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CUAHSI e-Newsletter June 2026

Posted Jun 11, 2026

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

CUAHSI is pleased to welcome Henok Tedla as Controller. Henok is a finance and accounting professional with extensive experience leading financial management, budgeting, grant accounting, compliance, and financial reporting functions for nonprofit and mission-driven organizations. We're glad to have him on the team!

CUAHSI's 25th Anniversary: A Look Back at our Founding Member Institutions

(View the founding institutions map as a PDF.)

As we continue to celebrate our 25th anniversary, we're highlighting the 33 institutions that became the founding members of CUAHSI's consortium.

When CUAHSI was incorporated in 2001, 33 universities across the country came together around the shared belief that advancing hydrologic science required infrastructure that no single institution could support alone.

Those founding institutions didn't just sign on to support an idea. Representatives from all 33 institutions were elected to the consortium's first Board of Directors, playing a key role in shaping the governance and direction of the newly formed organization.

In the 25 years since, CUAHSI's consortium membership has more than tripled. Changes to CUAHSI's by-laws have expanded institutional membership eligibility, opening participation to a wider range of organizations, and member representatives continue to play an important role in providing guidance that influences CUAHSI's strategic direction. Thank you to all our members for your support of our mission over the last 25 years.

Join us for CUAHSI's Spring Virtual Open House on June 24, 2026

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.

When: June 24 | 12–2:00 pm ET
Where: Virtual. Register here to attend!

Why Attend:
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.

Agenda Highlights:
CUAHSI staff will share lightning talk-style updates, each with an 8–10 min presentation followed by about 5 minutes of Q&A. To close, we'll move into group breakout rooms for additional discussion.

  • 12:00 pm — Welcome Remarks, CEO Jordan Read
  • 12:10 pm — CUAHSI HydroShare Development Highlights
  • 12:25 pm — Research Team Highlights: Overview of the CIROH Community Hydrofabric Project
  • 12:40 pm — Training Opportunities: Data Skill-Building for Water Researchers
  • 12:55 pm — Virtual Open Learning: Water Content Portal
  • 1:10 pm — Engagement Opportunities
  • 1:25 pm — Transition to Breakout Discussions
  • 2:00 pm — Adjourn

The full agenda and most up-to-date information can be viewed here. Questions? Contact email hidden; JavaScript is required.

We hope to see you there!

CUAHSI Community Awards — Nominations Open

CUAHSI is now accepting nominations for two awards: the Education and Engagement Award and the Community Service Award. These awards recognize individuals who have made meaningful contributions to hydrologic science education or to the CUAHSI community.

Nominations are welcome from across the water science community at any career stage, and self-nominations are accepted for both awards. Nominees for the Community Service Award must be affiliated with at least one CUAHSI member institution.

Nominations are due by August 31, 2026. Visit the website for more details and nomination instructions.

2026 Near-Surface Geophysics Community Input Workshop

August 25, 8:30 AM – August 26, 12:00 PM MDT
Albuquerque, NM (in-person only)

Apply to attend by Monday, June 22, 2026.

CUAHSI is collaborating on a two-day workshop that will bring together a broad cross-section of the near-surface geophysics community to strengthen relationships, assess gaps and coordination opportunities across the field, and produce a community-informed Workshop Report to guide future capabilities, investments, and activities in research and education.

This event is sponsored by the NSF National Geophysical Facility (NSF NGF, operated by EarthScope) and is being planned jointly by NSF NGF, CTEMPs, CUAHSI, NHERI, OpenTopography, and the AGU Near-Surface Geophysics Section.

Attendees & Travel Support: Attendance is by application. Applicants must be US citizens, US residents, or at a US-based institution. Target audience is college/university faculty and other Earth and environmental science professionals; late-stage PhD students will also be considered. All accepted attendees are eligible for travel support including hotel accommodations and a domestic flight.

For full details and to apply, visit the workshop registration page. Questions? Contact email hidden; JavaScript is required.

A new open hydrology textbook is in the works — and CUAHSI is helping make it last.

Backed by a VIVA Open Education grant, a team led by co-editors JP Gannon (Virginia Tech), Dom Ciruzzi (William & Mary), and Christa Kelleher (Lafayette College) is writing a purpose-built, openly licensed textbook for introductory college hydrology courses. Ten chapter authors from across the country, a librarian project manager, and an instructional designer round out the team, and ten institutions have already committed to adopting the book.

The project targets a gap the editors identified in a study of 43 introductory hydrology syllabi, recently published in Water Resources Research. Authors are excited to include material on modern topics like human impacts on the water cycle, climate change, and watershed modeling, alongside classic hydrology topics.

CUAHSI will host an interactive HTML version of the book and its source code at no charge, ensuring free, durable access alongside the Pressbooks, PDF, EPUB, and print editions. Writing begins at a Virginia Tech workshop in summer 2026, with classroom piloting in spring 2027 and publication targeted for fall 2027.

Stay in the loop or pitch in: sign up for updates and/or share hydrology data, images, or real-world examples for the book by filling out this short form.

Hosting of this textbook is supported through CUAHSI's Open Learning initiatives. Learn more during our Virtual Open House!

Water Data Forum: Water Management for Data Centers

Join Cleveland Water Alliance, CUAHSI, and the Water Environment Federation for the Water Data Forum: Water Management for Data Centers.

Tuesday, June 30 | 12:00–1:00 PM ET

This forum will convene industry, government, and utility experts to explore the current and future landscape of water and wastewater considerations around the management and operations of data centers.

Panelists:

  • Chris Carreiro — Chief Technology Officer, Park Place Technologies
  • Kelsey Semrod — Senior Scientist, Water Resilience, Building Systems Group, PNNL
  • Landon Marston — Associate Professor of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Virginia Tech
  • Moderated by: John Ikeda — Chief Mission Officer, Water Environment Federation

Click here to register.

CUAHSI's Data Publishing Program: Spring 2026 Recap

Publishing data can be one of the most challenging parts of the research process, especially when it comes to ensuring datasets meet FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles and funder requirements. CUAHSI's Data Publishing Program: Get Your Data Across the Finish Line was designed to help researchers work through that last mile together.

This spring, our second data publishing cohort brought together 20 participants from 20 institutions spanning a range of career stages — from graduate students to full professors and postdocs. Over six sessions across three weeks, attendees worked hands-on to build out HydroShare resources with data, metadata, and documentation, with support from CUAHSI staff, optional one-on-one coaching, and peer review.

Each cohort teaches us something new about what researchers need most during this process, and we use participant feedback to refine the program going forward. Our goal is to offer this program twice a year. We are already planning our Fall 2026 cohort (date TBD) — stay tuned for an announcement in our newsletter!

AGU NEWS

AGU Hydrology Bridges to the Future Program

The AGU Bridges program provides $2,000 grants to support undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students facing financial barriers to pursuing careers in hydrology. Applications are due October 15 and should be submitted to Hydrology Section President Venkataraman Lakshmi at email hidden; JavaScript is required.

AGU Seeking Editors-in-Chief: Water Resources Research & JGR: Oceans

Terms begin January 1, 2027. The application deadline has been extended to June 14.

For questions, contact email hidden; JavaScript is required.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

CUAHSI staff attended several meetings and conferences in May, connecting with community members, sharing ideas, and leading workshops and presentations.

Abner Bogan, Research Analyst, attended the 43rd annual Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (NAFWS) National Conference, held May 4–7 and hosted by the Oneida Nation in Verona, NY. Aligning with the theme From Ancestral Knowledge to Emerging Technology, sessions highlighted Tribal-led conservation, data stewardship, and the importance of sovereignty and self-determination in how environmental data are managed and shared. This was CUAHSI's first time attending a NAFWS conference.

Conference discussions highlighted examples of how data systems can be designed around community priorities, appropriate access, and governance — connecting closely with CUAHSI's ongoing efforts to better understand how HydroShare can support the management of sensitive environmental and water data.

Julia Masterman, Community Relations and Training Coordinator, attended the ASLO/SIL Joint Meeting in Montreal, Canada from May 12–16, where she connected with students, researchers, and partner organizations, hosted a CUAHSI exhibit booth, and presented a poster titled How to Support a Thriving Community of Students, Researchers, and Professionals in the Water Sciences.

Tony Castronova, Lead of Research, attended the AWRA Geospatial Water Technology Conference in Niagara Falls, NY on May 18–20, where he co-presented a plenary talk titled Enabling Community-Driven Hydrofabric Innovation for NOAA's NextGen Framework. Tony also attended the CSDMS Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN on May 21–22.

Staff from CUAHSI's research and software development teams — Tony Castronova, Irene Garousi-Nejad, Danielle Tijerina-Kreuzer, Abner Bogan, Scott Black, and Callie Porter-Borden — attended the CIROH Developers Conference in Salt Lake City, UT from May 27–29 and led three workshops: Essential Geospatial Data and Coding Skills for CIROH Researchers, Getting Hands-on with the CIROH Community Hydrofabric, and Challenges and Opportunities in Bridging Hydrology Research and Practice: CoDeveloping FloodSavvy Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Community Engagement.

JOBS

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