in wastewater and biosolids? Then dive into how the cohort is developing innovative solutions for sustainable wastewater and biosolids management in an article written by WI Communications Intern Kamila Koralasbayev in partnership with TESI.

Water Institute Affiliates Earn Awards for Their Website
July 8, 2025Two Water Institute affiliate members are being recognized for their excellence as recipients of an award and a finalist for another. Their website serves as a hub…
