News & Opportunities

Summer is just around the corner, but there's no shortage of news in the water science community! Here's some of what's inside: CUAHSI welcomes new staff, take a look at our founding institutions, attend our Spring Virtual Open House, nominate someone for a CUAHSI community award, register for the Geophysics Community Input workshop, and more!

When CUAHSI was incorporated in 2001, 33 universities across the country came together around a shared conviction: that advancing hydrologic science required infrastructure no single institution could build alone. See where those founding 33 were located on the map.

Spring continues to be busy in the water science world and this month's issue is full! Here's some of what's inside: CUAHSI welcomes new staff, save the date for the CUAHSI Virtual Open House, Water Prediction Innovators Summer Institute participant announcement, and much more!

JupyterHub Data Loss Incident

CUAHSI — Community Statement | April 2026

In early April 2026, we experienced a data loss incident in our JupyterHub system. This does not affect data stored in the HydroShare data repository, only data within sandboxed JupyterHub instances. In an effort to be fully transparent about what occurred, we’re providing a brief summary of the event, changes we’ve made to our maintenance practices, as a reminder of how to best manage your scientific data.

As WaterSoftHack enters its third year, CUAHSI had the opportunity to connect with a few of last year's fellows, including one returning participant and two first-time attendees, to hear about their experiences. Fellows shared what drew them to the workshop, the skills and training they gained, and how they plan to apply these methods in their research. They also reflected on the collaborative opportunities the workshop provided and how it has helped expand their networks within the water science community.

CUAHSI Board members are shaping the future of hydrologic science. This month, we spotlight Tao Wen, a newly elected board member whose research bridges hydrology, geochemistry, and data science to uncover how water and solutes move through Earth systems.